Altoona Area High School (Altoona, PA)
James Eichenlaub
| Residing In: | Ormond Beach, FL USA |
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https://www.oakleaves.me |
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| Occupation: | Attempts at Daily Improvement |
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| Children: | Joseph, born Dec 1967 (Senior Systems Tech, Gray Communications, GA) Jeffrey, born Oct 1971 (Vice More… |
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| Military Service: | U.S. Navy - Petty officer 2nd Class, Avionics  |
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Posted on: Jun 03, 2021 at 11:23 AM
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Posted on: Apr 17, 2021 at 8:29 PM
Jim, Glad to see you've made it through the pandemic so far . . . just got my 2nd shot a couple of days ago. Have a comment on your Profile . . . I know that us enlisted guys felt like we worked in a "petty office", but I think you meant "Officer" in your Profile description. Have a good one my friend and you and your family stay safe. George Reed
Posted on: Apr 16, 2021 at 10:10 AM
It has been some time since I posted (or even viewed) the alumni site. After looking it over, I realized that I forgot to change the URL for my website, which I rectified today. If you decide to look, click on the BLOG button on the landing page for writings, stories, etc. My best wishes to all, and I hope all are fairing well these days. Life changes, and we change along with it. Older, hopefully, wiser, and more aware! Be safe, all!
Posted on: Jul 08, 2019 at 10:50 AM
Having lived through Don McLean's, American Pie, we are a generation the likes of which will never be seen again, as they say. Our school years were, without doubt, our 'formative' years, and for myself...as one who does NOT recall those year with fondness, I say to all those who belittled, punched, slapped, ignored, laughed at, and ridiculed me: I thank you!
To those few whom I do fondly remember (Randy, Ralph, and Will) I say thank you as well, you made those last few year tolerable enough, and there were so many others I knew only in passing; those to whom I was just another kid in school and who generally ignored me; I thank you for not being unkind.
A special thanks to Ted P., who tried to bring me up in stature and style but was unable to rescue me from my darkness. To Fred C., who was a giant among students and who often kept the bullies off of me, and to Amy D. (with whom I had a torrid love affair, but she never knew about it because we never spoke to one another), and to whom I looked forward to passing in the hall and would walk as near to her as I possibly could, and scurried away when she looked in my direction.
We can attribute our successes and failures, to some degree, on those years we spent together. To some, the happiest years of their lives, to others, just a passing mirage of friendships where hearts and minds connected with one another to form this succession of timeless acquaintances. To some few of us, however; it was a time when we were convinced that we lived outside the norm and standard; the small, the inept, the presumed indolent whose lives sprung from poverty and lacked erudition.
Finally, to Mr. Butler who, during orientation, convinced me that high school was not for me when he said, “Eichenlaub…another dropout like the rest of your lazy family,” setting the tone with which I would attend to the next few years of my ‘learning’. But, as it turns out, those words echoed in my mind through all these years and actually became a proponent of my success. Thank you Mr. Butler.
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