Ron, Vannie's in Tyler, and I'm about 45 miles west of there near Athens.

Pickyshopper, I went to St. Clair College in the mid 1970's - I was in Advertising. I also shopped at all those stores downtown so I probably did run into you some time or other. Many of my family members are teachers so they might know each other as well. LOL

My Dad was a founding member of the Windsor Navy Club when it was on University Ave.

I grew up in Riverside and went to Princess Anne Public School, Edith Cavell Junior High, then graduated from Riverside Secondary. I had friends in all the other highschools as well.

If you ever roller skated at Riverside Arena or Wheels you definetly would have seen me skating there.

My Grandparents lived on Caron Avenue downtown.

My brother worked for Dominion Stores since he was 15 years old. He managed all of them some time or another and closed down all the Dominion Stores in Windsor so if anyone you know worked for Dominion they would know my brother David. He also took over the Mr. Grocer franchise on George Ave and Wyandotte until it became a bingo parlour, he managed a couple of Elias Stores and now owns a Price Chopper franchise.

If you ever visited the International Village in Dieppe Gardens during the Freedom Festival I was one of the organizers of the event and worked in the booth selling corn on the cob. LOL

If you ever got your hair done at Ezio's Hair Salon you may have run into me or my sister.

If you ever booked travel from a downtown travel agency you may have run seen me.

Anne

Bunny Lover: amazing! My parents owned a cottage at Cuba Lake 60's-70's...spent a lot of our summers there..maybe I passed by your cottage while waterskiing! Now when we go to Pa. for the summers we often ride through Emporium on our motorcycles, it is so pretty over around there, along the river and over the hills (gotta watch out for those deer though!)
this is such a fun thread to follow, isn't it!!

Well, Miss Missy Cousin, Nikoleta, I was gonna tell them that. I really was but I didn't see this post until I had read all the replies. Sheesh! (Don't tell Mom! LOL)

Also, Caroline forgot (I guess) that she and have two sisters in common. She was friends with one of them growing up and the sister has been a close friend of mine for the last 30 years.

Wow-what a thread! Lovin' this! I'll give this a shot:
Lived most of my 63 yrs in northeast PA..incl. Laceyville, Camptown, Meshoppen, Tunkhannock & went to high school in Wyalusing.
If you ever ate during your travels at any area eateries or attended weddings in these towns-I probably cooked your food or hostessed those weddings!:
Wyalusing Hotel
Sharon's Restaurant (my place)
The Windmill Inn (my place)
The Fireplace
The Wagon Wheel
Also lived in:
Middletown,NY for 2 yrs

Worked also at:
Rocket-Courier Newspapers
WEMR/WYMK radio news director
Commonwealth Long Distance/RCN..Dallas,PA

Born in Johnson City,NY

Sharon, I love wandering around in northeast PA. When we were touring by motorcycle, we made a trip to that area at least once a year just to marvel at the Tunkhannock Viaduct. The first time we happened upon it, we were blown away by the sudden appearance of that mammoth railway passing over the town. We have many pictures. There is another rail viaduct in northeast PA that is awesome. It is the Starucca Viaduct. Anyone know of that one?

Anyone in north central PA might know, or know of, my brother. He taught in the Kane schools from the mid 60's till 2000. Also was the football coach there for many years and was a football referee around the area after retirement. His sons now are football referees and cover a wide area in that part of PA

Bump!
Sorry I didn't want this to fade away.
Gayle

Jennmonkey--Rats, none of those names sound familiar. We were so close!

Sharon_fl--My entire family is from northeastern PA. My mom lived in Clarks Summit the last 20 years of her life, and I still have tons of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives in that area.

Are you familiar with the auto body shop on the main highway that goes north out of Clarks Summit? It used to be called Norton's, but was sold a few years ago, so the name may have changed. Anyway, my oldest sister was married to Norm Norton, the owner, and my other sister lives with Bud, who runs the place. So if you know any Nortons (or Erbs), they are probably related to me.

I am venturing out of lurkdom to say hello to everyone and share my six degrees with Sharon_fl.
I grew up in Wyalusing, graduating from WVHS in 1977. My father is a retired truck driver from Taylor Beef and my younger sister works there now. I went into the Air Force after graduating to escape small-town boredom but would just love to move back there now!
I am familiar with names like Jayne, Chamberlain, Williams, Johnson, Tewksbury, Repsher, Keeney and others I just can't think of! Do any of these ring a bell?
Anna

My DH's grandparents lived in Clarks Summit. His gradnfather worked on the Erie Lakawanna Railroads!

I also had an uncle who lived in Layfatte IN.

It sure is a small world!

bunny_lover: My grandfather worked on the railroad too! He shoveled coal into the engines! He died when I was a teenager, so it was a long long time ago. I would bet that your DH's grandparents knew my parents or grandparents.

How cool is that! I will have to ask DH what his grandfather did. I can't remember. His grandfather died in Clarks Summit in 91 or 92.
Do you still live in NE PA?

No, I live in Washington state now. I moved away from PA in 1990, but most of my family is still there. I try to visit at least once a year.

If his grandparents grew up in that area, they may have gone to school with my parents. My mom was born in 1922, my dad in 1920.

I was born in Temple, Texas and lived there until I was two...my mother was born and raised there and I still have cousins in Houston, Dallas and Waco. After Texas, I lived in or near the following:
Paden City, WV
Fairmont, WV
Springdale, PA
Kittanning, PA
Greensburg, PA
Monroe, CT
I'm now living near Greensburg, PA, which is not too far from some of you.

I will list the places I lived and schools I went to and see if it rings anyone else bells.

East Templeton, MA
Westminster, MA
Decatur, IL
San Jose, CA
Aptos, CA

Schools
MacArthur H.S., Decatur, IL
Eastern Illinois Univ., Charleston, IL
San Jose State, San Jose, CA

Work
University of Illinois
San Jose State
Siliconix
Input
Intel

I have relatives living in Boston, MA, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Vero Beach, FL, Niceville, FL, Williamsburg, VA.
Clare

I was born in Fitchburg, MA in 1945 and lived in Westminster from 1948 until 1967. I went to the Westminster elementary school and then to Oakmont Regional High School where I graduated in 1964.

I worked as a legal secretary at Ware & Ware in Fitchburg from 1966 to 1969.

I married a soldier that was stationed at Ft. Devens so we moved alot.

We have lived in:
Ethiopia Africa 1971, 1972
Fitchburg, MA 1972, 1973
Ft. Meade, MD 1973-1974
Kelly AFB in San Antonio, TX 1975-1977
Fitchburg, MA (stayed with my folks) end of 1977
Schofield Barracks HI 1978-1980
Fitchburg, MA 1980-1981
Ft. Bragg, NC 1981-1984
Ft. Huachuca, AZ 1984-1986
Retired outside of Ft. Huachuca in a town called Sierra Vista and have been in this house for 21 years.

Hi nita,
From '85 thru '01 I lived in Silver City, NM. I don't know anyone in Sierra Vista but, it's a beautiful area that we use to hike and drive thru. Do you ever get over to the Chiricahuas? I have friends that lived in Bisbee, but, they have passed away. Bisbee is another neat town that is fun to look around. The southwest has a beauty all its own that I really miss, especially now that I sit and look out at a foot snow here in Minnesota!
Ron

Hi Ron,
We have been motorcycling all over the Silver City area every year around Labor Day weekend. It sure is beautiful there and has great curvey roads to ride on.

We also go over to the Chirichauas quite a bit. I have so many picture of the monument. We have lots of friends in Bisbee also and I agree it is a neat town. We always say that is where the hippies of the 70's went..lol

We rode through Bisbee the Saturday after Thanksgiving and there was snow on the ground. When we have rain in the winter they usually have snow. It is beautiful but I am glad they keep it mostly over there. Sierra Vista does get snow but it is usally gone in a couple of hours. Just enough to enjoy before it gets dirty.

We have friends that lived just a couple houses from us that moved to Minnesota this summer. He is Border Patrol and they live in Roseau. Don't know how far that is from you but do know it is on the Canadian border.

Hi nita,
Roseau is about as far from me as you can go and still be in Minnesota. I live in the opposite corner of the state near Rochester. My best friend from high school lives in Grygla which is less than an hour from Roseau. I hope your friends realize how brutal the winters can be up there.
The weather in Silver City is very similar to Bisbee, Silveer may be a little cooler and wetter. Silver City is at 6000 feet and I think Bisbee is a little lower than that. When we moved to the southwest in '85 you couldn't hardly give real estate away in Bisbee. The mine had just recently closed and everyone was moving out. Now it seems like it's the place to be. I wish I had bought back then. I could retire and live in Bisbee and be real happy. It's a quaint little town and you've got Tucson not far away if you need to get to the big city.
Ron

I know Graceland University of Lamoni, Iowa, too. They have an extension program at the community college where I work in Missouri, and one of my very best friends is their site manager for the extension program.

My first boss at the community college where I work (and her husband, too) are graduates of Graceland University. My current boss's daughter attends Graceland.

Here's something weird that happened to DH and me: a couple of weeks ago DH was attending a convention two hours from here. At the banquet, a stranger sat down across from him, and during the course of conversation, discovered that he had worked with my DH's grandfather 50 years ago on the railroad. Then, just this week, I was walking on the local popular walking trail when a stranger walking his dog happened to walk along beside me and he introduced himself. We discovered that his grandparents and mine were very best friends in the Oneonta, NY, area, but moved together from there in the 1940's to settle in north Missouri. Our families are buried adjacent to each other in a small cemetery near here, and, as he is older than me, he knew my grandfather much better than I did. He told me things about my grandfather that I never heard before! Strange . . . .

Gingertn, can't remember who you told me was working at the Texas County health dept and how related to you. Was it a sister or cousin? I've met her when I pop in there sometimes.

I'll do like some others:
Born in Boise Idaho, in 1937 but moved when fairly young,tho' we did go back once. My Dad loved to wander here and there.

Name during the time I went to these schools, D. Leach.
Went to school in Cassia Fl, 1st grade;
Tampa Fl. in 2nd grade. My Dad worked in the shipyards there during WWII.
Paola, Fl........ 3rd and 4th grade
Mankato, Mn...... 5th and 6th grade
Eustis, Fl........7th, 8th,9th and 10th grade
Watsonville, Ca....graduated in '55

College........Jr. college, Porterville, CA
...............College of Sequoias, Visalia Ca, graduated from the RN program in 1978.

Worked at Porterville State Hospital, Porterville Ca, from 1959 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 1982

Moved to Mo. in 1982 and worked in home health in Shannon County, and at a nursing home and public health in Houston, Mo.

Years ago our family was moving from Fl to CA and stopped at a roadside rest stop either in Az or New Mex.,while we were eating a car pulled in to stop to eat and it was a friend of my Mothers from Mn. where we had lived about 10 years before. Again, small world.

Donna37...I was in nurses training in Bakersfield at the community college from 1960-1962 and we toured Porterville State Hospital during that time. It was one of the most depressing days in my life. I have to admire you for working there for so long. You are a special person!!

Carol, I loved working there and worked some of the hardest wards they had, heavy lifting, severely retarded, etc. I was a psych tech from '57 to '70, then quit and had our 3rd child. We had some rental units that kept me busy from '70 until I started working at Kaweah Delta hosp. in Visalia in '75 and then entered the RN program.

Too, part of why I liked working there, I had a retarded sister, 3 years younger than I am and after she was admitted to the hospital in 1957 I started working there a few months later.

I have lots of happy memories of working there. Met my DH there, and our kids love to tell people that their parents met in a 'mental institution' but neglect to say that we worked there and was not patients. lol.

Carol, forgot to mention that my SIL and another friend went to the the program at Bakersfield, a little later than you did, I think, probably early 70s. They were both psych techs and went on to get their RN.

Ilovepa,

My nephew's family name is Keeney. We're from Lancaster, PA but his father's family is from another part of PA... I'm not sure where though.

Mimi boo,

My sister and brother in law lived in Woodstock, GA for years. Their last name is Watkins. Ring any bells?

This is an interesting post. I was born and raised in Nixon, TX and have lived here all my life except for a few months that I moved to Shiner, TX. I doubt if any of you have ever even been through here.

I do sometimes wonder if Brenda TX might know my niece and her husband who are both attorneys in Dallas.

craftyc, I live across the river from you, in Cape Coral. My husband worked for the school system for 24 years.
mrsmav, I have a SIL in Hopewell Junction. I lived in Poughkeepsie, NY for 35 years.

ANNA!!! OMG! I was in the Class of '62 at WVHS! I know oodles of Taylor Beef employees-most impotrtant to me is Rich Eberlin-a lifelong friend & my bartender for years. I know all of the Keeneys, I WAS married to a Tewksbury and know many many of the folks with the names you listed. My kids Ed & Sherrie Marshall (yes I had yet another last name..LOL) graduated in '80 & '81, so you may know of them. Wanna email me with your maiden name or post it here? SMALL WORLD!

gazania & jenmonkey....Yes, one is the Starucca and there's another called the Nicholson railroad Bridge. Legend has it that one of the workers building the Nicholson Bridge, fell & was buried in the concrete. I am familiar with Norton's Body Shop..methinks they may have advertised on WEMR adio where I worked. Ironically, I bet my son Doug whose been in auto body for the past 20 years-worked at Phil's in Tunkhannock & now works at Rt 6 Auto Body in Meshoppen! Heck-he may even know your family from that shop!.....DRATS, I sure Wish I had someone from those shops down here with me. I had a car accident a week ago today & the insurance co. totaled my beautiful Sebring convertible. Waaah! Welsh Insurance is in Clarkes Summit & Tunkhannock-all 3 of the owners-Jack, Jim & their dad Jack were all friends of mine.

If you click on the Gallery it will show you pics of the Nicholson Viaduct. Also the history of the bridge.

Here is a link that might be useful: Nicholson Bridge

wantoretire - Absolutely! Coffee sounds nice ;o)

sharonfl - Is Johnson City near the Finger Lakes Region of NY?

carol - When did you live in Poughkeepsie?...35 years is a long time so we probably have crossed paths LOL.

This is verrry cool!

maryanntx,

Main Man and I do Country Drives to Mouton to eat lunch at the Restaurant on the Railroad Track. I can't think of the name right now. We then travel onto Shiner.

I know several Car and Motorcycle Enthusiast that travel those Country Roads. It is beautiful in the Spring.

I met a guy this summer who lives in Dixon. He is a Master Sculptor in Limestone.

There is a Mexican Pottery roadside open air business we frequently check out new stuff. He has huge Clay Pots under $30.00, that you find elsewhere for $100.00.

Gayle

When I was in my 20's, I moved to the Las Vegas area. A group of us that worked together went to breakfast every Saturday at a Dennys on Sahara Avenue. We had the same waitress almost every time. And every time, I would say I felt like I knew her. One day after about 6 months, a new co-worker joined us for breakfast. When she ordered the waitress asked her if she wanted grits or toast. She replied she didn't know what grits were. The waitress said, "I was raised in South Dakota and we ate grits all the time". I asked her where, she said mainly in Hot Springs. I told her she probably knew my Mom then, as we lived there for years. She said probably not, as it had been years since she lived there. I told her my Mom's name. She looked at me and said, "Vicki?" I said yes...quite puzzled. She had been our "nanny" for about 5 years...from about age 2-7. That gave me chills. And I called my Mom and sister right away. She had Thanksgiving with us that year.

Another time I was working for a fast food restaurant as a manager. On a slow Sunday, we were all standing around talking about "strange foods" we had eaten. I mentioned Rocky Mountain Oysters and that I was from Iowa. One of the kids said he had an aunt and uncle in Iowa...what town was I from. I told him Fairfield...he said that is where they are from!! I said sure they were...thinking he was just messing with me, since I opted up the town name. He did indeed have an aunt, uncle and cousin that lived there. They were my neighbors!

I have lived in the following places:

Hot Springs, South Dakota
Fairfield, Iowa
Employed at: DiSette Produce
Fairfield Glove
Scotty's Drive In
Gobble Clothiers
Popcorn Popper
Henderson/Las Vegas, Nevada
Stauffer Chemical
Service Merchandise

And now in party rentals.

I have relatives in South Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska and Texas. I think that is all. I have sisters that have or still do work in the medical field in Nevada and Texas.

I was born in Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny General Hospital, 1939. Maiden name Banks. Lived in Avalon and Bellvue before moving to Youngstown, OH in time for first grade. Went to Sheridan Elem, then to Buckeye Platt, Struthers junior high, then Canfield High School to graduation. 4 years at Kent State University. Wondering if any of my Kent State friends frequent the KT. Remained in Ohio, just outside of Youngstown, (Greenford/Salem area) until moving to GA 5 years ago.

WOW, you folks sure get around. Isn't this interesting.

Was born in Long Beach, CA at St. Mary's Hospital (used to know the name of the GYN but age ate that stored
information)
Left Long Beach in 1956 or 57.

Moved to Amarillo, TX and have been here ever since except for a few short 4 months in Topeka, KS.
Graduated Tascosa High School in 1964.
Worked for the First Nation Bank for 23 years until I remarried in 89.

Vicki, what part of Nebraska? My EX-DH lives in Henderson, NV. He owns a gas station/quick shop type thing right on a main highway/street. I can't think of the name of the QS.
Leslie

carolswf: and I STILL work for the school district, teaching in Alva.....hoping to retire maybe next year! We are in N. Ft. Myers, so not too far away from you I'm sure!

This is sooo interesting! Had never heard of "six degrees..." but am a firm believer.

To make long story short, DH and I are long time importers and breeders of horses from Austria; we travel there frequently and today, 25 years since we began, have a tiny little 'retirement apartment' on a horse farm there.

In 1986 attended world meeting for our breed for first time. Never been to Austria, knew no one, spoke not one
word of German, and had to look on atlas to see where Austria actually was!

At the meeting, Director was kind enough to seat his businessman brother at our table who spoke perfect English. All during dinner and introductions, I kept looking at him, thinking I knew him from somewhere, but knew that was an absolute impossibility.

In conversation, replying to where we were from, we told him Boston and he said he'd been there once for just a day on business. He did not have enough time to really see and enjoy city because he took a train ride "just for fun." Asked where he went on the train, he said he had no idea, "just to the end of the line and returned to Boston".

Scary part...I instantly placed him at my ice cream store, end of the Boston to Rockport run, and said to him...

"You went to the Town of Rockport, got off the train, turned a corner and came to a little shopping plaza and went to the ice cream shop and got vanilla soft serve cone!!"

He was as surprised as I. That is exactly what he did.

I have had many such experiences, but this one is one of my favorites.

I was born in Gloucester, MA and have lived in
Gloucester MA - graduated GHS - worked telephone operator
Murfreesboro, TN - worked vet ass't short time
West Hartford, CT - scheduler, custom drapery dept G. Fox
Granby, CT - CT State Police
Gloucester MA again - worked real estate office mgr
Rockport MA - Town of Rkpt- ass't Clerk,Elections Registrar
National registrar of horse registry for our breed
Int'l World Federation horse judge

Sharon_FL
I emailed you!

Anna

craftyc, I have a child in my Wed nite class at church whose mom teaches at Alva. She also taught at Caloosa for 9 years and her son was in my GD's class in the 5th grade there. I go to church in NFM and have many friends there. We probably shop in the same stores!

MtnWomanBC and I had lunch together today....our first time to meet. She graduated from the same university as my son....different years and different colleges within the university.
We had a great time but didn't talk about the KTers much....maybe next time!

mrsmarv...Johnson City is in the southern tier of NY-on the PA border. Binghamton, Johnson City & Endicott are known as the 'triple cities' as they run right together. EJ shoes was very famous years ago-my dad worked there (Endicott Johnson)
Anna..going to check your email now. Thanks!

I have a weird story. My niece (born in FL) went to college in Auburn AL. She joined a sorority and became best friends with a girl from GA (I'll call her Ann). Niece went home with Ann for a weekend once and Ann's dad asked the girls to come along to visit Ann's grandmother. They went and during the conversation it turned out grandma was from southern IN and was, in fact, related to my niece. Which meant my niece and Ann, who'd been such good friends were also relatives. They're still close friends--and cousins (several times removed). What are the odds that those two girls both ended up at Auburn?

My parents were from North Carolina, but had lived in Texas for many years. They used to buy groceries at a supermarket here, and used to chat with the checker while she rang up the groceries. She was also from North Carolina originally. On a trip back to NC to visit relatives, my father happened to meet a lady in a parking lot....I forget the circumstances....but she turned out to be the daughter of the lady who checked their groceries in Texas. Family name is Stout...many relatives all up and down the east coast.

sharon - I thought I recognized the name Johnson City. We go up 17 past Binghamton to go to the Finger Lakes and pass on the outskirts of Johnson City.

mrsmav, Grade school years, I lived in the city, Montgomery St and Winnikee Ave. I graduated from Arlington HS in 1959 and lived on Manchester Road. Also lived in Hyde Park for a short time, town of Poughkeepsie, and town of La Grange before moving to Fl. SIL is on Clapp Hill Road in Hopewell.

I have only two things to say. Mother McAuley, St. Xavier.
e-mail me with an appropriate subject line.

Leslie...I lived in Scottsbluff for a brief time. ExDH in Henderson? What is his name? My sister may know him, she lives in Henderson now...and seems to know EVERYONE. LOL

I also have a weird story. In fact, a couple of them.

1st ... I'm from CA and while waiting on the Kasilof riverbank in Alaska I struck up a conversation with the man next to me (both waiting for fishing guides). He was from VT and said he snow skied in CO with a doctor from Napa. Turns out it was my daughter's pediatrician! Fifteen minutes one way or the other and we never would have met.

2nd ... When my FIL died, my BIL & wife came from CO for the funeral. My SIL and Mom started talking. Turns out SIL's maternal uncle was married to my Mom's 1st cousin, Irene. Then they divorced and SIL's paternal uncle married Irene. Of course, all this happened long before she and I married into the same family (in different states). Now that's a small world!