Football practice started in August.
Full gear... NEVER take off your helmet unless directed by Coach Colegrove.
Two laps around the track before practice even started...
Wind sprints...
HOT, HOT, HOT!
It wasn't uncommon to lose nine pounds during a full-contact practice.
Practice over, I'd hit the showers and get back into street clothes.
It was a short walk across the street to Fulmer's Orchard where Mrs. Vera Fulmer would always meet me with a shy smile and offer up a cup of apple cider, no charge.
Dehydrated, that stuff tasted like nectar of the Gods!
Then I'd put a nickel on the counter and she'd hand over a beautiful, red delicious apple about 3/4's the size of a softball.
And the world was wonderful.
What's happened to ya since we last talked?
Give it up.
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I was very fortunate to have known Mr. and Mrs. John Fulmer. They were good friends of my uncle and aunt,Charles and Billie Boaz, that once lived on Olive Branch Road. I also had the privilege of teaching with Mrs. Fulmer. Great memories.
My wife and I are heading to the WV farm after Labor Day for a week.
Best,
Mr. L
Just back from Door County, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. About a 9 hour trip from Greenwood, just over 400 miles. Door County is on the east side of Wisconsin, like a little thumb extending into Lake Michigan. It is 70 miles long and 13 miles wide. We were there for 6 days with another couple. We had great weather, 60's and 70 degree temps. There are 10 light houses and wonderful views of what looks like the ocean, but is actually Lake Michigan. Lots of yachts, small boats, rocky shores and sandy beaches. Ate at a restaurant with grass and goats on the roof, Al Johnson's in Egg Harbor. Also had wonderful meals at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. Also saw wonderful sunsets over the water in Fish Creek. Riding Segways in Penensula State Park was probably the highlight of our trip. We spent about 2 hours riding around at speeds up to 12 MPH looking at breathtaking views of the lake and park itself.
In northern Indiana, on the way back home, we stopped at Fair Oaks Farm. There we toured the amazing operation of this dairy farm. Probably three thousand dairy cows are milked three times a day there. When the cows feel like they need to get milked, they head toward an area that leads them to a "dairy" go round. They get on the dairy go round on their own and they are milked and step backwards off after one revolution. We also saw a calf born at this farm.
Fun vacation! Mr.& Mrs. Hawkeye
HF: I will be in Tampa Sept 26- Oct 6.
Mrs. Fulmer taught my shorthand class. I was a whiz at shorthand, and can actually still take shorthand! I'm just not nearly as fast as I used to be. Mrs. Fulmer was a "snorter" of nose decongestants. It was a constant thing with her--little did she know that the nose stuff was the very cause of her problem!
But their apples were the best, especially when cold. We loved the apple machine in the gym, and thought it very stupid when they removed it and replaced it with a candy bar machine.
Orchards don't seem to be nearly as plentiful as they used to be. The nearest one to me is an hour away. I do plan on going to Hubers when the leaves start turning. If you've never been there, you've got to go! One brother owns the restaurant and the other owns the orchard and winery.
Thanks for sharing that Hawk...
Sounds wonderful! Seems the perfect time of year for that part of the country, huh?
I have a friend with a Segway and got the chance to ride it around a parking lot long enough to get comfortable with controlling it...
Didn't take long for the functions to begin to feel like second nature. (He bought the machine to use in Florida, to zip between RV park and shopping center, then the town where he camps outlawed Segways on streets and sidewalks. He was furious!)
Dairy Cows riding a merry-go-round? What a hoot! Just last week I saw on the news a dairy that is providing water beds for the cows...
Said they give more milk when they sleep comfortably. (Who'da thunk it... Contented cows give more milk! Was that a Golden Guernsey jingle?)
Cissy, I too have a friend that used nasal inhalers so much he got into "rebound effect". We never heard about this until fairly recently, so I suspect Mrs. Fulmer didn't know she was causing her own difficulties, don't you?
We too have a big orchard about an hour away. This time of year they have weekends where families can come and pick all the apples they want for a reasonable price, and they have an arts and crafts festival at the same time. They draw a huge crowd and the kids love the free tractor rides and being outdoors in this great weather.
I think many businesses these days are looking at economies of scale, and farming of all sorts is one of them. Chicken farms, pig farms, orchards, etc...
Family farms are being eaten up by big industrial concerns. If and when the economic collapse comes, this will all reverse itself and we'll start all over again.
(I think I'm ready for that...
not the economic collapse, but the return to family farming.)
My sister-in-law has been "hooked" on nose inhalers for 25+ years. I told her way back then what was causing the constant stuffiness, and the need to snort the stuff every ten minutes. She didn't believe me, so went to a specialist that told her the same thing. Found out a few weeks ago, that she is STILL snorting! She never took the specialist's advice either.
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