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“Hemlock Stories” by Ira Briggs |
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Ira Briggs is a well digger, fiction writer and ARC Living Skills Assistant and a University of Rochester employee who hails from the little hamlet of Hemlock NY. Ira has lived his whole life in Hemlock and through the years he has written fictional stories about what he has noticed or has remembered. Here is a collection of his fiction stories for our enjoyment. This photo shows Ira peeking through the peephole that was once in the front door of the Old Fellows Building in Hemlock NY. Click the image to enlarge. |
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Ira’s mother, Dorothy, rode her husband’s motorcycle often. One day she was run off the road by a careless auto driver. Although not seriously hurt, the lawsuit which followed also took a bad turn. |
Ira Briggs 23 April 2015 |
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Uncle Burnell’s passing took place in the spring, warranting the use of picks and shovels by family members in order to dig his grave. |
Ira Briggs 8 April 2015 |
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Jane Barnard, a woman of retirement age and member of the Hemlock Baptist Church, was of singular grace and steadfast tranquility, due to her abiding faith in the Lord. |
Ira Briggs 10 March 2015 |
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Uncle Jimmy, an outdoorsman friend of mine, faced the unpopular, but necessary decision to terminate the life of Canadice, his dog. Canadice had outlived his ability to walk and control his own excretions. |
Ira Briggs 25 February 2015 |
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Uncle Jimmy, a friend of mine and an avid hunter, fisherman and trapper, was always accompanied by his inseparable canine companion, Canadice, named after one of Uncle Jimmy’s favorite lakes. |
Ira Briggs 6 February 2015 |
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Ira tells the story of the tragic buggy race that happened in the Devil’s Bedroom on Harder road at Hemlock lake. |
Ira Briggs 5 August 2014 |
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Carl Drain’s Belated Homecoming Ira remembers the Hugh and Gertrude Drain family of Hemlock NY. Their only son was lost in New Guinea during WWII in a plane crash. |
Ira Briggs 7 May 2014 |
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Ira remembers when the demolition derby started at the Hemlock Fair and driving his own favoirte 1971 Charger in the derby. |
Ira Briggs 25 June 2013 |
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Ira’s father Larry rode a Harley Davidson motorcycle while in the army. However, his first ride was almost his last. |
Ira Briggs 1 January 2012 |
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Ira remembers a shopping trip with his mother and the gift he received from an extrodinary man. |
Ira Briggs 1 January 2012 |
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C-Biskit and the Louisiana Gator Ira’s father Larry fought in WWII. But before he got to the front he and his fellow GIs distracted themselves in anyway they could find. |
Ira Briggs 28 June 2011 |
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