My Family

bullet Broomtail: I Remember My Brother Broomtail
bullet Will Block, Sr. my father
bullet Sarah Jane Block my mother
bullet Lucky Stiffs: I Remember “The Lucky Stiffs”
bullet Ruhr Area
bullet Bootlegging: Area’s history of bootlegging soared during Prohibition
bullet Suckersville: My dad and I once got stuck in Suckersville
bullet Simmerath: Christmas week In Simmerath--the baptism of fire of the 309th Infantry Regiment.
bullet Gambling: Foxy advice on gambling serves well
bullet Sarge: Sorry, Sarge, you’ll have to take my heart
bullet Big Tooth: Demise of Reptilian ‘Big Tooth’ drew crowds
bullet Needy: Bringing joy to the needy in Depression was fulfilling
bullet Cemetery: Broomtail and I Met the Ku Klux Klan
bullet River Rat Boys: A factual occurrence about Will Block Sr., embellished with poetic license, as seen through the eyes of his eleven-year-old son W. T. Block, Jr.
bullet Skunk: No man is an island unless hunted skunk launches scent
bullet Depression was depressing, except brother's paddling
bullet Bootlegging brothers' joy short-lived
bullet Pranks rule 'olden days' celebrations of Halloween
bullet Spooky legend lives on

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