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LEWISTOWN CABINET CENTER
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The Sentinel JUNIATA VALLEY MAGAZINE
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The smartest man
Mariska Beward
This is the story of my grandfather one my mother’s side of the family, James Ernest, the smartest man that I know.
My grandfather went to high school at Juniata High School. When he graduated he went right into the Army with his high school sweetheart, my grandmother.
While he was in the Army he was told that he was going to go to Vietnam. He had to learn Vietnamese to go to Vietnam. Still to this day he does remember some of the Vietnamese.
After learning all of this he then found out that he did not have to go and learned all of that Vietnamese. After the Army my grandfather went to college and got a certificate of completion for turfgrass management from Penn State.
My grandfather worked all of his life in all different ways. He was even a janitor at Juniata High School. My grandfather had three kids and worked at their high school.
He is very smart in all different ways. He knows so many cool things and many good stories about him growing up. When he was learning Vietnamese he had to remember all of it so that he could use it when he had to go to Vietnam.
Fixing mowers, fighting in the Army, janitoring and many other things kept him very busy on top of three kids, a wife and now seven grandchildren.
My grandfather has always been someone to look up to because he always thinks about others and not just himself. My grandfather, now 70 years old, is still living life to its fullest.
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