Lila's history made me think of an experience I really don't want in the family history!  LOL!!  Some years ago Barbara and I were at a conference in San Antonio, Texas.  A young man at the conference wanted some volunteers to interview for a college course he was taking.  We volunteered since so many of the participants were leaving the campus as it was an afternoon "off"   Several months later low and behold, I am watching PBS TV and there I am as big as life being interviewed.  Only a brief statement from me but in a context which I did not appreciate! I was shocked!  Others I heard from said the conference leaders were going to contact those responsible since we were promised this stuff would not be "live"!  I never saw it again and assume it was "taken" care of.  Do be careful to whom you tell your troubles, especially if they have a camera.

    Is there anyone else out there who enjoys family history and searching out the past?   One year ago this month, ...   more »

Barbara was born and reared in the Washington DC area. She was the only sibling among five to finish high school and then go on to college where she was graduated magna cum laude. She and Quentin Clingerman were married in 1956. Three girls; Vicki, Lori, and Bambi ...   more »

You may know I'm  Lila Kirwood, mother of Ken and Wendy, retired high school librarian, who, with my husband David ...   more »