Cars 4 – Lebaron, Olds I bought a 1981 Chrysler “Lebaron”, blue-grey 4 door sedan with 318cc V8 engine and automatic transmission. It was a police car, only one year old with many fairly gentle miles; I went to great lengths to “de-police” it. I removed the identifying town stickers, …
Church 5 – QBC, etc. Following my years at HS-11, Ginny and I attended a Baptist church in the village of Wickford; there I helped paint the church building’s below-roof woodwork, and there reconnected with a Wasp friend who was a member there with his new wife, the pastor’s daughter. …
Parenthood, Paper Routes After we were married, our five children were born in the following succession; the Lord led us to names for all but Ben: Joseph Nathanael (note the New Testament spelling); he was born August 13, 1970 at Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick RI, while I worked …
Leesona, CTI-Morgan I applied at the Leesona company in 1970 and was hired as a machine operator in the Bore-matic department to work in a group numbering about six. Situated near TF Green airport in Warwick RI on Strawberry Field Road, with an immense parking lot, they made textile-weaving machines …
Vacations We took few trips due to kids, paper routes, dogs, and my job; but I remember some: The trip to see Ginny’s parents, in Glen Burnie MD was 400 miles and took about 8 hours; they lived at 110 Ridgely Road, off Old Quarterfield Road, in a split-level ranch …
Entertainment Equipment My first reel-to-reel tape recorder was a German Telefunken, bought in the Navy, in Key West; I used to record church services to re-listen aboard ship. I also used it to record our wedding. My first stereo receiver was by Harman-Kardon, and speakers by Marantz, and Realistic cassette …