Remembering Mary: Never Discouraged
“Mary” was a vivacious young woman who lived in the family homestead in “The Port” in Elizabeth, east of the Turnpike. She was raised by her mother in the house they shared with several of Mary’s unmarried aunts and uncles. They all retired when the SInger Sewing machine factory closed down. Mary had worked there as well after she graduated high school. She had no...