Theodore Acker:  

CLASS OF 1965
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Hollidaysburg, PA
Port huron, MI
Samoset, FL
Port huron, MI

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FOR THOSE WHO CROSSED PATHS WITH ME, GUESS I'LL START WITH MY FIRST CRUSH, DIANE SOFLIN, PORT HURON HIGH'S AND/OR NORTHERN HIGH'S FOOTBALL COACH'S DAUGHTER. ATTENDED P. H. HIGH'S AFTERNOON CLASSES SEPT. THRU DEC. 1962. PORT HURON NORTHERN WASN'T BUILT YET, SO ANYONE LIVING SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN PORT HURON HAD TO GO TO PH HIGH IN THE AFTERNOON. MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS I GREW UP WITH, LIVED IN THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN AND I MISSED THEM DEARLY, BECAUSE THEY ALL WERE BUSED HOME FROM THEIR MORNING CLASSES BEFORE I GOT TO SCHOOL. HAD MY EYE ON MARYANN PICKLEHAUPT IN 4 TH GRADE THRU 6TH AT FILLMORE, BUT THAT WAS MY BESTFRIEND [TOM ZEPLZAUER] GIRLFRIEND AND BESIDES SHE DIDN'T PLAY BASEBALL, SO I STAYED AWAY FROM HER EXCEPT FOR AN OCCASIONAL TEETERTAUGHTER OR SWINGSET DATE WHEN TOM WASN'T AROUND. THEN ONTO GARFIELD FOR 7TH GRADE AND THE GIRLS OVER THERE WERE GROWED UP, ESPECIALLY PAULA CROOKER. MY FIRST AND ONLY DATE WITH PAULA ENDED WHEN SOME COLLEGE KID FROM SC4 KNOCKED ME DOWN AND TOOK PAULA AWAY FROM ME AT THE ROLLER RINK. THEN WE MOVED SOUTH OF TOWN, ACROSS THE STREET FROM WASHINGTON JR HIGH FOR 8TH & 9TH GRADE. THERE I MEANT JENNY ROSSOW AND SHE TRIED TO TEACH ME HOW TO DANCE. BUT AGAIN, A BULLY TOOK HER AWAY FROM ME AT A HAYRIDE I TOOK HER ON. WHITE PARK SEPARATED ME FROM MY NEW BESTFRIEND'S, JERRY & JIM WEAVER. THEIR FATHER SPONSORED A BRAND NEW BABE RUTH BASEBALL TEAM, LEATH FURNITURE, AND NOT TO BOAST TOO MUCH THEY GOT ME ON THAT TEAM AND I WAS THE STAR LEFTFIELDER ONTO PH HIGH IN SEPT 1962 I MADE SHORT APPEARANCES ON JV BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING TEAMS. PLAYED ICE HOCKEY AND BASEBALL GROWING UP IN PORT HURON. MY BEST FRIEND WAS/IS TOM ZEPLZAUER, SINCE 4TH. GRADE AT FILLMORE. WE WERE LIKE BROTHERS, EVEN CLOSER THAN I WAS TO MY OWN BROTHERS. OUR RELATIONSHIP GOT STRAINED IN THE SUMMER OF 1962 WHEN I WENT LOOKING FOR TOM TO PLAY BASEBALL AT GARFIELD. I FOUND HIM AT HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM GARFIELD. HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS DIANNE SOFLIN. DO YOU GET MY DRIFT, IF NOT LOOK BACK TO THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF MY STORY. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?? I DON'T KNOW BUT I TRIED TO STAY ON MY SIDE OF TOWN AND AWAY FROM MY BESTFRIEND'S GIRLFRIEND, CAUSE I KNEW IF I DIDN'T I WOULD HAVE TO SOMEDAY CHOOSE BETWEEN A FRIEND AND SOMEONE I WAS CRAZY ABOUT AT FIRST GLANCE. ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER AND I LOST MY FRIEND TOM. THEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED, MY FATHER WAS PROMOTED IN HIS JOB AND WE HAD TO MOVE TO FLORIDA. MY LAST DATE WITH DIANNE WAS A TEAR JERKING DANCE AT THE YMCA THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FAMILY MOVE TO FLORIDA. MOVED TO BRADENTON, FL. NEW YEAR'S DAY 1963. FIRST AND ONLY LOVE WHILE ATTENDING SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL WAS CAROLEE JO TURNER. SHE CHASED ME AROUND FROM CLASS TO CLASS AND BASEBALL PRACTICE, UNTILL SHE FINALLY CAUGHT ME WHEN MY LOVE LETTERS FROM DIANNE SLOWED TO A CRAWL AND TOM WROTE ME THAT HIM AND DIANNE WERE BACK TOGETHER. I PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL FOR SOUTHEAST H. S. MAX ARHRENT WAS MY BEST FRIEND. JOHN AND JANE [THE BODY] DREW FROM LONG ISLAND, MOVED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMER 1963 AND I SPENT MOST OF IT TRYING TO LOSE MY VIRGINITY WITH THE BODY. MY TEACHERS WOULD GRADE ME INCOMPLETE ON THAT FUTILE ATTEMPT. BESIDES, JO TURNER WAS TRYING HER BEST TO BREAK MY CHERRY. MY OLD MAN KEPT SUCH A GOOD WATCH ON ME THAT HE TOOK ME AND MY BROTHER CHRIS ON A TRIP TO LAKELAND THE DAY AFTER OUR SISTERS CAUGHT US UPSTAIRS IN THE LATTER STAGES OF A STRIP POKER GAME WITH JENNY FROM DOWN THE STREET. THAT TRIP WAS MY FIRST BIRDS & BEES LESSON FROM DAD WHICH INCLUDED HIM GIVING US OUR FIRST CONDOM AND THREAT TO USE IT IF THE NEED EVER CAME. THEN ANOTHER TRAGIC MOMENT, MY DAD GOT PROMOTED AGAIN AND WE HAD TO MOVE TO PENNSYLVANIA. MY FINAL NIGHT WITH JO WAS IN A DOWNTOWN HOTEL IN BRAEDENTON PLAYING SPIN THE BOTTLE WITH ME, JO, MAX, AND MY TWO OLDEST SISTERS. OFF TO PA., ARRIVED ON THE DAY JFK WAS ASSASINATED IN DALLAS NOV. 22, 1963. ATTENDED HOLLIDAYSBURG HIGH SCHOOL THRU GRADUATION IN JUNE 1965. MY ONLY LOVE WAS PATTI DEDEA, MAY 1964 THRU MAY 1 ST.,1966. DIDN'T MEET PATTI UNTILL THE DAY AFTER I GOT A "DEAR JOHN" LETTER FROM JO IN FLORIDA. I WANTED TO MARRY PATTI TERRIBLY, BUT WITH THE VIET NAM GOING STRONG AND HER NOT WANTING TO BE A WIDOW, WE AGREED I WOULD VOLUNTEER FOR THE DRAFT AFTER GRADUATION AND IF I MADE IT BACK ALIVE, WE WOULD GET MARRIED. WELL THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, WHICH IS ANOTHER STORY IN ITSELF. TO THIS DAY, SHE AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS. I ...Expand for more
PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL FOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND BASEBALL FOR ALTOONA AMERICAN LEGION TEAM IN 1964-1965, DURING THE SUMMERS. WENT INTO ARMY SEPT. 1965. BOOT CAMP AT FORT JACKSON, S. C. SPENT THE REST OF MY HITCH AT FORT KNOX, KY. AS A COOK IN AN ARMOUR TRAINING UNIT. DAVID PEPILINSKI WAS MY BEST FRIEND UNTILL I LOST TRACK OF HIM WHEN HE WENT TO VIET NAM. WHEN PATTI AND I BROKE UP IN MAY 1966, MY NEXT LOVE WAS BOBBIE JEAN HAMPTON FROM VALLEY STATION, KY. WE WERE MARRIED ON APRIL 8TH., 1967. MY BEST FRIEND, THINK HIS NAME WAS DAVID FRISBY, WAS OUR BEST MAN. MY ARMY HITCH WAS UP SEPT. 1967. MOVED TO LEXINGTON, KY. THEN TO PLEASURE RIDGE PARK, KY. IN JAN. 1968, WHERE I BOUGHT A HOME OFF CANE RUN ROAD, OF WHICH MY OLDEST SON AND HIS FAMILY STILL LIVES IN. WENT TO WORK AT BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CO. OCT. 1967. FIRST AS A LABORER, THEN AS A DRAFTSMAN IN JULY 1968. TOOK UP GOLF THEN, WHEN A CO-WORKER, DON OWEN, INFORMED ME THAT IF I WANTED TO GET ALONG WITH THE GUYS IN THE DRAFTING ROOM, "YOU'LL PLAY GOLF". PLAYED ICE HOCKEY FOR THE LOUISVILLE BLADES 1966- 1974. SCORED THE WINNING GOAL AGAINST INDIANAPOLIS WARRIORS FOR LOUISVILLE'S ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1972. MOVED TO PORT HURON, MI. OCT. 1973. WORKED VARIOUS JOBS UNTILL I DECIDED TO GO TO SAINT CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. GOT MY ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN JUNE 1976, PLAYED GOLF ON THE GOLF TEAM AT SC4. THEN WENT TO WALSH COLLEGE, TROY, MI. UNTILL DEC. 1976. MY WIFE LEFT ME IN JULY 1976, DIVORCED IN APRIL 1977. I REMARRIED TO MERRILEE BARRETT FROM NORTH STREET,MI., IN NOV. 1977, WORKED IN HER FAMILY BUSINESS UNTILL WE PACKED UP AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN OCT. 1978. I BOUGHT A HOME AND MOVED INTO IT APRIL 15TH. 1979, IN ANAHEIM. FIRST JOB IN CALIFORNIA AS A DRAFTSMAN AT HUNTSMAN CONTAINER IN FULLERTON, CA., NAME CHANGED TO KEYES FIBRE. WENT TO WORK FOR CORRUGATED COMPONENTS LATE 1980 UNTILL LATE DEC. 1983. WIFE #2 KICKED ME OUT OCT. 1984 BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND A GOOD PAYING JOB FOR 10 MONTHS. WE DIVORCED FEB. 1985. BOUNCED AROUND JOB TO JOB, HOME TO HOME, UNTILL MAY 1986, WHEN I GOT MY CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVING LICENSE. DROVE FOR 3 DIFFERENT TRUCKING COMPANIES WHICH ALL WENT OUT OF BUSINESS BY JUNE 1987. WENT TO WORK WITH A FRIEND IN CONSTRUCTION, AND MOVED TO SANTEE, CA. AS QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR/ ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, TO BUILD A POST OFFICE NOV. 1987 TO DEC. 1988. LAID OFF, THEN THE BOUNCING AROUND STARTED AGAIN UNTILL JAN. 1992. SINCE MY MAIN INTEREST WAS IN GOLF, I WENT TO PEBBLE BEACH, CA. AND WORKED AS A CADDIE IN THAT 1992 PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT. UPON ADVICE FROM ANOTHER CADDY TO GO TO EL CABALLERO C. C., IN TARZANA, CA., FOR SOME WEEKEND WORK BETWEEN TOURNAMENTS WHERE I NEVER LEFT AND HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE JAN. 31, 1992. I LOVE WHAT I DO AND THEY WILL HAVE TO SPREAD MY ASHES THERE TO GET ME TO QUIT. I STARTED A GOLF LEAGUE IN ANAHIEM APRIL 1979. FIRST CALLED HUNTSMAN CONTAINER LEAGUE, BUT CHANGED TO ACKER'S HACKER'S WHILE I WAS AWAY DRIVING A TRUCK 1986- 1987. NAME STUCK AND STILL GOING STRONG INTO OUR 30TH. YEAR. FORMED THE BREA CHEAPSKATES HOCKEY LEAGUE WITH DENNIS GREYSHOCK IN 1979. WE HAD TO MOVE AROUND ICE RINK TO ICE RINK BECAUSE OF CLOSURES. PLAYED MY LAST HOCKEY GAME IN PARAMOUNT, CA. IN 1992. RUMOR HAS IT THE CHEAPSKATES WERE THE FIRST LEAGUE TO MOVE TO THE "POND" IN ANAHEIM WHERE THE ANAHEIM DUCKS PLAY. SPENT THE GOOD PART OF 1997 CADDYING ON THE NIKE TOUR [NOW NATIONWIDE TOUR]. CADDIED FOR MANY OF THE PRO'S CURRENTLY PLAYING ON THE PGA TOUR. LAST LOVE LIFE, JULY 1987 TO JULY 2005, ENDED TO CANCER. BEEN LIVING ALONE SINCE THEN AND SEARCHING FOR MY LAST SOUL MATE ON 2 DIFFERENT INTERNET SITES. I DID HAVE A BREIF RELASTIONSHIP, SEPT. 2006 TO JUNE 2007, UNTILL SHE MOVED AWAY TO BE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE WERE TOO DIFFERENT AND IT WOULD NEVER HAVE WORKED OUT. MISSING ALL THE PEOPLE NEAR AND DEAR TO ME SINCE MY FIRST CRUSH IN 1962. THAT IS THE REASON I JOINED CLASSMATES IN SEARCH OF LONG LOST FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. IF YOUR OUT THERE, WOULD LOVE TO RECONNECT. YOURS TRULY, TED ACKER P.S. THIS IS AN UPDATE TO MY STORY. MY FIRST CRUSH, DIANNE SOFLIN, IS A MEMBER OF CLASSMATES AND WE HAVE RECONNECTED. I WILL BE PLANNING TO VISIT HER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. IF THE OLD FLAMES ARE STILL BURNING AFTER OUR WEEKEND, I WILL UPDATE MY STORY. WHO KNOWS, MY SISTER MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL BOYFRIEND IN 1999, 33 YEARS AFTER THEY BROKE UP, IT MAY RUN IN THE FAMILY.
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