My brother Frederick Edwin was born July 30, 1898, the twelfth child in our family. I was nine years old when Fred was born. He […] Read More
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No one has the privilege of choosing the time or place of his birth. Perhaps there are those who would have preferred a different time […] Read More
In December of 1902 my mother gave birth to her thirteenth and last baby. In the fall before the baby’s birth my brother Fred got […] Read More
In this sophisticated, mechanized age none but some who are classed as II senior citizens are likely to remember ever having attended pea hullings. Pea […] Read More
Any child who has the good fortune to have older sisters and brothers, some of them young adults, is in a most unique position. He […] Read More
To leave this environment [Camp Creek] when only eleven years old was a heart breaking experience. I had not been aware that such a move […] Read More
This distinguished group of young men and women were members of the 1920 graduating class of Williamsville High School. Fred Brooks is the first person […] Read More
Editor’s note: Few people today can remember what it was like to spend an entire day traveling from Wayne County to St. Louis. Wisking along […] Read More
Dr. Fred E. Brooks, Principal of the Hawthorne School for the past seventeen years, began his teaching career in the rural schools of Wayne County, […] Read More
One of University City’s most respected and best loved educators, Dr. Fred E. Brooks, has announced his retirement as principal of the Nathaniel Hawthorne school […] Read More
Ten classroom teachers are retiring from positions in the University City public schools this year. Those at the University City Senior high school are: Miss […] Read More
Dr. and Mrs. Fred E. Brooks of North Port will celebrate their 55th wedding annivsary on June 24th. They were married on June 24th 1922 […] Read More
When Rural Electrification come in the early ’30s. a well was drilled on our back porch and the spring was not depended upon for water. […] Read More