This is a response to a memory laden e-mail about the things we were used to in our high school times. Ginny Looney Marsh loved that, but has a recent memory of HS kids crashing near their place in FLin their cars.
Sam, I love this. Something I thought about just yesterday. There has been
two terrible auto accidents happen on the four lane highway built outside of
our subdivision lately. One was last December, killing two young teenage
boys, from the same school nearby. Going east on this road. Hit a pole and
broke in two. Sunday after church as Eddie and I passed near that accident, we
noticed a group of people in the field. This was going west near that same
accident that happened in December. I said, look there's people taking
pictures and some of them are crying. Something must have happened. Well, we
found out Monday morning in the newspaper. Two young teenage girls were involved
in an accident. Their car came around the corner, hit a pole and broke into
flames. One girl died and the other is critical and in the hospital. Now,
here's what I'm thinking====this accident happened at 2:30 am Sunday morning.
The girls were not wearing seatbelts. They were 17 years old. When we
were teens, did our parents allow us out that late at night? Were we driving
our own cars while we were still in high school? Did we even have cars of our
own when we were 17? Have you driven by high schools lately and noticed all
the automobiles in the parking lot? I can't even remember if there was a
parking lot at Portsmouth High for teachers. The world is certainly different
today, and we still managed to get into some trouble. Though not as bad as it
is today.
By the way, those two girls went to the same school as those boys who died
in December.
Ginny
In a message dated 2/9/2009 7:31:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
skegley@columbus.rr.com writes:
