Dai nrog poj Grandma Ellis

Zuj zus pem kuv hnov dab neeg ntau txog kuv poj niam tais Caroline “Hli” Ellis ntawm kuv niam. Nws siv sij hawm kom ntau rau nws pog uas nyob rau hauv St. Louis. Yawg Ellis mus rau lub xeev Illinois ob peb zaug thaum lub 1940s thiab cov tebchaw. Niam yuav rov qab los rau me nyuam. Louis nquag mus saib koob Grandma Ellis. Grandma thiab yawg Ellis yuav nqa cov niam tuaj xyuas thaum nws yau. Thaum twg niam kuj muaj zog lawm, nws yuav caij lub tsheb thauj mus los Pickneyville rov qab rau cov me nyuam. Louis. Yawm Grandma yuav ntsib nws tom qhov chaw tos tsheb loj depot.

One of the things that they did often was see movies at the Fox Theatre. Hnub no, Hma liab Theatre ib hom tsiaj muscial qhia thiab plays. Nyob rau ntawm 1940s thiab 1950s, Nws yog ib lub palaces yeeb yam uas cov studios ua tau mus faib rau lawv films. Eventually this distribution chain was dissolved by court action. Tsis muaj lub tsev lub theaters studios, builders pib ua yeeb yam lub tsev me me.

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Yawm Grandma Caroline “Hli” Ellis nyob rau hauv nws lub xyoo tom ntej

Great Grandma occasionally took Mom to see movies that Grandma and Grandpa Ellis would not approve of. Niam yuav tsum tsiv nraim lawv tau pom dab tsi rau ntshai tias Grandma thiab yawg yuav tsi pub nws mus rau ib lub tsev loj Grandma. Yawm Grandma nyob nrog nws tus phooj ywg Emily thiab ib lwm poj niam nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev rau cov 3800 thaiv ntawm Connecticut Avenue. Niam hais ib txhia nws puas zoo nrog nws pog tau thaum nws lub sij hawm nyob hauv lub tsev no. Ua 1905, Yawm Grandma Ellis nyob ntawd nyob hauv lub 1950s 1960.

Emily tawm nyob kuv pog xyoo caum ib los li. Kuv nco ntsoov mus nrog yawg Ellis muaj ib hnub, thaum nws mus xyuas saib Emily. Nws yog nyob ntawm cov Jefferson caj npab Hotel nyob hauv plawv nroog St. Louis. Kuv zoo li yuav tsum nco ntsoov nws rau ntau lub tsev gatherings nyob Grandma thiab yawg Ellis’ lub tsev nyob hauv lub 1970s.

Great Grandma Ellis started the family stubbornness that has travelled down to the present generation. Niam muaj ib txhia neeg Grandma poj yuav mloog. Yawg Ellis puas tseem yuav tau niam tham Grandma poj, thaum nws yuav tsis pom ib tus kws kho mob, noj tshuaj, yam. Yawm Grandma kom nws du rau sawv daws tias nws yuav ua li cas nws xav thaum uas nws xav.

Kuv niam nyuam qhuav hais koj kuv mus kuv xav txog tej yam tab sis kuv hais thaum pib thiab xaus uas yog nws tug xwb thov, nws twb tsis hais ces lawv yuav ua raws li kuv lub tswv yim thiab yog kawg iffy yog tias nws twb yog nws. Kuv xav uas nws tau mus los uas.

Yawm Grandma Ellis tso los tseg kuj yuav 1968 ib lub hlis ua ntej nws lub hnub yug 87th thiab kuv niam tus kab tshoob. Tab sis nws tsis nyob huv yawm rau ob peb xyoo ua ntej nws yuav huas, Nws hais rau kuv niam tias nws lawv tsis yuav tuag mus txog rau thaum nws paub leej niam marrying. Nws willed nws mus kom txog rau thaum nws mus txog lub hom phiaj ntawm nws tus kheej. Kuv tsuas khauv xim yog tias kuv tsis tau mus raws li qhov no zoo kawg thiab poj niam tab sis kuv xav tias kuv paub li cas nws yog los ntawm kuv niam thiab kuv yawm. ua tsaug, Yawm Grandma.

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