Clay Vice remembering Pete Minego.

Thanks Clay,




I'm putting this into my bklog. Many people remember Pete Minego and I am learning moreabout him. Blaine bierley and Jack Plymale and Sarah DuPuy have contributed Minego stories. I would enjoy seeing a few columns from the old newspapers. I understand that Ebby Glockner is still around and he may also know of Mr. Minego.



Sam

----- Original Message -----

From: Clay Vice

To: Sam "Kat " Kegley

Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:07 PM

Subject: PETE MINEGO





MINEGO SPORT GOSSIP. I REMEMBER IT WELL. RUSS BURNS WORKED AT THE PORTSMOUTH TIMES AND LIVED BEHIND MY PARENTS HOUSE WHEN I WAS IN CLAY HIGH SCHOOL. RUSS TOLD PETE ABOUT ME HAVING A BASKETBALL RIM PUT IN OUR BACK YARD. MY DAD BROUGHT A BOOM TRUCK AND Set tWO SMALL TELEPHONE POLES AND WE PUT UP A BANK BOARD THAT I HAD MADE IN INDUSTRIAL ART OUT OF TUNG GROOVED PINE AND WAS ALWAYS PLAYING BASKETBALL ON IT, THEN I GOT THE BRIGHT IDEA OF TAKING A BASEBALL AND USING A VERY LARGE NEEDLE AND THE OLD BLACK 30 LB TEST FISHING LINE AND THREADING IT INTO THE BASEBALL AND HANGING IT ON THE BASKETBALL RIM AND THAT WAY I COULD TAKE SOME BATTING PRACTICE ALL BY MY SELF AND THAT WORKED VERY GOOD, BUT SOME TIMES THAT BALL WOULD SWING AROUND AND HIT ME, SO YOU HAD TO LEARN AFTER YOU HIT IT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. PETE CAME OUT TO RUSS'S HOUSE AND WATCHED ME FROM THERE AND WROTE AN ARTICLE AND PUT IT IN HIS GOSSIP COLUM. I STILL HAVE THE CLIPPING IN ONE OF MY TWO SCRAP BOOKS THAT MY MOTHER MADE FOR ME. I ALWAYS READ MINEGO SPORT GOSSIP. CHUCK LORENZ SON MADE A VIDEO OF THE 1937 FLOOD IN PORTSMOUTH AND I HAVE A COPY OF IT. I WAS LOOKING AT IT TRY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY FOOTAGE OF MY FATHER " WILLIAM CLAY VICE SR. " BECAUSE HE HAD A JOHN BOAT AND WAS GOING AROUND PICKING UP PEOPLE FROM THEiR HOUSE'S AND TAKING THEM TO HIGHER GROUND AND I HAVE PICTURES OF HIM PICKING UP OUR FAMILY FROM THE FRONT PORCH ROOF AT 718 CAMPBELL AVE, THE HOUSE THAT I WAS BORN IN, BUT COULDN'T FIND ANY THING IN THE VIDEO, BUT I SAW A PICTURE OF PETE MINEGO IN THERE WITH HIS LONG BLACK TOP COAT AND THAT LITTLE DERBY HAT HE ALWAYS WORE.

CLAY VICE