ON YOUR REQUEST OF INFO ON PAUL & CAROLYN BROWN.
PAUL WAS OF COURSE A GRADE BEHIND ME AT MCCAMEY HIGH...(GUESS WE COULD SAY ?THE GOOD OL DAYS.??CHUCKLE..)
I KNEW PAUL WELL ,PLUS HIS PARENTS BILL AND DUTCH BROWN..AND CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ON THEM..
WORDS DON'T WORK..(SMILING)
NOR ,CAN I IN A FEW TYPED WORDS DISCRIBE MY MEMORIES OF THAT FAMILY..
I WAS TAKEN IN BY MR. BILL BROWN AND DUTCH AND TREATED LIKE A SON IN THOSE DAYS.
MY FATHER ,BEING KILLED IN AN OILFIELD ACCIDENT LEAVING ME.AGE 10,BROTHERS AGE 6 MONTHS,AND 7 YEARS..
OVER THE YEARS THE BROWNS WERE MENTORS TO ME AS I GREW..PAUL AND I WERE GOOD FRIENDS
..IN SPORTS .PAUL EXCELLED AS A BADGER..ALWAYS ,AS WAS HIS STYLE GIVING HIS ALL FOR THE CAUSE..YEA MCCAMEY..LOL.
BILL BROWN HARDLY EVER MISSED A PRACTICE OR A GAME OF OUR FOOTBALL TEAM..ENCOURAGING US KNOT HEADED KIDS TO GIVE OUR ALL ..CHUCLE.
MANY TIMES ,HE WAS ON THE SIDELINES IN THE ACUTAL GAMES..DUTCH WAS MY SECOND MOM...SHE WAS SO WISE..I THANK MY GOD FOR BOTH..BILL WAS WITH
AN OIL COMPANY Kewannee oil...LATER BILL WAS TRANSFERED TO CROSS PLAINS I THINK..
I LOST TOUCH WITH PAUL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL..BUT HEARD OF HIM OFTEN FROM OTHER EX STUDENTS..
THEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
.I HAD VACATIONED FOR THE SUMMERS IN RUIDOSA NEW MEXICO...I WAS AT THE RUIDOSA RACE TRACK.
A GROUP OF OLD GUYS..((BY THE WAY I M 80 NOW SO I CAN SAY OLD GUYS.).CHUCKLE.
MY WIFE AND I WALKED BY THIS OLD GROUP IN LAWN CHAiRS CLOSE TO THE STANDS IN THE SHADE .WATCHING THE RACES..
I LOOKED .( I HADNT SEEN PAUL SINCE HIGH SCHOOL)
HE WAS PROBALLY 7O PLUS THEN..
I TOLD LU , MY WIFE..HONEY ,I THINK I KNOW THAT OL GUY..IN THE GROUP..???
SO , I APPROCHED THE GROUP..
I WASNT SURE BUT HAD THIS FEELING IT WAS PAUL
SO I SAID TO THE GROUP ,,DOES ANYONE KNOW A GUY BY THE NAME OF PAUL BROWN.??THIS OL GUY SAID .WHY ,YES I KNOW HIM WELL...THATS ME..(LAUGHING) WITH THAT I TOLD HIM WELL .PAUL I M MACK PATTERSON..HE JUMPED UP AND WE HUGGED EACH OTHER WITH TEARS IN OUR EYES.
AFTER THAT.EACH YEAR I D GO TO TRACK AND OF COURSE PAUL WOULD BE IN THAT SAME SPOT .SO WE D HAVE OL HOME WEEK FOR A FEW MINUTES..\
IT WAS FUN..
SO ,I M GETTING CARRIED AWAY .GOT LOT STORYS BOUT PAUL MAKING SUPER TACKLES OR SAVING ME FROM GETTING CRUSHED BY BLOCKING A TACKLER..IN FOOTBALL..MEMORIES MEMORS..
O ON CAROLYN..A GREAT KID..VERY PRETTY ,SMART.
I WAS SO SORRY TO HEAR OF HER DEMISE YEARS AGO
SO THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE FOR THE BROWN FAMILY...I WAS BLESSED BY THEM ALL..ALONG WITH OTHER MCCAMEY FAMILYS WHO .TOOK ME UNDER THEIR WING ..GUESS I WAS THE FIRST HOMELESS KID IN MCCAMEY..LOL..BUT MOM AND BROTHERS ALL SURVIVED.
GOD BLESS YOU HON..BE PROUD OF YOUR HERITAGE..
MACK PATTERSON ..CLASS OF 52...
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