tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951483292186512206.post4576445573301656523..comments2024-03-22T09:40:51.869-04:00Comments on BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. HISTORY . . . etc.: Sophie Tucker appears in New GretnaPete Stemmer, moderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12922972073356224964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951483292186512206.post-60088001652603100052009-01-21T12:57:00.000-05:002009-01-21T12:57:00.000-05:00Hi Pete: I don't remember snow when I lived in New...Hi Pete: I don't remember snow when I lived in New Gretna but I do remember a hurricane. It happened late in 1945. I say late as it was kind of chilly already. I was in school and sometime in the early afternoon we were told to go into the hallway and crouch down. We stayed there for a little while until the storm passed. When I got back home (the Leepa farm) the roof had been lifted off the chicken coop and deposited whole alongside the coop. That just facinated me so, ignoring the warnings of the girl who was with me, I waded into the water up to the fence to get a better view. Of course, I got my shoes quite wet. Mom Leepa was going to give me a switching but I hid under the tablecloth in the dining room. I did pay for my sins, however, as the next day I had the croup and the doctor had to be called. It is funny but I can still remember how painful the croup was.<BR/>Beverly Mathis (Robinson)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com