The Ford Gardenby John Mooy Friends of mine have a son who just received his driver’s permit. Now he is able to drive if he has an adult in the car with him. I so recall those first days of being behind the wheel and putting into play … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Do You Remember?by John Mooy As a boy in Marcellus, one of the great joys was our method of transportation which was the bicycle. And during the summertime we often rode with our baseball glove slipped onto the handlebar around town in … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Arrowheadsby John Mooy About this time of the year a fellow came into town (Marcellus) on his small Ford tractor with a plow attached to the back. He would drive up one street and down the next and for a nominal fee would quickly plow … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The Published Wordby John Mooy I’ll do something to start this article that I don’t believe has ever been done before. I’m mentioning The Marcellus News, Rolling Stone magazine and Weekly Reader in the same sentence. The Marcellus News … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Show and Tellby John Mooy Many readers of The News won’t recognize the words “show and tell” but for anyone who was attending elementary school in the fifties and sixties they’ll recognize the term as an activity that we used to love … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Graduationby John Mooy It was a number of years ago now that the class I was a part of at Marcellus High School walked across the stage to receive our diplomas indicating we would be leaving high school and heading into the next phase of … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The Four Cornersby John Mooy A friend of mine who has both and interest in and curiosity about things historical once drove one hundred fifty miles out of his way to take his children to the one spot in the United States where with one … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The photo above which hung proudly in the office of The Marcellus News for many years is being reprinted here as an accompanying image for John Mooy’s column. The original photo appeared in The Marcellus News, January 17, 1905. The caption: … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Muscle Memoryby John Mooy So many things we do in our lives we say or think we could do in our sleep without really thinking about them at all. Usually, this memory is the result of doing something over and over often times for years. … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Throwing Baseball a Curveby John Mooy With the weather warming and Spring Training underway, can the start of another Major League baseball season be far behind? The question for several years now has been how do we speed up the … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Editor Hits the Big Appleby John Mooy Okay, so I receive word recently that my editor is heading to the Big Apple known to us also as New York City. While it is a vacation of sorts, I believe it my duty to supply some information that … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
ESPECIALLY for: Jim, Lynne, Katie, Harold, Tom, Bryan, Jon, Kim, Mike, Mary K8 (OFM) and Madeline by John Mooy I know it’s difficult to believe but there are some people who don’t subscribe to The Marcellus News for whatever reason. … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories