Friday, May 11, 2012

MY MEMORIAL TO SPECIAL GLENDALE PEOPLE

AS I HAVE STATED, I WRITE TO DOCUMENT CERTAIN THINGS, KNOWING FEW, IF ANY WILL READ. THAT IS OK.  IT IS NICE TO BE REMEMBERED.  DURING MEMORIAL DAY, I VISIT A CERTAIN GRAVE YARD,,,,MANY FLOWERS ON MANY GRAVES TESTIFY TO THOSE WHO REMEMBERED, YET, AND SORROWFULLY, MANY GRAVES SO BARREN....THEIR STONES SUNKEN INTO GROUND..WEATHER WORN,,,FORGOTTEN.  I WISH TO MENTION A FEW NAMES, BUT NOT ALL.  THESE WERE A PART OF MY LIFE, AND THAT MAKES THEM PRETTY SPECIAL.  THESE NAMES ARE NOT IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, BUT YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.     LESTER S BRANN....NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR ON ROSEMARY, WHO WAS KIND TO ME. HE GAVE ME A CRAFTSMAN TOOL CHEST SET AND A ROCK HUNTER'S HAMMER...THANK'S LES..LOVE YOU.  MRS ANNA ROSS AND CLEMTINE PRESTON, WHO WERE MY PIANO TEACHERS....HOW PATIENT YOU WERE..AND, YOU WERE BOTH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.....MY PEDIATRICAN IN 40'S, DR. HARRIET B. FARNHAM...DIED IN 1950....THANK YOU FOR CARING FOR ME.   HOWARD KENT, MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.  THANK YOU FOR BOOK YOU GAVE TO ME, YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN....ALL, I SAY ALL, OF MY TEACHERS IN GUSD....ALL OF THEM GREAT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT....J.J HAMILTON WHO WAS MY GLENDALE NEWS PRESS DELIVERY SUPERVISOR.  JJ, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU STOPPED AT MY HOME ON ROSEMARY AND HONKED FOUR TIMES, I KNEW YOU WANTED TO TELL ME SOMETHING, IN MY SELFISHNESS, I LOOKED THROUGH FRONT WINDOW UNTIL YOU GAVE UP AND DROVE AWAY, I REMEMBER YOUR WHITE 47 FORD.....MARSHALL KENT NEIBERT...MY SCHOOL CHUM FOR MANY YEARS,,,,SUCH A GOOD FRIEND.   THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE END, BUT I AM GETTING SLEEPY...DO THANK THOSE WHO HAVE TOUCHED YOU...DO NOT FORGET THEM,,NO, NOT EVER......BOB FISHBACK

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