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Holt, SwanEntry/Object ID
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Holt, Swan
St. Joseph News-Press June 21, 1996 Swan Holt wrote an article titled "Relationship holds deeper connotation." Connotation is the overall impression the word leaves in the mind of an individual who uses it. He tell us about his friends. Avery Turner was his friend. They went to grade school together and college. When his best friend married and moved to St. Paul. He found out his best friend had cancer. He drove to St. Paul and his friend's first words were that he knew he would come see him. The next time he saw his friend was at his funeral.
In this article he also talks about his friend Jack Miller, and Norman Munroe.
St. Joseph News-Press February 15, 2004 has a picture of Swan Holt, a former logistics officer for the Department of Defense. Mr. Holt 76 is secretary for Young at Heart, a magazine that shares tales of yesteryear by area senior citizens and is published monthly by the News-Press. He states that if we don't vote to make a change we're always subjected to someone else's decision.
St. Joseph News-Press December 20, 1996 Swan Holt writes an article about his mother who decorates the home as she did her classroom. She used a real evergreen with no lights on it. They always had oyster stew for breakfast.
St. Joseph News-Press March 29, 1996 was an article "Too late to study". It was that the state should conduct a comprehensive study of gambling's impact on society. This was after the voters had already voted on gambling.
St. Joseph News-Press September 6, 1998 is a picture on Mr. Holt dressed as Uncle Sam on Independence Day. He was to read the history "Independence Day for Davy" to the residents at St. Joseph Convalescent Center. Mr. Holt made the vest, trousers and hat.
St. Joseph News-Press, November 22, 1996 he writes an article about his mother writing the story of his grandfather's life. His grandfather was born John Howell James on November 1844. His grandfather did not attend school until he was 16. He married Annie Maria Sparrow. In 1872 he moved with one child to Topeka, Kansas. After 34 years of marriage his wife died. There were 13 children. He died in 1933.
Swan Holt wrote an article about how catalogs changed how people shopped. The most memorable catalog shipments he received were when we heard the mail carrier honk the car's horn at the mailbox. we'd find he had boxes approximately 30 inches square by 5 inches deep with many nickel-sized ventilation holes. These boxes contained chirping baby chicks?
St. Joseph News-Press April 22, 1993 -There is a picture of Swan Holt showing his awards for Table Topics. He was a speech winner. He captivated the audience with his presentation titled "Use Question, Lose Control," Swan belongs to the St. Joseph Toastmasters Club.
St. Joseph News-Press July 10, 1998 is a picture of the staff of the Young at Heart. Swan is part of that group. He has approximately five years on staff. Kathryn Gamble called him and invited him to attend a staff meeting. He wrote a weekly column for the Fifteenth Street News, a college paper.Collection
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