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Name: |
TOM HAEUSLER |
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THAEUSLER@A0L.COM |
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Referred By: |
AOL |
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Location: |
WINNSBORO, SC |
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I AM ORIGINALLY FROM MOUNT CARBON, AND GOT A BIG CHARGE OUT OF YOUR PAGE. ITS GREAT. I GRADUATED FROM NATIVITY IN 1964, AND LEFT THE COAL REGION IN 1987. I PLAN ON COMING BACK FOR RETIREMENT. I AM TIRED OF FIGHTING THE CIVIL WAR DOWN HERE. EVERY TIME I COME HOME I STOP AT THE GINTHER BREAKER IN FIVE POINTS FOR LARGE PIECES OF HARD COAL. SOME PEOPLE HAVE ROCK GARDENS, WE ARE MAKING A COAL GARDEN. I REMEMBER MANY TIMES GROWING UP IN MOUNT CARBON, SNEAKING INTO THE BREWERY AT NIGHT FOR A DRINK OF BAVARIAN RIGHT OUT OF THE VATS, SLEEPING OUT AT NIGHTS AND SNEAKING OVER TO TUMBLING RUN DAMS FOR A MIDNIGHT SWIM, AND BICYCLING OUT TO HEISLERS DAIRY FOR A MILK SHAKE AND SOME MINIATURE GOLF. I ALSO REMEMBER MANY SATURDAY NIGHTS AT THE OLD MOUNT CARBON SPEEDWAY. WATCHING RACES WHEN IT WAS OPEN, AND CHASING PARKERS (SKUNKING) WHEN IT CLOSED. THE PIT AREA WAS OUR BASEBALL DIAMOND FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE FOREST HILLS WAS DEVELOPED. IT WAS NOTHING FOR US TO PLAY THREE GAMES A DAY UP THERE. MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT. HOW 'BOUT THE MOUNT CARBON FIRE COMPANY, MY OLD WATERING HOLE, AND THE PLACE I SPENT MOST OF MY EARLY LIFE, WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME WITH MY FAMILY. YOU GUYS CAME ALONG WAY, AND I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU. YES, I MISS THE COAL REGION AND THE PEOPLE UP THERE. IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY HOME. |
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