It’s All About Skills
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Read More…Kick Ass Bread Recipes
For those of you who are bread bakers, here are a couple of recipes that are guaranteed “Kick Ass!” Recipes are in “.jpeg” format. Click on them to enlarge – then print. Pumpernickel, Rye and/or White. Enjoy! White Bread Rye Bread Pumpernickel Bread
Read More…Tip and Charlie Discuss Pranks
This video was taken about two months before Tip died – and, incidentally, about a month before Marcia died. It was taken over a luncheon at the Glen Oak Country Club in Glen Ellyn, Illinois by Georg Mauer. Also on the video is a bit of coverage of Andreas Mauer’s graduation – speech given by […]
Read More…Helen, Bill & Charlie
Rare photo of Uncle Bill in his Canadian Air Force uniform.
Read More…Preston and Joe Painter Take Cattle to Nebraska – 1936
This is shared by Dick Painter. One of my favorite stories about my Dad and I won’t bore you with all of the details is how they took the cattle to Nebraska in 1936 to survive the drought. It was so dry and the vegetation was so sparse that when the cows would get to an […]
Read More…Saga of Johny Jergeson Meeting Tip Melby
This story was told to Bob Painter by Tip Melby. Bob generously passes it on to the “Cranston Clan.” ~ CC
Read More…Marion, Helen and Friends in Spearfish
This photo was taken in Spearfish sometime in the early 1930’s. See if you can find Helen and Marion.
Read More…Helen (Cranston) Peterson – Various Photos
Ole Melby ~ 1950 or so
Chris (Doc) Cranston, CB Jett, and Charlie Jett
Photo taken in July 1944 when Chris (Doc) Cranston visited the CB Jett ranch.
Read More…Susanne (Jett) Davies – Photos from the Forties and Fifties
These are photos of Susanne taken in the forties and fifties. They include birthday photos (3 and 4 years old), photos on the North Dakota ranch, and photos in Hot Springs.
Read More…Cathy (Painter ) Dodd and Susanne (Jett) Davies
Susanne, Charlie and Bum Lambs
Helen and Her Grandson Chris Jett in Manassas, VA
Giles and Nellie Campbell
Here are the obituaries of Giles and Nellie Campbell – Bess’s parents. They are buried in the cemetery at Camp Crook, South Dakota.
Read More…Susanne and Charlie
Susanne and Charlie got along quite well! 🙂
Read More…Susanne and Her Family
Old Jett Ranch – Photos
These are photos taken in the late 1950’s. The land where the old buildings were is now covered by the Bowman Haley Dam which was constructed in the mid 1960’s. (Hope it fills up with mud!)
Read More…Tip and Ruth Get Married!
This is the decorated car in which Ruth and Tip made their getaway after their wedding! I’m not sure of the date of the wedding, but I’m sure that cousins will supply it in a post.
Read More…Cranston Graves – Rhode Island
These are the graves of the original Cranstons – in Rhode Island. The photos were taken by Charles Holly Jett.
Read More…Helen (Cranston) Peterson, Susanne and Charlie – Christmas 1960
These were taken from a movie showing Christmas morning, 1960, in Hot Springs, SD.
Read More…Helen (Cranston) Peterson
This is a photo of Helen that was taken sometime in the 1980’s. It is the way I generally remember her.
Read More…Susanne, John, Mike, Helen and Paul – ~ 1966
These are photos taken of Helen and Paul and Susanne, John and Mike back in 1966 around Christmas/New Years time. Somewhere in England Harrogate HarrogateHarrogate Helen on SS United States Helen/Paul on SS United States New Years 1967 Harrogate Helen with Lincoln Chair she Upholstered 1967 Helen and Paul on 1880 Train General Custer Motor Lodge 1967
Read More…Susanne Davies – More Photos
Here are some more photos of Susanne Helen, Susanne and Woody – Rotunda at USNA – Summer of 1960 John Davies and Helen & Susanne – at JFK’s gravesite – November 1963 John and Mike – Ferndale, MD – Fall of 1963 Susanne and Woody – Stapelton Airport – Denver – When Charlie left for USNA Mike and Helen […]
Read More…Wood Jett – Various Photos
Photos taken of Wood Jett (Dad) On USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) in 1971 At 1560 N Sandburg Terrace in Chicago – 1973 Newcastle, Wyoming in 1961
Read More…Susanne Davies – in 1960
These photos were taken in 1960 . . . one on the ranch in NDak and the other at USNA during Parents’ Weekend. Charlie & Susanne – at USNA Attie Jett (Grandmother) and Susanne
Read More…William Wallace Cranston
Born in Woodstock, Ohio; Married Jennie Elizabeth Fulton 20 Mar 1866 in Urbana, Illinois; Died in Parsons, Kansas. Son of Christopher Cranston and Irene Ward Nott Cranston. He was the brother of Charles Edward Cranston – Doc’s father. Therefore, William Wallace Cranston was Doc’s uncle. Nov 20, 1838 – Dec 7, 1907 Cranston was a Civil War Captain […]
Read More…Davies – Susanne, John and Mike – McLean, VA 1972
These were taken in early summer, 1972, in McLean, VA where Susanne, John and Mike lived in an apartment. There are a couple of photos of the lot in Ellicott City – BEFORE the house was built.
Read More…Davies – Susanne, John and Mike – Ferndale, MD 1963
These photos were taken at the home of Susanne and John Davies in the fall of 1963. Mike had a bad cold.
Read More…Photos of Helen – in the 1960’s
Helen and Paul in Edgemont Helen, Susanne and John – Liberty Bell – Philadelphia – November 1963 Helen – Tired after arriving in Ferndale, MD – November 1963 Helen – Looking at Alan Shepherd’s Mercury capsule at Smithsonian – November 1963Helen, Susanne, John and Mike – Washington, DC – November 1963Helen – Mercury Capsule – […]
Read More…Helen and Paul Peterson
In 1960, Helen married Paul Peterson who grew up in Harding County in northwestern South Dakota. He operated a ranch and later owned the Peterson Implement Company in Buffalo, SD. He later was a banker in Edgemont, South Dakota.
Read More…Helen In McAllen – Picking Oranges
Photos taken in 1976 – McAllen, Texas
Read More…Corn Palace – Mitchell, SD 1968
This was always a fun place to visit. Helen took these photos in 1968.
Read More…Helen in Custer with Paul Peterson – Dressed up for Gold Discovery Days
These are photos taken, I think, in 1976 at the time of the Gold Discovery Days in Custer, SDak. Paul and Helen owned the General Custer Motor Hotel in town and were dressed up for the parade.
Read More…Susanne Davies – Some Photos from the Sixties
These are some photos of Susanne and John Davies – back in the sixties. The house is the sorority house, Chi Omega, at the University of South Dakota.
Read More…Helen and Susanne at Tobacco Plantation – Virginia 1960
These were taken in the late summer of 1960 near Bristol, VA. Tobacco gets pretty tall!
Read More…Painter Photographs . . . In the Sixties
Here are some photos taken from the slides that Helen had. Please feel free to make comments regarding when they were taken and who the people are in the photos. I think some were taken at Mary’s wedding and some at Thanksgiving sometime in the sixties.
Read More…“Bess” has been published.
Bess has been published. It is HISTORICAL FICTION . . . based LOOSELY on the adventures of the real Bess. The intent is to describe the adventures of the early homestead and the challenges faced by a young woman venturing out into the prairies of far southwestern North Dakota in the early 1900’s. Remember . […]
Read More…Bill Cranston, Helen Cranston, & Wood Jett – 1936
Found a photo of Bill, Helen and Wood taken in 1936
Read More…Bill Cranston – 1942
This is a photo of Bill Cranston taken in Canada in 1942. According to Helen, he was at the “Air Observer School.”
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