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“Do you remember?”
- Summer trips to Seaside Heights?
- The hayfields in summer?
- Stacking hay in the lofts?
- Making secret rooms and tunnels in the lofts? (if you had the guts to walk the beam between the lofts!)
“Do you remember?”
- Swimming contests in the pool?
- Swimming trips during winter to the Y in Summit and to Rutgers?
- Swimming in the Dead River and removing the leeches?
- The swinging bridge over the Dead River?
- The boardwalk in the swamp?
- The Silver Bridge & the Brick Works?
“Do you remember?”
- Trying to ride the steers and getting bucked off into the mud, or a pasture pie?
- Intermural baseball, basketball, football?
- Trips to football games at Princeton?
- Trips to Madison University?
- Trips to Bertrands Island in Lake Hopatcong?
- The songs we sang on the bus?
- The "Blue Nightmare" school bus (made by White)?
- The "Woody" station wagon?
- Case tractors?
- Manure spreaders?
- Spreading manure?
“Do you remember?”
- Horse "apple" fights?
- Pillow fights?
- Rubber band fights?
- Fist fights?
“Do you remember?”
- Two large Christmas trees in the dining hall?
- "Two reeler" Saturday nights in the dining hall?
- Bingo games in the dining hall?
- A Country & Western band in the dining hall? (was it Bill Haley and the Saddle Tramps?)
- Listening to "Hillbilly" music on the "Hometown Frolics" radio show from 1-3 in the afternoon?
- Minstrel shows in the gym?
“Do you remember?”
- Sleigh riding the hill east of the cottages and trying to brake before the septic runoff?
- Sleigh riding "dead man's hill" below the barns and trying not to break anything?
- Ice skating on the pond?
- Fishing the pond?
“Do you remember?”
- Unauthorized rides at night without lights, in the pickup?
- Unauthorized field trips, aka "running away"?
“Do you remember?”
- Charlie Group's Gloves?
- Doc Henry, the dentist who didn't use novocaine?
- "Pop" Taylor's Cushman scooter?
- Mr. Acken's horse bites?
- Frank's spaghetti sauce?
- Drakes' cakes?
“Do you remember?”
- The Pig Pens?
- Running cats up the flag pole in a bucket?
- Hair cuts? (and trying to skip them?)
- Hayrides pulled by Jack or May?
- "Stripping" cows at milking?
- Getting kicked?
- Getting hit by a frozen tail?
“Do you remember?”
- Raids on the Summer Camp?
- The "Hat Gang"?
- Brown shoe polish on the house parents' door knob?
- Crank telephones?
- Strange looking men who wandered over from the VA Hospital?
“Do you remember?”
- Trying to find the Sunshine Nudist Camp?
- Boy Scout Troop #55?
- Camporees?
- Contests in knot tying, first aid, fire starting, etc.?
- Watchung Scout Camp in the summer?
- Parading in Liberty Corners?
“Do you remember?”
- The annual card party fund raiser?
- "Parking cars" during the card party?
- Tips?
“Do you remember?”
- Lemon oil, CN & HTH?
“Do you remember?”
“I do. I remember all of this and more; the good times, the bad times, the hard times and the fun times.
But most of all, I remember a place, a home that to my brother Jim and me was ten times better than the previous foster homes we'd been in.
Bonnie Brae, Thank You for the education, for the training, for the values, for the friends, and yes, thanks for the memories!”
Rich Murray
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