Bev Hammer and Neva Christensen talk about raising their families in the Lumber Street neighborhood during the 1950′s. They talk about the support system that sustained them as young wives and mothers when the men were off fishing for weeks at a time. They describe the web of caring and support that “Stretched from one [...]
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It Takes A Neighborhood to Raise a Child
Posted in Christensen, Neva, Hammer, Bev, tagged Lumber Street on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Neva and Susan Christensen
Posted in Christensen, Neva, Christensen, Susan, tagged Chris Christensen, Joy Janssen, Lois DeBoer, nurses on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Neva Christensen speaks with her daughter-in-law Susan about what brought her to Petersburg and her early impressions of the town in the mid-1950’s. Neva tells about what it was like to be a young wife and mother raising kids in town when many of the men were out fishing for much of the year. She [...]
