Shirley Huls stands by the piano in the Pawnee City Assisted Living Facility. Huls learned to play the piano as a little girl in the 30s and 40s and still enjoys listening to classical music as an adult.
The Great Depression is often remembered as a period fraught with struggle and difficulty. Some may even say it was the lowest point of our country in the last century. But one Pawnee City citizen remembers it a little differently.
Shirley Huls, now 94 years old, may not look back at that time with rose colored glasses and a belief that the time was all sunshine and rainbows. However, she does beli…