Dedicated to the memory of my beloved Pop - Everett Reid
The best chum anyone could ever have...


A Foster Father's Happy Birthday

This article was found thanks to the expert investigative efforts of my brother Sean. It was published in Parents Magazine in March 1961 (Vol 36, p. 46-47).


Here is a collection of articles from Pop's column Along my road featured in a number of northern newspapers (The Record-Argus of Greenville, Pennsylvania, in particular) during the late 1980's and early 1990's. At least one of these articles was also published 20 years earlier in a Florida newspaper. Pop was a longtime resident of McIntosh, Florida, before moving to Pennsylvania and then to Michigan to be near his daughter. These first articles are composed from clippings Pop sent me.

Travels through life should be savored

Oh my, how the times have changed

The joys of reading, writing and arithmatic

Good Samaritanism can be costly *

Love through the eyes of a young boy

The world today needs more 'real' men

What ever happened to head cheese?

Jesus also became a little boy

Company for dinner has lost its flavor as home tradition

Crying can produce results long after leaving cradle

Life's paces have little bearing on ultimate common destination

Boom newsmen died with tramps hot lead and fifty-cent whiskey

Let's make this a tin hat and missile war *

Kissing isn't what it used to be

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I was very happy to recently receive a number of additional articles from the Along my road series from Pop's daughter Lorraine. They will be added here soon.

Horses one day will replace the car

Jackknife leads to story about gypsy visit

Age: You're only as old as you feel

Lonely memories on Christmas Eve

Lawns more useful as pastures

Praises sung for maligned but hardy, helpful dandelion

We're not sleeping, just reminiscing

Family doctors prescribed doses of bedside manner

Leo suffered for mother's sin

Mother did without, but provided with grace

St. Peter has little use for our politicians at Judgement Day


A fond farewell from the road


If you knew Pop or have any of his writings not included here, I would love to hear from you.


Kevin Jardaneh, Graduate Research Assistant
University of Central Florida
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 161356
Orlando, FL 32816-1356
E-mail: crditguy@usa.com