by Walter Thomas (Tom) Scates The featured Scates Family photo is from 1954: Faith & Harry in back, Tim & Tom in front. 1957: After we moved to 548 28 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81501, during the summers, while I was in high school, we swam in the Grand Valley Canal, which was about ½… Read More Saving A Drowning Brother
by Walter Thomas (Tom) Scates Featured photo is Tom, Erskine Sr. & Tim in 1953 The first words in the title to this story is an oxymoron, because we never took vacations. Well, almost never. I can recall two trips that for those of us living at home then seemed like a vacation. One was… Read More Vacation(s) With Dad and Mom
By Walter Thomas (Tom) Scates Featured photo is 5 Scates Boys in 1950: Tim on David’s shoulders, Harry in the middle and Tom on Junior’s shoulders. 1948/49: At the age of 6 or 7 I recall a Sunday evening church service. Tim and I were sitting next to other children in about the second row… Read More A Righteous Spanking
By Walter Thomas (Tom) Scates Featured photo is the actual burning of the Scates home in 1945, Clifton CO. 1945: When I was 4 years old, our house in Clifton, Colorado caught fire on December 20th (address unknown). My memory is that I looked up and saw fire licking up from the living room heating… Read More House On Fire
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