
SVCGR
Member Life Stories
It All Happened at 405
A poem about living and raising four children at 405 W. Kaskaskia Street.
My Early Memories
These are my earliest memories of stories about growing up with my two sisters and brother in a small Kansas town.
Ray Macklin's History
This is the family history story of my husband Ray Macklin going back to about 1847.
Canning Food
Canning our food was a necessity during the Great Depression and WWII. These are my memories of learning from my mother
Learning to Drive
This is a funny story about my car accident shortly after I got my drivers license.
Testing Mother
This is a funny story about my older sister staying home from school because she was sick and I was jealous (and being a brat)!
Childhood Diseases
This is a story about all the usual childhood diseases that my sisters and others endured. I was the oldest so I often had to take care of them.