Family Matters 
“You Gave Me Dignity”(0)
Jimmy Freeman and Tommy White at the scouting jamboree. Slept in the same sleeping bag. “Color didn’t rub off either one of them.”
When Jimmy returned to visit Pop he told him, “You gave me dignity. I can stand up with anyone and be proud.”
Village Wisdom: Anchors Series on Riehlife
“Anchors” refers to the people in the Melville community that were the heart of it as my father Erwin A. Thompson grew up and as he listened to the stories of older generations of the legends that were our heritage.
Here is a showcase of what Pop likes to call the “anchors” of the community [...]
Village Wisdom: Anchors (intro) by Erwin A. Thompson
Rebecca Pincas and her family hosted a gathering at the Edwardsville Library to share the labors of several yeras of hard and dedicated work. The subject: “The early history of Melville andi ts people.” Several of the old families were represented in the audience, who later became participants in the discussion [...]
Abraham Lincoln Radio Show Features Erwin Thompson’s Stories & Music
Sinta Seiber-Lane interviewed Daddy for an WUIS radio program on Lincoln. Guests besides my father Erwin A. Thompson included Chris Vallillo and Todd Cranson..
More in this category:
- Class Lessons from Childhood Shape Me Today
- Village Wisdom: Anchors: “Melville Neighbors,”by Erwin A. Thompson
- Village Wisdom: Anchors, E. A. Riehl…by Erwin A. Thompson
- Pop’s Come Back at Home
- Pop Home from Hospital! Halleluyah!
- Inspiring Day at the Hospital with Pop and His Court
- Blog Action Day: Poverty in the Great Depression. “The Kind of People that We Are”—a poem by Erwin A. Thompson
- Alton Sesquicenntenial. We’re playing, folks!
- Birthday Brother, 62 years of happiness and helpingness: Gary Arthur Thompson
- Family Reunion: Kids Fishing
- Thompson’s Western Tales Reviewed on Writers In the Sky