The Good Old Days Then & Now

About the Book

These are real life stories as I remember how they happened over the past seventy years. Guess we were poor when growing up but we lived the same way that everyone lived. Always got by with what we had or could get. There were ten of us children-9 boys and 1 girl. All lived to middle age. Most married and raised a family. One was a Baptist Preacher, one a good carpenter, one a plumber and a rock layer, one a contractor, and me; I was in the military for twenty years and a truck driver for twenty years. Three went into the dry wall business; one was an electrician and one works for the local newspaper. As for the book, it is just three hundred short stories meant to entertain the reader.

About the Author

Born January 12, 1930 in Woodford County, Kentucky. Moved to Anderson County at age four. First eight grades of school were at the two-room school at Tyrone and the one-room school on the Lock Road that went to Lock #5 on the Kentucky River.

Spent one summer working as the assistant lock tender at Lock #5. I was thirteen years old at the time.

Moved to Franklin County around 1943. Worked the farms, some construction and joined the Army on August 2, 1947. Retired October 1, 1969. Spent four tours in Korea, three tours in Germany, one tour in Vietnam. Spent some time at Ft. Knox, Kentucky – Ft. Sam Huston, Texas – Ft. Hood, Texas twice – Ft. Belvoir, Virginia twice – Ft. Eustis, Virginia – Ft. Lee, Virginia – Sandia Base in New Mexico – Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona – Japan – Camp Stolman, California – Ft.Lewis, Washington and Ft. George Mead in New Jersey.

After retirement, worked as day manager of a liquor store for ten months. I did not like working inside, so went to work for the Transportation Cabinet as a truck driver in highway maintenance. I was on this job for 19* years when I got sick and had to retire.

Started writing short stories in February 1997 as a hobby. This book is a collection of these stories written over the last few years. They are all true and there is no fiction.

My real passion these days is raising a garden and lots of time on the lakes fishing for catfish.