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Reminiscing With Pearl Playford Columns From The Watervliet Record, 1959-19  66
Read about the "Good Old Days" from someone who lived and
experienced them
In the early 1900’s Pearl Playford embarked on a newspaper career that would continue for over fifty years. When nearly 80 years of age she was asked to write a weekly column for the local newspaper, The Watervliet Record. This was the beginning of “Reminiscing With Pearl Playford.”
Now you can receive all of Pearl's columns in
a single indexed volume
“When I first began to work for The Record conditions were far different from now. The office didn’t have a typewriter and all copy was written long hand, and I do not remember that there was a telephone. We went every morning to get a pail of water at the town pump...”
- Pearl Playford
Did you ever wonder what it was like to live in another time and place? You'll wonder no more when you read Pearl's fascinating and informative columns!
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Learn about the early days, the growth and the people of a small Michigan town
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Read of politicians, presidents and other prominent persons of the time
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Experience the "Horse and Buggy" days
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Learn little known facts about national and world history
" I am a firm believer in miracles. I believe they happen every day, even in this present age"
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Pearl's wisdom: "To grow old gracefully and gratefully is something we should all strive to do"
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