Reclaimed Memories

 want to thank each member of my family for the help and encouragement they have given me the seven months it has taken me to write this narrative. They have believed that I was still capable at eighty-four years, of producing something in writing that they would value.

So I have spent long hours in front of my computer.

I thank Pop Troy for his willingness to eat hastily prepared meals and being patient in spending many hours in splendid isolation, while I was shut up in my little office.

To my daughter-in-law, Joy, I say, "Thank you," for suggesting that I should have a computer. I know that I never could have used the typewriter and produced a manuscript with which I would be happy.

Thanks also must go to Grandson Drew for loaning me his computer until I gained the confidence I needed to invest in one of my own.

I owe much to the help given me by my son, Marion, when I needed assistance with computer problems from time to time.

To my neighbor and good friend, Hilda Calley, for acting as my head editor and reading every page that I have written so carefully that I feel many minor errors have been eliminated, due to her eagle eye. She has retained my first printing and I have no doubt that she would be able to find in this narrative, any certain paragraph more quickly than I could find it.

My son, Howard, has been my computer expert. He has stood by my side during these last seven months, with his expertise and has been most patient in rendering the help I sometimes needed. He has also developed and printed the pictures I wished to include with this writing. He will now take what I have done and prepare it for the printer. His aim will be to get the finished product back to me before Christmas.

To Howard's wife, Grace, I say a big "Thank you," for your love and belief in my ability as a "writer."

To all I say a very hearty, "Thank you!"

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