GRANDPA ROY 1918




THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER'S GRADUATION PICTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DENTAL SCHOOL. DOESN'T HE LOOK SHARP WITH THAT HIGH COLLAR SHIRT AND FANCY NECKTIE. HE PRACTICED DENTISTRY IN DELRAY -- SUBURB OF DETROIT. AS CHILDREN GOING OVER TO SEE GRANDPA MEANT GOING INTO HIS BASEMENT FOR A RELAXING SEAT IN HIS DENTAL CHAIR. HE WOULD ASK? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? I THINK I SEE SOME HERE. I HAD TO WATCH EATING SLO-POKES--THEY MIGHT PULL MY FILLINGS OUT AND GIVE GRANDPA MORE WORK. HE USED TO TELL US OF STORIES OF PROHIBITION, WHEN THE WISKEY AND BEER RUNNERS WOULD TAKE THEIR BOATS AND RUN BETWEEN CANADA AND DETROIT. MY GRANDFATHER LIKED THE OUTDOORS AND WOULD GO TO NORTHERN ONTARIO, CANADA FOR A GETTAWAY FROM CITY LIFE. HIS FAVORITE SPOT WAS LAKE NIPPISSING, WHERE HE HAD A COTTAGE. ONE TIME THEY HAD TO BATTLE A BEAR AT THEIR FRONT DOOR WITH A BROOM. HIS FAMILY IS FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES. HE WAS RAISED ON A FARM IN HUDSON, MI.

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