Category Archives: Family

English Vacation – 1966     For graduation from high school Mom and Dad gave us kids a trip to England, at least Judy and me. My year was 1966. I had become friends with John Scuffham in 10th grade. His mother … Continue reading →

English Vacation – 1960 After 1950 we didn’t go to England again for 10 years. My Grandpa Thorpe died in 1959 and left Dad a little money. The folks decided to use some of it to take the whole family … Continue reading →

English Vacation 1950 My first trip to England was in 1950. My mother was born in England and her parents, brother, and sisters lived there, so it was only natural that we visit them. I was about two and my … Continue reading →

What makes you happy? Butch More than anything else what makes me happy is my family. I’ve always had some interest in my family tree, but about 1985 I became much more interested. I started to try and find out … Continue reading →

When did you get your first car? Butch Like several of the other topics I’ve been sent by this service, the thing to talk about could be one of several things. In this case I have three vehicles that could … Continue reading →

How did you choose what college to attend? Butch My dad was a veteran of World War II. He enlisted before Pearl Harbor, but I have never heard why he did. He graduated from high school in 1936 so he … Continue reading →

What was your Mom like when you were a child? Butch I had an older sister who died before I was born. She was only 8 months old when she died. I came along 11 months later and must have … Continue reading →

What were your grandparents like? Butch I am happy to say that I met all four of my grandparents, but I don’t remember anything until the early 1950’s. My earliest memory is running with a bunch of kids and climbing … Continue reading →

1963 – Are you still friends with any of your friends from high school? How have they changed since then? Butch In high school I had 3 main friends: Keith Andrews, Jim Cada, and Mike Shahan. Keith Andrews Keith was … Continue reading →

When I put up my blog entry a couple of days ago, I meant to include Karen’s first job story at the same time. So here it is. In future I hope to upload hers at the same time I … Continue reading →