... I only know what she said. I was only 3 when he died. Dad left $7,500 in trust, to be divided equally among his children and 480 acres of land. I had a half sister, Lucy Pitts, (lived to be 108). She received the same as anyone else. Wieghbourne, my oldest brother, borrowed Lucys' part of her inheritance to buy that land ... 't have plastic or nylon then. The kids at school made fun of my overshoes, but I wore them anyway. Amy used to come out and get me. She lived in town in a beautiful brick home. One year she paid from my first permanent wave, that what they called them then. My head ...

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... They asked him (George) not to go and to stay for dinner. He knew that Keller had offered to help him work in the town again instead of going back to New York. He also learnt that Keller had a place for Steve as soon as he got ... to forgive anything and everything that his son has made and expects Chris to forgive him. He is a very practical man who knows how the world goes on. Unlike his neighbour and friend, Steve, he is not easily shaken. For the sake of his family he ... his father, he is an idealistic person who feels ashamed of himself because he has out-lived his group of soldi...

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... continued on commenting that Harry Truman really impressed him. "Harry Truman was real honest. He let you know how it was and didn't pass the buck! Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan; that was a real difficult decision ... our conversation led in the direction of family history. I inadvertently determined that my grandfather and Eleanor both lived in Italian speaking homes. Additionally, each of their parents immigrated to New York from Italy and ended up in its capital district. ... there was only Humphrey and McCarthy left. Of course, Humphrey ended up winning. Jeez, that was a pretty...

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