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SUMMER BLOW-OUT REUNIONS WITH FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS STARTED FIRST THING IN THE MORNING JUST, AFTER CHORES AND CONTINUED WAY INTO THE NIGHT. THE GUYS ALL GATHERED TOGETHER, EITHER AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER (or)ON THE BANKS OF THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER FOR A FUN FILLED DAY OF FISHING. THE WOMEN AS YOU MIGHT GUESS WERE BUSY PREPAIRING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FEASTS. BELIEVE ME, THERE WAS PLENTY FOR EVERYONE, WITH LOTS LEFT OVER. DURING THE DAY, THE CHILDREN PLAYED ALL KINDS OF GAMES AND SPORTS (or)RODE ON PONIES OR HORSES. NOT LONG AFTER LUNCH, THE CHILDREN WOULD GATHER AROUND IN A CIRCLE TO MAKE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM. EACH ONE HAD A TURN AT HELPING WITH IT, SO, THEY COULD SAY THEY HAD MADE THE ICE CREAM. AFTER THE EVENING MEAL EVERYONE WOULD GATHER AROUND THE CAMPFIRE AND TELL STORIES. THEN, CAME THE TIME TO ROAST MARSHMELLOWS OVER AN OPEN FIRE TILL THEY WERE JUST RIGHT. OLD SONGS WERE SUNG AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM. FINALLY, AFTER ALL OF THAT, CAME THE PART THAT ALL THE CHILDREN HAD BEEN WAITING FOR. THE HUGE FIREWORKS DISPLAY. AFTER THAT EVERYONE WOULD HELP PACK THINGS UP TO GO HOME. EACH WENT AWAY WITH A BIGGER LOVE OF NATURE AND THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE. YES, THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE WERE NOT AFRAID TO LIFT A HELPING HAND UP AND OUT TO HELP HIS NEIGHBOR, EXPECTING NOTHING IN RETURN BUT A SIMPLE THANK YOU. THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE TOOK TIME OUT TO SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER AND SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH ONE ANOTHER. AT THOSE TIMES THERE WAS MUCH TALK OF BY-GONE TIMES AND YEARS. PEOPLE WERE TALKED ABOUT IN A GOOD LIGHT AND WERE APPRECIATED FOR THEIR EFFORTS. FAMILY RECIPES WERE SHARED AND TALES WERE TOLD THAT WERE FIT TO TELL.
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