Family Reunion At Singers Glen

n the morning of July 6th Zylpha and Mr. Perdue came. That was the first time we had seen Dan. They were already married but wanted to keep it a secret for a few months. Ted Blossom and Elma arrived in the afternoon. Bland and Helen came at 11:00 am on the 7th and the rest of the gang arrived a half hour later: Rosalyn and son, Skip Sturdivant, Lois and Louie Braghieri.

Troy had joined the Rockingham Male Chorus and it was a seventeen mile drive each way, one night a week for practice. They gained quite a name and were singing somewhere two or three times each month. Sometimes they did not get back in Harrisburg until two or three o'clock in the morning. They had a series of concerts in Florida two or three different years while Troy sang with them. (I once went with Pop Troy to [Bridgewater] one of their weekly rehearsals. It was enjoyable to sit in with them and sing. I was in the Broadway High School Advanced Chorus group, and had been in choir during my Sabal elementary school [Fla} years and high school years. [Broadway High in Va. & Eau Gallie High in Fla.] RmB )

My dear friend, Grace Brill, died in Florida in October of 1972. She was so much fun to be around; so happy and really a wonderful woman with the most infectious laugh I have ever heard. It was so hearty that she remarked one day that her daughters were ashamed of her. I knew her daughters and I know she was exaggerating.

My school was out for the holidays on December 21st and we left immediately for Florida to spend the holidays with our sons. We returned December 30th. Out of Place. Should have been under 1956, not here! (I left this in here, because that is what is in the original book. However, I did place this paragraph in its proper spot as well.  RmB)

Troy's "Pastors' Life Record" shows that after retiring the last of May 1971 he preached in seven different churches with a total of 29 sermons by the end of the year. According to my Guest Book we had 27 guests from out of state; from 11 different locations.

In 1972 Troy conducted three revival series, preached 79 sermons, and spoke in many different churches, sometimes two or three times during the year in the same church. Guests from out of state numbered 66, but some came two or three different times during the year, so there were not that many different people. We had overnight guests on 25 different occasions. Almost always there were two or three traveling together.

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