Remember the Union Bridge Fireman's Carnival? Well, we went back to check on things I had bid on in the silent auction (some Union Bridge newspapers and a book "125th Anniversary Union Bridge Fire Company; Carroll County, MD.") and Mrs. Keeney hurried over to us. Kris said we weren't even there 2 minutes before she spotted us, ha. She said she had a man there that knew my Great Great Grandfather!
We followed her to the dining area as he was eating lunch. I identified that I did not wish to disturb the poor guy as he was eating and she shooed my comments off easily. She introduced us as he was brushing crumbs off his face. I reiterated that I did not wish to disturb him while he was eating. He brushed my comment away as if it were a silly fly, and invited us to sit down with him. Mr. Wilson joined the Union Bridge Fire Company in 1945. In June of 1946 the entire company travelled to Frederick for the Maryland State Fireman's Convention parade. Mr. Gordon Fogle drove their 1938 Seagrave (500 GPM) Pumper there, and HH Bond sat in the front the way there and throughout the parade route. Mr. Wilson remembered HH Bond to be a soft-spoken man to whom everyone listened to. "When he spoke, everyone listened," he recalled, and added "but he would listen to you too. Even if he didn't agree, he would listen." It was an honor to be able to shake Mr. Wilson's hand and to think that his hand probably at least once shook my Great Great Grandfather's. It was amazing to hear his stories. I listened with interest at how his life in Union Bridge was and we both commented on 'today's younger generations' and how different they are. We have plans to meet up next week, at the local diner Buttersburg Inn, where I will bring my Great Grandmother's photo book to show him the old pictures of the town before he was born. I can't wait! But I need to try to get it in shape so it doesn't fall apart so easily (that's today's plan).
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