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Highlands Reminisces
Written By: Deena Bouknight | Issue:
A crinkled, black-and-white shot of five boys and two girls – all barefoot – with the caption “The No Shoe Gang.”
A smiling group beside a snow-stuck car, circa 1965.
High school diplomas, newspaper clippings, and wedding photos.
All this and more is featured on a brand new local Facebook site developed during the early days of the COVID-19 quarantine.
Old Timers Stories Highlands Area is the brainchild of Kelly Arnold, who has as her administrator for the group Sheila
Potts Harbold.
“We were talking one night about how there was so much negative stuff on Facebook about the virus and how we missed our grandparents and getting together with our huge families in the Highlands area, and we just thought it would be a great idea to start a Facebook group that focused on the positive aspects of memories and history.”
Arnold calls the site, “the most wonderful thing ever! Everyone seems so happy on there.”
Harbold pointed out that after only three weeks of offering the private group site, which anyone can request to join, there were more than 750 members. “I never thought it would be so popular so fast,” she said. “People seem to love the page … putting on their old photographs or other memories, sharing stories, asking for information. It’s a happy site.”
“Highlands has always been a town that comes together … where people are there for each other,” said Arnold.
Soon after the site went live, Harbold shared an old photograph of someone she knew was a distant cousin, but she was not sure of the name or even how she acquired the photograph.
“Someone responded immediately,” she said. “I was able to get it back into the hands of the family. They were so excited and that really touched my heart.”
