Fred Acree:
CLASS OF 1957
Edgewater High SchoolClass of 1957
Orlando, FL
Montgomery Blair High SchoolClass of 1957
Silver spring, MD
Takoma Park Junior High SchoolClass of 1954
Silver spring, MD
Takoma Park Elementary SchoolClass of 1951
Takoma park, MD
Fred's Story
After graduation I left Orlando to meet with other Floridians at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center on the western shore of Lake Michigan north of Chicago. I haven't been the same since. The horrors of boot camp does that to you.
I'm 70 years old and I'm still having sleepless nights with nightmares. I got even with them though, I stayed in the military for over 20 years and now every month they pay me to keep my mouth shut. I don't keep it shut though, I talk more now than I did in high school.
I weigh a little more than I did in 1957, but that's mostly a beer belly.
I remember stealing beer from the grocery store where I worked after school. Me, Frank and a couple of other guys would drive out in the orange groves with the girls and we'd all drink beer and make out. Really good old days in high school.
I don't regret a thing I've ever done. I started smoking at twelve years a...Expand for more
nd haven't stopped. I sneaked my first cigarettes from my two parents - Old Golds and Camels. There were no filters in them days.
Sometimes I shared with other kids in the neighborhood or sold them cigarettes for a nickle. I guess I was the first drug dealer on our street.
When I was a sophomore I used to sneak out of the basement door at night to meet up with my buddy who had a car. We would go cruisin' until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, then he would bring me back home and I would sneak back in the basement door and go to sleep.
My folks didn't find out for months until we kept two girls out until dawn once. Each had told their parents they were staying at the others girls house. They weren't too skilled at lying, so when one parent called the other we were had - cops and all.
But, there were some non-offensive things I did back then, I just can't remember them now. More later.
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