Military Monday: Pvt. Paul Eugene Crim

Pvt. Paul Eugene Crim - circa 1943

Pvt. Paul E. Crim was the son of Oral Perry and Grace Anna (Runyan) Crim. He was born 14 Jan 1924 and died 13 Nov 1992. He was my mother's first cousin and close friend. Paul enlisted in the United States Army on 13 Mar 1943 at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

A snippet from the local news...

National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, Indiana) April 6, 1944:

National Road Traveler article dated Apr. 6, 1944

"Clyde Crim visited with his brother Pvt. Paul Crim at College Park, Md. where Pvt. Crim has been taking a specialized training course at the University of Maryland. They were also at Washington, D.C."

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Wisdom Wednesday: "A Loan" By Janet E. Runyan

~Short poem written by my mother - Age 17~

Janet E. Runyan circa 1941

Poem published in the "National Road Traveler" newspaper on December 18, 1941. This local newspaper covered the sections of  Rush and Henry counties in Indiana that border the historic National Road.  I discovered this gem last week while browsing this newspaper on Ancestry.com. What I wouldn't give to have found this clipping while Mom was still with us! She would have been delighted!

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1947 Newspaper Ad: Public Sale At Newby Farm

Farm of Charles Lee and Ida May (Trowbridge) Newby

(My maternal great grandparents, deceased)

Ad from the National Road Traveler Newspaper (Ancestry.com)
January 23, 1947 

The National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, Indiana) turned out to be a super entertaining and clue filled find for me. In fact, Ancestry.com has several Indiana newspapers that have given me many hours of happy research. I was up until 2 a.m. last night copying articles about my mother. Wish I'd found those when she was still with us, she would have been tickled pink over the great memories. Now, I've spent most of the day on this same newspaper and the new clues I've unearthed for some of my Trowbridge family are nearly overwhelming! Old newspapers have got to be one of my favorite genealogy resources! 

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