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Thoughts, memories, anecdotes and information…

December 22, 2020 By Carolyn Foss 5 Comments

…is how Walter Schutz introduced his collection of childhood rememberances. We heard from a number of you that you’d like to read more his stories from Christmas in the early 1900’s (and more). This, then is a continuation of our Sievers Facebook posts since the last Sievers News was sent out. We’ll do one more focused on New Year’s festivities closer to that time. Walter continues, “A magic set was another favored gift. My brother had taken me to see several matinees at the Bijou where Thurston the Magician was playing. They were amazing and almost frightening experiences and never forgotten. It was only natural that I should try some of the most simple that were shown in a leaflet […]

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It Was Fun Being Young

December 17, 2020 By Carolyn Foss 18 Comments

For the past week or so our Sievers Facebook friends have seen a series of posts featuring the childhood rememberances of Christmas from Walter Schutz. Walter was born in 1900 and grew up in Milwaukee on Holton Street, about three blocks from the Milwaukee River. He had a remarkable memory, going back to his very early years. Sharing excerpts (and the illustrations of Marguerite Jewell) from his book, It Was Fun Being Young, is one way of weaving a thread of traditions from the early 1900’s through today. Through December we’ll be sharing more of Walter’s Christmas and New Year’s memories on our Facebook page. He writes, “It was only a week or two before the 25th that children and […]

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Nature’s Christmas Colors

December 24, 2013 By Carolyn Foss

Unwrapping the morning… [nivoslider id=”5680″]

Filed Under: Fiber Arts, Seasons, Sievers School Tagged With: blue, christmas, winter

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