Source: Poems and History of Mary Elizabeth Gilbert (Stumbo)

Fifteen, twenty years ago while I was visiting my Grandfather Sidney Stumbo; our conversation was about family history. He got up and came back with two items, one of which was the album his sister Nelle Stumbo (Windsor) had placed together for him, containing the poems and photos from his mother, Mary Elizabeth Gilbert (Stumbo).
As I looked through the album, I saw not only family history; poems that reflected the times when they were written, also poems that could be applied to most any time in history.
I asked my grandfather if I could have the album copied and I would make copies for the Stumbo family reunion; I did and had several taken by family. I also included that I had permission to copy the album from granddad.
I donated one to the Iowa Genealogical Society for reference at that time.
Fast forward to the present; I felt that this album needed to be preserved in a more “permanent” presentation for anyone that was interested. At first I was going to retype all the poems and redo what had been already done, but with sharper text, photos and a book cover ready for the book shelf.
Upon a suggestion from one of my daughters, I dropped that idea and scanned in all the pages and was able to sharpen the text, some photos and create the book cover with suggestions from author friends and family.
As you can see this is what I came up with; with a little more help from someone else that was interested in saving the poems for “prosperity”.

The Iowa Author Fest at Brenton Skating Plaza, Robert Ray Drive, down town Des Moines on Saturday September 26th, 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Readers come meet Iowa Authors and support their art of words.
Also joining us are Iowa Artists and Musicians: Food available.
Contact Larry Stumbo E-Mail: B2013K@outlook.com

Source: History that led to publishing Mary E. Gilbert(Stumbo)’s poems.

Larry became interested in his family history, when his uncle and a distance cousin started gathering together family history. Larry was lucky enough to receive some of this history from both sides of his family with one special contribution of his Great-grandmother’s poems, photos and history from his grandfather.
The result is a more permanent book form for her poems , her history.
“Poems and History of Mary Elizabeth Gilbert( Stumbo)”

Summer Time

Sadie must come out in summer
When the summer’s sun will shine
Then we can have fun forever
When of snow there’ll be no sign.

What fun is there in winter time
When it is cold and snow is falling?
We have to then stay in the house
Where noisy child all are squalling.

Composed By
Mary Elizabeth Gilbert (Stumbo)

(The Sadie referred to in this poem is Sadie Patterson, schoolmate of Mary Elizabeth Gilbert and was a frequent visitor in the Heber Gilbert home.)

Don C. Brown and Dakota Park will be providing music for our event. Come down buy books and enjoy good music and food available by Otto’s Asian Cuisine.

Go to YouTube to view video. Type in Larry Stumbo- youtube.

The event that was to happen Friday and Saturday night around our event has been moved,so we will not have to rush to pack up before 2 pm. Also parking, setup,and tear down can be easier. The Skating Plaza also can have sides placed on it in case of rain, etc. More sheltered than Gray’s Lake. I will see you there at Brenton Skating Plaza. Larry

The deadline is Extended to June 30th.