“Well, all I know is what I read in the papers,” as Will Rogers is famously known for saying. Well, it’s funny what one finds out when one reads the papers from nearly 60 years ago. For example, on Friday evening June 2, 1967, at the Green Valley (how green was that valley?) Country Club, … Continue reading Honoring John

When I wrote about our high school graduation, it didn’t occur to me to check to see if there was an article about it in the Lebanon Daily News at the time. Duh! Well, now I did, and I discovered, much to nobody’s surprise I’m sure, that I got a few things wrong. So here … Continue reading Graduation—Third Thoughts

In August of 1965 Pam Barry and I had driver training with Mr. Spangler. That was also the month that I went on the cross country vacation with my uncle Curtis, my grandmother and my great aunt, and because of that I ended up having to reschedule the driver ed, but I can’t recall if … Continue reading Driver Ed

I received some feedback on my post about my high school graduation. First of all, the Jordan Brothers was an all white quartet, so it is unlikely that they were the band that played at our graduation party, because I remember it being two Black singers with a backup band. To tell the truth, I … Continue reading Graduation—Second Thoughts

Most of my memories of my graduation from Elco high School in June 1967 are pretty hazy, but I still do have a few.  I still have my tassel from that night. As to the graduation ceremony itself, I don’t recall very much. We didn’t have a valedictorian or any member of the class give … Continue reading Scenes from a Graduation