Buster Dale & Frances Mabel Hammond

2009-04-04T09:14:00.000-07:00

I'm grateful for the fun and amazing stories that so many have been able to share with me. And I'm sad that I was never able to get to know Grandpa Buster. It brought many tears to my eyes as I would read the stories, memories or things that remind them of G'pa Buster. I'm excited to be able to share these stories, and hopefully get more as time goes on. :)

Here is a memory from Mom (Bebe) and a poem that was Buster's favorite:
"I liked our Sunday rides in the car to Manitou, Broadmoor or up the canyon to Helen Hunt Falls or up Ute Pass. I liked Sunday dinners and the family feelings that I cherish, in spite of washing dishes. I like Sunday evening supper of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich or open face tuna sandwich with tuna, tomato, bacon and cheese grilled on a hamburger bun. We watched the Ed Sullivan show and maybe Disneyland.
Daddy ad Mother liked to watch the Lawrence Welk show on Saturday evenings. TV was a treat. Daddy sat in the big green chair and enjoyed the evening."

Trees
by Sergeant Joyce Kilmer
165th Infantry (69th New York)

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain’
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

2009-03-08T15:29:00.001-07:00

(Buster (1938), Buster and the Penrose Trophy)

(Beautiful Family Portrait: Buster, Mabel, Sally, Patty, Kay, Bebe)

(Mabel, Bus & Mabel wedding picture)

The Beginning

2009-03-06T16:00:00.000-08:00

My name is Rebekah Barton - and I am the granddaughter of these two amazing people.
I have decided to start this blog page for everyone who knew these people, and wanted to help me preserve their memories, pictures, and stories.
The idea of starting the blog page actually started when I was in a family history class, and I had to pick a project that would influence the lives of others. And as I was thinking, I realized that most of my family does not have a very good history or clue about who their grandparents (or great grandparents for that matter) are. So I want to share the information that I have. I am compiling pictures, stories, photos, pedigree charts, etc to post on here. And hopefully people will start to create memories of their own. :-)