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Charaleen Swisher (Wright)
South Charleston will always be my ‘home’ but sometimes feels like it's a million miles away.
It seems like since Mother passed away in March, I've had this yearning to make connections with my past. Some of you might remember that she was the dental hygienist who would visit your classroom and examine everyone's teeth. She would give a tooth-brushing demonstration with a huge set of plastic teeth and toothbrush. One of the purposes of those visits was to make sure any child who needed dental care and couldn't afford it, would be referred to a clinic. I remember her making home visits to those kids to follow up on their care. Most of them were very poor and lived in the 'hollers and hills'.
Mother and Daddy met each other at Rock Lake Pool where they both worked. They subsequently fell in love and then married. Rock Lake Pool was always a memorable recreational activity for my family and friends for so many years. If you haven’t seen this and are also far from ‘home’, I'd like to share this with you -
http://www.mywvhome.com/rocklake.html If you can't open the link, copy and paste it in a new browser or Google ‘Rock Lake Pool’. Enjoy. C
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