Esther Farley

Esther Farley/File Photo

Esther Farley/File Photo

Farley: Short-lived Christmas joy

It was Christmas morning 1951, and 11-year-old Edge Farley was scampering around the dairy barn, helping his mother and uncle finish the morning chores of milking their 52 cows.Starting each morning at 4 a.m., they didn’t eat breakfast — or celebrate Christmas — until all the cows were milked, the...