01-02-2011, 05:45 AM
When I was in first grade in the Seattle area, about 1962-63 my dad was sent out to the mid west to plant Minuteman missles in silos all over the area during the cold war with Russia. The family went to.For two years we lived in Great Falls,Montana, Rapid City South Dakota,Parshall North Dakota, and, finally, Warrensburg, Missouri.I had to switch schools constantly and try to make friends.
In Warrensburg, one recess a group of kids asked me where I was from-whether from the "North or South". I said I was from Seattle, so I guess it was the North.Next thing I knew I was being beat up by a group of kids. In the 1960s at least, they were still fighting the Civil War!!
I did make friends there eventually. Luckily this treatment didn't totally destroy my lovable disposition.(joke!).
Jon in Puyallup, Wa.
In Warrensburg, one recess a group of kids asked me where I was from-whether from the "North or South". I said I was from Seattle, so I guess it was the North.Next thing I knew I was being beat up by a group of kids. In the 1960s at least, they were still fighting the Civil War!!
I did make friends there eventually. Luckily this treatment didn't totally destroy my lovable disposition.(joke!).
Jon in Puyallup, Wa.
Jon in Keaau/HPP