Mr. Harold Gershmel was more of a companion than a boss. He wasn’t aggressive, was entertaining, and was devoted to his wife and family.
He was an excellent piano player
I don’t remember conversations with him regarding teaching. This was true throughout the entire school year.
Ft. Eustis Post Soldier of the Week
I was appointed post soldier of the week in Ft. Eustis, Virginia.
Brigadier General Frank S. Besson was commandant of the post in 1953.
I was his aide for one week.
General Besson became a Four Star General.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_S._Besson_Jr.
I was given a picture of General Besson, and it was at Vicki Callender’s house.
S&P 500 is an investment managed by Standard and Poor’s
The investment is in a group of companies.
If some of the companies do not do well, they are removed. Companies doing well replace the ones removed.
SPDR are like an S&P stock and are easy to purchase.
The rate of return is above 10%.
Here is a link to an investment calculator:
HTTPS://AMERICANFUNDSRETIREMENT.RETIRE.AMERICANFUNDS.COM/TOOLS/CALCULATORS/INVESTMENT-CALCULATOR.HTM
If $100 a month is invested for 50 years, about $60,000 is invested. The value of the SPDR purchased is approximately $1,471,241.67
A number of possibilities can be considered, $25 a month investment could be made in earlier years, and $150 investment in later years.
SPDR link:
HTTPS://WWW.INVESTOPEDIA.COM/ARTICLES/INVESTING/122215/SPY-SPDR-SP-500-TRUST-ETF.ASP
Several thugs, who lived near the store, entered the store. I
was hit with a pistol. It knocked me out. I thought that I had been
shot. A tooth was damaged.
The store manager was shot. The bullet went through his upper
body, but didn’t have any consequences.
Cathy, head cashier, was shot and killed.
A cashier was shot, and she was paralyzed from the waist down.
I went to Cathy’s funeral. It was unusual. Participants said they
were happy that Cathy was in heaven.
Nancy
That is a horrific event God was watching over you . So sad
things like this happen.
Yes. My father found a job as a farmer near Ney, Ohio.
We lived in Ayersville, Ohio, and Ney was about twenty miles
away.
The farmer job included a house.
We lived there for a whole school year.
A star baseball pitcher lived in Ney at that time.
Nancy
I didn’t know this thank you Don! Yep Ned Garver was from Ney,
Ohio.
Don Wolfrum I couldn’t remember Ned Garver’s name. (And a lot of other
ones)
My father had big problems.
He didn't have close friends.
Instead of love and kindness, he hated and was discontented.
One example, he was a Lutheran and openly displayed a dislike for Baptists.
My mother was on her deathbed. My father ranted about her going off and leaving him.
He was treated, but it didn't help.
I think Dave and Nancy will agree with me.
Don Wolfrum, September 05, 2022
Are you still friends with any of your friends from high school? How have they changed since then?
As near as I know, all my former classmates are dead. I visited Norbert Schackel and Herman Reese around 1948. They lived in Decatur, Indiana, which is about twenty miles southeast of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. My classmates would be 92 years old now in 2022. I have a 1945 high school yearbook, which has pictures of my classmates. Thanks to my brother Dave, who sent it to me. Louis Nuechterlein was a senior when I was a freshman. He was an organist. The following video is of one of the pieces of music, which he played.
