10/29/1999 - The Sanibel Captiva Islander - Obituary
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Flicks Tap |
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Cleveland Street |
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Cleveland Street light, turn
right at this light and you will be about 7 house from the Shepherd
home, follow this street down the block and you will dead end into the
Warren G. Harding School. |
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Harding Elementary School |
Far right side main entance |
Front of the school |
Far left side |
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Shep's Sanibel Florida Home |
Front left side, above this
garage is
where I spotted the computer, I believe this was Leigh's
office as Shep's was in the back. |
Right side of house |
Back right corner of the house,
screened lanai |
Shep's ham radio antenna |
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Downtown Hammond |
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Downtown Hammond, Hohman Avenue, picture
taken from where Goldblatts once stood. As you can see not much here
anymore. This was once a thriving business area that had hometown charm.
If you look closely in the third picture you can see the LaSalle Hotel.
This is one of the last remaining business' that still stands from the
40's downtown Hammond |
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Hohman Avenue |
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Hohman Avenue Street Sign. Hohman as we all
know was the so-called fictional town where his stories originated from. |
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Hammond High School |
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HHS "Wildcat" logo |
HHS football field: Where Shep marched during band practice, wailing
away on his sousaphone or was it really a kazoo? |
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Front of HHS, if you
look close you can spot the Calumet Ave street sign. Shep spoke
frequently of Calumet Ave. |
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Introduction to Radio |
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The 1st radio station
Shep ever worked at...our local NW Indiana institution, 1230AM WJOB.
picture of the transmitter which sits in the back. |
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2907 Cleveland Street |
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The Shepherd house on Cleveland St. 3 shots in all the 1st shot was
taken from a circular portion of Cleveland St. No doubt a few feet
from where I took this shot, Lud Kissel ignited his dago bomb.
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"Emde's
Folly" to the left behind the stop sign.) |
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Cleveland St sign... I wonder what it would take to get
one of these signs?
(A screwdriver would be useful!) |
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Shep's home in color
and maybe as we should see it...in B&W. The home is in need of much
repair. Sad thing is it looks like what the Bumpus house looked like
in My Summer Story. Scattered in the lawn are bikes, various kids
toys etc. You can see the steps need painting and the bushes need to
be trimmed. The back yard which is accessible via an alley is really
bad. A blue mini van (with it's door torn off and front end smashed
in) actually sits in the backyard with a small pop-up camper. As you
have to respect the people that live here part of me wants to knock
on the door and help them clean up the property. I have heard that
the owner of the home has lived here for some 23 years and knew
Randy Shepherd very well. |
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"The Bluebird" |
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The Hessville VFW on
Kennedy Avenue...why these 2 shots? Well this building was once
known as "The Bluebird!" |
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Another Kid On The Block |
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3 doors down and
across the street from Shep's house is the home my Father and his 3
brothers grew up in. The house has a ton of family history behind
it. My Grandmother raised all 4 boys by herself here for many years.
My oldest 2 uncles were 9 & 7 when Shep was still here and attending
Hammond High. Shep left Hammond in the early 40's but his kid
brother Randy along with Shep's Mom lived there for quite sometime.
My Mom & Dad married in 64 and actually moved back into this house!
My Grandmother rented out the apartment (upstairs) to them and I
recently found out I was conceived there! So as my Father can tell
me he grew up on Cleveland St and attended Warren G. Harding I can
at least tell my 1st born..."I was the kid you see...conceived on
Cleveland St!" |
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