Behind the Victory Flagpole – The man and the school
A long time ago there was a much admired man living in this area and his name was Floyd Bjornsterne Olson. He was born of immigrant Norwegian and Swedish …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Santa is here
T’was the night before Christmas and all over Camden Thousands of people were all out a scramblin’. Looking for last minute gifts very nice That …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Food for thought
Since the beginning of time there has been a huge revolution in the area of foods, from the time of Adam and Eve in their ‘apple orchard’ until now. …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Little Jenny Lind
Reading and writing and ‘rithmetic, Taught to the tune of a hickory stick… That’s the vision I get when I think of a little school called Jenny …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – A Special Lake
Good news! I recently read in the Camden News that Ryan Lake has its own little park. Well, it’s about time! Not that it has gone unnoticed all these …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – The travelers three
Mother loved to travel. I don’t mean short trips down the Drive to Blomquist’s Market. I mean far away. It was always her, my sister Lorraine and …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – The Swedish recycler
I don’t know how many of my faithful readers to this column remember the article written in March of 2014 called “The Recycler.” It was all …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – The Orator
How many people remember that Patrick Henry High School’s annual, which comes out every year at graduation time, is named “The …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Amusement
Mom and Pop, please don’t let your children read this or they will think it grossly uncool! It involves the way kids used to play and their amusements …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Furnish your home
Not too long ago I wrote a story about how to build your own log cabin. Now that they have all been finished, how did you furnish them? Did you go to the …