Category Archives: Happily Ever After – Back to the Beginning

Happily Ever After – Chapter 4 – It Was the Times

I thought a lot about what Dad told me, how Mr. Kimball was so kind to help me get the woodshed clinic started, and I thought about how Mr. Bailey helped too, giving me the two quarters to buy a … Continue reading

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Happily Ever After – Chapter 1 – 1945

In 1945, the population of Lovell, Maine was around 650. In this small lumber town, the people were busy, preoccupied with hard work to pick up their livelihood after WWII ended. The kids went to school, had down-home fun and outdoor adventures all … Continue reading

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Happily Ever After – Chapter 3 – The Woodshed Clinic

George Bailey lived on Church Street. We lived there too next to the red brick Congregational Church and he lived across from it. Marlene remembered him because he rang our front doorbell every morning to wake Dad up. They both worked … Continue reading

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Happily Ever After – Chapter 2 – Bambi at the Mayfair Theatre

The block-buster Disney movie Bambi was playing at the Mayfair Theatre in Bridgton, Maine about fifteen miles from Lovell. Its premier came out in 1942, and it took three years to get to the Mayfair. Dad promised we could see … Continue reading

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