When Percy got orders to take his bomber crew and head for North Africa during World War II, he made a quick and daring decision.  Taking off near San Francisco, as soon as they were airborne, he headed their bomber for a bold stunt.

Quick as a wink, that big bomber cruised under the Golden Gate Bridge and soared into the wild blue yonder!  As they made their climb into the sky, a loud blasting of words was coming at them via their radio.  Well….”all hell broke loose!”  Percy and his crew just laughed as they went on their way to war.

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When my father purchased the Broughton farm in the late 1920’s he then owned the land on each of Bokes Creek at York Center, Ohio.

So…..what did he do to extend his quarry further in that direction? HE MOVED THE CREEK! Truly! He did! He moved Bokes Creek over onto the Broughton farm pasture land that bordered his quarry.

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We were loading yearling steers to take to market. All went smoothly until this last steer had made up his mind he was not going on the truck with the others we had already loaded. Each time my husband and I had him going up the loading plank, he would leap over the side rail and run back into the field.

As I was chasing after him, for the umpteenth time, and had listened each time to how it was all my fault, well…………I just lost it!

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