SEARCHING

Okay, I have been hunting all over the place for the picture of Rebecca McCollum, Norman's older sister and have had NO luck whatsoever! It moved me to sort and file 3 boxes of pictures but I still have some more to go through! I have never truly organized these pictures in the 8+ years I've had them. I can see the photo in my head but for now, that's where it is trapped! I did find however, something I had been looking for for quite some time now. It was a newspaper clipping from when AC & AZ McCollum joined the Navy.


(Click to enlarge and be able to read it.)



Copy of the citation awarding the PURPLE HEART to Uncle AZ posthumously.


Robert Munger (left) Uncle AC & Al Rivera, the driving force behind uniting the community to send Uncle AC to Washington.



I also have the follow up paperwork to Uncle AC's visit to the WW2 Memorial.



I thought it would be fun to post pictures of the trunk that Grandma left to me after she passed away. Inside were photo albums as well as boxes of photos, some of which have been posted on this blog already!. Last year we had it restored and I was overwhelmed when I saw it! The outer canvas covering had been painted a hideous red color, the leather straps were all gone and the lock hasp needed work. The man who restored it for us estimates it was built 1880-1890 so it might have actually belonged to my grandmother's grandmother. The lock was repaired and he found an original key to fit it as well.



Can you even believe this?