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Virginia Sparks Wonderling: On chess at Sparks Mill, Gradyville

'Farmers would come to the mill to get corn ground but would have to WAIT for moves to be made or a game to finish!' - VIRGINIA SPARKS WONDERLING Comments about: Comments re article 89577 Today TUESDAY with CM 28 Mar 2017

Virginia Sparks Wonderling

youngest Sparks child, and Joe Sparks taught me to play chess at a young age.

I would play with him when he didn't have Lymon Baker or Wallace Coomer to play with him.



There were others who played, but those two men were the regulars.

The players were very intense and always had poker faces. You couldn't tell who was winning.

Farmers would come to the mill to get corn ground but would have to WAIT for moves to be made or a game to finish!

I live in La Crosse, Wisconsin and read Columbia Magazine everyday.

Thanks for getting the news to this northern, cold country!

- Virginia Sparks Wonderling


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