door. It was the age when everyone knew his neighbors.

It was the age when it was very rare for a child not to enjoy the love and security of having both parents in the home. It was before the time when mothers had to get out of the home to earn a second salary to support the family. It was the age when children grew up with an active imagination that permitted them to invent games to entertain themselves for hours. It was the age when, if we got into trouble at school, then greater trouble awaited us at home.

It was in so many ways the “best of times.”

Sturgeon is a small rural community on Route 17 about fifteen