It's not table spread, it's Fluffo!

What is Fluffo?

Golden Fluffo was the modern shortening of the 1950's known for its yellow color and not to be confused with margarine. I don't think you would want to spread this on your morning toast.

Marcella Filla Stolte is my maternal great aunt. She had many remarkable qualities and talents; today I will discuss her skills as baker. 

In 1955, Marcie and her family were living in Danville, Illinois where she entered and won the Eastern Illinois Baking Championship, sponsored by Golden Fluffo, for her chocolate cake.

She was featured in several print ads, such as: The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah on May 15,1955, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on May 5, 1955, and the Kansas City Star ad featured below and printed on August 21,1955.

Meet Me Under The Old Pear Tree

Parham is a surname first mentioned in Sussex, England in the year 959. The name means; a piece of land, enclosure, homestead, or village where pear trees grow in abundance. It is also the birth surname of my maternal grandmother, Edna Louise Parham. My quest for information of the Parham family did not yield any pear trees but did uncover a bushel of peaches.

My knowledge of the Parham family was limited. My grandmother died when I was 8 years old, taking to the grave the narrative of her life. I knew she was born in Moultrie, Georgia, and her father's name and those of her uncles. It was a start.

 I searched: "Parham family of Moultrie, Georgia":

I selected the first link:

Here is how our conversation started:

Barbara replied quickly:

My peach tree had begun to blossom.