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CSM believes the most important editorial in our magazine are the great letters we get from you. Sincerely yours, P.S.— We've provided a simple and convenient form that you may use, if you wish. May/June 2008
Dear Ed and Carol, I've been intending to write you for many months expressing my joy of obtaining every one of your magazine publications. With the Milburn family now in its eighth generation living and farming here in wonderfull Cecil County, we are truly made of "Cecil Soil". Myself being 67 years old, remember or know many of your fabulous people you write of. It also brings back my childhood memories of my father, who was born in 1901, telling me of all the friends and neighbors he had remembered. Keep up the GREAT work! (it must be alot of work!) In your Jan.-Feb. issue on page 57, bottom right side, picture of the 1959 Delegates to State Convention of American Bureau: Front 2nd row 1st left is my father, John W. Milburn, Appleton Rd; Back row, third from left is Fred Martenis, AppletonRd. Again, always eagerly looking forward to your next issue!! Evan B. Milburn,Grower
Dear Ed and Carol, Thank you very much for running the story about my good friend, Elsmere barber Frank Terranova, in the recent issue of Cecil Soil. It was very kind of you to arrange for your art designer (Neeley Spotts) to complete the page with Frank's story before the rest of the magazine was ready to be published, so he could read it. Frank passed away on Sunday evening, February 24, 2008, at his home. His family members framed a copy of your Cecil Soil page and displayed his story during his viewing. Frank's family wanted me to express their thanks to Cecil Soil for printing the tribute to Frank, which they will keep as a remembrance of their loving relative and good friend. Thanks again for your kindness, Dear Ed and Carol, I am so glad that we found your magazine in which to advertise our community, all-volunteer band. The Upper Chesapeake Community Band could not have made a better choice regarding where to advertise. We had tried it all - newspapers, radio, TV, cultural event programs, and web sites. But since we decided to start advertising in the Cecil Soil last May, we have received more exposure and response than ever before. Your crew has done a beautiful job of creating an attractive ad for us. But the January/February issue's article on the Upper Chesapeake Community Band was a super job. Paula Kelly put in much time and effort to interview me and other members of the band. Then she gave more time to show up at a concert site and get a nicely done picture of the group. The script was informative and the members quoted correctly. Thank you for considering our organization worthy to be showcased in the Cecil Soil Magazine. We shall continue to advertise with you. You are doing a great job - please continue to publish this wonderful magazine. Mary White, Dear Eddie,
My husband, David, shared some memories of your parents when he stayed at your house for a few summers. He remembers the summer he spent with you, and these memories are from that time. He said your Mom was a wonderful cook, and he loved the chocolate milk she always served. He remembers your family happily eating dinner together on the porch your father enclosed. He said, "I went there an 80 pound weakling, and left at 120 pounds of muscle. Your mother was a great lady, very kind, smart, and always made you feel at home, but could talk a hole through you." About your father, David remembers the hotdog incident - he was eating a hotdog, and started choking. He panicked, got up, and started running around the house, and your father, Grice, ran after him. When your father got a hold of him, he dislodged the hotdog. And to this day, David swears he would not be here today if Grice had not been there, and chased him down. He remembers getting a horse stuck between two trees and Nancy getting real mad about it. For the most part he remembers being off playing or doing something with you kids. This is all I got out him and I'll keep trying to get more. (He is getting old and his memory isn't as good as it used to be. LOL) Sincerely,
Dear Ed, Just wanted to thank you for putting our grandparents' pictures in your magazine. I have not seen them in 30 years and I want to thank you. Your Cousin, Dear Rick Barton, Thanks for a great article! I have already heard from almost all of our club, and everyone who has read the article thought it was well done. It was very nice to work with you on this, and I look forward to reading all of your future articles. Thanks from Paul McGuigan and the Conowingo Lions Club Dear Carol & Ed, Before I find just the right thank you card, I am thanking you by email. What an honor it is to be part of the March and April, 2008 Cecil Soil edition! Students are thrilled and quite pleased with pages 26 & 43 as they show their friends. I brought the edition to the Longwood Gardens Advisory Board meeting last night. The board members were very excited about the connections RSMS has with Cecil Soil. May I stop by to pick up 40 copies? We will use them for the Cultural Events activities and I would like to distribute copies to the "Art Studio" students. Thank you for your interest and support of the arts at RSMS.
Carol Mangano, Art Teacher,
Dear Ed,
Sincerely,
Dear CSM, This is my poem and a picture of the bench and tree. My husband died 16 years ago. This was for him.I want to renew a subscription for my brother, Hammersley Taylor - A great magazine. I got a lot of feedback on my two stories that you printed.
Thank you, Ed and Carol, Don't want to miss any more issues of Cecil Soil Magazine. While thinking I would pick up current issues I missed the one that means a lot. That would be the magazine that featured the New River group. We know the Campbell family. So please send me the November/December 2007 Issue and a year's subscription.
Louise Tomlinson
P.S. I know how much work you two do to make this magazine. Dear CSM, I just love your magazine. It has so very many interesting stories, and articles inside. Thanks so much.
Beverly Chapman
Dear Ed and Carol, It was nice to meet you both on that wintery day last week. I had missed the last issue of Cecil Soil Magazine and had to get two copies because my husband and I both do the puzzle, he is much faster than I am. In that issue we enjoyed the articles on Dr. Taylor, our family doctor till he retired, Rumbleway Farm, and since I work at Perryville High, the article on Mr. LoPresto. One of your issues made its way to Lake George, New York. We stop at the American Legion and while talking found out the commander was stationed at Bainbridge Navel Training Center. Several issues later you had an article on Bainbridge. We took a copy up the next year for him. He enjoyed reading what is happening at Bainbridge. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your next issue.
Sincerely,
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An acquaintance of mine sent me a copy of
Cecil Soil Magazine with a note attached to check
out page 46, the article on Herb's Barbershop.
Looking at it I got excited as I went to school
with Herb. Then noticed the web site and got to
the computer. The website came up and reading
the articles with the pictures, I decided to print
them all out. That I did for all of the pages. Then
noticed about an inch on one side of the paper was cut off. I Talked
to my son who is a computer geek, and he said it was the network
not my computer. But I did really enjoy reading all the pages and
hope to be able to save them on my computer somehow. I lived in
North East and graduated with the class of 1951. But I joined the Air
Force after graduation and ended up marrying a Sailor, that's why I
live here in California. He sadly is no longer with us but my family
lives here - so here is where I'll stay. I thank you so very much for the
article, and to the acquaintance that sent it to me; it was most enjoyable
to read about some of my classmates from high school.
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