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No party lines or operators; phones have changed
With the overwhelming popularity of cell phones in America today it is not hard to believe that 99% of high school graduates this year have ...
Harold Robinson, Author at Washington Daily News - Page 6 of 29
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Yearbook signing time is coming quickly
One of the most exciting days of my high school career was the day the Packromak arrived. The teachers did not like it but the ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, April 10, 2023 6:23 pm
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Retail was the heartbeat of downtown Washington
Donna Mills from Williamston commented to me recently that Washington has made a resurgence. I suppose with the recent Streetscape program and the new clock ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, April 3, 2023 5:45 pm
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My sister sure could whack a whiffle ball
Keith Roach mentioned to me the other day that my sister Rose Ann was the best whiffle ball player in the neighborhood. He was not ...
by Harold Robinson, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 3:20 pm
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March memories that include freezing on the field
Last week I was standing in the bitter cold umpiring three baseball and softball games and wondering why people call them “spring sports”. Other sports ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, March 20, 2023 4:51 pm
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Remembering the legendary Coach Holland
The word “legend” in Webster’s dictionary is a noun that means an extremely famous or notorious person especially in a particular field. I had the ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, March 6, 2023 5:05 pm
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A winter road trip to remember
In the winter of our sophomore year in high school, Dave Tayloe and I were invited by the late George Bullock and his wife, Donna, ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, February 27, 2023 4:44 pm
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I learned a lesson from a piece of tin
Like many of you from our generation, Rose Ann and I were raised by good and caring parents. Parents cared for you and gave their ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, February 20, 2023 12:47 pm
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A family breakfast that makes me smile
As I walk into Shep’s Grill on Friday mornings, I usually can see four family members sitting at a table by the door. Three children ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, February 6, 2023 4:08 pm
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Two snow days were better than one
As Rose Ann and I walked to John Small School in the morning we could see Horace shoveling coal into the furnaces at Washington High ...
by Harold Robinson, Monday, January 30, 2023 3:01 pm
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