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Show JULY 1, 1994 | PAGE 6 it came to pass that the three of us spent many nights shoveling coal out of a rail car into a truck, thence into the Family and friends gathered at the Station - Restaurant last Saturday afternoon Young to a Birthday". wish Roy “Happy 80th Young is a Florida native who came to - Milford in 1941. In 1939 he married a Mayfield Virginia Michaelsen. girl, Roy and Virginia celebrated their - §5th wedding anniversary on Roy's birthday, June 27. Over the years he been the mayor, a has councilman, Democratic and Party. Mr... He helped organize little league baseball - which must have been a challenge for the of three daughters | accepted into the sport. John Roy's neighbor close from Grimshaw, friend 1941 contained. and It was a helluva The coal was not oiled and 1961, reminisced about the times they had shared when Roy was working as a we closely resembled pictures you see of Depression era coal miners supplier to the Garrison CCC camps, a grocer at Jefferson, and Roy asked us if we would like to make an extra buck helping him unload a carload of coal and place it in the Forgie (apartment) basement, which they managed. Thus and way to earn extra money! to Jefferson Mercantile, and finally, the railroad. "Roy's future brother-in-law also worked for George basement coming back to the surface. One hot night we decided we would wash it off in the | Milford municipal swimming pool, so betook ourselves up the hill and climbed over the fence. We were really and actually “getting into it" when Jim Smithson, the pool manager appeared. Luckily, Jim was an old acquaintance and didn't call the cop, but gained our ‘Roy's daughters used a little - imagination in getting the perfect gift for their father. A Linden tree honoring him was planted in the Caboose Park. A plaque, listing some of his accomplishments, will be displayed in the area. The daughters, Iola (Mack) Whittaker from Louisiana, Laurel (Paul) Woodbury from Mesa, Arizona, and Thea Kay (John) Leppink from Beaverton, Oregon, traveled to Milford for the occasion. Roy's comment was, "The real joy is that they wanted to come home." assurance we would not do that again." Other memories included shared family _ meals, children in their growing years, excursions in the "Michaelsen" jeep, a committee to bring television to Milford, and spearing carp in_ the oi Bia father before girls were Forgie then back from the basement window to make sure the entire carload could be oappy 55K-% niversary {___MEFTING LIKE THis" "WE Lite eae, SIMPLY HAVE TO STop |
