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January 5,
2008
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I
didn’t save a lot of material things from my past. It is
difficult to know what to hang on to and what to discard.
However, one of the things that I am very glad I kept is a
scrapbook from high school. In it are newspaper articles and
keepsakes; dimes that Greg Symmes gave me for my "penny
loafers", movie tickets from first dates, lots and lots of
programs and memorabilia from the drag races. I do have my
baton, I can’t find my Senior Cords, and other things have been
lost over time, but the scrapbook was a small treasure I tapped
into after the reunion.
I
hope some of these items evoke memories and smiles. If it brings
to mind one of your memories, a story or a photo to share,
please send it to me. That’s what we want this site to be –
sharing and keeping in touch.
I
found this photo and asked Jerry Hilgenberg where it was taken.
He said it was at WIUC in Winnie. He worked there summers
and on weekends with Stu Zaltsberg. He said I could share this
memory with you!
I know there are more stories out there! Send them in!
Jill |
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Jerry:
'As you know, we worked there (WIUC) part time. During the
summer, management would foolishly leave us alone at the place
on weekends.
On the air, we were
only supposed to play "easy listening", but we never did get
very good service from the record companies, so as a result we
would play anything, and I mean anything, that someone sent us
in the mail. We got tired of playing the same old Mantovani
crap all the time. One Saturday we got a record in the mail.
It was called "Rotten Love" by a guy named Ronnie Gray (or some
such). The label had a drawing of cow horns on it, so we knew
it was gonna be a real s**t kicker….and it was awful. I put it
on the air anyway. Stu was working the news that day and
while the record was playing the telephone rang and he took that
call.
A little
later, he came on the intercom and said, "That was God on the
phone. Says that’s the worst record ever. He’s going to
get you for it."
About 30 minutes
later, an electrical storm blew in. Lightning came in on
the tower and transmitter and knocked the station off the air.
They had to operate on low power for two weeks waiting on the
replacement parts! True story.'
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