The deceased was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Hazleton. His wife, the former Florence Bronsavage (sic), died in 1962. He was born in Scranton a son of the late Adam and Jadwiga Tabor. died late Tuesday evening at the Hazleton State General Hospital following a lingering illness. No doubt a nickname for "corporal."Ĭlarence (Frank) Tabor of 837 Alter St. I know that when he snuck away and joined the Army he was known as "Corp" to his buddies. Although if Clarence hated it why would he give it to his son? Goodness only knows. As for my grandfather fibbing his middle name, well who knows? Paul isn't a bad name so why give a false one.Īs it turns out it was a nickname he used for the same reason that my dad lied about his middle name being Clarence. My dad hated his middle name, although it was his dad's name so I didn't get the whole dislike of it. Considering I was going for a security clearance it probably wouldn't have looked good to get my father's name wrong. My sister told me the truth a few days before I went to MEPS to join the Army. I believed for a good majority of my life that it was. My father told me his middle name was Christopher. Perhaps lying about middle names was a family tradition. I just remember finding the obituary exactly where it should have been in the local newspaper and saying to myself, "Frank? What? His middle name was Paul!" I don't remember the exact date or anything. I remember pulling this obituary years ago. Black belt & Saxophonist.įor more information on these heroes, please check out the NASA website. Ron McNair - Physicist - born Lake City, SC. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal) CPT, USNĭick Scobee - Commander - born Cle Elum, WA. Second American woman and second Jewish person in space. Judy Resnik - Mission Specialist - born Akron, OH. Greg Jarvis - Payload Specialist - born in Detroit, MI. Was selected from over 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space. Sharon Christa McAuliffe - Crew Member, "Teacher in Space Program" - from Concord, NH. Onizuka - Mission Specialist - from Kona, HI. Heroes making the way into the great unknown. I hope they will be remembered for what they are. McAuliffe's class to be there watching it happened. How absolutely heart-breaking to think of their families (and I somehow always do think of the families when tragedy happens), and how terrible it was for Mrs. There are three tragedies that occurred during my life that I feel certain I will remember for the rest of my life. It pretty much ended up being a free period for them. There were only about 5 of us that sat there with her and listened and cried while everyone else did who knows what. My gym teacher (I don't remember her name) sat in the gymnasium with the radio on listening to the news about the disaster. The period ended a few minutes later and it was time for gym class. Needless to say there was silence after that. Nause to come back in and tell us that she wasn't joking. Everyone figured that with her sense of humor she was trying to make a joke, and we knew that you always laughed at her jokes! She repeated it several times, but couldn't convince us. So a couple minutes later she came back into the classroom and told us that the Challenger exploded. In fact I enjoyed her class, if not her humor (and I have dimples!). telling kids with dimples that they were birth defects, etc. She was a bit harsh too.not all of her jokes were the most pleasant, i.e. Nause, knocked on the door and called our typing teacher, Ms. I was sitting in typing class when our science teacher, Mr. I was also in 8th grade when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. The guidance counselor would try to persuade me to not try for it because they hire so few a year, blah, blah, blah (yeah.wonderfully encouraging man.). When I was in Junior High School I wanted to be an astronaut. (This is a repost from 2011, but I know I'll never forget that day)
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