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Podcast: Other Voices
Episode: Jean Lee Hungerford Krull, looking back on life in Altamont
Description: Jean Lee Hungerford Krull moved with her family to Altamont when she was 5 years old. She is 96 now and says she is glad current residents are fighting to retain the village’s historic Victorian buildings. Krull went through all 12 grades in the single building that was Altamont High School, since demolished. She recalls on this week’s podcast at AltamontEnterprise.com/podcasts when the village was a bustling center of local commerce with three grocery stores and two newsrooms. Her family lived in half of a farmhouse on Western Avenue that is now a group home. During the Great Depression, whil...