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Subject: 'Tis but a small small world

Author:
Karl Foerster
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Date Posted: 21:39:28 04/29/04 Thu

I went to the post office today in Huachuca City to mail a package to classmate Eloise Price. While weighing the package, the clerk noticed Eloise's name on the mailing label and announced "Hey, I know her!"

To which I replied, "Oh, Really?"

And she said, "Yes, I used to live in Globe."

"Oh yeah?" I answered in a surpised tone, and then pointed to the package. "I'm from Globe and went to school with her."

The clerk did a double-take and looked at the return address on the package. Then she looked up at me and asked "Are you the guy with the web site?"

Of course, I said, yep. Turns out the clerk was none other than Kelly Blanco.

'Tis a small small world indeed.

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Lamar Gene
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Date Posted: 05:56:12 05/04/04 Tue

It is a small world Karl, unless you have to paint It!

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Karl
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Date Posted: 22:36:26 05/04/04 Tue

You're right Lamar -- especially if you get a small paint brush!!

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Author: Tressia [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:41:55 05/04/04 Tue Was this person any relation to Bob Blanco or Mr. Blanco who was the principal for a long time at Central School? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: 'Tis but a small small world

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Karl
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Date Posted: 22:34:33 05/04/04 Tue

Probably. I know there were a couple of Blanco families in Globe. Frank and Angie Blanco (great people) owned Nob Hill Grocery (where they sold the best ever, world class Championship Longhorn Cheddar Cheese). Then there was the Mr. Blanco of Central School fame. I believe the families are related, but am not sure. The names of the children I know of are Bob and Mary Ann and Frank and Kelly.

However, since I am not genetically gifted with the ability to keep my own family's genealogy in proper perspective, much less the geneaology of other families I am reluctant to speculate any more than that. When attending reunion committee members, I was utterly shamed by the genealogy talents of the other commmittee members. They could remember who dated who in high school (including many years after graduation), who was related to whom, who they married (and divorced and remarried in some cases), and how many children they had. I feel good when I can remember the names of my three daughters.

It's got to be a DNA strand rendered inert within my brain cells.

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[> Subject: Re: 'Tis but a small small world

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Susan
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Date Posted: 21:40:13 05/05/04 Wed

I've lived 1000 miles away from Globe for over 26 years. In 1984, I was in a cooking contest at the mall in my adopted city, and the newspaper reporter covering the event was non other than my former best-friend when I was in the sixth grade, Judy Harrington. It had been well over fifteen years since I had last seen her, but I still recognized her. Then about three or four years ago, while I was running a small bakery here in this same town, a lady came in to buy a cake. I looked at her and said, "I know you, but from a long time ago." She replied, "I'm not from here, I'm from Arizona." Chills. It was Susan Martinez, the older sister of another good friend of mine when I was a senior at MHS, and I hadn't seen her since 1971, over 30 years ago. To see TWO people that I knew, one from Globe and one from Miami was such a kick. What are the chances of chance meeting two people from G/M 1000 miles away in a town of 125,000 in northern Colorado. It is a small world, paint or no paint.

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Robert J. (Bob) Cubitto
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Date Posted: 23:53:05 05/24/04 Mon

Susan, it is a VERY small world. About 20 years ago, I was walking into my office building in midtown Manhattan and heard some woman call out "Robert!" Since no has called me "Robert" since high school, I didn't turn around. Then the voice called out more loudly, "ROBERT!" I turned around, to see a blonde waving from a taxi. I obviously looked puzzled. "Robert, it's Rana." And it was, Rana Hunter. Long story short, eventually Rana became our real estate broker (she was with Trump Residential), both selling our old apartment and helping us buy our current apartment. Gotta stay with your friends from Globe, even 2400 miles away!

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