Patrolman Frank Ford

Frank Ford’s widow lived on Albemarke Street. I delivered her the morning newspaper when I was in high school. I also mowed her lawn during the summer. In those days, we had to collect for the paper each week. I always saved her for last because we would sit and talk for a long time. It was usually about an hour. She told me all sorts of stories including the loss of her husband Frank. As I recall, they were almost newlyweds and he built the house they lived in. She lived there until the day she died. I graduated from high school in 1964 and she died shortly after that. I’ve always looked back on those visits fondly.

Charlie Dean
Newsboy 1960-1964

October 26, 2021