From: "Tim Finnegan" To: "Kate Finnegan" ; "Jil Finnegan" ; "Anne Finnegan" Subject: Memories of Dad Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 5:20 PM Hello All, Charles King, who we saw a Christmas has sent me a couple of e-mails, talking about the photos he sent and others he will send. He also mentioned a couple of memories he had from childhood which I am passing on. Tim Sy Shipley had the nickname Sy as short for cyclone because he talked so fast. He was a tough old guy. Only time I remember meeting him was on a hunting trip at Zaleski with the two Eds. Sy had a game leg but he could sure outwalk the rest of us. Hunting rabbits in that area meant walking around the hill. We kidded he did it so well because he kept is short leg up hill and the longer one down hill. Don’t recall it was a very productive hunt. My mother heard later he was working at a garage in West VA.(Wheeling ?) and a muffler blew up putting all kinds of metal into his body. Reportedly the doctors were at a loss to figure out how he surived, but he did. Once we visited Mae at her house in Zaleski ---- it was a really messy place. she was cooking some greasey looking meat and offered us some. I seem to recall we all declined. My mother told me that as a young woman she was a real beauty and did some theatre work in New York City. I was born Sept 8. 1919 in Columbus Ohio at 574 City Park Ave where we lived in a double with grandparents and aunts and uncles next door at 578. When I was about 11 my father bought the house at 556 and we moved there. I was the only child of Mary Gertrude and Charles Anthony King. my middle name is William. A memory I may have not mentioned before. Your Dad, Al Cannon and I as rabbit hunters had a feeling too many rabbits were killed by cats that roamed the farm areas at night. So we often toured the countryside at night in Al’s Plymouth with his fancy 22 revolver and took turns spotting cats. Once a cat appeared in the headlights one of us would focus on it with a 5 cell flashlight and the guy whose turn it was to shoot would try to turn the cats eye lights out. We got to be fairly good at it. Score was kept on the back of a sticker on the right windshield. We had tried a rifle for awhile but found the revolver easier to use. Al is still alive and lives in Charleston SC where as a former FAA controller he is still very active in teaching hunting safety. At Ohio State he was a Freshman Big Ten rifle champion. His wife passed away last year. I last saw him two years ago and we keep in touch. He has been a lifelong loyal friend who kept in touch with my parents all of the times I spent overseas. If I find any more photos rest assured I will pass them on. My health continues to improve and recent tests turned out favorable...sincerely Charles