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Changes and Adventures – 1969
The move to Newburgh was truly an adventure. It was the summer before ninth grade. I was 13 years old, and Dad Hagar and I convinced Mom that going to a Catholic all boys school was not in the best … Continue reading
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Tom and Becky had Nothing on Us (Chapter 3)
Lots of “firsts” in LaCrosse. I went to my first concert; Herman’s Hermits. I fell in love, or something similar, for the first two or three times. I made my first efforts to dance. It was square dancing and since … Continue reading
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Tom and Becky had Nothing on Us (Chapter 2)
LaCrosse, Wisconsin was an idyllic place for a kid in 1966. The Mississippi River on the west side of town; Grandads Bluff on the east side of town; parks everywhere that they would flood for ice skating in winter and … Continue reading
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Tom and Becky had Nothing on Us (Chapter 1)
In mid-1966, there were about 3 months between the end of the North Dakota job and my Dad’s next assignment near LaCrosse Wisconsin. We traveled east and visited all of the relatives until I am pretty sure they were ready … Continue reading
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July – August and Winter
Our time in Idaho was cut short when somewhere in government a bureaucrat realized that nuclear rocket engines had at least one major drawback. We were off to North Dakota in mid-1963 for three + years to build a mine … Continue reading
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