Preface and Navigation Notes

This blog is a compilation of historical note and anecdotes from the like of Kendall Mark Miller, born December 7, 1951, in Newton, Kansas to William Mark Miller and Faye Madaleen Miller (nee Montgomery). I expect it to be a work in progress for an extended time.



It consists of a number of articles as blog entries. The organization is dynamic in nature as I expect articles to be created, expanded, polished, and subdivided over time. There is a table of contents that contains permanent links to the articles in a chronological order. The order of the entries in the blog is basically random. With each session, I expect to create an update entry that summarizes the recent changes. When articles are first created, they may be nothing more than a few keywords to get my thoughts rolling.

The best way to navigate this is to start at the Table of Contents on the side over there.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Mother, Madaleen Miller

Fairland girl

Oka Jewel Boren
Ralph Montgomery (Truman's story)
Sister Mabel
Brother Vern
War years in DC

At the age of nineteen, Mom had taken a typing test and as a part of the war effort, she was asked to join the pool of clerical workers being assembled in D.C. As she started her trip at the train station in Miami, she met another young woman who was going to D.C. on the same program. They traveled together and roomed together for the year they were in Washington. She strongly remembers standing at the Lincoln Memorial looking out over the Reflection Pool. She also remembers taking a trip with her roommate and some friends to New York. She worked in the Navy Department. They were there about a year. After they returned home

Music, music, music
Always a broadway musical fan.  Was an Oklahoma gal in DC during WWII when the musical was the hottest thing in NYC.  Was able to actually see a Broadway show when in NYC in 64, the King and I.  Her interest enticed and encouraged me into theatre for which I will be eternally grateful for the richness it brought to my life.

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