PERSONAL
1. 570 miles one way
2. 5 Grandchildren
3. Retired
4. I was honored to receive a top award from the Tennessee Tourism Industry in 2003
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6. Favorite recent traveling experience: Hawaii
7. 1 have been backstage with Dolly Parton while she was waiting to perform, and in the same vehicle in a parade with George Lindsey.
8. 1 have a copy of the 1955-56 "War Cries" cheerleading booklet. It includes the School Song (or "Tribal Chant") and 43 cheers. I challenge Cathy and Heather (our Frosh-Soph cheerleaders) to remember any one of them!
9. No military service
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11. Happiness: Being content with and celebrating what one has. Enjoying life with friends and family. Creature comforts and good health. To know that my children and grandchildren have full, happy and comfortable lives.
12. Words for Naperville: Small town, kid-oriented, freedom to roam, friends
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14. Title for autobiography: "The Right Place at the Right Time"
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16. Philosophy: Every person I meet has something to teach me.
MEMORIES
1. Walking home with a boy from a YMCA sock hop in a magical, lightly falling snow
2. Ozzie's
3. George Toothill, Bob Stephen, Bill Hill
4. Putting signs on the West Chicago football field the night before a big game
5. The hour some counselor advised me to take Latin
6. Kerry Fitzpatrick
7. "Dyed to Match"
8. The pizza joint in Lisle
9. Church & Methodist Youth Fellowship
10. Always had a brown bag prepared by my mother
11. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets; Moments to Remember — the Four Lads
12. Sadness that such a fun time was over and realizing classmates would be going in many different directions
13. Bill Nolte
14. De-tasseling corn
15. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
16. You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent
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18. Dave Siebert
19. Pretending I could ice skate when Bud Waggoner asked me to a skating party.
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21. One summer was spent at the Beach; several summers spent working at Laidlaw Bros. Publishing Company in River Forest.