Wednesday we took a day trip to Tyrone, PA to see my paternal grandparent's town and stop by Gardner's Candies for some white chocolate. I hadn't been there for 25 years or so and DW had never been there. She was curious to see the town, having heard stories about it for years. Spent $90 on candy. Gotta be a kid sometimes.
Stopping by the library we found that they have a genealogy section and have the HS yearbooks going back to the early '20s. Photocopied Dad's yearbook page (1927) and his brother's (1928) and found that in HS Dad was known as "Preacher". After E-mailing family, we learned that this was not because of his character, but because he worked in a drugstore after school and had to wear a suit. Apparently "business casual" had not come in vogue then.
We drove past the grandparent's house and took a couple of sneak photos but since there were "Keep out" and "Beware of dog" signs on all four sides of the house we figured it would not be productive to knock on the door.
All in all, a nice day trip.
Stopping by the library we found that they have a genealogy section and have the HS yearbooks going back to the early '20s. Photocopied Dad's yearbook page (1927) and his brother's (1928) and found that in HS Dad was known as "Preacher". After E-mailing family, we learned that this was not because of his character, but because he worked in a drugstore after school and had to wear a suit. Apparently "business casual" had not come in vogue then.
We drove past the grandparent's house and took a couple of sneak photos but since there were "Keep out" and "Beware of dog" signs on all four sides of the house we figured it would not be productive to knock on the door.
All in all, a nice day trip.