JUST A PERSONAL NOTE OF WHAT
TOOK PLACE JUST 58
YEARS AGO ON JUNE 17, 1955.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL.
AT THIS EXACT TIME, ANN AND I, AT 4:00 PM, WERE
ON OUR WAY HOME TO OCCUPY 19 SAYLOR DRIVE,
WE HAD SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE AT THE BANK
IN BETHLEHEM AND MOVED IN WITHOUT A PENNY
OF DOWN PAYMENT. IT'S MIND BOGGLING TO THINK
BACK ABOUT IT. TRY AND DO THAT TODAY. THE
REST IS HISTORY. GOOD NEIGHBORS, GOOD FRIENDS,
PEOPLE THAT CARED ABOUT ONE ANOTHER. TO BE
ABLE TO BECOME A PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT
WAS MADE UP OF AT LEAST 80% OF FOLKS THAT
CAME FROM, OR WERE RELATED TO OTHERS, WHO
CAME FROM A COUNTRY WHERE I WAS PRIVILEGED
TO SERVE ALMOST 17 MONTHS IN THE U.S.ARMY AND
MY LADY ANN CAME TO STAY WITH ME FOR 8 MONTHS.
SHE HAD AN APARTMENT IN A MANSION OCCUPIED
BY BARON AND BARONESS VON RICHTHOFEN. VERY
SOPHISTICATED, BUT GRACIOUS PEOPLE. THE
BARONESS GAVE HER A RECIPE FOR "LINZER TORTE"
WHICH ANN BAKES FOR ME ON MY BIRTHDAY EACH
YEAR. THAT WAS ALWAYS PRECEDED BY "WIENER
SCHNITZEL", BUT THAT WAS REPLACED WITH "PORK
SCHNITZEL", WHICH IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE.
THOSE WERE MEMORABLE TIMES THAT I, AND WE,
SPENT IN LINZ, AUSTRIA. I GUESS THE GOOD LORD
WAS PREPARING US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES
WHEN WE WOULD RESIDE IN THE CLOSEST THING
TO UTOPIA, "COPLAY, PA." GOD BLESS. NUFF SAID!!!
WE MOVED TO 3 N. 5TH ST. ON JUNE 23, 1969, JUST 2
DAYS AFTER CELEBRATING THE COPLAY CENTENNIAL.
THANKS TO ALL FOR SHARING.
FRANK AND ANN DICKMAN
No comments:
Post a Comment