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“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” – Voltaire Here’s hoping
for a more eventful 2021
Say, we at the Crusader couldn’t help noticing what a boring and
humdrum year 2020 has turned out to be. Nothing much of note really
transpired as we entered the third decade of the new millennium, which is
curious considering this had been a fairly interesting century so far.
Until now, that is. Overall, an incredibly unremarkable year. Very
disappointing. Boring. We expected so much more. Here’s hoping 2021 isn’t
such a snooze fest. LETTERS
Thank you for the history
of my old shopping center. My family bought a house on 31st Avenue and
Wethersfield in 1961. WesTown was a very big part of my childhood and for
my 4 other siblings. We lived there until 1985, when my older brother
bought a home in the area. Many memories, wonderful and not so much. Many
nights us kids and others in the neighborhood would go up to the Amber Inn
to drag our parents out. AJ Bayless was a meeting place in front of the
butcher, getting meats cut and all the adults smoking. Oh the memories.
Everyone had a passbook savings at VNB. Such simpler times. Thanks again
for the history. Made me smile, made me sad, but made me glad I grew up in
a small community! I just came across the
Westown link and I literally have tears in my eyes. It brought back so
many wonderful memories. My parents owned G&E TV, which was next to the
Barber Shop. I spent my entire childhood in WesTown. I lived at 35th Ave
and Cactus and attended Sahuaro and Moon Valley. I was a patient at the
Medical Center, an account holder at Valley National Bank, an employee at
TG&Y, a frequent customer at the Liquor store (for soda and candy) and the
bookmobile. I could go on and on. Thanks for sharing these photos!
We welcome your letters at
jdacrusader@aol.com.
Chuck’s 2020 Holiday Gift Recipient Guide Hey, wasn’t that
year 2020 like the longest two or three years ever? We’re finally near the end
of this cursed year and I thought we’d never get here. Of course, that
means it’s time for Chuck’s first ever “Annual Holiday Gift Receiving
Guide.” Gift giving guides are a dime a dozen, and it’s too late for those
anyway, so as a public service Chuck seeks to inform you on the finer
points of proper gift acceptance. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________JDA Front Page A1 / Barbara Bueker Stewart A3 / Nostalgia on the Avenue A4 / Crossword A5 |
