This book contains a series of light and mostly humorous vignettes that narrate incidents and activities in my life at Fordham College, in the U. S. Navy, and in between. Included are: how I explored Fordham, both above and below ground; my part in the New York City art scene circa 1950; my adventures on several hitch-hiking trips; my summer as a union pipe fitter; another summer spent climbing the fuel pipes at the Bethlehem Steel Company; how I may have had too many credits to graduate, but won the University Poetry Contest anyway; how I had to prove I'd been baptized in order to get...
This book contains a series of light and mostly humorous vignettes that narrate incidents and activities in my life at Fordham College, in the U. S. N...
"Henry's Garage - No Job Too Small" read the sign downtown. And Henry Milward, who had many, many toy trucks and cars, got an idea. He would construct a small garage for his toys just like the real one his mother had pointed out. It would have the same sign, a car wash, space for tire changing, and a place for fixing engines. His mom and dad found a cardboard box that was just right for the garage. He used his wooden blocks, scraps of colored paper, his paint, and paint brushes to build a fine garage, but his work left a real mess on the floor that he had to clean up before his Granny arrived...
"Henry's Garage - No Job Too Small" read the sign downtown. And Henry Milward, who had many, many toy trucks and cars, got an idea. He would construct...