Cookie sale awakens memories of a gas station girl
A memoir voice recalls childhood Girl Scout cookie sales at a Gulf station near the county courthouse in Lexington West Tennessee. The writer frames memories of bench politicking and the gas station as a social hub, noting cookie flavors, sales habits, and the personal ritual of supporting favorites for nostalgia.
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Lexington
West Tennessee
Gib
Gulf Station
Court Square
Papaw
Central State Bank
Hattie Lou
Mamie McKinney Nearing 113 As Oldest Person Claim
Mary Mamie McKinney, age 112 years 9 months 10 days, lives in Sacramento with stories of Oakland in the 1870s and the 1906 earthquake. A baptismal certificate anchors her age while Guinness and officials debate longevity records amid medical doubt and public fascination.
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Mary “Mamie” McKinney
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Sacramento
McKinney
New York
Shigechiyo Izumi
Japan
Guinness
Wales
Anna Eliza Williams
Mamie McKinney
U.S. Bureau of Census
Social Security Administration
Guinness Book
Heggli
Mark Erlenbach
Mary ‘Mamie’ McKinney
San Francisco
Gunnison Overtakes West Yellowstone as Coldest in 1985
The 1985 coldest daily temperature record in the contiguous states went to Gunnison Colorado with 74 readings, pushing West Yellowstone Montana to second with 62. Maybell Colorado posted 61 below zero on Feb 1 as the season’s coldest local spike. Akron Ohio and Knoxville Tennessee posted the strongest single-day lows on Jan 21.
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West Yellowstone
Rockies
States
David Hickcox
Ohio Wesleyan University
Gunnison
Truckee
Calif
Yellowstone
Wyo
International Falls
Jackson
Butte
Mont
Marquette
Mich
Hibbing
Minn
Warroad
Maybell, Colo
Akron
Ohio
Knoxville
Tenn
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Cookie Sale
Sherri Gardner Howell
Scripps Howard News Service
United Way
Marilee Enge
San Francisco Examiner
Heggh
Cynthia
Mamie
James McKinney
Colo
W. Ridge
Elyria
Sunnday
Spitzer
Servistar
Reale Sealae
Bar & Chain Oil
Contemporary
T.n.molassons
Broadway
Lorain
Omon & Fri. Tillsp.m
Aggy
Waterford
Howard Miller
Cleveland
Front ST
Berea
Ceek Te “Ontee Ana
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