THE WI NEWSLETTER


Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith Issue 38 October 2002






DID YOU KNOW?

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com

Do you know that there are sections of West Virginia that have a festival around the second weekend of October and they call it "Leaf Peepers Week End?" The leaves in West Virginia are beautiful and at their peak most years around the second weekend of October. However, with the lack of rain this year, I wonder if there will be as much color? I have traveled in many states in October just to admire the beautiful leaves. One of the prettiest autumn sites I have seen is a small town in New Hampshire named "Meredith"….surprised that I can remember that name? However, let me tell you, if you travel to the mountains of West Virginia you will see some beautiful sites also. Go this October to Canaan Valley or Blackwater Falls. A wonder to behold--when I see the beautiful fall colors of the trees and bushes, I don't usually think about photosynthesis--do you? No, I think about God being a magnificent artist!




SCHOOL PATROL MEMORIES

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com

Congratulations! Many of you reported about being a safety patrol person while in school. I attended Morgan Grade School for 2 years and was not chosen to be a patrol person but if I remember correctly, they were all boys! However, my father was a principal of many elementary schools throughout Harrison County and I was able to travel to Washington DC with his patrol boys and girls during my 5th and 6th grade years. The trip was a “thank you” reward for the patrol for a job well done.

The patrol people gathered at the Clarksburg depot on Friday evening for the overnight train trip to Washington, D.C. I remember the train stopping in Rowlesburg to attach another engine to climb over the mountains. Everyone on the train was so excited that none of us slept! We just ran up and down the aisles talked, laughed and sang…or anything basically to stay awake. We could walk to other train cars and even go stand on the back of the train or between the cars and get some air. Oh, notice that I didn't say "some fresh air"---the air was full of coal soot, ashes, etc. The black grit and grim crept through around the windows and laid like a heavy blanket on the window sills and the backs of the seats.

We arrived in Washington DC on Saturday morning and were very tired before we started due to the nighttime activities. We soon boarded buses which were our main means of transportation. We bused and walked through the capital, we walked Washington's monument, we walked around Jefferson's Monument, we walked the Simthsonian, we walked around Arlington cemetery and saw the changing of the guard at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, we walked through the White House, we saw the original Declaration of Independence at the Library of Congress--you name it we saw it. We even rode the boat up the Potomac River to Mount Vernon to see George Washington's house. I think the boat was the former cruise boat belonging to a past president. After spending the day sightseeing, we gathered back at the train station for departure. We were so tired, we could have slept standing up by this time.

Now that I think back on it, I remember being tired but now, being an adult, I think how my father and the other parents felt! I felt so fortunate to be part of this experience. I am sure many of you who served your schools as patrol people remember this trip also.




Picture from: Bob Davis (WI '59)
RAD29063@aol.com

Above is a picture of Alta Vista School Boy Patrol basketball team--I am pretty sure there were two teams. The picture was taken when I was in the 4th or 5th grade. The people in the picture: (back row) Mr. Wagener -- Principal, Buddy Collins, Chuck Vickers, David Hornor, Tommy Steck, me and Frank Junkins (Billy Junkin's Dad) (front row) Kenny Lake, Jim Dumire, Lee Bush, John Blackshire

In the 4th, 5th and 6th grades, I was a member of the school boy patrol at Alta Vista Grade School. Our official dress was light blue shirts and yellow ties though we seldom wore them (each boy had to get his own). In the spring of my 4th grade, Sergeant Virgil Shack of the Clarksburg Police Department (in charge of the School Boy Patrol) came to Alta Vista and had a meeting of the patrol boys. I do not remember who our captain was at this time, but he was not active. Sergeant Shack then appointed me as captain as I had attended all the school boy patrol meetings. Then someone told him I was only a 4th grader and my appointment was gone that quick. I was later a lieutenant (I still have the badge) and Fred Alvaro was captain.

The patrol boy meetings were held every Friday evening in the Court House on the 3rd floor. After the meetings (I walked to and from the meetings), I would sometimes have enough money to go to Hagen’s and get an ice cream cone (cost 10 cents). I would walk down Washington Avenue, out Water Street and across the swinging bridge over Elk Creek to Monticello Avenue. There was a bakery (Market & Waybright) at the end of the swinging bridge. You could smell the bread baking because they usually had a screen door open because of the heat. If there were a couple of us, we would pool our money and buy a loaf of bread right out of the oven! Cost about 17 or 18 cents! I know it could not taste as good as I remember, but it was good and hot!

The three trips on the B&O RR to DC were wonderful for all the boys and some parents. The capitol, museums, white house, monuments, etc. were places most of us would never have seen if not for the Patrol Boys. Also, many of our parents were probably there for the first time. My favorite memory is the trip on the big boat up the Potomac to Mount Vernon-very beautiful!!

I remember going to two funerals at the Immaculate Conception church with the patrol boys-one for Sergeant Shack. I am not sure for whom the second funeral was held. We wore our light blue shirts and yellow tie to these funerals.

We would be at our post, rain, snow or shine. It was a learning experience for all the boys. We had a Christmas party every year held at the Moose hall. I won a bicycle when in the 6th grade-it was number 34!



submitted by: Mary Harrell (WI '55)
Harrellm@earthlink.com

I remember three things about School Patrol:

First, I remember a white patrol belt on the floor of the closet in my brother's room - he was in the 6th grade and a school patrolman. I would have been about 3 or 4 years old at the time. I also remember that I was not allowed to play with his badge.

Second, I remember Tommy Myers and Denny Norris - they were much admired patrolmen at Carlile School when I was about a 4th grader - and I determined that I wanted to be a school patrol person.

So the third thing I remember is the disappointment experienced when I learned that girls couldn't be school patrolmen. I'm no libber - but I'm glad the girls were finally allowed!

About ice cream - I can't believe no one has mentioned the Pure Ice Cream on East Pike Street across from the Catholic Church and St. Mary's. I believe the ice cream was made on the premises (Does anyone know?). It was the best Ice cream in town, so far as I'm concerned. If you bought more than a cone, it was hand packed, and you could buy it in pints - something I wish could be done today as, if we buy a quart or half gallon, we eat it all too soon!

Another great newsletter. Can't wait for the next edition.





submitted by: Bill Losh (RW '54)
ncbl@charter.net

An old friend from Clarksburg told us about your WI Newsletter and my wife and I have certainly enjoyed the memories recalled as well as news about old friends. Please add us to your distribution list.

Following retirement from Consolidated Gas, we have been living in North Carolina for the past eleven years.

As your Newsletter has created interest from former members of all the Clarksburg schools, I thought you might like to use the attached picture in an upcoming issue. It is Clarksburg's Schoolboy Patrol Band---the only such band in the U. S. The members, all schoolboy patrolmen, were selected from all the Harrison County schools. The Director was Sgt. Virgil Shack of the City Police Dept.

This picture was taken in the summer of 1948 in Washington, DC and is reproduced (in jpeg) from an old newspaper print on the back of which is an ad announcing the "new" 1949 Ford at Wilson Motors. I hope many of your readers recognize themselves or a friend and the fun we had in this unique musical group.

Thanks for creating a great way for everyone to share old memories of schooldays in the Clarksburg area.

Bill and Barbara Losh



submitted by: Ron L Watkins Sr (VHS '54)
Ronw68@attbi.com

I do remember the School Boy Patrol as I was a member at Alta Vista, Central Jr. High, and Adamston Grade School. Our leader or director was a Clarksburg Police Officer Sgt. Virgil Shack, and we had a marching band. I remember one trip to Washington DC we took on the train. I forget what year it was, but that was the first time I had ever been to Washington. D.C.

I remember we had to help the younger kids at street crossings and also were used in the schools for hall duty between classes. That's been a long time ago, but I do remember that the badges that we wore on our white belts were different colors depending on what your rank was. Maybe someone else will remember what they were I seem to think they were like ranks in the army, Sgt. Lt. Capt. etc.

Keep up the great work, I look forward to the newsletter each month.





submitted by: Freddie Layman (VHS '46)
Flg46vhs@aol.com

I served nine months as a patrolman (1939-1940) while in the sixth grade at the former Hepzibah Grade School. The AAA Patrol started around 1936 in Harrison County.

My daily school job was to install a life like 6 ft wooden state policeman (see picture above) in the middle of the road each morning and remove same after school. There were two of these signs being approx. 250 ft from each end of the school. There was a pipe bolted in back of the sign and this fitted into a threaded pipe dead center of the white line. There were no yellow lines back then. The inserted pipe had a screw cap that had to be removed and replaced at the end of the day. This was to keep the hole clean, mainly in the winter.

Most generally only schools outside the city limits had these signs. They were discontinued in or around 1952 for some schools on main highways. This was done because of increasing heavy truck traffic. Our reward was the trip to Washington, DC near the end of the school term. Back then all trips were made mostly by train after school on Friday and returned home early Sunday morning at approx. 5:00 am. Patrol uniforms at that time were blue shirts, yellow ties, white pants and a white cap. There were 19 schools in Harrison County starting the school year of 1939 that had patrolmen.

EDITOR'S NOTE:   I can not imagine a small boy going into the middle of a road to post a cutout of a trooper. I don't think that would be done today.



submitted by: Chris Wyatt (WI '71)
cwyatt@access.K12.wv.us

I remember when I was in Morgan School, they had a 6th grade Patrol Boys basketball team. We would practice in the gym at a church and play our games on Saturdays at Central Jr. High. For many of us, it was the first time we went in Central. When we got to Central, we used to walk Central to Ann's Restaurant on 2nd street, just past the West Virginia Restaurant. I can't remember how much it was, but we would get a hot dog and pop.



submitted by: Bryan McIntyre (WI '65)
bmcintyre@ec.rr.com

I was a safety patrol member while going to grade school in Adamston, so our main crosswalk was on the very busy W. Pike Street. I don't remember any hats but I do remember my mom bleaching my belt so that it would be very white. Was there a time when only boys were allowed to be on the patrol? It seems to me like it was called School Boy Patrol but around the time I was in 5th grade, 1957ish, girls were allowed.

My best memory was trading the pink chewing gum from my baseball card packs to the younger kids for their actual cards. They liked the gum better than the cards. I'm still a baseball card collector!

My scariest memory was hitting the windshield of a car with my flag because it wasn't going to stop. No one was hurt and someone got the license plate number of the car. A couple of days later a policeman came to school and took my statement.

And a memory (mammary?) that I think I only told the "guys" about and certainly not my parents, I observed my first instance of breast feeding as a car slowly drove past me. Of course the payoff each year for all patrol members was the annual sightseeing trip to Washington DC on the B & O train.

My parents were divorced after my 8th grade year at Adamston Jr. Hi. I lived at Edgewood Addition from 3rd to 8th grade. Went to Towers in 1st and 2nd grade so I knew some of the WI kids from early on. Plus, my family always went to First Presbyterian (I think I was the only kid from the "Victory HS" side of town going to First Pres). Went to RW in the 9th grade and then to WI in the 10th grade when my mom remarried. So I knew kids from Victory, RW and WI and of course lot from Notre Dame. When I was on the radio as a d.j. at WHAR during my junior and senior years, I got request line calls from all high schools. Went to Ohio State, but did come back and work at WHAR the summer of 67.



submitted by: Bob McNutt (WI '55)
Unruly@capecod.net

Getting kids safely across busy streets on their way to grade school was dealt with in Clarksburg, WV in the 1940’s by the use of Patrol Boys. Older, sixth grade boys (never girls) who were presumably reliable were chosen for this task and imbued with its importance by the Police Department. I lived about ½ mile from Morgan School near the west edge of that school’s district. My assignment was on Milford Street (Rt. 19) near Fairview Ave. about ¾ of a mile to the east of the school. Usually assigned with me was Ronnie Cork who lived on Davisson Run, a country area even farther to the west than my home. The logic of this arrangement would have done the military proud.

Our job consisted of putting on Sam Browne type white canvas belts bearing a badge vaguely resembling a police badge and holding a 5 to 6 foot long pole with a large white flag on the end for traffic control. It may have said “STOP” on it, but I don’t recall. When kids would come up the sidewalk on their way to school to the crossing point, we would hold our flags parallel to the street to prevent their crossing until both patrol boys felt that the road was clear. We would then swing our flags across the street, creating a pathway for the kids and stopping any traffic. In the immediate post WWII time in WV there wasn’t a lot of auto traffic to stop. We never tried to flaunt our power by stopping traffic. We were always on the alert for the policeman in charge of us, a fireplug of a man, who drove around to check on his boys and to put the fear of God in us. I presume that we quit and went to school at a set time, as I don’t know how we would have known when all of the kids had passed.

While I am sure I brought a sense of responsibility to the job, I am also sure that being a Patrol Boy heightened that sense. And it is almost frightening, looking back from today’s perspective, as to how much responsibility was given an 11 or 12 year old boys. But we did our jobs and grew a bit and in time forgot any bad occurrences and remembered only the good.



submitted by: David Nichols (WI '55)
Dnicholsii@aol.com

To serve on school patrol was something of an honor and we took it seriously. I was selected captain in the 5th grade at Carlile Grade School and was supposed to set an example for the younger members. We were living at Lake Floyd then and I was driven to school every morning by my father. It was not an easy trip in winter and I often arrived late to take my post, a real no-no. Finally after a dozen or more tardies principal Dale Johnson called me to his office and issued an ultimatum. From then on I got my dad up 30 minutes earlier each morning so I would be on time.

A highlight of the year was a trip by train to Washington, D.C. where schoolboy patrollers from all over came to parade. That train trip was unforgettable. Few of us could get any sleep on the way over and marching all the next day left us exhausted enough to sleep all the way back to Clarksburg that night. It was many years before I cared to return to Washington.



AUTUMN

Is fall your favorite season? Many people love this time of the year. The beautiful colors of orange, gold and red are everywhere. It is football season, the time of year when the evenings are cooler and the moon hangs large and low in the sky. When you walk, the leaves beneath your feet crackle a merry tune. It is the time of year to go to the open air markets for the best of the harvest. Time to select that pumpkin for carving and the Halloween/Autumn decorations for the home. But most of all, it is time to visit the apple orchard and pick some apples. When you think of apples don’t you always think of apple pie? Well, believe me that will change after you taste this apple cake. Aunt Millie P. Gregorie (WI 1939) (she is Joy Gregorie Stalnaker’s aunt) has brought this cake to both of the Clarksburg WI ALUMNI SUMMER PICNICS. It is delicious!!!! Aunt Millie was gracious enough to share her favorite recipe with us. If you were at the picnic I am sure you enjoyed a piece of the cake. If you didn’t make it in August, remember to attend next August and I am sure Aunt Millie will bring it again…I will request it!


APPLE CAKE

submitted by: Mildred P. Gardner Gregorie (WI '39)
Mildred@citynet.net


3 eggs
1-1/2 Cups oil
2 Cups Sugar
3 Cups regular flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 Tablespoon vanilla
3 Cups apples chopped really fine
1 Cup chopped pecans


Beat eggs, oil and sugar; blend well. Set aside. Mix together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon, then add to egg mixture. Add vanilla, apples and pecans. Pour into greased and floured angel food cake pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Just before removing from oven, make topping of 1 Cup brown sugar, ½ Cup butter, ¼ cup milk, ½ cup pecans and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Boil topping for 2-1/2 minutes. Remove cake from oven and pour topping over the cake while it is still in the pan. DO NOT REMOVE FROM PAN until cake is completely cooled. After cake is removed from pan, flip it over on it’s bottom side.

Thank you Aunt Millie for sharing this wonderful recipe.

Do you have a favorite recipe you would like to share? Please send it to Roleta1@aol.com. The recipe does not need to a dessert ….thanks

FRIENDS FROM THE 60'S AT THE SUMMER PICNIC



SOME 40'S FRIENDS





NEW E-MAIL ADDRESSES

John Knicely (WI '65) jknicely@earthlink.net
Clioreta Post Criss (WI '35) Clioreta@aol.com
Joellen Fletcher Allman (WI '53) tollady@aol.com
Mike King (WI '61) Tmichael43@aol.com
Jackie L. Martin (WI '72) Jackie42454@hotmail.com
Connie Thompson Lantz (WI '58) Cl1084@aol.com
Ruth Darlene Bennett Wright (WI '58) MamawDarlene5@aol.com
Mildred P. Gardner Gregorie (WI '39) mildred@citynet.net
Bud Lantz (WI '54) Cl1084@aol.com
Carolyn Newport Welch (WI '56) cwelchdes@aol.com
Terry Snider Fazio (WI '67) TerryMomma@aol.com
Jackie Morris Corsini (WI '49) JCOR114aol.Com
David Corsini (WI '50) dlcor114@aol.com
Leon Andre (WI '46) leonandre@charter.net
Carol Criss Annie (WI '66) caca102148@aol.com
Regina Dare Conaway (WI '58) Rdc1920@webtv.net


E MAIL CORRECTIONS

John Harrison (WI '56) Johnh@teays.net
EDITOR’S NOTE-I had this listed as johnj
-it should be johnh
Greg Myers (WI '56) myers@usna.net
EDITOR’S NOTE-I had this listed as gmyers
-it is just myers
Bruce Chapnick (WI '65) snjb@comcast.net
Alvin Garrett (WI '58) jagarrett351@comcast.net
Annabelle Lee Hutson (WI '60) abellehutson@juno.com
Dave Hutson (WI '57) abellehutson@juno.com
Becky Stalnaker Fowler (WI '60) Wlfraf5@aol.com




WHO ARE THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN?

This picture appeared in our September issue…did you know who they are?







OCTOBER’S PRECIOUS CHILD



Do you recognize this child? Tell us a memory of this person too! Write your guess to me at Roleta1@aol.com!! I think this is a fun section. What is your opinion?



WI CLASS OF 1946

submitted by: Leon Andre (WI '46)
Leonandre@charter.net

Don't know if you are aware of it but the W I class of 1946 has a newsletter they put out every so often. The email address is, WIHSclassof1946@aol.com.




POEM

submitted by: Frank Bush (WI '59)
Frank.Bush@legacynet.com


AN EXPRESSION OF A FEELING

As I sit listening to the masters,
My mind drifts back to a time before.

Why does the music bring such joy,
Was I a dancer of the heart playing love songs?

Why do the tears crowd the scene from my eyes,
Is it joy or tragedy that caused the tears to flow?

How can one be both happy and sad at the same time,
Does one life merge with a life of another time?

Or is it two lives here and now that have crossed,
Merged and blended to become one.

Tears are just a silent joyful way to express emotion,
To hide emotion is to die inside.

So cry or laugh and express your emotion,
For all emotion is some shade of love.


EDITOR'S NOTE: This is what I want---to see your writing talent. An expression of yourself whether current or not. I hope you will contribute. Frank wrote this poem to a girl he was dating. She must have liked his style as she is now his wife!




FRIENDS

Above is a picture from Bob Hall (WI '56) RHALL9171@aol.com.

Jim Alvaro and Bob Hall taken on the way to a wedding in Atlanta. They had lunch together with Bob's wife and chatted about old times.



Above is a picture from John Teter (WI '61) jteter@balmar.com.

He organized another “mini reunion” of a few of their local WI alumni. The dinner was held September 14, 2002 at JR’s Stockyards Restaurant in Tysons Corner, VA. Elizabeth and Fred were in town from Clarksburg, WV….
Left to right-John Teter, Elizabeth Swiger Layton (WI 1961), Fred Layton (Maybe RW ?), Karen Pleasant Booker (WI 1961), Mary Jo Pulice Benedetto (WI 1961).

If you graduated from WI in 1961 and you are going to be in their area, get in touch with one of them and they may have time to schedule a “mini reunion” dinner.



submitted by: Clioreta Post Criss (WI '35)
Clioreta@aol.com

I was so glad to meet so many graduates of W.I.H.S. I was the only one from class of 1935 at the summer picnic. I would like to have the paper you talked about or whatever it was, I knew the only one from class of 1934, Ella Grace Kyle Spears. She had a sister who graduated with me. The two from 1933 I knew also. I thank you for all you did to make the reunion a success and thanks again for the paper. I am looking forward to it. Thanks again,



submitted by: Mildred P. Gregorie (WI '39)
Mildred@citynet.net

Hi Roleta: Nice to see you again at the WI picnic today. We enjoyed all the activities. I would like to be on your mailing list for the Newsletter



submitted by: John Harrison (WI '56)
Johnh@teays.net

I lived in Milton WV for 32 years, but now I live in Braxton Co. Come to the Flatwoods exit turn right up the hill past the Outlets and we are 4 1/2 miles out on the left. I am anxious to meet you and tell you in person what a terrific thing you are doing with this newsletter.

The Class of 55 and 56 have been having reunions for the past thirty years or so... Have you seen any video of them? If you do, I am the one telling tales on tape of events that happened years ago. I can share the last talk I gave if you would be interested in seeing it. I just printed all 37 pages of your letter and now I can show all my friends just what kind of spirit WI has.

I attended the funeral of Mary Alvaro and I can tell you she was one of a kind... she will be missed by many, but especially for several of us whom she adopted as her own.

Thanks for the newsletter and thanks to Joe Williams for sending it to me in spite of the incorrect address. I will try to come up with something for the next one. Glad to get the address thing straight. Thanks again.



submitted by: Regina Dare Conaway (WI '38)
Rdc1920@webtv.net

I am new to E-Mail & just heard about the WI Newsletter. I really would appreciate getting it. My maiden name was Cottrill & I lived on Chestnut St. between Pike & Main Sts. I graduated from WI in 1938...oh my, that's along time ago!! I grew up in the West End above the fire station...long since gone...Went to Pierpont grade...Central Jr.High uptown...& then WI...all within easy waking distance. But they certainly got rid of me in that town...all those schools are gone, as well as my homes. My cousin, Marylou Regan (1939), wrote for the WI newspaper, I remember one article on fashions. My only sibling, Bill Cottrill, is a 1941 grad. I would be delighted to beg, borrow or buy a 1938 Year Book. I lost mine in moving around. Someone mentioned one of my favorite hang-outs ...wonderful Candyland. I worked at Blands Drug Store, another meeting place for WI students. I wonder if anyone remembers the best dogs & burgers in town at "Fat Ferrals" (sp?) in the west end? I do hope will be able to hear from someone from those "good-old-days!"

Thank you so much.
Regards



submitted by: Ron L. Watkins, Dr. (VHS '54)
Ronw@ticnet.com

Memories are being jogged, I had a twin sister, Deloris, Victory class of 54, she passed away about 5 years ago, but I now remember that she also was on the school patrol for a year or so. Everytime one of your newsletters come out, it jogs memories of the "good old days". A few are: Bland's Drug Store, and the Candyland. In seeing the picture of the WI class reunion, I noticed a name of Mitizi Brinkley, and was wandering if that is the same Brinkley's that lived on Hammond Hwy, and 24th street in Broad Oaks. I think she had a brother Tommy, and I remember Pat Brinkley being a very special lady that lived across the street from us when we lived on Hammond Hwy, and went to Alta Vista school.



submitted by: Lawrence Kinney (WI '56)
Djkinney@dnet.net

Another great newsletter. My favorite ice cream was the White House at the Pure Ice cream on Pike street across from The Church of The Immaculate Conception. It had large cherries in it. Delicious!! I remember the East End Lunch on Pike just west of Oak St. Great Hamburgers.

I enjoyed the picture of Linden School. I went there 1st through 5th grade then we moved to Broad Oaks & I went to 6th at Alta Vista.

I think the mystery picture is a building in Glen Elk across from the B&O Depot. I don't remember the name of it.

Keep up the good work & I hope to see you in Sarasota in March.



submitted by: Connie Thompson Lantz (WI '58)
Cl1084@aol.com

Yes, Roleta please add me to the class of 58. Thanks, really enjoy reading the newsletter, Bill and Carolyn Norris got me hooked on it. Also my husband Bud Lantz (54) would like to be added if he is not already.



submitted by: Carolyn Newport Welch (WI '56)
cwelchdes@aol.com

My husband Preston "Jim" Welch (WI 48) shared the newsletter with me and after reading all the archives on the site, I decided that I should come out of lurking and get my own copy. It is such a trip to remember all the fun things, and the food that keeps coming to the forefront with the newsletter. One of my best food memories is the wonderful Italian food, hoagies, pizza, spaghetti, and salads. Moving to Nashville, TN. I soon found that Southerners, even those with Italian restaurants, cannot cook Italian like the restaurants in the Clarksburg area.



submitted by: Terry Snider Fazio (WI '67)
TerryMomma@aol.com

I would love to see more input from the classes in the late 60's in your newsletter.



submitted by: Jackie L. Martin (WI '72)
Jackie42454@hotmail.com

I wrote to Mr. Stealey at the Exponent-Telegram regarding the WI Newsletter and he gave me your E-mail address. My late father was a member of the "Class of '50", I was a member of the "Class of '72", my older son was a member of the "Class of '90", and my younger son attended WI after it became a middle school.



submitted by: Mary Beth Jeranko Hilburn (WI '55)
Hilfarm@hawaii.rr.com

We live in Hawaii, where we have been for 25 years after many years in Alaska. Hawaii, warm, Alaska,cold--- which would you pick?

It's great to hear about old friends. I cannot believe we are now the Social Security class of 2002. Impossible. My husband Paul and I live on a macadamia nut farm, and I am principal of Kohala Middle School, a wonderful country school, with a small student body. I do not know for sure when I will retire, but for now working is still fun.

Thank you for this wonderful service. Being out in the Pacific, it would be easy to lose track of all my roots.

Aloha, (yes, we do say this all of the time) Mary Beth.



WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

submitted by: Charlie Means (WI '50)
Cmeans@cfl.rr.com



Dear Roleta, Recently, while going thru some of my Mother's old pictures I found these taken during high school. I wonder if any of the Newsletter readers might know where they are now. If you can publish them next month, it would be appreciated.

The last I knew of Dudley Dawson, he lived in Clarksburg. He was W I Class of 1949. With him is Henry Dyer. He went to W I in our freshman year and junior year. My last contact with him, he was in the Navy from Bar Harbor, Me. Janie Rimer, WI Class of 1952 may have some info on him. The other picture is of Sally Blackwell. She went to WI in our freshman year. Her Father was a radio announcer at WBLK. She moved to Flint, Mi., and had some relatives living in Stealey. I think the girl with her is Barbara Sue Reip. Should anyone out there in "Cyberland" have any info, please let me know. Thanks

Semper Fi





GREG MYERS

submitted by: Brooke Beall (ND '58)
Bbeall@buggs.net

I was just scanning the newsletter, will go back and read it completely a little later, and noticed the note about Greg Myers. I was at Potomac State College with him in 1959-60. He must have graduated from WI in 1957 or '58. I know he had been in the Marines before he got to Pot State. I am going to write to him. Lost track of him after he left D & E. He put them on the map with their soccer team. He is a great soccer coach.

submitted by: Greg Myers (WI '56)
Myers@usna.net

Roleta: Went to Las Vegas with an Air Force ROTC group from Davis and Elkins College as a "Faculty Advisor" really just a golfing partner. Gambled at Caesar's Palace beside Tootie Fields, nice lady and very funny. Lost my butt, and sold my clubs to continue to play, lost my butt again. Walked out of Caesar's with 4 pennies in my pocket at 4:30 AM and said what the heck and threw the last four cents in the fountain. Had to borrow $2.50 for a box lunch on the way home, Had a great time. I have been back to Vegas about 5 times and never lost more than $20, no joke. I learned my lesson.

Who told you about this???

EDITOR’S NOTE: This e-mail is in response to a letter I wrote to Greg to ask him if it was true that when he was younger he visited Las Vegas and lost all of his money and sold his golf clubs for some cash.

Greg…the person who bought them is the one who told me the story!



THE WI ALUMNI PICNIC

This picnic is held each year in Clarksburg for anyone who ever attended WI. All past students are welcome and of course their guests! This year the crowd almost doubled from the previous year. Next year we are planning on an even bigger crowd. We are moving the picnic inside so it will be more comfortable. Even though we were very comfortable in the shade of the pavilion this year, we have outgrown it! We had people drive in from Florida, Philadelphia, Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and many other states. I don't think anyone was disappointed with the picnic. I understand from the letters we received that everyone was surprised at how nice it was to see not only their classmates but relatives, upperclassmen, underclassman, that person who babysat them or who they babysat. Next year I hope all who attended this year will return and spread the word so many more will come. It always amazes me that so many people who live in or close to Clarksburg don't want to see those who live far away as much as we want to see them.. I guess they don't understand that we consider them the lucky ones. They were able to stay in or close to their hometown and make a living, while many of us had to seek a way of life outside our state.



SOME 30'S FRIENDS




UPDATE ON VICTOR MEREDITH

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com


Many of you e-mailed me with kind words of encouragement. Many sent me personal cards via mail. There were other expressions of thoughtfulness. I can never express how much all of this meant to me. I have gained so many new friends through this newsletter. I must say that it must be the “West Virginia blood” that makes us like a family of caring people.

Victor went for a second opinion to the James Cancer Center located here in Columbus. It is one of the best cancer hospitals in Ohio. He really liked the doctor he met. The doctor is the head of the department and Victor said he has a lot of confidence in him. The Dr. answered so many questions for Victor. He really wanted to go for the operation on September 30th and get it over and off his mind. But God has a way of changing things. Victor’s oldest daughter was named the junior representative to the homecoming court at her high school. The festivities are Oct. 2 thru the 4th. Victor wants to be well to be able to watch Tiffany. So after weighing all the facts, Victor chose to change doctors, change hospitals and the earliest they can perform the operation is October 22. So please continue to lift his name in prayer. Please pray that the cancer is contained and has not spread. And also pray that an earlier date becomes available. Thanks again




SEPTEMBER TRIVIA PICTURE

EDITOR'S NOTE: GREAT JOB! Read the following---a lot of history here. Each person contributed many memories. I am learning so much about Clarksburg that I never realized existed. Do you have a favorite in Clarksburg or West Virginia and would like to have it discussed here? Send me a picture or we will try to get a picture.
Central Storage today picture by: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan WI '59


submitted by: Barb Christie Morris (WI '50)
Bibliobarb@aol.com

The Identification of the September trivia picture is an easy one for me (Barbara Christie Morris, ’50), my brother (Cleve Christie, ’51) and my sister (Penny Christie Johnson, ’60). It is the Central Storage Company building located at the corner of North Fourth and Baltimore Avenues in Glen Elk. Our father, C.W. Christie, was the general-manager of both the business and the building for 35 years, retiring in 1955. Those were the glory years of the Glen Elk warehouse district. Central Storage Company was not only the kind of business the name implies, but it also housed the Clarksburg Drug Company, a wholesaler of pharmaceuticals, as well as other wholesalers, food brokers, and distributors such as Brake and Co. and Tri-State Appliance Co. Tri-State was the wholesaler for Philco radios and appliances - the main reason that we always had at home a big Philco radio in the living room. I liked to listen to One Man’s Family, an early soap opera that featured the Barbour family: it included a granddaughter with three names - Elizabeth Sharon Ann!! Penny remembers a barrel of Palmolive soap we had in the basement that came from a “damaged shipment”. That soap lasted for years and turned a most peculiar shade of green before it was finally gone.

What do I remember from my growing up years about Daddy’s office? It was glass-enclosed and had a built-in desk that ran along one wall. Daddy worked from a tall stool and wore a green eyeshade. His ledgers and books were meticulously kept by hand in letters and numbers that were beautifully precise. There wasn’t much equipment. He did type his correspondence and kept a carbon on thin yellow paper. His signature was Spenserian and impressive. The telephone number was 56. There was a room-sized wall safe that I liked to visit because my father always kept apples and chewing gum in there.

When my brother was a little guy (who thought he had muscles), he liked to go to work with Daddy, but his job was out in the warehouse under the supervision of the warehouse manager, James. G. Copeman, and his helper, Tinsley “Teeny” Stewart. There was a freight elevator out there that was scary, as it had no sides on it.

Next door to Central Storage was Shingleton Brothers, a produce wholesale company. I remember crates of fresh lettuces stacked on their loading dock on Fourth Street. And just below Shingleton’s was Tomaro’s Bakery where they were still baking bread in the original brick-lined ovens. Daddy walked to work, and he always stopped at Tomaro’s and brought a round loaf of Italian bread home with him. After it got to be several days old and was really hard, Mother would put chunks of it in creamed tomatoes that she made from tomatoes that were fresh or canned from our garden. Uncle June Harr, our across-the-street neighbor on Vermont Avenue, worked at Shingleton’s. He liked to cook, and made a great pasta fagoli; at Christmas time he and his mother made lots of fruit cakes well-soaked in brandy, and they always sent several to President Roosevelt in the White House. President Roosevelt’s photograph hung on the wall in Grandma Harr’s bedroom.

Although many of the good old neighborhoods in Clarksburg are deteriorating, much of Glen Elk is being restored to its original look through the efforts of an association of people who would like to see it returned to its former prominence in the city. New sidewalks, period lampposts, shrubs and flowers enhance the brick roadway of Baltimore Avenue. Old buildings are being refurbished and some new ones, such as the Clarksburg Housing Authority Building, are being located there. But on the corner of North Fourth and Baltimore, one of the less fortunate of those old buildings, the Central Storage building, although still standing, appears to be neglected and forlorn with boarded up windows and crumbling stairsteps. It is, I’m so sorry to say, a bittersweet reminder of days long gone.



submitted by: Evan "Stumpie" Bice (WI '62)
Evansbice@aol.com

I think it is the Central Storage building on the Corner of 5th and Baltimore Avenue in Glen Elk near the train station



submitted by: Tom Marshall (WI '59)
Marshall@rmu.edu

Again, the Newsletter is a great pleasure to read. Many thanks for your work. The Newsletter keeps us all in touch.

The SEPTEMBER TRIVIA PICTURE is a office/warehouse in Glen Elk. I don't remember the building's name, but my aunt, Anne Babb, was for many years the office administrator for Tri-State Appliance, a Philco dealer, who had its offices in the first floor, lower right hand corner of the building as seen in the picture. I used to visit her there, and pick up pepperoni rolls from Tomaro's Bakery ("Tomaro's bread today" was their sales slogan, as I recall).

In July, Jim Hornor and I met for lunch at the Lakeview Resort in Morgantown to enjoy each other's company. He drove up from Clarksburg, and I drove down from Pittsburgh, so we could get together. His wife was attending the WI Class of '62 Reunion, which your Newsletter says was a success.



submitted by: Freddie Layman (VHS '46)
Fgl46vhs@aol.com

First your trivia picture is of the Central Storage Bldg. located at the corner of 4th and Baltimore Ave. At that time it was owned by Mr. C.W. Leggett. Mr. Leggett was a merchandise broker. That photo should be around 1911. He also owned buildings downtown known as Leggett Bldg. and Rookery Bldg. The Blue Bird Grocery Store was in the Rookery Bldg. for many years. The Central Storage Bldg. not only was used for storage but housed several business places down through the years. I can remember three real quick such as a former state liquor store, West Virginia State Surplus Store, and Grandmas Furniture Store.

Now as for my W-I lady friend. Excuse me for not naming her. Her married name is Olivenne Moneypenny, Class of 1953. A very delightful lady. The W-I /Victory rivalry is now very subdued. While employed at the courthouse for over forty years I sure met many W-I Graduates. Just noticed in your latest letter an email from Wilma Jo Costilow Allman. Here is another fine W-I lady. I had the honor of working with her at the courthouse. She was employed by the board of education in their main office on the second floor. She later went to be secretary at Morgan School for awhile and then returned to the main office.



submitted by: Roger Dean (RW '56)
Dblu2@aol.com

The building is located at the corner of Baltimore and 4th St. I worked at the Clarksburg Drug in the late 50s which was located on the second floor. Brake and Co was on the first floor. I don't remember the name of the building.



submitted by: Skip Bowie (WI '57)
Sbowie11140@aol.com

Roleta,

No question, this is the Central Storage building in Glen Elk, owned by Walter Neely in the fifties?.

Worked there in the summers. Walked by some of the "good old places," "The China Doll Bar", Royal Cafe, Parsons Hotel and other places of ill repute. However, I always hurried home after work.

Greg Myers and I drove from Clarksburg, WV to Lampoc, CA in the Summer of '59 on Old Route 66. Made the trip in three days in his 1959 Red Triumph conv.

Great time at the "The Rendezvous" (WI Summer Picnic), look forward to the next one.

Jim Villers, Victory' 57 contacted me this week. SEE IT WORKS ...



submitted by: Jim Pulice (WI '62)
Jpulice@msn.com

The building is the Central Strorage Bldg. located in Glen Elk on the corner of 4th st. and Baltimore street. Right down the street is Tomaro's bakery, across the street was the train station. We broke many windows out of this Bldg. playing baseball in the vacant lot across the street next to Osborns Machinery. It was a home run but you had to take off running after you knocked out the window not to get caught.....Later on the bottom left of the Bldg. was a Liquior store with a drive threw in the alley. My dad worked there after he retired from the Fire Dept. Several classmates grew up in this neighborhood. Wonderful memories....Great stories!!!



submitted by: Wayne Pawco
WaynePawco@aol.com

This it the Central Storage building across from the old train station in Glen Elk. This is owned by Mr PaPa who owns a lot of buildings in that area. The building at one time had several offices on the first floor rented out. I think at one time the Mayflower Company had offices and trucks that worked out of the building.



submitted by: Phil Hooper (WI '59)
Bumpes@aol.com

What a coincidence, when I was in for the WI picnic I drove around Clarksburg taking pictures of places I remembered from years gone by. Well, one of the pictures was Central Storage in Glen Elk. I don't have any real memories of the place except that it is a part of the past of Clarksburg. The picture that I took shows that the water tower is missing and the building looks empty. If only that building could talk !

I want you to know how much my sister Barbara and I enjoyed the picnic and meeting up with old friends and even family. Steve Limbers (1957) is our cousin and I have not seen him since 1957. Also Don Douglas's wife Dianne is my cousin and I had never meet her before. Sounds strange, but true. Thanks again for the Newsletter



submitted by: Gary Weiner (WI '60)
Cias@iolinc.net

In 1908, at a cost of $250,000, C. W. Leggett built the Central Storage Company building on N. 4th Street. The building is bounded on the left by Baltimore Avenue, on the right by Wholesale Street and the rear by Leggett Street. Wholesale Street runs up past Leggett Street and then past the remains of my family's business, Clarksburg Iron and Steel Co. and Franklin Door Co. to N.3rd. Street. The first floor of the Centrral Storage had beautiful wood paneling. The area on the corner of N.4th and Wholesale Street had a State Liquor Store at one time including a drive-by window on the Wholesale Street side. Grandma's House, now in Nutter Fort, sold used furniture from this same part of the building.

Many of the windows from the upper stories are busted out and the openings boarded. The arched overhead bridge on N.3rd Street, which starts near my building and crosses the railroad tracks is in terrible shape due to improper upkeep. It was built in 1957, replacing the old Iron framed, wooden floored bridge. Until recently, when talking about the need to replace the bridge, city council referred to it as the "Clark Street" bridge. There is no bridge or place for one on Clark Street.




A WEBSITE TO VISIT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN CLARKSBURG

submitted by: Chris Wyatt (WI '71)
cwyatt@access.k12.wv.us


Roleta,
The First United Methodist Church has a web site if anyone would like to visit it to see what is going on at that church today. http://www.cfumc.org/default.htm




CLARKSBURG WINTER PICNIC

If you are planning a winter vacation in Florida or if you spend the winter there, remember to mark your calendar for the first Saturday in March to attend the CLARKSBURG WINTER PICNIC. This March will be the third year for the picnic …… it is not just for WI ALUMNI-it is for anyone from Clarksburg. People come and see old friends, relatives and neighbors. It is a wonderful time for all and I hope you will make sure to attend if you are in the area. If you know anyone who will be around Sarasota in March, tell them to plan to be there! Details will be coming at a later date.



TRIVIA PICTURE FOR OCTOBER



Can you identify this picture? Please write and tell us about this site. I am interested in a memory that you may have. Remember your memory jogs our memories which have long been asleep. Isn't it wonderful to have a few minutes of pleasant memories of that time in our lives?



LUNCH TIME MEMORIES

submitted by: David Nichols (WI '55)
Dnicholsii@aol.com

Stonewall billiards was a favorite hangout for WI boys in the 1950's. My first day at WI in 1952 my father took me aside and warned me never to set foot in a poolroom. That very day my chums invited me to take lunch with them at the "Stonewall." And so we did almost every day. Sitting on beer cases and watching the Clarksburg elite-lawyers, doctors, businessmen in coats and ties, shooting 8-ball and 9-ball during their lunch hour. When the older gentlemen had their fill, we boys would get a table, for 10 cents a game, and mimic our elders, and that's how we learned to shoot pool. The owners, Al and Ray Heck, ran a tight ship. They also made great sandwiches. Women were not allowed in that male domain a half century ago. Those pool tables are long gone and the stonewall is now a "pub.” I won't say my father was wrong, but the Stonewall was lots more than a poolroom. For an hour a day boys rubbed shoulders with the men who ran Clarksburg. It was a valuable aid to growing up.

One could do a lot worse with his time than spend it at the Stonewall.



WHERE DID YOU HANG OUT?

submitted by: Jim Pulice (WI '62)
Jpulice@msn.com

Our favorite hang outs where at Hagen’s after school. We would go there for a coke and a smoke. We usually hung out in front. On weekends we were either at the Skycastle, at a dance some where, a party at some ones house, Drive In movie, or weather permitting swimming at one of the Lakes...We went to Lake Riley quite often. How many remember a BUCK a carload night at the drive in? Willow beach, Billy's Meadowbrook, Green Parrot, Friends Place, and Melody Manor?



NUTTER FORT-WINTER PARTY IN FLORIDA

submitted by: Bill Losh (RW '54)
Ncbl@charter.net

Dear Roleta;
Readers of your newsletter from the Clarksburg schools may be interested in joining those of us from Nutter Fort at our THIRD ANNUAL FLORIDA PREXIE PARTY. It will be Saturday, February 8, 2003 at DEAD RIVER VIC'S in Tavares, Florida. The restaurant is located on state route 441. We found that a lot of people live in, or travel to central Florida in the winter time and enjoy seeing old friends from back home. It is a great way to share memories and we welcome WI, Victory or ND grads. It is totally informal so everyone can drink and dine at their pleasure. The most important thing is to bring those memories of the '50s.

Anyone planning to attend should contact me by November 1. My email address is; Ncbl@charter.net

Thanks for continuing your newsletter. It is so very interesting each month.



DAIRY QUEEN
Mrs. Ruby Alvarez

submitted by: Connie Thompson Lantz (WI '58)
CLA1084@a0l.com

In response to Allen Alvarez, I remember your mother well-- Working for your mom and dad at the Dairy Queen at the West End was my first job when I was 16. Every night after closing we had to clean all of the equipment with ammonia, sure took your breath away! I remember someone ordering a pine float--after trying to figure how to make that, I was told it was a toothpick in a glass of water. Your mother was a very hard worker.

submitted by: Ralph Farris (WI '46)
RDFJAF@aol.com


Mr. Alvarez, your Mom was a winner. She could always,"turn on for the kids.” I am sure many times she was tired, probably had aching feet, but she was always up for the little guys. She helped them learn their alphabet also. You couldn’t spell D.Q. in the presence of a three year old child without tipping your hand as to your possible intentions.

submitted by: Barb Warren Williams (WI '58)
Barbwilliams@swfl.rr.com


I certainly remember Mr. & Mrs. Alvarez at the Dairy Queen. They were both wonderful, friendly people and it was always a joy to go there just to see them. Hello to you Allen!

submitted by: Chris Wyatt (WI '71)
cwyatt@access.k12.wv.us


When I was young, Dad would take us down to Ruby's west end Dairy Queen where Krogers sits now. We would get Dilly Bars or cones and on special occasions a banana split. It was wonderful on a warm summer evening. Since Dad and Mom worked above Hagans at WPDX, we would also go to Hagans. I remember getting chocolate Cokes. They were fountain Cokes with chocolate syrup in them. (Probably Hershey's syrup). Good stuff.

submitted by: Mary Lou Strosnider Marshall (WI '64)
Cat1211Woman@aol.com


I remember the Dairy Queen's in Clarksburg--- all three of them. In the east end, the west end and also in Bridgeport... I worked at the Dairy Queen, mostly in the east end one, a few times in the west end and a couple of times at the Bridgeport location. Ruby Alvarez was one of the nicest people I have ever known. She was a tough one to work for but that was great because it prepared me for the old cruel world.............

The alumni picnic was great. We really enjoyed our selves.. We being Marylou Strosnider Marshall (64), Andrew Marshall (KM 43), James Matheny (63) and Linda Matheny ?.

Thanks for the great newsletter.


OCTOBER BABIES

A very happy birthday to all of you October babies from Roleta and Judy.

10-9-42  Janet White Davis WI '60    RAD2906@aol.com
10-15     Kelly Werner Audia WI '88    kla6247@cs.com
10-17     Fred Alvaro WI '59       Falvaro59@aol.com
10-20     Mike Shaffer WI '58       Mshaf26478@aol.com
10-26     Gloria Caruso Shaffer WI '58    Mshaf26478@aol.com

I hope you will send a birthday message to a friend whose birthdate is listed above. Share your birthday with the readers. Send your date to either Roleta1@aol.com or cias@iolinc.net. Thanks


OBITUTARIES


EUGENE H. 'HOSS' DONALDSON

Eugene H. "Hoss" Donaldson, 59, (WI 1960) of Clarksburg, died September 6, 2002.

He was born November 4, 1942, in Fairfield, Alabama, the son of Mary Dillard Donaldson of Clarksburg and the Sheddrick Donaldson.

Surviving are one son, Howard Donaldson and daughter-in-law, Toni, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; one daughter, LeAnne Lewis and son-in-law, Charles, of Denver, Colorado; one brother, Sheddrick "Sonny" Donaldson Jr. of Bridgeport; 5 grandchildren, Maliah and D'oncra Lewis, Jarin, Jade and Tyrell Donaldson; and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Donaldson was a 1960 graduate of Washington Irving High School and a 1964 graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in teaching. He then went on to play professional football in the National Football League until his retirement. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in Vietnam as a Second Lieutenant.

Excerpts from: The Clarksburg-Exponent-Telegram


WILLIAM MICHAEL GULAS

William Michael Gulas, 64, (Victory 1956) (from Northview) of Wake Forest died at home Sunday September 15, 2002. Mike was born on Sept 2, 1938 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Judy; son Michael, his wife Geannine and daughter Alexandria of Conroe, Texas; son Greg of Wilmington NC; mother Margaret Cunningham Gulas of Clarksburg, W.Va; and sister Ruth Timchak of Tamworth, New Hampshire. His father, Michael J. Gulas preceded him in death.

Mike graduated from West Virginia University in 1962 with a masters degree in mathematics. He served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army for 3 years after graduation. He taught mathematics at Fairmont State College for 5 years, became a U.S. Postal Inspector for several years and spent the last 6 years of his career as a Senior Systems Analyst for the U.S. Postal service.


JOHN J. DOLAN JR.

Mr. John J. Dolan Jr., age 54, (WI 1965) of Clarksburg, WV, died September 8, 2002, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV, following a brief illness. He was born in Clarksburg, WV, November 23, 1947, a son of the late John J. Dolan, Sr. and Colleen Dolan Emerson of Clarksburg.

Also surviving are his wife, Donna M. Jurick Dolan, whom he married May 12, 1973; one son and daughter-in-law, Jonathon and Gynger Dolan; two daughters, Nichole M. Dolan and Kerri M. Dolan and Rob Coe, all of Clarksburg; one brother and sister-in-law, Gary Allen and Kay Dolan, Clarksburg; five sisters, Mrs. Wayne (Maureen Ruth) Reinhart, Mrs. William "Bill" (Joyce Irene) Hunter, Mrs. Dwight (Gloria T.) Davis, Connie Elaine Harnett, all of Clarksburg and Mrs. Thomas (Carolyn Ann) Pekar, Huntington, WV.

Mr. Dolan was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam. He was a graduate of Washington Irving High School, class of 1965, he attended Fairmont State College and WV Business College. He had been an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, working as a group leader in the maintenance department.

Excerpts from The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram



NEXT MONTH --- A MEMORY

A CHALLENGE FOR YOU

submitted by: Roleta Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com

This month I received so many e-mails from the guys…I don’t want to exclude the gals----- so for November, let’s see which gender writes the most memories of Thanksgiving traditions: This can be your current traditions or when you were young. Do you remember something special about a certain Thanksgiving in your past? Some suggestions-did you have turkey or something else? Was it a tradition to have pumpkin pie? What kind of dressing did your mother make - we didn’t have Stove Top Dressing back then. Did you go to grandmother’s house? Did you put up your Christmas tree on Thanksgiving week- end or did you go out to cut it? Did family members come to your house? Did you watch the Thanksgiving parade while mother fixed dinner? Did everyone nap after dinner? Do you still do that? After dinner did the guys play football in the backyard?

Write your memories to the newsletter-Roleta1@aol.com





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