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Hobbies are important for many different reasons. While one of the main reasons to immerse oneself in a hobby is to have fun, the benefits do not stop there.

In 1925, Maudalene Milburn bought the lot from the W.J. Logans and turned around and sold it the following year to C.L. Still, who gave a Deed of Trust to W.J. Boucher to get the house built. On Nov. 5, 1928, Mr. Still died, leaving his pregnant widow, Helen Ruth Still and a minor child to pay off the lien. With the payment not being made on the debt, Boucher had the property sold at a foreclosure sale in June 1930, but in July 1930, Helen Ruth Phillips (since remarried) in her own right and as guardian of the estate of her minor children filed suit against Boucher presumably for not giving notice of the sale to Still’s Estate. In August, the suit was settled with the title vesting in Ruth and her children, who in 1936 sold the property to Wright McClatchy, who lived diagonally across the alley to the North. Also, in 1936 Frank N. Cook (1901-1985) took own

Lights on a Christmas tree may seem like a relatively recent phenomenon, but people who can’t wait to deck the halls each December may be surprised to learn that this beloved tradition dates all the way back to the late nineteenth century. Edward Johnson, a friend and colleague of Thomas Edison, introduced holiday light bulbs in 1882. Prior to that, candles were lit on trees and families would briefly gaze at this awe-inspiring bit of holiday decor before the candles were quickly extinguished. Johnson is credited with being the first to suggest light bulbs, which were invented by his friend Edison, be used to light trees in place of candles. While many were impressed by Johnson’s eightbulb holiday display, it remained a novelty until the 1920s, when preassembled lights became more accessible. Since then, Christmas tree lights have taken hold as a must-have piece of holiday decor in households across the globe.