around 8 o'clock Mr. Barto leaves his home "uptown"...
and walks the mile down West Gatesburg Road to...
the Ross Methodist Church.....
where at 8:50 AM he rings the church bell to call in the faithful.
It sounds like this.
On December 16th Mr. Eddie Barto will be 90 years old. He has lived his entire life in Gatesburg. He has been ringing this church bell for at least the 30 years I have lived here.
Mr. Barto left Gatesburg to serve his country in the army in WWII spending time in the south seas, England, and France. When the war ended he came home and married Genevieve, the girl next door who was also born and raised here. His younger brother, Merrill, married her younger sister, Frieda. In the early 60's the two brothers built houses next door to each other where they raised their families. And there the two brothers and two sisters have lived as neighbors ever since.
2 comments:
gatesburgs very own fairy tale!
Very sweet.
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