Category Archives: Family

The Happiest Time of my Life

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Bertie

There were so many happy times in my life, that it is next to impossible to pick one.  But I have decided on one from my early childhood, and then I will briefly mention a couple of others. It was … Continue reading →

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1936 ~ 0ur New Car

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Bertie

It was 1936. I was not quite four years old. Dad and Mom had purchased a brand new car, a pretty blue Ford. Our old Franklyn that someone had to turn a thingy in front well and run back, jump … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 16, 2014 by Bertie

When I was a child at girl scout Camp Tapawingo, in the San Diego mountains, one of my lifelong friends decided to b…e funny, and put a whole bunch of dried up leaves in my bed for a surprise that … Continue reading →

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Beulah Scott Fry and Family–Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Bertie

As we begin this part of the story, Beulah and John are still in their family home.  Their children are off with their own families.  Betty Ruth and Ross Banks with their children had moved to Seattle where Ross had … Continue reading →

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INFLUENCE THAT I NEVER REALIZED PLAYED A PART IN WHO I AM.

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Bertie

Andrew Gallant was a friend of my parents.  He taught music in Pacific Beach Elementary School when my Dad was principal there.  As a child , I never thought any more about it.  But that man on the sidelines of … Continue reading →

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A Woman of Faith, A Woman of Valor, My Mom, Prudence Scott Dugger

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Bertie

She was a pretty woman and she was a smart lady.  She won a full scholarship to the university of Arizona when she graduated from High school.  But she chose to marry her high school English teacher instead.  The man … Continue reading →

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Is This Man My Cousin?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Bertie

It was the strangest phone call.  This woman, a Chiropractor from Arizona was searching for her Father-in-Law’s birth mother.  He was ill and had always wanted to know who she was.  This lady had started with his birth certificate and … Continue reading →

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Angel, Miracle, or What? (a true story)

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Bertie

It was Easter Sunday morning around 1962.  My husband was pastor of two churches, 25 miles apart in Iowa.  There had been many services that week, both in our churches and in our communities.  As we were preparing for the … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Visitor, and An Ironic Twist at the End.

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Bertie

This happened to us, in Sigourney, Iowa, somewhere around 1963.  It was a cold winter morning with snow on the ground. Our young children were dressed, fed, and waiting for time to leave for Elementary school.  Andy, our youngest wasn’t … Continue reading →

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OUR GRANDFATHER’s GRANDMA.

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Bertie

Mary Ann Roark was almost 15 years old in this first picture.  She had been born on Jan. 20,1834, the first child of Joseph and Juda Roark in a cabin on the Tennessee River in Hamilton County, Tenn.  Shortly after … Continue reading →

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