Following my retirement in January of 2002 I was asked by Melanie Hough to submit to your web site my thoughts and memories associated with the Jr. Home, here are but a few.
Prior to my retirement, I had the pleasure of serving as operations director (in charge of buildings, grounds and support services) under the directions [...]
This is a Barn Guy story and it is true.
Myron “Bulldog” Elam and I were teamster’s. I had the big Dunn team and Bulldog had the Sorrels . My Dunn team was rather slow and the sorrels were fast and sassy.
At the end of one morning of hauling Sh- manure , we were headed back [...]
Monkey Francis screwed up again.
Yep, that’s right. With the same team of horses, “The Duns” . Queen was the mare and Dun was the stud. Uhh -oh – well, he once was. Any how, this is the way it went.
We were hauling the good stuff in the Dump Wagons this time. These are the [...]
On one occasion “Juney” Schuckman, “Tick” Parrish and I decided to hitchhike to Fremont to see one of the Home football games. (We ranged in ages from 13 and 14 at the time.) We experienced no difficulty getting off Home grounds, and thumbing a ride to the game. Our problem began after the game, as [...]
It was the autumn that I turned four years old. I had been in the hospital with the measles. An older kid by the name of Jimmy Jones, was my roommate. He saw the doctor in the hall and asked me to see if the doctor would let us go to our cottages. I went [...]
We kids learned our table manners in this fashion while at the Jr. Home. You will remember there were 100 kids eating in the central dining room three times a day. Can you imagine that! There were one hundred tables where eight kids sat at each table. One larger girl took care of her particular [...]
Many Homekids may remember Myron Elam as a teamster while others might recall his days as an athlete since he lettered in a varsity sport and was a member of the esteemed “J” association. But my memories of Myron are as a dancer and for a short time we were partners.
In the spring of [...]