Tag Archives: Theme: Saturday in the Attic

These are the patches I earned while bowling.  I was on a league while in elementary school and through high school.  Bowling was a lot of fun.  I wasn’t super by any means, just average.  I met some wonderful bowling buddies, especially during my high school years, many of whom I am still close friends with today.  I still have all my trophies…maybe one Saturday I’ll pull them out and post a picture.

My dad was really big into CB radios.  This was my birth announcement.  Pretty neat!

As promised, I pulled out my Girl Scouts vest.  I also have several loose badges, which never quite made it to the vest.  Some day I will find the time to sew them on to complete the vest.

This is my Girl Scouts membership card for 1986.  I was in Girl Scouts from first through fifth grade.  One of these days I’ll pull out my vest and take a picture and post it. I know some of my friends read this blog, so if there are any out there that were in Girl Scouts with me, leave a comment of your favorite memory.  I have some fantastic memories of White Pines 😉

My grandfather, Harold Leslie MILLER, would be celebrating his 91st birthday come August 4th.  To honor his memory, here is a birthday card my mom sent to him when she was a child.

My dad was big into slot car racing.  This article (likely published in the Elmhurst Press) was written after his win in the Ford Chicago Model Racing Car Championship held in Elmhurst in 1966.  I wonder if I still have that trophy he’s holding….

This is my mom’s senior year prom ticket from 1969.  Impressive considering I don’t even have my own!  But it kinda looked like this; same school even 🙂

John Ward McMAHON, my great-grandfather, was apparently a temporary member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves in 1945 and possibly participated in World War II.  Below is a Certificate of Enrollment as a Temporary Member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, dated 27 July 1945.