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26 May

High School Graduation Parties Evolve Over the Years

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In 1962 I graduated from Clinton High School which by today’s standards should have resulted in a graduation celebration of humongous proportions. I remember my high school graduation party very well. Compared to today’s festivities it would be considered boring. Most parties during those years consisted of grandparents, several aunts, uncles and some cousins celebrating in the graduate’s home. Coffee was a must along with a heavily frosted cake decorated with a congratulatory message. Ice cream may have been an…..

02 Apr

Rekindling An Old Friendship

Michael J. Larson Uncategorized 0 0

Perhaps I’m using the word ‘friendship’ a little loosely as I begin this blog. It was a very short friendship as I look back on the experience. It began in the early summer of 1961 and it lasted about two minutes and thirty seconds. Okay, okay I realize this needs a little clarification. I had just completed my junior year in Clinton High School. My two brothers and I had just begun our summer jobs working for a farmer throwing…..

03 Mar

How It All Began

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The other day I received a message from a friend who was preparing to run a 10K(6 miles) and she wanted some advise about training for such a race. I had been a runner for 40 years until a knee problem turned me into a walking golfer and I also had been a cross country coach for 13 years. So I guess she thought I should have some knowledge about training distance runners. That request got me thinking about the very beginning of my…..

08 Oct

An Early Attempt to Get Published

Michael J. Larson Uncategorized 0 0

In my previous blog “A Teacher Made Me Do It!” Mrs. Sager my sixth grade teacher gave our class a writing assignment to do a bird report. She displayed several of the outstanding reports on the bulletin board and mine was one of them. My classmates said I wrote well and I believed them. So began my dream to become a successful writer. I must add a footnote to last week’s blog as I received a phone call from Mrs. Sager’s son informing me that his mother…..

Tag Archives: Clinton High School

High School Graduation Parties Evolve Over the Years

Rekindling An Old Friendship

How It All Began

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