Silas Willard School: Demolishing My Childhood Again

The whirring noise of the bricks when our car’s tires turned from Losey Street onto Kellogg Street is still in my head after all these 69 years. Those bricks are gone now, as is the home where I grew up.  The hospital across the street from 692 North Kellogg bought...

Crazy about Dancing to the Big Bands

“Back then, people were just crazy about dancing. My brother was seven years older than me, and he taught me all the dance moves—especially the jitterbug.” These are the words of 88-year-old Ruth (Kemmitt) Pecsi who was kind enough to answer her phone when a perfect...