cardinalcharlie, Author at Leader Publications

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Childhood shenanigans in Dowagiac

How many remember when the point after a touchdown was made by a drop-kick, and no one held the ball for the kicker? I’ll never ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, March 6, 2014 5:03 pm

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More childhood memories in Dowagiac

Another thing, back in the 1930s, we also had a window card for putting in the window to tell the Hostess bread truck to stop ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:48 am

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Remembering my childhood

Here are some memories of old Cardinal Charlie’s young years. Those old Burma Shave in the farmers’ fields out on old M-40 South. Also old ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:44 am

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Cardinal Charlie: Shakespeare, the village that never was

Not many know, but in 1836, the village of Shakespeare was plotted southwest of Dowagiac. It was in an area just northeast of the present ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:28 pm

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Cardinal Charlie: Clippings from the Dowagiac Daily News

Here are a few things I’ve picked up in some of my old Dowagiac Daily News papers that I was looking at recently. Something I ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:07 am

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Cardinal Charlie: Reflecting on letters from a Civil War soldier

Jim Riley’s diary ended abruptly, for on Monday, June 19th, 1865, troop boat started up the Mississippi River, supposedly to Chicago, Ill., to muster the ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:18 am

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Cardinal Charlie: Letters from a Civil War veteran continue

Shells were fired from Lookout Mountain. Our boys are so weak they can only go a mile before resting. Sherman is here with his army ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, January 8, 2014 6:32 pm

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Cardinal Charlie: Letters from a Civil War veteran continue

There was a big revival, which began in April and was still going on in June, James said. Lt. Townsend ordered him to clean some ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Friday, January 3, 2014 11:37 am

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Cardinal Charlie: Letters from a civil war veteran, continued

Feb. 21, 1862 We were able to change shirts and the gray-backs (lice) were back after three weeks of no new clothes.   March 1 ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, December 18, 2013 6:53 pm

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Cardinal Charlie: Minuteman stood his patriotic ground

The other day, while sitting in my recliner, I looked over at our big, curved-door china closet full of a bit of everything. Lots of ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:47 pm

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Cardinal Charlie trying spinal cord stimulation for pain

For all of my friends and readers who have missed me, this is why. I’ve been confined for quite some time and have to use ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Friday, August 23, 2013 10:14 am

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Cardinal Charlie: Squirrel comes out the closet for $75

I sure hope my readers don’t have some of the problems like old Charlie has had over the years. I wrote an article several years ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:48 pm

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Cardinal Charlie writes long letters like in the 1950s

Boy, old Charlie, at age 83, is sure having a lot of trouble these days. I’ve been told I’m living back in the 1950s. I ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 4:34 pm

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Cardinal Charlie/remember Snake Dances?

I was talking to a friend and asked him he remembered when we had a “Snake Dance” at the Homecoming football game. We kids all ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, July 25, 2013 9:18 am

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Cardinal Charlie: landlord left us with smaller porch

Recently I read in the paper an article about a lady and her front porch from years ago. This took my mind back to my ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:07 pm

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Cardinal Charlie/Mae’s Wahoo a portal to Reagan library

I’m sure a lot of my readers can remember Mae Rosemeier, who was a Dowagiac Daily News worker for years. A while back I was ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:20 pm

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Cardinal Charlie/When boots were galoshes

Here is something I recall of my early school days at Oak Street School. When we got home in the afternoon we had to change ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:27 pm

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Cardinal Charlie/trash hauler Alfred Falk

I receive all kinds of letters from people who read my weekly column, and I seem to run into folks I don’t know, but know ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:25 pm

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Cardinal Charlie: advertisers of 1901, 1907

In my 1901 DHS class book, called “About Us,” 41 ads were taken out by business people to support the publishing of this book. Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:49 pm

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Cardinal Charlie: yearbook name changed annually

Until 1919, yearbook name changed annually When I read the Dear John article where Dave Thomas had questions about the Wahoo, I found out it ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 7:57 pm

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Cardinal Charlie: Scooping soot with a spoon

After seeing a heading in one of my papers the other day, “Spring cleaning,” it brought this 83-year-old mind of mine back to my memory ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:15 pm

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Cardinal Charlie recalls fire alarm boxes

I’m sure there are a few people around who remember that little old man, “Nicey Day Joe,” and his horse-driven ice cream wagon plying the ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:24 am

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Cardinal Charlie: growing up poor in ’30s

    Not too long ago, I read about people in poverty and I said to myself I also was a person in poverty back ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 11:00 am

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Cardinal Charlie: Going to college in Marion, Ind., in 1902

This is a copy of a local letter given to me that I found quite interesting: Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:51 pm

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Cardinal Charlie: Heddon’s Homer Circle passes away at 97

When I read my July 1 South Bend Tribune, I was saddened when I read in Louie Stout’s outdoors column where 97-year-old Homer Circle had ... Read more

by Cardinal Charlie Gill, Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:00 pm

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