Bennie Petrey:
CLASS OF 1973
Waite High SchoolClass of 1973
Toledo, OH
Marshall University - School of JournalismClass of 1989
Huntington, WV
Beckley Junior CollegeClass of 1982
Beckley, WV
Raymer Elementary SchoolClass of 1969
Toledo, OH
Franklin Elementary SchoolClass of 1969
Toledo, OH
Bennie's Story
I was born, then I woke up here, ....
Of course for some reason I come to believe other things happen over that span of time between then and now, but really who wants to hear to it?
But it was the sonic boom that comes to mind - bringing back memories of reality, the rock shatterring explosion of the paint factory, one I remember the clearest. Sirens blaring, smoke to the north bellowing, in dark puffs above the houses. Parents running out onto the streets looking frantically for their children. Plane overhead, fear grips the city. Did they finally attacked us here? on this spring... or was it a...Expand for more
fall day?
Skating on slate sidewalks, bats flying just after dusk, cold Coca Cola bottles sweating and cool water dripping upon the chin. Smell of tomatoes cooking, ketchup, or sauerkraut? Purple and Gold, Red and White, Indians, Bulldogs and Rams. and the sirens blowing through the reigning night. Lightning strikes across the the western sky, rumble on a summer night.
Memories, recalled youth, Baby Ruth,and melting popsicles dripping in hot mid-day light. Each mothers' fear, with salt laden tears, CBS evening news, glimmer of an Asian war, yet through it all I remember - the sonic boom...
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