MY RELATIVES ON MY FATHER'S SIDE

WHEN I WAS YOUNG, ABOUT 5, I REMEMBER MY FATHER'S FATHER IN TROY, OHIO.   HE LIVED TWO DOORS FROM US.  MY MOM COOKED FOR ALL OF THEM.  I KNOW HE SMOKED AS THERE WERE MANY PIPES IN THIS OLD HOUSE.  I DON'T REMEMBER MY FATHER'S MOM AND PERHAPS SHE DIED EARLIER.  IN ANY CASE THEY WERE AT ONE TIME MILIONNAIRES.  WE LIVED IN AN OLD HOUSE ON MAIN STREET  AND SO DID THEY.  MY UNCLE VERNON LIVED IN MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE. I THINK MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY BEFORE I WAS EIGHT.  I HELPED MY UNCLE CLEAN THE HOUSE. ONCE IN A WHILE. IT HAD A NEAT SECRET SECRET STAIRWAY TO GO UPSTAIRS.  MY GRANDFATHER, FATHER AND UNCLE VERNON MANAGED A LARGE COUNTRY WESTERN STORE DOWNTOWN.  IT WAS A LARGE TWO STORY BUILDING THAT ORIGINALLY SOLD HORSE SUPPLIES, SADDLES, BRUSHES, AND WESTERN CLOTHIN FOR MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN.  THEY SOLD COWBOY AND COWGIRLS OUTFITS AND VARIOUS WESTERN BOOTS, AS WELL AS BRIDLES FOR HORSES AND BRUSHES, ETC.  THE SORE SOLD ADULT AND CHILDREN'S NEAT WESTERN CLOTHING TOO.  THEY GOT THERE GOODS FROM KANSAS.  MY MOM HELPED THEM AS AN ACCOUNTANT AND SECRETERY TO THE STORE.  AS CHILDREN BROTHER AND I PLAYED UPSTAIRS.  MY MOM ALWAYS THOUGHT THE STORE WAS WAS NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT.  THEY ENDED UP GOING BANKRUPT AS PEOPLE GREW OUT OF NEEDING HORSE SUPPLIES.

MY FATHER'S UNCLE AND HIS WIFE , THE CAMPBELL'S,  LIVED IN TROY WE SOMETIMES HAD THEM OVER FOR DINNER.  I THINK THEY WERE RETIRED AT THE TIME.  THEY SOMETIMES CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE AS THEY ENJOYED PLAYING POOL.  THEY HAD AN OLD HOUSE THAT WAS FULL OF ANTIQUES.  I BELIEVE THEY MOVED TO CLEVELAND AND Y UNCLE MOVED THERE.  I HELPED CLEAN UP HIS HOUSE AS WELL.