All boys were required to be in the ROTC. Reserve Officer Training Corps. There were four companies. I was Captain of company D in my senior year.
We had Swords as part of our dress uniforms.
When I was in the US Army, I could have gone to officer training, but I would have had to stay additional time.
I went to the square dance club, and learned how to square dance. My wife and I went to square dances later on.
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
