Eleanore Ebeling Remembers Calvin Coolidge, Model T Fords and the First Radios
Over the past 102 years, Eleanore Ebeling, a resident of Ecumen Meadows in Worthington, Minn., has gathered a lot of wonderful memories.
Over the past 102 years, Eleanore Ebeling, a resident of Ecumen Meadows in Worthington, Minn., has gathered a lot of wonderful memories. She recently shared her story with Ryan McGaughey, Managing Editor of the Worthington Daily Globe.
Here’s a sample:
“I remember the first radios,” Eleanore said. “I was going to country school and one of the families in the district had a radio, which was brand new to us. They said we could come over there and listen to the inauguration of (President Calvin) Coolidge. We walked over there to this farm place … and the radio had open tubes and wasn’t even in an enclosed box. … We went up there to hear this radio with three dials, and there was so much static that we never heard a thing.
Read the complete profile at this link.