July 31, 2004

from Emmett Roan: Chicken eggs hatch in 3 weeks.

from Marianne Granier:

Greetings, Everyone!

The emails have been so much fun! I have printed several to share with James. This is an excellent way for us to document our memories for future generations.

I have one of Dad's letters that he wrote to MaMa & PaPa 'Gomery during WWII. The letter is postmarked Aug. 24, 1943 and the return address is San Diego, CA. I opened it to share the contents with all of you but to my surprise, all that was in the envelope was Japanese money!! There is one "100" bill, two "50" bills, two "10" bills, two "5" bills, and one bill that has printed "Ten Sen". I wonder if they are still in use today. Would not know how to find that out. Anyway, I thought I had a letter to share with you but MaMa must have safely filed it somewhere else as she never discarded her sons' letters!

My memory thought of the day: Our beloved cook was Easter Green. Easter's husband was Elias (a.k.a."Book"). Easter used to go with Gran & Granddaddy to visit Aunt Malie in Monroe and she would stay with Aunt Malie's cook. Easter never did believe that Neal Armstrong actually walked on the moon in 1969; she thought is was a hoax! Easter died in 1971 or 1972. I have the program from her funeral service somewhere. How long did Easter work for us, Mom?

from Aunt Jane:

Thanks, Emmett, on the information on how long it takes an egg to hatch. We will learn through all of this.

David Coon, I can well remember what I was doing on June 10, 1947. That was a day before your Mother was born, and I was busy going to the Doctor. I was supposed to come to Vicksburg to "have" my baby, but I didn't make it and had Martha in Starkville instead. A happy day for all. The first grandchild in our immediate family.

Question: Who was thought to be the richest person in the world back in the late 1930's?

Answer: My Daddy. We had a black man that worked for us named, Book, and he thought that we had barrels of money in our attic. Nothing we would say would convince him that we didn't have any money in our attic.

from Marilyn Lambert:

I, too, just love all the history facts going back and forth among everyone. I like Connie's idea of starting a blog to store all the comments. Mom, it would be just like the one that Connie has for Aunt Martha. It would be a website that everyone could go to to write history facts.