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Behind the Victory Flagpole — Crows, but not birds

  Recently I found some old tucked-away notes that my boy cousins, John and Bill Crow had written about their family, the Crows of Camden, who had lived …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – From stoves to phones and more

  Now and then I like to shake myself back into the reality of how things are today, by reading what my friend, Bill Jackman, had to say about his …

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 …