School Story:
Looking forward to catching up on things with others. In recent years was able to make contact with Paul Brown and Dewey Lawshe, both of who have passed away, and Frank Grose. Make it back to Indiana during September of most years for the Stouder Family reunion in Napannee, the third Sunday of September. Of all the towns I lived in growing up, Warsaw is my favorite.
While living in Warsaw in various parts, Market Street (four or five different addresses), Market Street Clark Street, Winona Lake, etc. hung out with various bad guys like Paul Brown, Mike Case, Doug Koher, Dick Fancil, Dick Schroder, Ford Chinworth, Mike Kelly, Brock Blosser, Dick Adams, Mike Lindquist, and others....and we managed never to get caught. I do remember the bicycle banked dirt race track we dug on a vacant piece of land. Brock Blosser and Doug Koher, I think, said it was OK and that the owner of the property had given approval. I think we just did it. It was quite the sight and lots of fun, with steep banked turns. No one got hurt that I can remember. I am not sure who won all the raes, I know I didn't win any.
About that same time I ran my bicycle into a moving car at an intersection on Market street I think, broke my collar bone, and surgery was required to wiredit back together. The long scar on my shoulder still shows from the surgery, and when anyone asks about it (assuming anyone every sees it), I tell them it is from an old football winning touchdown catch injury.
I think I was in the 5th and 6th grade at East Ward Elementary only part of those years, but have great memories. Part of those 5th and 6th grade years we were in Speedway, Indiana and Urbana, Indiana...a small farm school and town. But I remember well the teachers from East Ward, and Mrs Wright from the Third Grade who I still stop and think at times "Would Mrs. Wright approve this sentence and how would she diagram it?" The world might be a better place if the 3rd and 4th grade teachers of our generation were around to help us all.
