John “Lester” Blades & Olive “Ollie” Genevieve Hitchens - Media
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Gary Blades writes: Here is a picture of the house. It is just up the hill from Tom Kenneys shop. They had a large garden in back and grew a lot of their own food. They had a root cellar. They kept chickens. They were partially self-sufficient in those days. Art's sister Gertrude sold the house when my grandparents passed away. It was demolished and the a shopping center was built on the land. It kills me everytime I drive by there. If I win the big one I will buy that shopping center and demolish it and replace it with a replica of that old house. I'm nostalgic...
Lester & Ollie in their garden, 1972