The mentioned brother Bob was the one who hit me, on my bike, with his car coming over the crest of Kirk's Hill when we lived at Kirkpatricks' place from...
I honestly can't say I recall the place ( maybe because we got new shoes so seldom)-- or even going to K'ville to shop, for that matter. My shopping memories...
My friend Dave sent me the links below. Thanks, Dave. A few points: 1) My brother Jim said he could not recall ever watching this show, which surprised me...
http://www.tvparty.com/lostny2stewart.html I was thinking the other day about the old days. My brother Jim and I used to watch a show called "Light Time" on...
yes, i also remember my grandma friend and her aprons but they were not just for city folk; beaver cleaver's mom wore 'em -- and in more modern times carmella...
Karen-- Thanks for the tip. I just talked with Sharon and said I would send her some things. Please note her e-mail in case YOU want to contact her: ...
Dear W.H.S. and West Richland Classmates, Friends, Etc.-- You may want to keep this message on file. Please note that I have recently incorporated full...
Dear Richland Twp. Classmates and Other Friends-- My brother Jim sent me the obit below. I took the picture (below) of Wava at the 2007 Waterloo H.S. Alumni...
f y i ... I thought some of you fellow ol' "country bumpkins" might enjoy reading this. --BOB FRIEND ... From: Bob Friend To: Jim Friend ; Joe Eldridge Cc:...
Saturday AM, 6-19-10 ... Thanks so much for all your support. His viewing will be Tuesday at D.O. McComb and Sons on Maplecrest Road in Fort Wayne, 2-5 and...
... Friday, June 18, 2010 1:00 PM, CDT It is with great sadness Steve lost his battle with leukemia June 17th, at 10:08 am. Thanking all for the prayers and...
attachments: 02- Bob's mom's old tea kettle (c. 1950s) (near our patio) ========================================= Thought you all might get a kick out of...
The info below is from this link: http://www.dekalbstar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6655:Dorothy-Werkheiser&catid=52:obits&Itemid=138 . ...
Dorothy Werkheiser Thursday, 18 February 2010 GARRETT — Dorothy Werkheiser, 78, of Garrett, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. Services are pending at Thomas...
Yesterday I received a note from Jim Starkey, W.H.S. Class of 1965, that his dad had passed away on Monday. Here is a photo I took of Jim and Karl last June...
Thanks for your comments, Janis. It really was great to see all those who attended the first Richland Twp. Schools Reunion last June. However, I think having...
FROM A RECENT E-MAIL REPLY TO AN OLD BUDDY: ... A brief aside here: When dad had about a quarter-million miles on that Ford, Uncle Stanley asked him,...
Nancy (Guinther) Treesh has informed me that by the fall of 1959 a phone was installed at West Richland. That was when my family moved to Waterloo -- which...
Excerpts from e-mailed comments to and from my "oldest" friend, Joe Eldridge, whom I got to know in the first grade at West Richland School, wayyy back in the...
E-Mail ThisThe following link will take you to a great New York Times story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/sports/28medora.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 . ... COMMENT...
Yes, of course -- JACK COBB (or was it COBBS?). That's where you collected all those thousands of dollars, Joe! <g> And, having received additional input,...
I am hanging onto my dad's childhood ice-skates, and I think Lynn will be hanging onto HIS dad's motorcycle goggles! GREAT story, Lynn !!! --BOB FRIEND ......
My last e-mail mentioned the old Indian motorcycle that sat in the garage of Rutherford Kirkpatrick, our neighbor and landlord, when I was in the 5th and 6th...
... Apparently the "grand old lady" is going to go the way of so many important landmarks in DeKalb County and across the nation -- knocked down into a pile of...
I thought I needed a new battery for my Simplicity tractor, but after removing the old one, I noticed this! (See pic.) Luckily the local John Deere dealer had...
CORRECTION: The unidentified folks now total four (three if my J. Miser ID is correct)-- Charlotte (LaRowe) Whittington, Evelyn (LaRowe) Russell, Jack Miser /...
Oh no -- ANOTHER e-mail from Bob Friend! <g> Well, anyway -- the Hoke girls both positively ID'd W.R. #14; THANKS! Now we are missing just three folks from...
