Jim Litter:  

I was impressed with the format Pat Ferry used for his story and decided to do one somewhat similar. I was born in Adams, a small town in Western MA. After I was born, my family moved to Pittsfield, a small city south of Adams. I attended grade school there, K - 6. Pittsfield is located in the Bershire Mountains, so we had plenty of snow in the winter. There were also lots of lakes and streams for trout fishing. My grandfather lived in the Bronx and also had a summer house in Poquott. So, as a young kid, we spent our summers on Long Island. I loved the beach and water. Grandpop had a boat and I went fishing with him as far back as I can remember. A few years after my grandfather passed away, we moved from MA to Poquott in 1960. I began junior high school at Setauket. I remember the teachers Pat Ferry mentioned in his story. It was a unique time to be growing up on Long Island, the area was changing so rapidly, farm fields were disappearing and housing developments springing up. New kids were coming into school from NYC all the time. At that time Setauket didn't have a high school, so we went to Port Jeff. As I remember, a lot of surrounding school districts sent there students to Port Jefferson. For that reason, the class years were fairly large. After graduating from ELVHS, I went to school at Farmingdale for 2 years, livi...Expand for more