<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><DIV aria-label="Compose body">I vividly remember April 12, 1945, the day that FDR died. One of our neighbors came over and I've never forgotten her exact words: "We have a new President, his name is Truman".<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000; FONT-STYLE: normal" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><B>From: </B>"Fred Schneider" <fwschneider@comcast.net><BR><B>To: </B>"Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><BR><B>Sent: </B>Saturday, November 23, 2013 9:44:16 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [PRCo] [NOT PRCo] I had just walked the.................<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Youse (Yins) are making me feel old. I was working the night shift for a local trucking company (Norwalk Truck Lines … the outfit that wiped out Lake Shore Electric's freight business) so I was sleeping when it happened. Television was off. The Turkey Hill ice cream route man came to the door and told us. <BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>So you were 11ish … I was 23 and Derrick was minus 10. My real memories go back to Harry Truman and I was living during Roosevelt's last two terms in office. <BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Nov 23, 2013, at 7:54 AM, DF Cramer wrote:<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> I was in Mrs. Enterline's 5th grade at East Franklin Elementary School. The three fifth grade classes were in the cafeteria/gymnasium for an assembly program when the secretary of the school came to the door and whispered to the teachers. They began crying and I remember being sent home. We watched through the Monday funeral. I was taken with the bands playing the hymns & dirges plus the associations with the Lincoln assassination. I have always been a Lincoln fan and a fan of hymns played by a band. I live in the same home where I watched.<BR>> Some side thoughts: Mrs Enterline gave me a silver dollar for perfect attendance that year. I missed one day in sixth grade and then had perfect attendance in grades 7-12. No one else ever recognized me and I still have the silver dollar<BR>> One of the drums and the bugle used at the Kennedy funeral are on display in Brucker Hall (band building) at Fort Myer, VA. I once did a tour of Fort Myer and got to see the empty stall where Black Jack was stabled. The equestrian unit there still performs with dignity & respect.<BR>> I don't know if you have any interest, but this is a recording of my new composition titled, The Eternal Flame.http://youtu.be/KTkS1I_85b8I will eventually have better quality image and sound, but I wanted to give people an idea of what I have been working on for the past 4 months composing and rehearsing.<BR>> The local paper did a short article:http://triblive.com/news/armstrong/5119383-74/kennedy-ellermeyer-kittanning#axzz2lTNM7jGn<BR>> Dennis F. Cramer <BR>> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20131123/0ee815ab/attachment.html <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<BR>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<BR>
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