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Richwood  My hometown in Ohio
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Dad Says

Some very old stories (1880-1905) from the weekly newspaper.

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1910

The Scharf

Local inventor drives newfangled car to Columbus looking for investors, finds none, gives up.  I get one of his stock certificates.

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1950

The Kindergarten Operetta

My reading role in a 1953 stage production.

Ohio Tax Stamps

These little sales-tax receipts were once ubiquitous in daily life.

A Mother's Garden in a New Land

My mother's poem about learning again how to garden on the windy plains of Richwood, Ohio.

B.R. Isaiah

On India's religions, the changes brought by Christianity, and a church that our family built.

Hot Rods

As a boy, I watch modified stock cars race at the local fairgrounds and make my own set of flags.

Sideswiped!

My 1957 account of a highway accident.

The Twenty-Eight

Remembering a 1928 Chevrolet, after a Corvette and a Nomad.

Mother's Flowers

Pictures of the flowers that Ann Thomas grew.

The Bixbys

A script for a radio sitcom that I wrote in 1958.

Mr. Merriman

When I started fifth grade, my teacher was only 19 years old.  When I finished sixth grade, he took the class on a picnic.

Ed Paulin and the Radios

A portable radio in a $4,000 carrying case; a sportscaster who called Richwood High School basketball.

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1960

Keeping Score

Scoreboards, from the huge one at the L.A. Coliseum to the antiquated one at the Richwood gym, inspire my playful experimentation.

The Three-Cornered Field

Teasing the sheep, and some reflections on seeing the big picture.

Ann and Elifrede

Parts of conversations between my mother and her friends.

Halftime for Richwood High

A freshman manager's brief report on what football players do while the bands perform.  Also, memories of the RHS football team.

Latin Humor

At the Richwood High School Latin Club, a Roman general won't behave.

Twin Gables

Following a floor plan that I drew up, the Thomases build a new house.

Miss Pete and Juno

Musings on memory, with a parakeet and a song that I "composed" in Latin.

Vernon Thomas at the Richwood Fair

A local poet guests on my father's radio program from the fair.

Surely Kin to Me

Rev. John Wagner of Richwood travels to Mississippi to stand up for civil rights.

Hoops Copy

Introductions and imaginative commericals for my mock radio broadcasts of basketball.

Riding on the Basketball Bus

The long trip home in January 1964; also, later trips with the L.A. Lakers.


Junior Choir

Moonlight

 

other references to
 FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:

Tambourine
Building Fund
General Conf.
Sunday Racing
Singing Up Here
College Days
Add Drama!

 

Confederates on the Roof

Terry Rockhold dreams of an epic battle.

Ann's Beef Stew

My mother's recipe.  Also:  chicken sandwiches, Richwood style.

The Great Fire of 1964

Vernon M. Thomas Chevrolet is destroyed in a spectacular blaze.  With pictures.

The Making of the (Student Council) President 1964

High school politics:  Ed Olson surprises his opponent by actually campaigning, stealthily.

Rain in November

Outside Richwood High School, a gloomy night.

Ten Key

I learn valuable skills:  typing, and operating the adding machines at my father's dealership.

Tigerisms

Students and teachers mix and mangle the language.

Real Tiger

The basketball team honors its manager, me.

Let the Sportscaster Beware

High-school fans don't like to hear their kids criticized.

Where Can We Put the Camera?

The gym's too small; try on the wall!

Playing with Words

A family in a rut, a very long sentence, and songs about thwarted cheerleaders and noble underdogs at Richwood High School.

Richwood Relays

The annual track and field event as I remember it from 1965.

Carl Martin

A few memories of a classmate.

Prom

May, 1965:  some impressions.

Valedictory

My high school commencement speech.

Rev. Wagner's Cake

A comic song for a going-away party.

The Edge of the Nest

Preparing to leave home for college, I write my future roommate and report the first North Union Wildcats game.

The Metz Bug

This Volkswagen ran unopposed in our Richwood Prep Rally and still had trouble winning.

My Father's Dealership

A summer job at the Chevrolet garage leads to a few incidents recounted in letters.

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1970

Rally!

A motor sport for nerds:  driving down a road, navigating to the nearest 0.01 minute.

Vern's Chevys

Pictures of my father and the automobile business, from the 1930s to the 1970s.

The Big 8-0

Dozens of folks surprise my father with a party for his 80th birthday.

1990

Now an Orphan

My father dies.  Later, the 35th reunion of my high school class prompts more memories of Ohio.

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2000

A Foggy Morning in Ohio

Pictures of my hometown in December 2000.

The Organist

I return to Richwood to play a concert on the pipe organ.

Where In Ohio Is Stringtown?

A simple geographical question with a surprising answer.

NUHS/RHS Alumni Banquet

A few pictures I took at my 40th high school reunion.

 


Ethyl and Ethel Swartz

"Holy City" as an organ-piano duet

Mr. Shoemaker's band asked to play "See the USA"

My bloopers in the junior class play

North Union Gnus?  Rebels?  The Blue and Gray?

Old police station

Oldsmobiles remind me of Cracker Jack

Prom picture; RHS class ring

Remembering Chevrolet aftershave

Richwood Bank stock

Rooftop signs for aviators

"Sunday Driver" tours the farms outside town