The Blairs and their calves

Here's another one of young Gladys Coolley - she's to the left of the picture (I believe) with the big twists on either side of her head. I remember that she had a lot of hair! The boy would be Lovell? And then presumably Ve and Minnie, although I can not be sure which is which. They look to be teenagers, and they each have a cow of their own to raise.

Mom's in the bonnet

I got this photo from a photo post card - the only thing it says on the back is "Mom in bonnet", with "Ray and Gladys" written in the address area. I think that Dad wrote this indicating his mom was the one in the bonnet. What's funny is that nearly all the women are in bonnets! But I believe that the woman to the left of the picture seen in profile is our grandmother. Everyone looks to be having a pretty good time, except maybe Grammy Coolley. I think she looks quite young here. I wish I could identify the others.....

May: a time for Senior Proms and Anniversaries

Remember this picture? Either Ron's prom, or Nancy's. I think I remember Nancy's dress as bright red, and I LOVED the soft, foamy skirt. Knowing Nancy's many talents, I think I remember that she made this beautiful dress herself - is this true, Nancy? (As a 6 or 7 year old, my goal was to grow up to be Nancy - or at least to be a tiny bit as smart and talented as she!)

They've been together since the days when these hairstyles and fancy gloves were a part of our teenage culture, that's a pretty amazing, wonderful accomplishment!

Happy Anniversary, Ron and Nancy!

Young Macer

Notice the very blonde hair! It's interesting to see that Dad had light hair as a baby, since his hair was so dark for most of his
life! I'd say he was around 3 years old here. Cute.

Jeanne's 10th Birthday party

Was this taken at the movie theatre, or at the Floppy Show??? I remember when this photo was taken, but not much else - except that I coveted Jeanne's dress. (Not to fear, though, I inherited it a few years later!)

Update 12/2017: This was taken at the Holiday Theater before a movie. They often hosted birthday parties there and I remember posing for this photo in the lobby.

From r-l front row: Me, Jennetta Snedden (?), ?, Susie Cornwell, Marcia Cherry, Susie Gates. Back row, r-l: Becky Parlee, ?, Jeanne, ?, Martha Tew and Linda Jones.

The Foote family photo was taken around 1932 when Ruthie was 13. Bunny is standing behind Ellen and was about 17, Gibby was 21 and Ellen was 23. The second photo is of Edna, which was taken originally as a group shot of her basketball team. Ruthie remembered that Edna very talented in athletics and theatre. I believe that this photo was taken the year that she died - she was 14 the summer of her death.

I always thought that Ruthie looked very similar to Edna, and looking at the two photos together shows the resemblance. Ah, but maybe it was just the hair! (When Edna died, Ruthie was 7 years old.)

This photo is of Frank Dolloff (right) and a fellow soldier, during what I assume was WWI. I used to hear that
Frank was underaged when he went into that war, and this picture shows him as a pretty young guy. I don't know who the
other guy is, or where the photo was taken. One can see, though, that Frank was a pretty good looking young man in his day.