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 Adams Family News |
Est. 1856
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Page 7
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December 20, 2001
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George Adams
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Kaycee, at Banner,
and even as far
away as Salt Creek.
We
traveled in a couple of large horse-drawn wagons, covered with
canvas. That was always fun."
John
Flint passed his love of performing on to Janie and her two sisters,
Nell (Rothwell) and Ruby Rohr). Janie recalls how much singing and
dancing she and the others got to do.
"We
would all dance the Highland Fling, alively Scottish folk
dance," she said. "My older sister, Nell, danced the Sword
Dance, where two swords were crossed and the dancer would do the
steps in each quarter.
Adams
says Scottish dances are always more colorful when the dancer wears
a kilt.
"We
didn't bring any kilts with us from Scotland," she said.
"By the time my father could |
afford them, they cost
three or four hundred dollars, to we didn't buy any -- we just wore
pleated skirts and a little jacket."
John
Flint never returned to his native land be-cause he didn't want to
go without Robina and was afraid her health would suffer if they
made the trip. Janie has not been to Scotland Since that date in
1906 when the boat set sail.
Bill
and Norma visited Scotland about 10 years ago, and Arm and Dave
Harness have also been to Janie's Scottish hometown.
"I
remember a great deal from my childhood," Janie says. "I
used to ask my older sister about a lot of the things I would
recall, and she'd say, 'No, Janie, I don't remember that.' I guess
they just impressed me.
We
had a lot of good experiences."
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When
World War II ended, George and Janie's only son, John W.
"Bill" Adams, took over Operation of the Flint Funeral
Home. When Bill bought the business from his grandmother Flint the
name was changed to Adams Funeral Home.
The
business is still a family operation, operated by Dave Harness, who
is married to Bill and Norma Adams' daughter, Ann.Back
in 1938, when John, by then a |
highly- skilled
carpenter and successful businessman in Buffalo, was nominated for a
Kiwanis public award he admitted that in his early years his
carpentry sometimes suffered at the call of the amateur Stage.
"My father was good at putting on plays," remembers
Janie. "We formed a group that would put together dramas and we
could present them, not only in Buffalo, but at |
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