and now 2 of them are dead. We lost Johnny Drevitch last year and Patrick Halligan this June
I lost all track of them after grade school and neither joined Boy Scouts with me. In fact only 3 of us 6 in the picture below of Den 1 which I was in went in to Boy Scouts . Don L. and Jim R. and me . John and Pat came into scouts a year after we made the plaque
I lost contact with many of them after attending St Basils Grade school never to hear from them again or knowing where they ended up.
You see Pittsburgh is the Buckle in whats known as the Rust Belt one of the many east coast city's that saw almost all of its steel mill and other manufacturing jobs disappear.
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| Plaque we made at a den meeting that's me 2nd from right |
I however decided to stay and fight and try to keep the city going and moved to the suburbs out of disgust with way city is run . I took the shit ass jobs and bad working conditions I did not want to leave the area and I was lucky enough to start my own business and travel the tri state for work I was willing to do what it takes to make it like some of those in my cub pack instead of running away like many others did. Brian was working as a Coal miner got laid off not heard from him since . Ken was working for MSA Dave now lives in Ohio works for a refractory division Jim is a building inspector owns his own agency and Don do not know what he is doing but he was in military for a while and jack runs his late fathers business.
But at age 54 to loose 2 of my cub scout friends it is hard to believe of course I almost joined them having been diagnosed with stage IV colon Cancer myself but thru the good lord and great doctors I am still here.
hard to believe almost 45+ years have passed us by.
