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| February
2004 Valentine Issue |
Untraditional
VALENTINES
Mothers, Sister,
a True Grit Grandmother, a Grandfather
and Tragic Love at First Sight. |
Valentine, Texas Revisited
Delbert Trew
Harvey Girls
& Juke Quarters
2-6-04
"A fact most significant to the history of the West is that approximately
100,000 girls signed up to work for Fred Harvey from 1901 to about 1944."
"My mother was a Harvey Girl, working approximately two years in the
Harvey House Restaurant in Temple."
Maggie Van Ostrand -
Turning
into Mom 2-4-04
"It was
at that moment I realized that the unthinkable had happened. I had turned into
my mother."
Mike Cox -
Sarah
2-6-04
"Son," a wise
old man once said, "always marry a Texas girl. No matter what happens, she's seen
worse."
George
Lester
Maxine
new
2-6-04
"My
elder half-sister, Maxine, was fourteen when I was born. As far back as I can
remember she was there to help spoil me. I remember her taking me everywhere to
show off her "little brother" to her friends."
Harold Bell
The
Tight-Wire Walker 2-3-04
"She
was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in my life, and I fell in love with
her at first sight."
A. S. Friedell
Grandfather
new 2-5-04
"Mostly
I spent my toddler days trotting behind my beloved granddaddy like a baby duck
after its mother...." |
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