Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. I have just recently been able to find information on the Story family, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Vir jare, I could not find my great-grandmother Dollie Zimmerman nee
On the morning of Saturday, April 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. The time
Op Desember 1, 1938 op 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 jaar oud. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Ek
Geboue is net hope planke en bakstene sonder die stories wat daaraan geheg is. During November 1912, St. Arthur Huddleston, Louis-polisiebeampte, is deur die moordenaar Albert Whitefield vermoor. Whitefield het sy gemeenskaplike vrou verras, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Vandag, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Ongelukkig, life in Missouri is 20 jaar, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. Op Julie 27, 1996, Volle, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept
Hierdie week my oudste seun Kenneth draai,,en,Behalwe afrondingskool,,en,grootste fokus Kenneth se is die martial arts,,en,Hy is veral passievol oor die onderrig van selfverdediging,,en,Ek het opgelei,,en,niggies en neefs plus al drie van my kinders in die martial arts,,en,die eerste lid van die derde generasie,,en,jou beurt,,en,Ek weet nie normaalweg voel oud, maar dit maak my laat besef tyd vlieg deur,,en,Jy voortgaan om te ontwikkel tot 'n onafhanklike jong man kartering jou eie manier,,en,Jy sal goed doen in die lewe so lank as wat jy bly getrou aan jou beginsels,,en,Uitdagings is tydelik,,en 19 jaar oud. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. Oor die jare, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. Verlede week, the first member of the third generation started with us. To
My daughter asked me the other day if I had seen any of the Olympic Judo. She was surprised when I told her I had not. Besides being a black belt in Taekwondo, I’m a brown belt in Judo. Like both my sons, Caity trained in both TKD and Judo as well. Egter, Ek hou nie van die politieke oorwegings wat in gemaak word nie
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Terwyl hierdie storie kan of mag
Onlangs, my youngest son Caleb obtained his first job at a local fast food restaurant. I was proud of him because Caleb decided he wanted a job, filled out a number of applications and obtained a job close to the house. Caleb found the job to be a good fit because of the location and working environment. It is interesting