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1962 was very much representative of the height of the era of the baby boomers. I remember that there were well over 35 children in Mrs. Jacobchick’s fourth grade class. Although this is not a photo of my fourth-grade class, it is amazingly close to how that classroom looked.
paper dollar in my pants pocket. I went into Moe’s Sweet Shop, with the intent to buy comics for Stuart. I remember it being such a magical moment in time. I had never bought eight comic books, at one time, any other time in my entire life. It was just a monumental moment. I remember when I carried the stack of eight comic books to Moe’s cash register.
It’s so funny, the things you remember. I remember Moe saying to me that it looked like I was going to read a lot of comic books that night. I confessed that I did read all of those eight comic books, before I wrapped them up in brightly colored Christmas wrapping paper for my old friend, Stuart. For the next few weeks in December, I wondered and wondered who could have WALK TO SCHOOL!
picked my name from Mrs. Jacobchick’s shoe box of hand-written names. What I was about to find out, as to who picked my name from the box, would touch my heart, all so very dearly. In 1962, Christmas fell on a Tuesday, which meant that more than likely Mrs. Jacobchick had us exchange gifts on the Friday before Christmas, since we probably had continued on page 4
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Christmas Story... continued from front page the entire next week off from school. Our little fourth grade Christmas party was a happy and joyful little celebration. My mom was the Class Mother for our class. Mom had baked a lot of Christmas cookies for our little party. And we had plenty of apple juice to drink. My mom did come to the little party, to help Mrs. Jacobchick hand out the cookies and pour the apple juice for the children. I was lost for words when Pamela Rawlings looked at me, from her desk which was right across from me, and simply said “Merry Christmas, Richie!” And I then said “Merry Christmas” to Pamela. Then Pamela handed me a colorfully wrapped Christmas gift. It all felt like a dream! Cute Pamela Rawlings was the one who picked my name from the shoebox, vastly full of hand-written names. I remember thinking to myself, “of all the names in that were in that shoebox, sweet Pamela Rawlings chose my name! It was a religious experience for me! I just sat there looking at Pamela’s gift for me. I remember Pamela saying to me, “Richie, aren’t you going to open it?” And, I think I said something like, “oh, yea, open it up, right….” I carefully removed the brightly colored
wrapping paper from Pamela’s gift. And, lo and behold, there it was, a handmade pencil holder. Obviously it was constructed from a soup can or a vegetable can of some kind. The tin can was carefully covered with colorful construction paper. All the while I was looking at that beautiful homemade pencil holder, I kept thinking to myself, “Pamela Rawlings made a pencil holder for me… me….. me!” I thanked Pamela. She asked me if I liked it and I told her that I just loved it. I then turned to my left-hand side, looking toward the back of the classroom, Stuart was looking at the covers of his eight comic books. He sent me a big thumbs up, along with a big smile. It was such a memorable little classroom Christmas party. Here’s the amazing thing. I still keep in touch with my old friend, Stuart. And, just a few years ago, I was reunited with my old friend, Pamela, through a common friend. The odds were a million to one that Pamela and I were able to find each other, after having lost touch with each for a little over 45 years! The friends of early childhood are truly, the dear and beloved friends. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail. com. Please put on the subject line: My Life Publications.
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The Railroad That Wasn’t in Morris County
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By Henry M. Holden he Underground Railroad is an epic American story featuring the forces of righteousness against evil, locked in a moral combat. The fight would eventually eliminate one of the greatest expressions of inhumanity: the ownership of one human by another. In the years up to the start of the American Civil War (1861), New Jersey was a major route for slaves escaping their masters in the South. The legendary Underground Railroad (UGRR), which was neither underground nor a railroad, is preserved today at sites throughout the region including Morris County. Most Underground Railroad fugitive slaves came from Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Most were males between the ages of 15 and 30, who traveled alone, by foot, horseback, wagon, stagecoach, train, and boat—and at night, often guided by the North Star. While most people have heard of the Underground Railroad, few people know that it came as far north as Sussex County. Most UGRR books list Jersey City as the railroad terminus. There were people like Harriet Tubman who was a major figure in the Abolitionist movement. Maryland put a $40,000 bounty for her capture because she encouraged and strongly advocated freedom for the African slaves. She is credited with helping over 300 slaves reach freedom. She was never apprehended. There was always a bounty on the head of the runaway slave, from $50 to $500, depending on the value of the slave as a chattel, as was the horse. Until the outbreak of the Civil War, New Jersey continued to bear witness to the presence of runaway slaves. However, with the passage in 1804 of the New Jersey Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, these fugitives saw New Jersey as part of the “Promised Land,” where they escaped their master’s lash, or worse. There are several sites in Morris County which are documented by the New Jersey Historical Commission and listed as “Communities with extant Underground Railroad Sites.” Boonton and Boonton Township are two sites that are preserved. One of the more conspicuous stops on the Underground Railroad was the Boonton home of abolitionist Dr. John Grimes. There, at the corner of Main and Liberty streets, the doctor harbored fugitive slaves, according to Grimes’ 1875 obituary in The Jerseyman. The railroad’s “Boonton Station,” is now home to a commercial business, and never was underground. Boonton was an epicenter of anti-slav-
ery work. It was considered an important Underground Railroad link in the New Jersey chain that moved some 40,000 slaves north to freedom in Canada. Grimes lived there while publishing his monthly newspaper, The New Jersey Freeman, an abolitionist newspaper, and he sheltered runaway slaves in his home. The Grimes Homestead, in Mountain Lakes, is one of the few documented physical remnants of the UGRR, and the Abolition movement of the 19th century in New Jersey. Near Grimes’ home, in neighboring Boonton Township, is another station, the Powerville Hotel. It was owned by Nathan Hopkins, whose son Charles became involved in the railroad as a teenager. He chronicled his Underground Railroad experiences in the 1910 publication Boonton: Gem of the Mountain, which identified individuals and communities involved in the Boonton area’s Underground Railroad. Hopkins indicated there were Underground Stations at Rockaway, Dover, Pequannock, Newfoundland, Stockholm, Canistear and Charlotteburg, areas at the convergence of Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties. In the Northeastern part of the state, in Morris County, are Dover, Rockaway, Pompton Plaines, which were UGRR communities. However, there was no town called Randolph, until it was split off from Mendham in 1805, and it is there where a UGRR site and a probable extant building remains. For decades a rumor floated that the (Quaker) Friends Meeting House (circa 1757) in Randolph was an Underground Railroad station. James Brotherton, a member of one of the founding families, speaking of his father Richard in A History of Randolph said, “Richard was a kindly man, often helping those in need. He felt that slavery was a great wrong and his house, along with the Quaker Meeting House became one of the stops on the Underground Railroad…” The popular story states that fugitive slaves on the way to freedom in Canada, would stop and rest at the Brotherton house. Richard would feed them, clothe them, and give them a little ready cash, according to his son. To protect these unfortunate persons from search and seizure by authorities, a secret passage from the Brotherton house to the Quaker Friends Meeting House supposedly existed. With the physical altering of the landscape by developers, it may never be known where exactly that secret passage was. Should the authorities enter the meeting house itself, with or without respect
for the sanctuary, fugitive slaves could be concealed in the gallery with the “shutters” closed, or in a space under the seat where the elders sat. No fugitive slave was ever reportedly recovered, and the number of slaves sheltered at the Friends Meeting house remains unknown. The story is derived from Richard Brotherton, who is later repeated as a Newark News feature story. Today, the Brotherton house is gone, replaced by apartment houses. It is reasonable, based on the proximity of the apartment houses to the Friends Meeting House, that was within walking distance of the Brotherton house. Those slaves who were not rescued by the Underground Railroad would have to wait until the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the 13th Amendment, on December 6, 1865, for their freedom. The Underground Railroad was for the slaves who had escaped the terror of recapture, an opportunity to befriend people who were sympathetic to their plight, and to live free.
The fear that traveled with the runaways was being captured and returned to the slave auction block. (Library of Congress)
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Capitol riot. “The lives and deaths of Detective Joseph Seals and Officers Michael Teel, Brian Sicknick, and Sean Peek remind us of their gift to us, their enduring affection for us,” Cardinal Tobin said in his homily. “They left an indelible witness to the greatest love of all, which is… to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Additionally, 31 police officers who died of COVID-19 were acknowledged, and 37 Port Authority officers who were killed during the World Trade Center terrorist attacks were recognized to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Four police officers who died in retirement were also remembered during the Blue Mass: Jack McGarry of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the East Orange Police Department; Danny Francis of the Newark Police Department; Benedetto “Benny” Christiano of the Bloomfield Police Department; and Richard T. McKnight of the Newark Police Department. To learn more about the Archdiocese of Newark, visit https://www.rcan.org/.
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Ringwood Man Realizes Dream by Volunteering for NASA
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By Steve Sears or 70-year-old, Michael Greene, it has been a love affair with space exploration since childhood. “I’ve been interested in the space program since it really hit me when I was in third grade, at School #20 in Paterson,” Greene says. “It was just a few weeks after the original seven (Project) Mercury astronauts were announced; that was in April 1959. I don’t remember that press conference, but just about a week or two later - I don’t know if you remember, but there used to be a school newspaper called My Weekly Reader? It would come out every week in a newspaper form. This was for children in grade school.” When Greene eagerly snatched up a copy of that particular issue, the sevenyear-old saw a picture of the astronauts on the front cover and, while reading the article, learned that one of the group, Wally Schirra, was from Oradell, New Jersey. It thrilled him. “I just was hooked, and I just followed the program since then through now. It has just enthralled me basically my entire life, and it took me until I was 67-years-old when I was finally able to join the Ambassador program.” Greene is now a volunteer Solar System
Ambassador for NASA. “I was notified of my selection on Christmas Eve of 2018, and I officially became one in early 2019.” For Greene, it was a nice Christmas present. “One of the best ever,” he says. “I haven’t stopped smiling since.” Greene, who has lived in Ringwood for 40 years, is originally from Paterson, his interests always in science and history. He was a Botany major while at Rutgers University in Newark, and he worked in pharmaceutical industry laboratories and sales until his 2017 retirement. Now, he educates audiences from school children to adults about the NASA space program’s history and its current endeavors. “For myself, I would say I hope to continue doing this as long as I can,” Greene says. His latest presentations were on November 4th, when he presided over “An Introductory Journey to The James Webb Space Telescope” for the Wayne Public Library, and a Wanaque Public Library “NASA 1973 – 1977: The Post-Apollo Area” program on November 23. “I’m sure I’m one of the older members of the Ambassador group, though I know there are some people who are older than me, and I don’t know every single person. Of course, there’s over 1,000 of them. We speak amongst ourselves and
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Eileen Allan Wins PCT Title #15 as Head Coach of Pompton Lakes Field Hockey
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By Steve Sears he Pompton Lakes High School field hockey team in October won for head coach Eileen Allan her fifteenth Passaic County Tournament title. But there had been an eleven-year drought. “We went on a dry run,” says Allan. “Not that we didn’t get into the finals. We may have made it, but we just couldn’t bring home the hardware.” This being said, there has been “hardware” by the truckload for the Cardinal coach and her teams. Allan, 60, has been coaching Pompton Lakes field hockey for 37 years, she returning to her alma mater and the helm spot right after her college career at East Stroudsburg University. During her tenure, the Cardinals have won eleven state sectional titles, a Group II championship in 1999, and yes, those fifteen PCT crowns. That’s pretty impressive, and so was the 2021 squad. “This year’s team,” Allan says, “had twelve seniors on it. We worked so hard in the offseason. In the summer, we were in the weight room every morning at 7 a.m. We did a camp that we had run at our school, and we also did a traveling week in the summer. So, these girls really wanted it. And then
we had a great addition of one of my former players, Rebecca (Lilenthal), whose daughter is my freshman. She made the Junior Olympics team, and she just brought a lot of spark to our program.” Krista Lilenthal finished with 43 goals this season and 13 assists. “I coached her mom,” Allan says, “so now it’s nice to have her daughter playing for me.” During Allan’s first season in 1984, Pompton Lakes won just one contest, and the program was a struggling one. “We weren’t even sure that they were going to keep field hockey,” Allan recalls. “But my principal gave me the opportunity to try to build, and each year we just kept getting better and better. And you know, we had some downfalls over the years, but for the most part the kids, when they play, they put in their dedication and hard work. They believe in the program, they believe in my coaches, and I’ve been very fortunate to have exceptional athletes that want to be part of a program. And I’ve been fortunate to have great assistant coaches as well.” The 1999 team may have been her best. Goalie Kim Bush sealed the nets, yielding only eight goals for the season, and Megan Moyle was another star performer for the
The Pompton Lakes Cardinals 2021 Passaic County Tournament field hockey champs. Photo courtesy of Eileen Allan.
club. “I think back to that team,” Allan says of the 17-1-2 club. “We didn’t have a lot of skill, but we had heart more than anything. We upset the West Essex and Madison teams, so to get there was a tough road but, again, they just had a lot of heart.” After their PCT success, Pompton Lakes lost in this year’s state playoffs, and for Allen there was a touch of sadness. “I think the hardest part about losing is not seeing them every day, and just being around them, because it was just a lot of fun,” she says of the
2021 season. Allan is now planning for the 2022 ledger, and she also doesn’t plan on stepping down anytime soon. “I still love it,” she says. “I just love being around the kids. They keep me young, and I just enjoy the sport itself as well. It’s changed so much over the years, but my players, they’re like my own daughters.” She pauses, then adds, “It’s not about me, it’s about the kids. And that’s how I would always want to be remembered.”
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After 35 Seasons, Dave Powell Says So Long to the Pompton Lakes Football PA Booth
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By Steve Sears or 85-year-old Dave Powell, it’s been a nice ride. After 35 years as Pompton Lakes High School Cardinals football public address announcer, he’s said goodbye to the booth and microphone. During Powell’s last home game on Saturday, October 23, Athletic Director Mike London at the end of the first quarter entered the press box and stopped the game, and made the announcement regarding Powell’s retirement. “Everybody started clapping,” Powell says, “and I waved, and the whole team came over, and the whole team and the coaches had signed one of the footballs, and they gave that to me, and they gave me a plaque. I really felt humbled there and was like, ‘Wow!’” “I moved up here in 1968,” says Powell, who now lives in Pompton Plains. “I went to my first football game at Hershfield Park and got really hooked. My son (Lee) played football there also, and then my daughter (Dana) was a cheerleader and gymnast, so I have a lot of good memories - fond memories - of Pompton Lakes High School.” Powell was married for 61 years to the late Donna Powell. For Powell, Saturdays were about pigskin camaraderie. “I really enjoyed going down before the game and doing the homework, getting all the name pronunciations,” he says. “Sometimes you have uncommon names, and sometimes you ask the coaches, and they’ve always been so helpful in giving you the names and the key positions, the captains of the team, number changes, and things like that. The coaches have always got a lot to do before the game, the pregame, to get them (the teams) ready and everything, but they’ve always taken the time to go over things. It’s really remarkable, all the cooperation you get from all the coaches in North Jersey.”
Memories abound for Powell, who was at the mic for some great teams. “We’ve won at least five state championships that I can remember,” he says. “We beat Westwood in a 7 - 6 nail-biter years ago, and then we had another where we went to Meadowlands and beat Hasbrouck Heights, one of the better small schools in North Jersey. And then we had a run between 2011, ’12, and ‘13. We won three straight state championships. We beat Glen Rock, and another year we beat Hasbrouck Heights, and another year we beat Cedar Grove. Those were really unbelievable years to see something like that. They (the Cardinals) won like 33 games and they only lost about two, I believe, in that period. That was unbelievable.” He has a favorite contest. “Probably the greatest game that I ever saw was against DePaul Catholic of Wayne,” Powell says. “They won the state championship that year, and they had great players. They had Vyto Kab, who played with the Philadelphia Eagles, and Tommy Vigorito, who played five years with the Miami Dolphins. They had a great, great team and we played them down at Wayne Valley. That game went on with no scoring and was very hard hitting until there was about 40 seconds to go, and we had our field goal kicker, Barry Mcbain. He kicked about a 37 or 38-yard field goal with 40 seconds to go, and we won - we beat them!” And while it’s been a pleasure for Powell to watch and call the names of every Cardinal player since 1986, he cites Charlie Getty as the best. “He was the best player I’ve seen on both sides of the ball, a lineman. And he went to Penn State where he was an All-American, and then he spent eight years with the Kansas City Chiefs and two years with the Green Bay Packers. He was a tremendous player. I think he was a left guard.”
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Dave Powell accepts a plaque from Pompton Lakes Athletic Director Mike London. Photo courtesy of Mike London.
Colleen Moyle is the former Athletic Director at the school. “I always call him Dave,” she says, “but it’s just so hard for me because he’s always been Mr. Powell. I went to school with his daughter who graduated two years ahead of me, and then I knew his son, Lee. We just kind of go back.
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By Ashley McCann hild & Family Resources (CFR) is hosting their Third Annual S.H.I.N.E. Educator of the Year Awards Gala, where they will honor four deserving professionals as Educator of the Year, while raising money for their organization. The S.H.I.N.E. (Serves, Helps, Inspires, Nurtures, and Excels) Award will acknowledge educators in Morris County who have made a significant impact, going above and beyond to motivate and inspire their students. “We find education important, starting straight out of the womb,” said Rebecca Sherrod, Executive Director of Child & Family Resources. “Children develop more in the first five years of their life than they do any other time throughout their life. So it’s really important that we acknowledge educators throughout these children’s lives, which is how we came up with the S.H.I.N.E. Awards.” The gala honors not just school teachers, but also child care providers, professors, principals, before or after school staff, safety officers, guidance counselors, aides, and anyone who works with children and families in any capacity. They have been nominated online by students and members of the Morris County community, and will then receive final votes from the CFR board. An educator from several different categories will win, including early education (birth to five years old), school district (pre-k to high school), and higher education (local college). A fourth category has also been added on for this year’s gala. The new category will hon-
or someone in a corporate setting who works closely with educators or children. The gala will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Mansion at Mountain Lakes. The night will consist of a cocktail hour, a live band, a silent auction, dinner, a slideshow, and the awards. “Education will always have a special place in all of our hearts, no matter what type of school you went to.” Sherrod said. “It will be a fun night to learn more about education, to network with people and to get to know people in your community, so I would definitely encourage anyone to come.” Tickets can be purchased for $89 on eventbrite.com by searching “SHINE Educator of the Year.” Sponsorship packages can be purchased on CFR’s website at cfrmorris.org/s-hi-n-e-award. All proceeds go to Child & Family Resources and their efforts to support the development of children and strengthen their families. In addition to honoring educators, the gala will also be a celebration of Child & Family Resources’ 50th anniversary. For the past 50 years, CFR has been providing many different services for Morris County, including childcare assistance, childcare provider trainings, CPR training, parenting coaching, and more. They also have a diaper bank for families in need of diapers for their young children, holiday shops for low-income families to receive gifts for their kids, and a back to school event to distribute school supplies. They even offered emergency childcare during the pandemic. To learn more about CFR and how they help children and families in the community, visit cfrmorris.org.
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Springfield Man Writes Other’s Stories with LifeStory Memoir
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By Steve Sears or 43-year-old Richard Squires, Thanksgiving of 2015 will always be special. That very Thursday, his Grandpa Ben asked Squires when he was going to write a story about him. Squires embraced and embarked on the request. The book was printed two days before his grandfather died. There’s sometimes a touch of melancholy. “Come Thanksgiving,” Squires says, “I start to think about that. My grandfather was in the hospital, he had a stroke, and I was there and I was able to tell them that we finished the book and it was at the printers. He wasn’t able to speak, but he could communicate with his eyes, and it was a beautiful moment that I’ll never forget. I could see that he was very happy about it.” 25 copies of the book were printed, and it was the inception of LifeStory memoir. “I gave it out to my cousins, my aunts and uncles, and my brothers. I have a couple copies here, I keep it with me, and I always talk about it. I love to share it because that was before my branding. My books now all have my logo, so it really was the lightbulb moment with my business.” Squires, who has done corporate writing and has taught the writing at both Kean University and Union County College, has written thirty memoirs for clients and is currently at work on six others. Both the initial meeting with a clients and handing them the final product – their own memoir – are equally exciting for him. “When I give them the book I call it the Big Book Reveal – I like to video it so I capture their expression when they first see it. I capture it on video and then I have it edited into professional quality, and I’m
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I Remember Dad: Hold Dear To Heart, This Cherished Heritage
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By Richard Mabey Jr. ne of the most powerfully positive influences upon my beloved father was his grandfather, William H. Mabey. Sadly, my great grandfather passed away in 1936, about a year after having suffered a stroke. Dad was nine years old, when his grandfather was called Home to be with the Lord. My great grandfather was born on October 15, 1868, at a time when our nation was still healing from the wounds of the great Civil War. Great Grandpa Mabey grew up in a modest home, atop Hook Mountain. The home had no running water, nor did it have an indoor bathroom. In 1892, at the age of 23, Great Grandpa Mabey married Dora Dolson. My great grandmother was born and raised in New York City, in a rather wealthy family. How it came to be that she traveled to Beavertown (the former name of Lincoln Park) and met my great grandfather is unclear. Dora Dolson was 20 years old when she married my great grandfather. Great Grandpa Mabey worked as the Chief Engineer of Incline Plane Ten East. He was a strong, hard-working man. For the first two years of their marriage, William and Dora Mabey lived with William’s parents, William and Catherine Mabey. During those two years, my great grandfather worked ev-
ery minute he could, on building a home for his bride and himself. He single-handedly built the home. As a tribute to his carpentry skills, the home still stands today. My dad loved his grandfather, oh so very much. Dad was nine years old when his grandfather passed away. My father often recollected about how devastated he was to lose his grandfather. According to my beloved father, Great Grandpa Mabey was a most incredibly talented story teller. My father often told me how he would gather about his grandfather, sitting on the floor with his brothers and cousins, while Great Grandpa Mabey told dramatic stories of life along the old Morris Canal. I remember, as a child, Dad would often retell these stories. Dad would preface the stories with saying, “of course I can’t tell it quite like my grandpa could. He was quite a story teller.” Now at 68, I so deeply regret that I didn’t take out a pencil and paper and write down those stories. My great grandfather taught my father the treasured principles of farming, specifically the art of successfully growing corn. Legend has it that Great Grandpa Mabey was a great hunter. My dad often told the stories about the days of going on a hunt with his father and grandfather and his older brother, Edward.
There was a great legend of the great buck, whose presence was overwhelming. Dad often told me about the great buck. That his grandfather held a certain reverence and respect for the great buck, and so never raised his rifle sights upon the tremendously large deer. I remember my father telling me about the time he did sight the great buck. He told me that once a man saw the great buck, he was destined to never be the same again. The great buck was the king of the wooded land that ran the forest range, all along the old Morris Canal in Lincoln Park. I have but only one picture of my dear great grandfather. I cherish that photograph, oh so dearly. Whenever I am faced with the dreaded plague of writer’s block, I take out Great Grandpa’s picture from the top drawer of my desk. I look at that photo of my great grandfather, that was taken shortly after he had his stroke. I try my utmost best to be true to Great Grandpa’s love of storytelling. A part of the spirit of my great grandfather lives on in my heart, solely because my dad took the time to share with me his fond memories of the beloved patriarch, who was born just a few years after the monumental surrender at Appomattox. Cherish your unique family history. By all means, please do take the time to pass on your knowledge of your family’s history and legends to the younger ones of your family.
The only photograph that I have of my great grandfather, William H. Mabey. This picture was taken in 1935, after Great Grandpa Mabey had his stroke. A corner of the home that Great Grandpa Mabey built can be seen in this picture, on the right hand side.
Truly, it will be time well invested. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail. com. Please put on the subject line: My Life Publications.
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