Charles William Spratt

The Man That Went To Woodstock

Although I wasn’t in the thick of the battle zone in Viet Nam I still served my country and I went when my country said “GO”. Several years after I was back home my wife had a job for a large national retailer in their home office in downtown St Louis...
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Charles William Spratt

My New Best Friend

I went to church one Sunday morning and our pastor told everyone that we were going to have guest coming . We go to a small congregation at a Non-Denominational Family Oriented Church so everyone is tight nit . When our guest arrived our pastor introduced them to everyone . There...
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Charles William Spratt

My Viet Nam Experience

I guess I wouldn’t make a very good politician .With all of the “Pork Barrel Subsides “ and “ Foreign Aid “ I was an Engineer when I was in Viet Nam while others did the fighting . I know that the Infantry and the Calvary need their R & R...
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Charles William Spratt

The Benifits Of A Copier Repairman

Being a copier repairman isn’t the best paying job a person could have but it does have its benefits. I was at a “High Dollar “Art Gallery in what they call “The Central West End “of St Louis one day repairing the copier in the back room. I was just busy...
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Karen Jenkins

There are Heirlooms and Then There are Heirlooms

When I showed the finished gown to my mother, she looked at me with such an amazingly strange expression that I knew I was missing something important.

 “Why don’t you want to use the family gown”?

 “What family gown?” I asked totally lost.

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Charles William Spratt

The Taco Bell Experience

Working for Taco Bell was quite an experience . Taco’s and Burrito’s were 29 cents . the reason the charged 29 cents were so when you added a penny sales tax it came out to an even 30 cents and it was easier to make change . Crazy theory but that...
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Charles William Spratt

The Cotton Bowl Parade

The first year I was in high School band the band director was more interested in being a state senator than being a director which he became the next year . the next year the school district hired a highly energetic director that wanted to be a director . We went...
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Charles William Spratt

My Memories Of Teresa

During my high school band career I had a lot of wonderful memories . Getting to school before the rest of the kids , practicing the football field shows , practicing marching down the streets and making turns at the street corners to make it look sharp ,dressing up the stage...
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Millard Don Carriker

When The War Ended

World War II ended on August 6, 1945. “The boys” began coming home, all of them that ever would, anyway within weeks. From the moment they arrived all they had on their minds was getting a new car, new clothes, a job, and making babies and not necessarily in that order. ...
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Charles William Spratt

My First Own Car

When I got back from Viet Nam I had enough money saved up to buy me a car . My father and I went to the Chevy dealer and looked at some late model used cars . This was the fall of 1968 and I found a beautiful 1962 Pontiac Tempest...
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Legacy Story Prompt

ANSWER THIS LEGACY QUESTION: WHAT PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENT DID YOU SHARE TOGETHER WITH A FRIEND, COLLEAGUE OR FAMILY MEMBER? Write or record a sentence, paragraph or page. It's like therapy for the soul. September Story Topic: FAMILY LIFE TIP: Click on " View Stories " to read inspiring legacy stories for ideas...
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Karen Jenkins

Watch That Speedometer!

And under the judge's glaring eyes, my lawyer and I departed the courtroom.

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Charles William Spratt

The Teacher I Won't Forget

I guess I was like the little Honda Motorcycle the 60’s song sings about .   Ist year your alright 2 nd year your well I guess you get the message . 1 st grade I did great in school 2 nd grade I was doing real good 3 rd grade...
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Charles William Spratt

My First Girl

Second grade their was cute girl name Linda McDaniel . Blonde hair , blue eyes .Her father owned a second hand furniture store in the neighbor hood and she lived next door to it . I decided one day to walk out of my way ten blocks and walk her home...
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Charles William Spratt

How I Inhierted My Brother In Law

After my first wife had died her two sister’s ; brother ; and closest cousin and I all decided to stay in contact with each other no matter what . I would go to visit all of them regularly every time I was down . I always gave them my address...
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Charles William Spratt

How I Made My Step Daughter My Own

A few months after I married my current wife my step daughter and I were going some place to do an errand. She was seven at the time. She was three years old when her father had died with a heart attack. We were driving down the road and I told...
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Charles William Spratt

Ode To The Shed Out Back

When I got out of the Army I came home to live with my parents . I had a job shortly after I got home working during the week , but week ends were free to do with what I wanted to do . My Daddy decided he wanted to add...
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Charles William Spratt

My Genealogy

I had a very very special childhood . When I was growing up it never entered my mind that there was any other way than the way I was growing up . I had a Mommy , I had a Daddy , My Mommy stayed home , My Daddy worked ,...
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Charles William Spratt

The Day My Daddy Died

I think back over the years when I was a kid that my Daddy whipped me for getting into trouble with his big strong arms . Working in the oilfield pipeline business you really really strong and my Daddy showed it . But as he got older I started noticing how...
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Janice Ryan

Senior Prom

In December of my senior year at Bristol High a group of my girl friends all got together, secured dates and began preparation of what to wear!  I made my evening gown of red taffeta covered with two layers of white net.  It was strapless. I was so proud of tis accomplishment. My date...
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