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’Rosemary' recalls 1913“Warm memories of the News. Stella Weiler Taylordelighted thousands* ofgenial hospitality of her birthplace and early home, the Straub House, continue to illumine the facile pen of that child who has become Hamilton's first lady of letters. our beloved 'Rosemary*.*'Those charming lines were written by Kathleen Neilan Stuckey, former President of the Board of Trustees of Lane Public Library, in an introduction to the book “Rosemary** by Stella Weiler Taylor — Copyright, 1940 by The Journal Publishing Co.Mrs. Stuckey could not have described the author inreaders and endeared herself to all in Hamilton.In her book Rosemary (volume-two), the author recalls the great flood of 1913 in the following paragraph.“Just a passing memory of that fearsome day of swirling angry waters, when boats swept like Italian gondolas past the second story Verona windows, and Don Fitton. a gallant gondolier. rowed to my little apartment an unexpected housepartv of 23 strangely assorted guests, including a tiny baby and a mysterious Camille with a pet-dog on a leash. What a play could be made of those two days ofalmost sardine companionship!“Charlie Seevers, the plumber, pulling in through the window Susie Cory and her mother from Don's buoyant boat is a picture etched on my brain. What wre ate, I cannot remember. Dried beef, — cinnamon drops, crackerjaek, or what-had-I in my ludicrous larder!’*Books by Stella Weiler Taylor titled ••Rosemary”, containing a treasury of memories of Hamilton and its people, can be found in library's Adult Department.a more accurate style. Through her weekly “Rosemary” column which appeared in the Journal-
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Journal News
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sun, Mar 25, 1973
Page 55
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