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Post Number: 1504
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:52 pm: |    |
Oh that's true...especially up just south of Port Austin on the Saginaw Bay side...there is a county park...can't remember the name...there use to be an old chimney that was a remnant of an old saw mill...some reallllly great private places back in the dunes in that area. Some great summer romances in that area. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 190
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:53 pm: | |
So did I, so did I. |
Goblue
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Post Number: 1506
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| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:57 pm: | |
Ah the 50's, 60's and 70's...what a wonderful time of life. We gotta stop now or KR will never get to sleep tonight...as it is he's staying awake nights now that the Pope is visiting. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 191
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 12:00 am: | |
Goodnight all.
Enjoy the Pope, KR. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 335
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 12:04 am: | |
Campfire_girl: Your point is right on! It isn't only the number ok kids that populated the St. Jude (far northeast side) community but also the LENGTH of time everyone grew up together. People simply didn't move. You got to know the families, the local culture etc. usually from birth till moving out time (usually in your early twenties) and often time your family stayed longer. My own connection to the St. Jude/eastside community, either directly via family lasted over 40 years. Witness the main contributors to this thread and other northeast threads...We all have roots in that community that lasted for decades with overlapping years from the 40s to the present. Another interesting theme for the Eastside book.."LENGTH OF STAY". |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 336
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| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 12:08 am: | |
JPII will be a tough act to follow (lol) I'll catch Benedict on a recap |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 111
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 8:36 am: | |
Pope Benedict will be celebrating his 81nd birthday at the White House today. Sto lat! Sto lat! |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 338
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| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 11:38 pm: | |
J Cole's comments about duty girls (on another thread) reminded me of serving as a safety patrol boy (duty boy was a frequently used misnomer). After finally learning to fold and unfold the white canvas belt (later a yellow nylon belt) my assignment was the 7 Mile/Rex intersection. I felt like Neal Armstrong getting his Apollo mission. Nervously at first with my arms out stretched I firmly instructed the younger kids to "wait" then "go" and "stay inside the white line". 7 mile was my post for 2 years and not one mishap. We served with respect for our belt, valor for our school, and sometimes temerity in our duty....The few, the proud, the ST. JUDE SAFETY PATROL BOYS
Any patrol boy stories out there?
Any duty girl stories out there? |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 201
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:03 am: | |
You guys got the cool belt that you could wear over your coat or shirt. We got a weeny little plastic/vinyl arm band that the elastic stretched out on after one semester of wear, but of course you couldn't just get a new one. Mine had more staples tightening the band than a whole stack of term papers. |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 127
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:32 am: | |
KR: Were you all sworn in, or did you just get the belt after intensive training?
I remember that intersection well because it had the neat buttons you got to push to turn the blinking yellow for 7 Mile to green, and the blinking red for Rex to a steady red. Then it would cycle through if you wanted to cross over from the school side to the Raport Club / blacktop side or vise versa.
One time, on a summer evening, when Frank was not around, we would keep pushing that button just to frustrate 7 Mile Rd travelers who had to stop for nothing. |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 339
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:33 am: | |
It was the belt. The badge of honor. We wore it with pride, folded it with expertise and occasionally got it cleaned. |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 128
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:44 am: | |
Okay, so you got the belt. It was your badge of honor.
How were you chosen? What were the qualifications, other than not being a girl? Was it presented to you as a group of graduating cadets? What training was involved? Did you learn CPR? What were your disciplinary options? |
Kellyroad
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 1:13 am: | |
7k: The candidates for Safety patrol had to be male, strong, agile, smart, good looking, and of good moral character. The training was intense before the belt was awarded. CPR, as we know it today was not a common practice. Arm raising with 5 lb weights, shouting instructions in unison "stop", "wait", "listen", "look both ways", "stay inside the white lines" "walk, don't run" repeated over and over again in unison, reporting infraction procedures to Sr. James Marie....the oath, the code of honor, etc. etc
The button on 7 mile to activate the walk/don't walk sign was installed during my tenure as safety patrol boy. It was meant to stop 7 Mile traffic during the off hours, especially on Sunday. I do recall those Eastwood kids always activating that light after school hours causing traffic to stop unnecessarily and just sit there on their bikes laughing at the stopped motorist. You weren't one of them, were you 7K? (The statute of limitations is over)
(Message edited by kellyroad on April 17, 2008) |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 129
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 8:26 am: | |
KR: It is likely one of your Eastwood boys came up with the idea in the first place!
Since it was on the corner with SJS, don't you mean "statue of limitations"? |
Eastburn
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Post Number: 28
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 9:15 am: | |
When not actually wearing the belt on duty, we wore the neatly folded (into a square package) belt attached to the belt of our pants. That was the coolest thing of all! Everyone could see - all day long - that you were a duty boy. |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 341
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 10:15 am: | |
Eastburn: It took a little practice to get the belt folded into a tight square package didn't it? Once that was mastered the belt could be tossed around without unraveling or worn proudly as you suggest on your pants belt.
7K: "statue" of limitations....Who writes your comic material?
You stated Eastwood BOYS. Isn't that presumptuous? |
Jcole
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Post Number: 203
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 10:56 am: | |
Hey let's be nice, now. Not ALL bad girls were north of 7, just a majority. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 204
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 10:57 am: | |
If all the bad girls were N of 7, it's no wonder you Eastwood guys were so backward  |
Zitro
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:07 am: | |
Now you're going to fuel the fire. Good job |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 342
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:11 am: | |
Gender qualifications for safety patrol, acolyte (altar boy), or choir were NOT implemented by those who served. Yours truly did not have those presumptions. |
Campfire_girl
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:21 am: | |
JCole - I remember that arm band - the metal security buzzers would go off as far away as Metro airport, if one was worn at the 7/Rex corner now! That was an even greater honor than being the "chip girl!" |
Jcole
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Post Number: 206
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:50 pm: | |
The problem with rolling up your uniform skirt to an acceptable level was that then your waist looked like you were wearing an inner tube. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 207
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:52 pm: | |
Camp, I don't know how we didn't get septicemia from the arm scratches from the staples. |
Campfire_girl
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 1:01 pm: | |
J: I'm still chortling over the inner tube waist! The heights- literally - we would go to be cool! |
Jcole
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 1:29 pm: | |
Not to mention ONLY shaving your legs from the top of the knee sock to where the skirt hit when rolled. That was only during the winter tho. In the summer a complete shave was needed for 'Hot Pants' season. |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 45
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 2:33 pm: | |
We thought we were cool just the way we were - inner tube waist and all! We had certain groups of friends, but as our 30ish 8th grade reunion of a couple of years ago revealed, ultimately, we were all in the same group. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 209
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 3:12 pm: | |
I seem to recall that guys LIKED the 'high maintenance' girls back then. I was such LOW maintenance, I could have found my maintenance with a post hole digger. |
Jcole
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 3:13 pm: | |
Yes, CFG, age is a great equalizer, isnt' it? |
Jcole
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 3:16 pm: | |
Z, I've got two daughters, and I never had any of those problems with them. That's not to say we didn't have 'issues' but they and most of their friends were pretty level headed when it came to wanting to fake it up. No augmentation, de-augmentation or pernicious vomiting for them!! Just the usual cool clothes, goofy-assed boyfriends and PMS. |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 344
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 3:45 pm: | |
Again 7K, Who writes your material? lol
Anyway the above discussion got me thinking about the intolerance the nuns had for immodesty or flirtatious behavior.
Story: Our 8th grade class had a transfer student from Kentucky. She was a little bit older, spoke with a "different accent", and just didn't keep up academically. You could tell she just didn't want to be there and made no effort to make new friends. On the other hand, our class made little effort including the teachers in helping to facilitate a welcoming environment. Anyway, one day Sr. Rose Magdalen grabbed some paper she was writting on and rushed off to the principal's office. She returned with the principal St. Patricia Marie (smiey) and asked the girl to read what was on the paper to the whole class. When she refused, Sr. Patricia Marie grabbed the paper and began reading it. It was a love letter to a boy not at SJ. "Dear___ I can hardly wait till we're__ :&$&@
Every page was read. I thought she was reading a Mickey Spillane paperback. However, when the details got too salacious the words were garbled or omitted. I thought to myself read more, read more..The letter was ripped up in front of the class and she was escorted out. She never cried or gave in to the humiliation tatics. It was if to say "Hey, this may be my ticket out". I wonder what ever happened to that girl.
Of course, the kneel down and if your skirt doesn't touch the floor then crepepaper tatic worked for others.
Ah,sweet memories
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