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 Happy 4th to you all. I am 30 miles south of Philadelphia where it all started. They make a big deal of it every year. Here in Newark we have a day long party and great fireworks at dusk at the University of Delaware football stadium( Go Blue Hens!) We can't have personal fire works here, but somebody will manage to blow off a few fingers anyway. I was in Howard over the 4th in 1954 and my Uncle Teddy brought bags full of all kinds of fireworks out to Billy Denton's ranch where we were staying. My mother was furious because she just knew my sister Carol and I would be injured. So... we watched while the the "grownups" played with the fireworks!  HA!!  Ah, yes, the good old days!  What are you all doing to celebrate? Well, I need to go out to the back 40 and check my tomatos.(Here that means forty feet, not forty acres!) Any news on Lloyd?  Diane Amberg     

 Hey, Kevin, I figured out who you are! Hello there! and thank you for alerting my family to the Zimmerman fire. My niece let me know and here I am. I see they do plan to rebuild. Hope Lloyd will be alright...it sounds serious .
     Diane

Hi to all, I was asked to tell about myself, so here goes. Yes, I am Lyle Amberg's oldest daughter... been married to Alan Silverman for 37 years. We recently retired. Al from the New Castle County Delaware Land Use Planning Dept. And I from teaching for 41 years....elementary school and fire service subjects...fire exting. use, fire safety and EMT classes etc. We rode the Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. ambulance (Newark Delaware) for a very long time. I'm not very good on the computer and I'm a poor typist, so bear with me. Daddy was from Howard and Mom was from Horton. They went to KU. I would have been from Kansas too but WWII got in the way. Daddy came to Del. to work for Hercules and they stayed. I remember visiting in the 50's when Howard was bigger and busier. My grandparents and Uncle Teddy are there at the cemetery and also Bill Denton, extended family. We have been back from time to time over the years. I remember Toots very well....and the staff from Twilight Manor that were all so good to my grandmother. Any questions? Diane