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Tag: Leora Wilson

January 16, 2025December 9, 2024joynealkidney

“God meant that we should kneel”

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That Missing Year: 1947

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September, a bittersweet month

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An Awesome Connection

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024joynealkidney

Leora Wilson’s Poignant Income, 1947

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024joynealkidney

Cheerful Four O’Clocks

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024joynealkidney

Rusty the Pet Squirrel is on the Cover of Leora’s Dexter Stories. What else?

December 2, 2023January 5, 2024joynealkidney

How Some Readers Learn About Leora’s Courageous Life

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023joynealkidney

The Leora Stories at the Perry Public Library on November 11

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023joynealkidney

“What Leora Never Knew” Needs a Subtitle

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023joynealkidney

Free Leora eBooks Through Saturday

December 23, 2022December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Christmas 1946: War’s Aftermath

September 14, 2022September 24, 2024joynealkidney

Leora Wilson, the story behind a favorite photo

April 23, 2022March 19, 2023joynealkidney

I See Guthrie Center First!

January 17, 2022April 14, 2024joynealkidney

Leora Wilson’s Date Bread Recipe – 1955

August 25, 2021November 27, 2021joynealkidney

Panther Corner

June 30, 2021July 13, 2021joynealkidney

Listening to Boxing on the Radio During the Depression Years

June 14, 2021June 27, 2022joynealkidney

Flag Day

April 24, 2021April 12, 2023joynealkidney

I See Guthrie Center First – a Poem

February 26, 2021January 9, 2023joynealkidney

Those Two Sets of Twins

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021joynealkidney

Grandma Leora’s Home in Guthrie Center

January 1, 2021May 30, 2021joynealkidney

Twin Boybobs, 1930

December 25, 2020December 25, 2022joynealkidney

Childhood Manger Scene

November 30, 2020December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Leora Wilson’s Decision to Have Danny Wilson Buried Overseas

November 18, 2020December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: October 1947 Pamphlets “Disposition of World War II Armed Forces Dead” and “American Cemeteries”

November 16, 2020December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: US Military Cemetery, St. Avold, France – March 1947

November 2, 2020November 8, 2022joynealkidney

Miss Grissell Held Office Before it was Legal for Her to Vote–1920

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson: Mid 1946

September 28, 2020February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson’s Vehicles

July 31, 2020September 12, 2023joynealkidney

The Snyder-Wilson Connection: WWII and Today

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