On this day, in 1946, little Billy Halter came into the world, to carry on the family line of those brave Alsatian farmers who came to America in 1832 and carved out a new life in Ohio. My 4x great grandfather, Ludwig, brought his wife and also his son, Joseph and his family to the Stark County area. Ludwig, his wife and some other relatives, moved on to Scott County, Missouri after about four years, but Joseph and his family stayed in Ohio. Two more generations of Josephs, a Florentz and a George, and bingo, there was me.
We celebrated my special day by going to see the new Indiana Jones movie and then to BW3's in Kent for dinner. While there, we met the cheerleaders for the Cleveland Gladiators arena football team along with Rudi, the lion mascot. Rudi sat at our table for a while and wrote out an order for 12 zebra wings on a napkin. The waitress took it, but the wings hadn't arrived by the time we left. We also got two free Gladiators tee shirts.
That's a lot of excitement for an old guy. Nap time.
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