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One of my earliest Cherry Tree memories is playing with the Wiley children next door.  Harold was my age and we played in the dirt with our trucks and cars.   His sister, Judy, was always crying.  “Tin can alley” was a sport some of us indulged in. It was a sad day as I watched […]

Alex Nagy Senior seemed loved by all and a pleasure to do business with. One time, however, my dad, C.B. McCormack, haggled with Mr. Nagy over how much fat there was on the meat and Mr. Nagy took Dad into the refrigerator and said: “Now you see this, I have to pay for all that

My Family Memories My Dad Joe was in business for himself. He hauled produce and eggs from Ohio and Kentucky. We never had a lack of food in our house because if my Dad couldn’t sell everything, he would give it away to those who were in need.  We lived in the red brick two-story

My mom, Elsie Szakal, was born October 25, 1918 at Rawl, WV and passed away on November 7, 1999 at Salem, Virginia.  She lived in Cherry Tree for a good part of her life.  Elsie Szakal drove Logan County School bus number 50 for 36 years beginning in 1952 and ending in 1989 when she

By Joe Piros, Junior Growing up in CT always felt safe for me & all the people I came in contact with were always kind to me. This started even before my family moved there because I had an Aunt and Uncle who live in upper CT across from the Bush Esso station & next

Documents and Pictures regarding Steve Tarkany’s  U. S. Army Service Submitted by his nephew, Joe Piros, Jr. November 7&8, 1943– The 94th Division moved to Camp Forrest near Tullahoma, TN for three short weeks.  This is where all the troops from 1941 to 1945 trained in preparation for the D-Day invasion.  This was known as the