Tell It Like It Was- Dennis Nadler and the Defiance Garage
Town fixtures – Sam and Kaeko blowing glass - friends, Augustans, countrymen – Dennis Nadler – Jackie (Gerdiman) Nadler – August and...
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Sep 133 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Klondike Plant and Bob Brail
Gentle readers, what does Klondike Park, located a few miles east of Augusta, mean to you?
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Sep 132 min read
Tell It Like It Was - From Bank Vault to Burial Vault
TILIW Bank Vault to Burial Vault – Angela Stephens – Bob Brail – Bank of Augusta – the Town Painter emeritus Gentle readers ,...
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Feb 177 min read
Tell It Like It Was - The Buddhists Are Coming
The Buddhists Are Coming – my buddy, Paul - lotus flower - Herbie Hancock’s sidemen – Tina Turner – Monastic Deep Reflection...
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Dec 16, 202310 min read
Tell It Like It Was: The Day the Tornado Struck Our Farm in 1949 - Roy Jentzsch
Tell It Like It Was – Roy Jentzsch - The Day the Tornado Struck Our Farm in 1949 Gentle readers, on a few occasions, some of you have...
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Dec 2, 20235 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Fighting For A Free Missouri
Fighting For A Free Missouri Gentle readers, it’s a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon up here on Duke ridge, and I’m drying tomatoes that...
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Nov 18, 202311 min read
Tell It Like It Was Roy Jentzsch - Ponde-Rosa-Lakes
Tell It Like It Was - Roy Jentzsch - Ponde-Rosa-Lakes – a floating swimming pool? – Delco plant down in the basement – the sawmill – a...
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Oct 28, 20233 min read
Tell It Like It Was says you should read Bob Brail's stories
Adapted from the email letter sent by Paul Ovaitt (paulO) on September 7, 2023 TILIW – Digging Up Bones - A lynching in Augusta –...
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Oct 7, 202315 min read
Tell it Like it Was Tom Rueschhoff, Part 4 - Stage Plays
Adapted from the original letter from paulO sent on October 2, 2023 TILIW - Tom Rueschhoff/ Immaculate Conception conclusion – compulsive...
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Aug 26, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was Tom Rueschoff and Immaculate Conception School Part 3
Adapted from the original email letter sent by Paul Ovaitt on August 2, 2023 Tom Rueschhoff, Part III – When I learned to curse – Paul...
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Aug 12, 20234 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Thomas Rueschhoff, part 2, sorta...IC Church, more so
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt sent on June 10, 2023 TILIW - Tom Rueschhoff, Part 2 – Immaculate Conception Church...
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Aug 5, 20238 min read
TILIW - Thomas Rueschhoff at Immaculate Conception Elementary, 1935
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt sent on May 24, 2023 TILIW - Thomas Rueschhoff – Joanie Rueschhoff – Immaculate...
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Jul 22, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Donna Oliver and the Knoernschild family
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt sent on April 11, 2023 Donna Hendricks Oliver – Lawrence and Muriel Sollmann...
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Jul 8, 202313 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Chat with Walter Kamphoefner Part 2
TILIW - Walter Kamphoefner Part 2 - $300 a semester tuition – is that good enough English? – etudiantes en la biblioteca - Conrad...
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Jun 23, 202311 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Walter Kamphoefner Chats With Paul
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt on February 14, 2023 Walter Kamphoefner Part 1– Have We Ever Met? – meadow...
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Jun 10, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Ruth Nolting Fuhr Part 2
Adapted from the email letter originally sent by Paul Ovaitt January 19, 2023 Ruth Nolting Fuhr Part 2 - Paul and Paul and the garden –...
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Jun 3, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Ruth Nolting Fuhr - Part 1
Adapted from the original email sent by Paul Ovaitt on January 11, 2023 Ruth Nolting Fuhr – window shopping – Rats! – Bassora or Goose...
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May 13, 20237 min read
Tell It Like It Was - More Doris Fuhr Hopen
Adapted from the original email story sent by Paul Ovaitt on December 19, 2022 More Doris Fuhr Hopen – Wilbert Hopen – the Catholics and...
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May 7, 202310 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Doris Fuhr Hopen
Adapted from the original email story by Paul Ovaitt sent on December 4, 2022 Doris Fuhr Hopen – Rosa Parks again – Paul and Lydia –...
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Apr 29, 20232 min read
Tell It Like It Was Just Showing Up
Adapted from the original email letter sent by Paul Ovaitt on November 25, 2022 Just Showing Up Gentle readers, my campaign to raise...
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