My Life in Theater
The Late Christopher Bean 1946-47 Stonewall Jackson High School Junior Class Play Actor, minor role. This was my very first play. The lead was played by Sara Jane Kahn (Moore), the woman who tried to […]
What is it About Me? Part 1 – Work & Money
What is it about me? I’m a perfectionist. Organized. On time. And I found out that I am also really, really good with
E. B. Hunt at Verona High School, Meets Ruth Brown
VERONA HIGH SCHOOL — CLASS OF 1922
VERONA, OHIO
PICTURES AND ARTIFACTS
Where was I? A Timeline of My Life.
First, I was conceived in Dayton, Oh and born on July 29, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1930 – 1933, Pittsburgh, PA, Mother and Dad lived in 3 different houses during these 3 years. […]
The Escalator Adventures
Carolyn was two and a half years old when she, Mother and Dad went to the Kaufman’s Department Store in Pittsburgh to go shopping. The ten-story building loomed over her at the intersection of Fifth […]
First Playmates
Carolyn’s childhood was filled with change. From birth to age twelve she moved nine times from Pittsburgh, PA to between Charleston, WV and Huntington, WV, living in nine different houses. This was challenging for Carolyn, […]
Summers on the Farm with Grandmother and Granddaddy Brown
In 1933, Mother and Dad went to the Chicago World’s Fair for a few days. It was the first time they left Carolyn alone with Grandmother and Granddaddy Brown at the farm. A visit to […]
The Broken Arm
It was August of 1936, a month before Carolyn was to start school. The air was cool against her cheeks, and the ground was wet after a big rain. Following the storm Carolyn asked to […]
Summer 1938 – New England Road Trip with Mother & Dad
Highlights of the trip at 8 years old In the 20s, Dad and Mother would take trips and go tent camping, imagine a Model-T type car and those 1920s roads. When they had a baby […]
Summer 1939 – Petoskey, Michigan
Mother and Dad their best friends Norma & Benny Hutton and their daughter Patty went to Petoskey. We stayed in cabins on Lake Michigan. Patty and I went along the beach and picked up Petoskey […]
Sex Education in the 30s and 40s
We didn’t have much sex education back then. Mother didn’t know quite how to explain it to me, so she gave me a book that I was supposed to read, which I did. I didn’t […]
Summer 1940 – Across the Country
Automobile trip to the San Fransisco World’s Fair. Sacremento, Salt Lake City, Yellowstone NP, Teton Mountains, Cheyenne Wyoming Rodeo, Nebraska, Rt 80 Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Grandmother’s farm of course, to Charleston, WV. We went out […]