Clay Vice Re: recent SamKat blog additions

Wow, Clay! I would say so! You knew them all!

Thanks again for your compliments good friend!

I just called your home and you had already left. Carol gave me permission to add this to my blog, whic h she was sure you wouldn't mind.

Sam

----- Original Message -----
From: Clay Vice
To: Sam "Kat " Kegley
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: Fw: Exc in Ath II story added to my blog-skegley.blogspot.com


HEY SAM " KAT " AS USUAL I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF READING THIS BLOG. I HAVE BEEN HONORED BY KNOWING AND HAVING MET SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR BLOG. DAVE THOMAS WHO LIVED IN ROSEMOUNT WHEN HE WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF A LOCAL HOSPITAL- WALT GREEN, WHEN I WAS A CHILD LIVING AT 718 CAMPBELL AVE. HIS PARENTS RAN A RESTAURANT ACROSS THE STREET-BERT LEACH, HE WAS DIFFERENT- DURING MY FRESHMAN YEAR AT P.H.S., CHUCK LORENTZ AND PAT MITCHELL WERE MY FRESHMAN BASKETBALL COACHES AND I ALSO WORKED UNDER THIR DIRECTIONS AT DREAMLAND POOL FOR 3 YEARS- ONE IN THE CHECK OUT ROOM AND TWO AS A LIFE GUARD- JOE LUCHI, WHOSE PARENTS RAN A BAR ACROSS FROM GREEN'S RESTAURANT ON 8TH AND CAMPBELL. WOW, DON MONK THIS MAN WAS MY MENTOR, I COULD NEVER SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM. JUST OUTSTANDING.I MET RAY PELFREY ONCE AT HIS PARENTS HOUSE WHEN I WAS HAVING A DATE WITH HIS SISTER PHYLLIS WHO WAS A CHEERLEADER AT P.H.S. CLARK RAPALEE TAUGHT MUSIC AT CLAY IN MY FIRST YEAR GOING TO CLAY H.S. AS A SOPH- LATER WOULD SEE HIM AROUND P. TOWN AS HE WOULD BE PLAYING IN A BAND THAT PERFORMED AT DIFFERENT PLACES-IN THE 50-51 YEAR THAT WAS ALSO RAPALEE, ARCH JUSTICE, AND HOMER PELLIGIRINON FIRST YEAR AT CLAY AND THEY WOULD COME TO ALL OUR PRACTICES AND LEARN FROM DON MONK'S COACHING THE SAME AS I WAS DOING. I REMEMBER COACH ROHR AND THOUGHT HE WAS THE BEST P.H.S. EVER HAD. I REMEMBER BILL BARRY AND BOB BENDER THEY BOTH LOVED KIDS AND GAVE OF THEIR TIME TO HELP THEM.AFTER GRADUATING FROM C.H.S. I PLAYED Y.M.C.A. BASKETBALL FOR KAY'S JEWELERS AS DON MONK GOT ME ON THAT TEAM, AND I WAS HONORED TO GET TO PLAY WITH MY OLD COACH. ALSO ON THE TEAM WAS BERT BARNEY, BOBBIE KIMBLE, GEORGE HILL, DAVE LIGHTENHEIMER, JOHN VORNAZOS, FRED SHUMATE, FRED BRANDENBURG, DON HORTON, JACK YOUNG, AND D.E. NEWMAN. DON HORTON AND RICH RECTOR WERE OUR COACHES. I ALSO REMEMBER JERRY BERRY, BEN SMITH, DAVE GAMBILL, CORKY ELWOOD SPARKS, DENVER TRIGGS OH !!! THE MEMORIES THAT YOU WRITE ABOUT IS LIKE WRITTEN IN GOLD TO ME. HARRY WEINBRECHT ALSO PLAYED A LOT OF BALL WITH US ON DIFFERENT TEAMS.I WAS OPERATING A CRANE IN ATHENS ON A WATER WORKS PROJECT AND WAS PLAYING SOFTBALL THERE AND BOB WREN'S SON HAD GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS PLAYING ON THE SAME TEAM. HE WAS A SHORT GUY, BUT WAS A REAL GOOD ATHLETE. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT KENNY LONG AND DICK HOPKINS AS THE BEST BASEBALL COACHES IN PORTSMOUTH. SO AS YOU SEE I LOVE EVERY THING THAT YOU WRITE ABOUT BECAUSE IT BRINGS BACK ALL THOSE MEMORIES OF MY YOUNG LIFE IN P-TOWN.

PS, I ALSO REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD SOFTBALL THAT TOOK PLACE AT MOUND PARK AS A CHILD.
C.V.





I added the story of Portsmouth Trojan footballers Jack Plymale and Stephen "Doc" Yeagle to my blog this evening.

Just go to: www.skegley.blogspot.com . I am SamKat, in Kentucky lingo.

I would appreciate any feedback.

Sam