Elsie Johnson Stories

The years I have experienced is called the “Greatest Generation”. When I was a child the Depres . . .

I didn’t realize there was a depression until I was in grade school. Some of the children were giv . . .

We always had the typical Thanksgiving dinner at our home in Iowa. However, this particular year Dad . . .

It was St. Pat’s Day…., we had told our daughter that we would drive her to the NYC Airport earl . . .

It was a snowy evening and Mom had gone to “Bank Night”. Once a week the local theater had a dra . . .

“No, I don’t have to eat carrots – God will eat them for me”, quoted our neighbor girl many . . .

I don’t remember election time as being discussed when I was young. Roosevelt’s name came up a l . . .

When we were little, my sisters and brother had a big sandbox in the backyard. We used to play “St . . .

AUGUST 12, 1944 It was my wedding day, August 12, 1944. in St. Augustine, Florida. All was planned f . . .

I don’t know much about my Father’s family. He was brought up in Western Kansas on a farm where . . .

Kansas Dust Bowl – 1930s When we were children and vacation time was planned – it was a train tr . . .

It was the summer of 1943. Poliomyelitis was rampant across the U.S. Grace Hospital in Hutchinson K . . .