The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights movement was a collection of strong individuals working together to become a reckoning force. We didn’t have toys, you know, iPhones and stuff, but we had courageous people that would stand up […]
Candis & Norman Brown Homes & Stories
It is extremely difficult to reconstruct Family History and stories accurately from 120 years
ago. That history is a combination of a
Meeting Bill Giles – Fall 1950*
I met Bill Giles for the very first time on a fall weekend at a dance and mixer at Hodge’s Hall – the men’s dormitory at Marshall College. The mixer was for their freshman residents […]
Lady Pintno (Pug)
English Bulldog, Spring 1941 – 1952 On Easter weekend 1941 while we were living in Charleston, WV, Mother & daddy planned a big visit with Mother’s sister Gladys and her family (husband Earl (EJ) and […]
Back at Home – Life After Marshall*
When I graduated from Marshall I wanted to move to Charleston, WV and get an apartment and a job and see what I wanted to do with my life. I had had enough of schooling […]
Finally . . . On My Own – Northwestern University 1955-1962
The whole winter in Parkersburg, before I went to Northwestern, I did a lot of research and writing, trying to figure out how I was going to pay for my Master’s Degree. I figured out […]
The Path to my PhD in Theatre – Northwestern 1958-1959
I don’t see this much as a story. What I did was, after I got my master’s degree, I immediately took courses in stage costuming and acting so that I would get my PhD in […]
Skidmore College – 1959-1960
1959 was my first year at Skidmore, then I went back to Wingspread. When I came back from Wingspread, Skidmore told me that this year would be my last year since they could not give […]
Flatrock Playhouse
I was an apprentice for 2-3 weeks in the summer of 1959 at the Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina.
Summer & Smoke
Alma – Lead Role Summer 1960, Wingspread Summer Theater I spent the Summer of 1960 in Colon, Michigan where I partnered with Tad Curry and two others and leased the Wingspread Summer Theater. I was […]