The Obit shows both Concord and Jackson as his place of deceasement- both are seperate entities, Jackson was a city of about 50K people in 1959-- Concord was a small crossroads Country town. Not that the correct info will change anything about our classmate Alan, but what about the details- ie: was he married? If so, to a JHS graduate? Have children? Grandchildren? What was his career path? I remember that his father owned a downtown news stand--And it was Alan who got our gang into the Winter habit of hiding behind the briack wall that faced East- of the Jewish Temple that was cornered on West Ave. and Michigan Ave- and we pelted the semi-trcuks with ice balls from behind that wall- knowing that they could not stop or even slow down as they went South on West Ave- towards Washington Ave., and then Franklin-- those were the days.
I lived 3 houses from that corner & did my share of pelting those semi's & in the sumer time had my share of blue teeth from the mullberry tree there ;)
Thanks, Bill- for the clarification on Allen- I mis-spelled his first name in my reply, my bad. Our house at 710 West Washington Ave. was only about 3 blocks from JHS-- we both went to Sarah Bloomfield elementary school, but apparently you (and my younger sister Marcia) attended West Intermediate School, but for some strange reason, I was sent to Frost Intermediate-first year it opened, 1956-if memory serves. Wonder how many of our graduating class of 1959 went to Frost Intermediate, and how many attended West Intermediate ?
Not that that makes any real difference in the scheme of things- If memory serves, it was about 7 blocks going West from West Ave. and Washington to get to Bloomfield Elementary- and a whole lot further to get to Frost Elementary, and Jackson didn't seem to have school buses back in our growing up days. Lotsa exercise walking to school, and then back home.
I can recall two of our classmates from Frost- Benjamin Morris and Walter Moore- but they had it made, as they lived quite close to the Frost School- Brown St. area, and also close to the Cascades- a big attraction back in that Eisenhower era.
Drake Morin
The Obit shows both Concord and Jackson as his place of deceasement- both are seperate entities, Jackson was a city of about 50K people in 1959-- Concord was a small crossroads Country town. Not that the correct info will change anything about our classmate Alan, but what about the details- ie: was he married? If so, to a JHS graduate? Have children? Grandchildren? What was his career path? I remember that his father owned a downtown news stand--And it was Alan who got our gang into the Winter habit of hiding behind the briack wall that faced East- of the Jewish Temple that was cornered on West Ave. and Michigan Ave- and we pelted the semi-trcuks with ice balls from behind that wall- knowing that they could not stop or even slow down as they went South on West Ave- towards Washington Ave., and then Franklin-- those were the days.
William Scholtes
I lived 3 houses from that corner & did my share of pelting those semi's & in the sumer time had my share of blue teeth from the mullberry tree there ;)
William Scholtes
Search on residence: 415 Hawthorne Cir, Jackson, MI or 12700 King Rd Concord, MI 49237
Drake Morin
Thanks, Bill- for the clarification on Allen- I mis-spelled his first name in my reply, my bad. Our house at 710 West Washington Ave. was only about 3 blocks from JHS-- we both went to Sarah Bloomfield elementary school, but apparently you (and my younger sister Marcia) attended West Intermediate School, but for some strange reason, I was sent to Frost Intermediate-first year it opened, 1956-if memory serves. Wonder how many of our graduating class of 1959 went to Frost Intermediate, and how many attended West Intermediate ?
Not that that makes any real difference in the scheme of things- If memory serves, it was about 7 blocks going West from West Ave. and Washington to get to Bloomfield Elementary- and a whole lot further to get to Frost Elementary, and Jackson didn't seem to have school buses back in our growing up days. Lotsa exercise walking to school, and then back home.
I can recall two of our classmates from Frost- Benjamin Morris and Walter Moore- but they had it made, as they lived quite close to the Frost School- Brown St. area, and also close to the Cascades- a big attraction back in that Eisenhower era.