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EARLY YEARS
 
"I was born on January 29, 1915, in Grandview, Indiana, a very small town on the banks of the Ohio River. All I remember of Grandview are the two pigs we raised in our backyard, one dull white, and the other rusty red. When I was three, my family moved to Indianapolis. This was during World War I.Our first home in Indianapolis was just a block from the railroad and I can remember the long lines of snow-covered army tanks rumbling by on flatcars during that first winter. Looking back on those early days in Indianapolis, I realize that it was a good place for a boy to spend his childhood. Until I was twelve we lived near the edge of the city, a half-hour hike from the open countryside, with its small creeks winding through rolling hills.On Saturdays and all during the summer my brothers and I along with the neighborhood boys explored this region."

BILL FLYING KITE

Young Bill flying kite.

 
   
AN INDIANAPOLIS HOUSE
 
Bill in front of one of the several houses he lived in during his youth in Indanapolis, Indiana.  1993
Bill and his dog Torch  ca. 1930
   
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