July 19, 1963
Friday, hot, 85, partly cloudy. Girls and I went to Cobleskill in the am. Wayne and Linda took the girls swimming in the afternoon. Doug called from Grand Gorge about 9 pm.
Comment: Doug must have caught a bus or train from Virginia into Grand Gorge for the weekend. He sure seems to be getting a lot of liberty. Not sure where Wayne took the girls swimming. We usually swam in Earle's pond on the road to Flat Creek, Hallock's, or Red Falls in Prattsville. I remember family swimming parties at Earle's pond with many of Dad's sisters and brothers there. Once, when I was probably four or five, I remember Howard Vaughn, Lorraine's second husband, running over the short plank pier that jutted over the water and diving into the pond. Seconds later, Barry Taylor, who was maybe four years old, did the same thing much to the surprise of all, and, of course, he could not swim. I think his father, Clifford, jumped in to pull him out. We would also go fishing in the pond with bamboo poles and worms and catch many small bullheads. Uncle Earle had stocked the pond with Rainbow Trout with the help of the NY State Conservation department and LaVerne once caught a 21 inch trout when he was about 11 years old. Here is a pix of that with our cousin, Merel Jr.
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