Mrs. A. E. Aikens (Eunice Levilla Peck Aikens)

Mrs. A. E. Aikens (Eunice Levilla Peck Aikens)
  Eunice Levilla Peck Aikens was born 4 April 1837 in the state of New York, the daughter of Joseph Kelley Peck (1803) and Martha Hawkins Peck (1805).  In her early life she moved to Sparta, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  Levilla married Austin E. Aikens 31 December 1853 in Pennsylvania.    ...
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PICTURES OF CALDWELL COUNTY QUILT 1889-1890

THE CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS DOCUMENTED THE  INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS ON THE QUILT WITH PICTURES TO VIEW PICTURES GO TO OUR PHOTO ALBUM AND SELECT THE CALDWELL COUNTY PICTURE ALBUM.   Highlight link below and select photo album https://www.legacystories.org/my-photos/2706-caldwell-county-historical-society/photo?albumid=880#photoid=13079
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My favourite book: Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier

My favourite book: Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier
Joyce gives a synopsis of her favourite book; Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier which she read in the1950's and which remains her favourite to this day.
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My 21st birthday celebrations

My 21st birthday celebrations
Joyce describes her 21st birthday celebrations and tells us what it was like to be 21 years of age in 1958.
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Black/White Movie

Wait Until Dark My favorite black/white movie is Wait Until Dark, with Audrey Hepburn.    I first saw it when I was living in Louisville, Kentucky in the early 1970’s.   I had an old tv that my friend Pat Elliott had given me.   It was pretty pitiful, but I could see fairly...
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How I met my future husband

How I met my future husband
Joyce joined the Citizens Military Force, Royal Australian Nursing Corp in 1958 and there she met her future husband, Ted.  But what about the special date when he arrived smelling strongly of beer!!  And he was a teetotaller!  
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My first romance

My first romance
Joyce talks about her early teenage years, her first romance with a boy named Ray and the social normas of the 1950's.   
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Legacy Matters Welcome Program- Lesson 4

LEGACY MATTERS WELCOME PROGRAM CERTIFICATION LESSON-4 Welcome Neighbor Activity The Legacy Matters Program is designed to help assimilate newcomers into the community at large. An activity that  makes them the "stars of the show" is part of the plan.  You will work with the Activity Director to create--and preferably participate in--periodic...
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News and Events of the 1960's

News and Events of the 1960's
Annette remembers the big events and news and how it affected her life in Australia...  
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Missing Ring

On my 16th birthday my beloved grandmother gave me a ring.  It was a simple, and in todays standards, very inexpensive ring but to me it was worth EVERYTHING.  It was round with dainty scallops around the edges and my initials engraved in the center.  I slipped it on my finger...
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My Happiest Job: Nurses Aide at the Kate Cocks Babies Home

My Happiest Job: Nurses Aide at the Kate Cocks Babies Home
Alice talks again about her time at the Kate Cocks Babies Home and her abiding respect for Kate Cocks herself - a pioneer, friend and saviour to many unmarried and single mothers in the 1940's and 1950's in Adelaide. Alice reads from an article she wrote back in 1998. In the...
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Socialising as a teenager

Socialising as a teenager
Joyce tells us how she went to dances and balls as a young teenager in the early 1950's, and socialised with sailors who were on shore leave.  She corresponded with Peter from Surrey for 5 years after meeting him at a dance.  She also went on holidays to Perth where she...
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Legacy Matters Welcome Program- Lesson 2

LEGACY MATTERS WELCOME PROGRAM CERTIFICATION LESSON -2   Overview This series of lessons walks you through the entire  process from facility signup to delivery of the DVD to the family. It is absolutely critical to know these steps. Print out this section and make notes as you read through and keep...
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Eighteen and all that....

Eighteen and all that....
Alice talks about being 18 and all that........  
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My First Pay

My First Pay
Alice remembers her first pay and her first job and her first pay packet.
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How I Got My First Job

How I Got My First Job
Joyce talks about her first job and how she secured it...
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My five years in the Infantry during World War II

My five years in the Infantry during World War II
Bills talks about his long service in the Infantry during the Second World War, serving in Tobruk, Libya, Alemain, New Guinea and Borneo.  He also tells us how the War dominates his thoughts as he gets older.
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School years and further study

Joyce talks about attending 5 Primary Schools in South Australia, her Secondary School Years at Norwood Girls Technical School and her choices of study as an adult
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My year at secondary school

My year at secondary school
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My best subject at school

My best subject at school
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