It was 30 years ago early this morning when Drew was born at the Lehighton Hospital. We drove from Tamaqua to Lehighton in a driving snow blizzard. Our Silver Ford Mustang with "summer tires" on it struggled the 16 miles thru the snow drifts. The temperature approached minus 20 degrees - I am not kidding. Nancy insisted on a natural child birth and Doctor Gene Upanavage delivered Drew - wearing jeans and sneakers - the doctor not Drew.
Today - Drew is married to Robin - his sweetheart he met at Duke University. After the two spent five years in the tropics while Drew earned his doctorate at Miami - they bought a home in Syracuse where Robin is a doctoral student and Drew is a research scientist.
The picture shows Drew being christened by Pastor Russ Funk. His Godparents were Leo Schilling - our now deceased neighbor - and Lori - Nancy's lovely sister.
Happy Birthday Son. "This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased."
Side note - Russ Funk went on to purchase our weekly newspaper - The Tamaqua Paper - from us. Leo was a very devoted Catholic and got a special dispensation from the bishop to be able to go into a Protestant Church and be the Godfather of Drew. It is hard to believe from the picture - but Nancy already has her Bachelor's Degree for 2 years when Drew was born. Harry was 29.
1 comment:
Boy,
That pic is a oldie but goody.
I can remember when Harry looked just like that, back in the day.
Put on a pair of shorts and a Tee-
shirt, and he would be ready for a pick up game of basketball.
Happy Birthday to ya.
From someone from your Dad's old Neighborhood.
208 Lehigh St.
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