FAN MAIL: Somebody out there likes us.
Lou “Corky” Galloway writes, “I am one of the transplanted
McKean County residents, having lived out west (CA, CO and AZ) for
the last 50 years. I was an oil lease kid, raised on Fullerton Road
near the stateline.”
“Born in Bradford Hospital on May 6, 1934. Graduated Otto
(before the /Eldred designation) Junior/Senior High School in 1952.
Following graduation from college, I taught chemistry at Bradford
High. Actually I was a permanent sub completing the last few months
of the school year in 1956. …
“I am retired from IBM Corp. after nearly 29 years.
“As a youngster I was a fan of the Era and RTS. I am delighted
to discover that it is now available to me online. What a breath of
fresh air for me to read of that enchanted land in PA that did so
much to form the man I became.
“I needn’t confess, but I do read the obits religiously and feel
drawn back to memories of another life when I recognize a name, an
address, or a place.
“Thanks for the service, it means a lot to old refugees from
God’s Country.”
GAS PAINS: Bill Alexis reports, “On Sunday, May the 7th, I was
in Brunswick, Ohio, just south of Cleveland and the price was
$2.69. Upon returning to Mount Jewett, sure enough, still
$2.99.”
NO, ZIPPO!: Here’s the flip side to that Zippo coin: Pat
Iaderosa of Bradford writes, “While ‘Round the Square often
mentions Zippo sightings, my experience was exactly the
opposite.”
“Recently my wife underwent surgery in Pittsburgh. One day in
the course of conversation with a middle-aged nurse’s aide, she
asked me where we were from. I told her Bradford, Pa., a little
town up north noted for real cold weather and Zippos.
“Her answer was, ‘What is a Zippo?’
“I was so shocked as I had never heard that question in all of
my life. Well, she may not have known then what a Zippo is, but she
certainly does now!”
BIG GUSTY: Cy Anderson has a quick response to an item about Big
Gusty in Kane: “The name of the man built and initially ran the ski
tow at Big Gusty was Gus Dougherty. Gus was a local building
contractor and later had a concrete plant near the Poplar Street
bridge in Kane.”
