Increasing The Radius

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Contents

Preface..................................................................................ixAdvice From Dad..........................................................................3Because You Were Not Sue.................................................................5Biscuits Versus Asphalt..................................................................7Chicken Feed.............................................................................9DOD......................................................................................11It's Pretty Like Calligraphy, But You Cannot Read It.....................................13My Opinion Of My Brother.................................................................15Stomping Graveyards......................................................................17The 1959 Ph.D............................................................................19Heroes...................................................................................23Dedication To Dad........................................................................27Dad's Poultry Science Obituary...........................................................31Mom......................................................................................33Grandparents.............................................................................39James H. Bywaters........................................................................45Richard A. Carmichael....................................................................47Brank Fulton.............................................................................51Ned Gingerich............................................................................57William Makali...........................................................................61Esther Lee Finley Threlkeld..............................................................69Being In Partnership With God............................................................75Booneism.................................................................................77Introducing My Family To The Congregation................................................79An Episcopalian In A "Non-Pomp And Circumstance" Church..................................83I Saw A Miracle Today....................................................................85Tithing..................................................................................87Death....................................................................................89Where Does Life Begin; Where Does Life End...............................................93The Beauty Of Philosophy.................................................................97First Impressions........................................................................99GETL: An Administrative Philosophy.......................................................103Hate.....................................................................................107How This Book Got Its Name...............................................................109Life Is Like Cutting Paper...............................................................111Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons—The Dyslexia Story...................................113The Bonnie Jane..........................................................................117April's Fawn.............................................................................121Birth Of A Cleanroom.....................................................................123Bling....................................................................................127Chores...................................................................................129Dad's Favorite Sayings And Responses.....................................................131Heights I................................................................................133Heights II...............................................................................135Heights III..............................................................................139Heights IV...............................................................................145"I Had Everything Under Control Until Those Darn Trumpets Blew.".........................147It Sounded Like A Good Idea At The Time..................................................151JD.......................................................................................153Leaders..................................................................................155My Favorites.............................................................................157Perforations In The Ceiling..............................................................159Please Have Someone Rewrite It In English................................................161Report Card For The Boone School Of Travel...............................................163Savoring The Spices Of Life..............................................................165Secrecy, Setbacks, And Stubbornness—The Making Of A Fraternity.....................181Shiny Shoes..............................................................................191Sports = Fear............................................................................193The Bomb.................................................................................195The Christmas Gift.......................................................................197The Gondola Ride.........................................................................199The Greatest Invention...................................................................201The Town Whose Name Had A Color In It....................................................203The Wedding Of The Century...............................................................205The Windsor Knot.........................................................................207The World's Largest......................................................................209Travelling With The Hubers...............................................................211Where Were You When......................................................................213The Life And Times Of Bill And Edna Boone................................................215

Chapter One

Advice From Dad

Dad used to say that everything needed to be signed and dated. While I never quite understood, I tried to follow his lead. I finally understood why he said this when I started to write 113 Calhoun Street: The Early Years of the Beta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho. Without dates and names of authors, the problem of verifying facts was greatly magnified and the compilation of such a book became almost impossible. I suspect Dad ran across this problem when he tried to write his two books, Descendants of Henry Harrison Boon, Including Partial Histories on Curtner and Burgess Families and Descendants of Henry L. Burgess.

1 February 2004

Because You Were Not Sue

My family is interested in genealogy. I knew that my brother's name, Donald Thomas (Mike) Boone, came from my two uncles—Donald Darbee Rogers and Harold Thomas Boone. The name "Mike" came from a friend of my mother's family, "Mike" Lynch. Knowing the source of my brother's name begged me to ask my mother, "How did I get the name 'Bill'?" My mother answered, "Because you were not 'Sue.'" End of story.

11 November 2002

Biscuits Versus Asphalt...