Woman of Spirit Josie Churchill chronicled rural life
Josie Churchill a 90 year old Vernon County writer preserves Kickapoo River hill country history in Dirt Roads and Among the Hills. Her memoirs draw on childhood in 1900 era including trails one room schools and family tales. Her forthcoming work maps bridges names and artesian wells along the Kickapoo River. She lectures on Women of Spirit Never Retire while managing a 160 acre farm and family.
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Halley’s Comet lights 1910 nights and 1985 return
A reminiscence recounts Halley’s Comet appearing above the western horizon in spring 1910, its long lighted tail inspiring awe and fear. The narrator recalls fear of catastrophe, remembers visiting relatives, and notes astronomers’ estimate of a 1985 return. Churchill’s Dirt Roads referenced.
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Christmas Dolls From Josie Churchill’s Short Tale
In a quiet Christmas morning, Papa lights a kerosene lamp and stove as siblings wake to find stockings filled with candy peanuts and an orange. Vincent receives a two wheeled cart with an iron horse while the narrator gets a doll with a handmade body and china head, plus tiny crockery.
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