X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Envelope-From: NAVY4US@aol.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m13.mail.aol.com (imo-m13.mx.aol.com [64.12.143.101]) by mail912c35.nsolutionszone.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0633LVc021273 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 03:03:23 GMT Received: from NAVY4US@aol.com by imo-m13.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id d.d0c.23282697 (65097) for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 22:03:15 -0500 (EST) From: NAVY4US@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 22:03:15 EST Subject: Re: Greetings from Huron City Museums To: mpfinan@centurytel.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_d0c.23282697.34b19ef3_boundary" X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 259 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-MMR: 0 X-Antivirus: Scanned by F-Prot Antivirus (http://www.f-prot.com) --part1_d0c.23282697.34b19ef3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Patty, I printed out your email so I wouldn't miss any of your questions. First let me say I have wonderful memories of my childhood days in the thumb area of Michigan. I was born June 29, 1925 and from 1930 until I entered the Navy I spent my summers on my Grandfathers farm on New River Road just south of Stoddard Rd. There use to be a line of huge cedar trees, about 15, just south of Stoddard. My grandparents were Frank Sr & Rebecca Fuller. He was blind as long as I remembered him & his youngest son had the 240 acre farm. They grew wheat, oats, barley, corn and the well known navy beans. A mixture of milking cows which I had the pleasure of helping on a 3 legged stool. Another uncle lived not too far from Huron City on the Huron City Rd. & he too had a farm. Uncle Charlie & Aunt Mae Fuller. He suffered from a sunstroke & died fairly early. Aunt Mae remained on the farm with heir daughter Leila for many years after. My father was one of 8 boys & 3 girls. Oliver was my father and there were George, Roy, Charlie, Bill, Guy, Alfred and Frank. Girls were Mary, Nellie & Bertha Mae. There are many of my relatives buried at the New River Cemetery about a mile west of Huron City. My Aunt Mary married Murdock Day & I still have many cousins in the area. My Uncle George & Aunt Bertha also had a farm on Huron River Drive but I was too you to remember just where. The movies I remember at the Huron City Methodist Church were inside and I don't remember them being talking movies. This would have been in the early 30's. I went to the Montgomery School on Stoddard Rd in 1934. Teacher was Ms. Merrick. Others I remember were Billy Foster, Jimmy Cutler, Clifford Alton, Lucille & Donna Perdue or Purdue, Billy Allen, Two Charlie Temple's children, Goldie & Sam Huitt sp., Margurite MacDonald and my cousins, Betty, Beatrice & Art Day. I would walk across the field to school and would like to get their early to pull the rope to ring the school bell. The last time I was on Stoddard the school house is gone but the girl & boys outhouses still stand. I don't remember ice cream in Huron City. It was west in what was Grindstone City that had the ice cream. I remember being in the church when my grandmother had her funeral services there. It was cold and kept our coats on. Grandfather died while I was in the Navy in 1943. I don't know if the lady is still living but one with a wealth of history and a marvelous memory lives at the corner of New River Rd & M-25 (or M-24) Thank you Patty for emailing me and refreshing my memory of the "good old days". It's been a pleasure. Don Fuller 17770 Brinson St., Riverview, MI 48193 734.282.1141 cell 734.552.3142 Got a few minutes" Go to: nasgi.org photo link,muske-tar & alumni Don Fuller Collection. ************** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 --part1_d0c.23282697.34b19ef3_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Patty,

I printed out your email so I wouldn't miss any of your questions.
First let me say I have wonderful memories of my childhood days in the thum= b area of Michigan.  I was born June 29, 1925 and from 1930 until I en= tered the Navy I spent my summers on my Grandfathers farm on New River Road= just south of Stoddard Rd. There use to be a line of huge cedar trees, abo= ut 15, just south of Stoddard. My grandparents were Frank Sr & Rebecca = Fuller. He was blind as long as I remembered him & his youngest son had= the 240 acre farm. They grew wheat, oats, barley, corn and the well known = navy beans.  A mixture of milking cows which I had the pleasure of hel= ping on a 3 legged stool.  Another uncle lived not too far from Huron = City on the Huron City Rd. & he too had a farm.  Uncle Charlie &am= p; Aunt Mae Fuller.  He suffered from a sunstroke & died fairly ea= rly. Aunt Mae remained on the farm with heir daughter Leila for many years = after.  My father was one of 8 boys & 3 girls. Oliver was my fathe= r and there were George, Roy, Charlie, Bill, Guy, Alfred and Frank. Girls w= ere Mary, Nellie & Bertha Mae.  There are many of my relatives bur= ied at the New River Cemetery about a mile west of Huron City.  My Aun= t Mary married Murdock Day & I still have many cousins in the area.&nbs= p; My Uncle George & Aunt Bertha also had a farm on Huron River Drive b= ut I was too you to remember just where.

The movies I remember at the Huron City Methodist Church were inside and I = don't remember them being talking movies. This would have been in the early= 30's.  I went to the Montgomery School on Stoddard Rd in 1934.  = Teacher was Ms. Merrick. Others I remember were Billy Foster, Jimmy Cutler,= Clifford Alton, Lucille & Donna Perdue or Purdue, Billy Allen, Two Cha= rlie Temple's children, Goldie & Sam Huitt sp., Margurite MacDonald and= my cousins, Betty, Beatrice & Art Day.  I would walk across the f= ield to school and would like to get their early to pull the rope to ring t= he school bell.  The last time I was on Stoddard the school house is g= one but the girl & boys outhouses still stand. 

I don't remember ice cream in Huron City. It was west in what was Grindston= e City that had the ice cream. 

I remember being in the church when my grandmother had her funeral services= there.  It was cold and kept our coats on.  Grandfather died whi= le I was in the Navy in 1943.

I don't know if the lady is still living but one with a wealth of history a= nd a marvelous memory lives at the corner of New River Rd & M-25 (or M-= 24)

Thank you Patty for emailing me and refreshing my memory of the "good old d= ays".  It's been a pleasure.
Don Fuller
17770 Brinson St.,
Riverview, MI 48193
734.282.1141
cell 734.552.3142

Got a few minutes" Go to:
nasgi.org
photo link,muske-tar & alumni
Don Fuller Collection.








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