Archive for June 2014
A Scary Walk Home
It’s May of 1959, and Pat Fournier is attending a night-time screening of “The War of the Worlds” at Saint Raphael’s church hall. In the seventeenth installment of his memoir, Memories of a Boy Growing Up in Blackville, twelve year old Pat faces a frightening walk home after watching the scariest movie he’d ever seen.…
Read MoreThe Outhouse
It’s the Spring of 1959 and Pat Fournier’s older brother Johnny has an unfortunate run-in with the family outhouse in the sixteenth installment of Pat’s memoir, Memories of a Boy Growing Up in Blackville. THE OUTHOUSE Written by Pat Fournier November 11, 1958 – eleven years old Our little sister Leslie is born. Now there…
Read MoreBlackville School Hosts 2014 Senior Prom
Blackville High School hosted the 2014 senior Prom on Saturday, June 14, 2014 in the school gymnasium. Graduates and their dates arrived to prom in style: trucks, old cars and even on motorcycle. The parade of graduates was well attended, with people lining the school parking lot for a glimpse of their friends and family.…
Read MoreSummer’s Gong
It’s the summer of 1958 and the residents of the village of Blackville and outlying communities have gathered for the social event of the year: St. Raphael’s annual church picnic. In this fifteenth installment of his memoir, Memories of a Boy Growing Up in Blackville, Pat Fournier reflects on the day’s events and recalls some…
Read MoreA Special Birthday Present
It’s the Spring of 1958 and eleven year old Pat Fournier received the only gift he really wanted for his birthday, a Sunday Missal. In this fourteenth installment of his memoir, Memories of a Boy Growing Up in Blackville, Pat reflects on St. Raphael’s church and Father Nowlan’s uncomfortable reading of the Sunday collections. A…
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