Before the internet reduced communication to the whiz of an email or text, sent and received within seconds, people had slower options for staying in touch with each other. Some wrote letters, others ...

Eugene’s father, James (J.A.) Umstattd (1902-1988), was a native of LeRoy who made his way to Bloomington in the 1930s. Although his occupation was in sales and service at Paxton’s Furniture Store in ...