| Welcome to the online "Granny's Notes" archive. This collection contains all of Sue Gerard's stories from her weekly column in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Please browse the list below to read her stories.
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| December 18 |
Meet at Hays Hardware, but be home before dark |
| December 11 |
Christmas tree customers also wanted wild berries |
| December 4 |
It didn’t feel like Christmas until home smelled like cedar |
| November 27 |
Hunting old memories really helps time fly |
| November 20 |
Life’s come a long way since work first began on ‘The Slab’ |
| November 13 |
Living on a dairy farm was so very exciting |
| November 6 |
Milking a cow no easy job for independent dairyman |
| October 30 |
Starting up a dairy takes hard work, connections |
| October 23 |
Col. Switzler’s history held some surprises |
| October 16 |
Columbia site chosen for access to ‘living’ water |
| October 9 |
Passing on Grandpa’s stories keeps generations connected |
| October 2 |
Square dances let fiddler scratch out Depression pay |
| September 25 |
During the Depression, I was fiddling around |
| September 18 |
Europeans found natural bounty in the New World |
| September 11 |
Despite car accident, Mom played at pageant |
| August 28 |
Whatever happened to ‘Children’s Day’? |
| August 21 |
Childhood opportunity lost to hear history |
| August 14 |
Move from horse to Ford power brought problems to home dairy |
| August 7 |
Dad and Mom bought a farm east of Columbia |
| July 31 |
Trip went awry with theft in Germany |
| July 24 |
Summer tour ends with an unexpected surprise |
| July 17 |
Through Checkpoint Charlie and into another world |
| July 10 |
You think you can’t afford foreign travel? Go anyway! |
| July 3 |
Before there was Columbia, there were stumps and a tavern |
| June 19 |
Parents, be ready to save a life when needed most |
| June 5 |
Some people choose farm homes for entire lifetimes |
| May 22 |
Playground games fun for kids to play in water |
| May 15 |
Tea parties a great way to teach kids swimming |
| May 8 |
Major changes came to our lives with advent of ‘the pill’ |
| May 1 |
After Christian College became co-ed, the school bought 16 bikes |
| April 24 |
For a taste sensation, use Missouri’s black walnuts |
| April 17 |
Not all Boone County men were soldiers during war |
| April 10 |
People used to say ‘curiosity killed the cat’ |
| April 3 |
Rural family worked hard, rolled with the punches |
| March 27 |
Working two jobs was almost like child’s play |
| March 20 |
‘Celiac disease ... can cause death’ |
| March 13 |
Farm had two pools and four swimming teachers |
| March 6 |
Canton streets provide sights many visitors miss |
| February 27 |
An American woman alone in Canton, China |
| February 20 |
Sixteen toured in China on European bicycles |
| February 13 |
Bryan took a wagonload of trinkets to old Mexico |
| February 6 |
Boone native’s memories prove to be long-lasting |
| January 30 |
Celiac sprue is a disease that many doctors miss |
| January 23 |
Christian College strove to be ‘serious in purpose’ |
| January 16 |
Any job was a good job if money changed hands |
| January 9 |
Be ready for bicycling before spring days arrive |
| January 2 |
Boone County white clay tells the Christmas story |
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