John Pouch:  

I left Huntington in the fall of 1959 and moved to Pontiac, Mi. and then several years later to Detroit, where I still reside. I returned to school in 1960 and attended Pontiac High School through the 12th grade. I worked a full time job from age 16 until I retired in 2005 when I was the Regional Manager for a large department store chain. I have always written poems and short stories and in 2002 had my first book published, titled "Pieces of White." Since then I have had five books published and also write for a poetry based website named "Notes of Life." I also have four websites, three devoted to my work and another devoted to the 50's and 60's. Google John Pouch and you can find them if you wish. I always wanted to be a writer when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a great idea. As it turns out, they were right. There are so many people I remember as I grew up in Huntington. I had many girlfriends. Sandra Deeds was my first real crush but Mattie Harshbarger, Toni Washington and my next door neighbor, Teresa Conrad, were also favorites of mine. There was Sue Clark and Karen White from Lincoln Elem. and I had a crush on Teresa Ray and Barbara Partlow, as well as Naomi Staten and Barbara Cook while attending Lincoln Jr. High. I really fell head over heels for Peggy Gartin when I was 15 or 16. I also really liked Cathy Rhodes, Carol Hendrixson and Sally (sorry I forgot the last name) who was the Manager of JB's place on 27th street. JB's was a little soda shoppe that had a couple booths, a snack bar and a jutebox crammed with the music we all loved in the 50's. Man, we had some great times at JB's. What wonderful memories. I had many guy friends as well. I had a clubhouse in the back of our house on 28th St. where all the neighborhood kids hung out. Charlie Jones, Terry Ashworth, Sherman and Jesse James, my little brother Tony and many others came to the clubhouse every day. At Lincoln Jr. High, I hung out with Walter Jefferson a...Expand for more