Last updated April 29, 2020
We could use a few short posts about Terri. If you have information I can use, but don’t want to post it yourself, use the contact form and I’ll post it.
School. Like those of us who came before her, Terri walked by herself to kindergarten at East Street School. To get there she had to go down the hil to Royal Street, at the bottom she turned left and walked directly to the school located at 1612 East Street. The total distance was about a half a mile. (The building no longer exists). Also like the rest of the siblings she went to St. Boniface Parochial School, right down the hill from 30 Bly Street. She also got to walk from Merwood Drive when she attended St. Benedict’s Academy, about a mile and a quarter.
Church. Like all of her siblings, Terri went to at St. Boniface but after the move to Merwood Drive she had to change. She remembers going to Nativity on Franklin Road. She could walk there. (Left on Connie Drive, then left onto Bascom Ave. up to Route 19. The church is on the corner but the address is Franklin Rd.) That church is now called Incarnation Catholic Church.
Open the Door. Terri had the basement bedroom in the Merwood St house. She recalls that when Jim, a teenager at the time, came home late he would tap on her window, which was just above ground, to let him in. Apparently Jim did not have a key.
Sister Teresa. Terri and Linda went to high school at St. Benedict’s Academy. Most of the staff and teachers were Benedictine nuns. I heard the story that once when Terri’s class was in line for something, one of the nuns appeared to be recruiting new postulates for the convent. Terri kept saying to herself “DON’T PICK ME”. Spoiler alert: they didn’t.