Papa letting me stick my finger in his cake!
Me and Papa blowing out his candlesSunday was my papa Hall's 80th birthday. We celebrated his birthday after church with good food, family and friends. I helped decorate papa's cake. I put one of my tractor trailer trucks on it and nana wrote "Keep on truckin' Daddy". It wasn't the prettiest cake, but it sure did taste good!
Here are a few interesting facts my nana read about my papa at his party.
Papa was born on a Thursday, August 22, 1929 in Elliston, VA to Clyde Harley and Dorothy Craighead Hall. He is the 3rd oldest of 12 children. He married Margaret Evelyn South on September 9, 1951 and is the father of 7 children, grandfather of 14 and great grandfather of 19.
Here are some interesting facts that happened in1929. This was the year the stock market crashed. Herbert Hoover was President and 13 million people were unemployed. Farms were being foreclosed and people were without homes. 25% of all school aged children were mal-nourished and in some states such as Illinois, Kentucky and West Virginia 90% of school aged children were mal-nourished. The unforgettable St. Valentine's Massacre happened this year in Chicago. Over 200,000 people died from influenza, Popeye the Sailor came alive, the soft drink 7-UP was invented and so was the Duncan Yo-Yo. There were 2 kinds of people trying to make it during the worst economic downturn to date and they were the "poor" and the "poor".
There was no money when papa was a boy and times were tight. Maybe that is why papa is so free-hearted now. He is always doing for someone else or his family. He works hard and doesn't have to and gives most of what he makes away. Thank you papa for all that you do for me and for others and I wish you many, many, many more happy birthdays!
Here are a few interesting facts my nana read about my papa at his party.
Papa was born on a Thursday, August 22, 1929 in Elliston, VA to Clyde Harley and Dorothy Craighead Hall. He is the 3rd oldest of 12 children. He married Margaret Evelyn South on September 9, 1951 and is the father of 7 children, grandfather of 14 and great grandfather of 19.
Here are some interesting facts that happened in1929. This was the year the stock market crashed. Herbert Hoover was President and 13 million people were unemployed. Farms were being foreclosed and people were without homes. 25% of all school aged children were mal-nourished and in some states such as Illinois, Kentucky and West Virginia 90% of school aged children were mal-nourished. The unforgettable St. Valentine's Massacre happened this year in Chicago. Over 200,000 people died from influenza, Popeye the Sailor came alive, the soft drink 7-UP was invented and so was the Duncan Yo-Yo. There were 2 kinds of people trying to make it during the worst economic downturn to date and they were the "poor" and the "poor".
There was no money when papa was a boy and times were tight. Maybe that is why papa is so free-hearted now. He is always doing for someone else or his family. He works hard and doesn't have to and gives most of what he makes away. Thank you papa for all that you do for me and for others and I wish you many, many, many more happy birthdays!
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