Glenn Peck:
CLASS OF 1959
Paris Crossing High SchoolClass of 1959
Paris crossing, IN
Glenn's Story
Who is Glenn? I am the guy who first listened to the Grand Old Opera on a large battery powered radio. We didn’t have electricity then. Coal oil lamps, wood cook stoves, and gasoline at 20 cents per gallon. It is hardly a stretch to say I was raised on Retro.
When I started a military career I often joked about getting a letter from home in which Mom said they had a fire in the bathroom, but fortunately it didn’t spread to the house! I sure hated those cold winter nights to visit a Sears and Roebuck catalog.
Yes, we were poor. In fact, I was adopted by a Korean family. Every two weeks I would get a shipment of fish heads and rice. Our rural mailman said he didn’t have to read the address label---he just knew the smell meant my Korean Care Package was in his Jeep.
My brother a...Expand for more
nd sister were not as lucky as me. They received camel jerky from a Middle Eastern relief agency. They said it tasted terrible, but they only needed a drink of water every two weeks!
Imagine my shock when I went to college and discovered 7-UP was not green. The first time I heard the Tulane University fight song---Roll on Green Wave I thought it was a deodorant commercial.
The first time I booked an airline flight over the phone the travel agent asked, “Are you FLYING Round Trip?” I said, “No way, I am going there and coming right back!”
That’s a brief introduction. I am naïve to this day. But like our favorite son---Will Rogers said, “I had rather be the man that bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it.".
Now, I feel much, much better by letting you know this!
Register for Free to view all details!
Reunions
Register for Free to start a reunion event!