Tonight when I was at the library, a patron asked to see a bunch of old high school yearbooks, which we keep under lock and key in the periodical room. I got the yearbooks he was looking for, and after I brought them out into the reference area, I decided to find the yearbooks from my grandparents' (on my mother's side) senior years.
Here's my grandmother's picture:
How cute was she??
And beneath her photo was this:
That's right, my grandmother's nickname in high school was "Mischievous Kitty." Granted, the "Kitty" part is short for Catherine, which was her (and my!) middle name. But I find it most amusing, nonetheless.
And while I'm at it, here's my Pop-pop's yearbook photo:
Now it doesn't say it here, but I kid you not, his nickname was "Whitey." It's hard to tell from this picture (between being photocopied and scanned it got a lot darker), but people called him this because, despite being Sicilian, he had blond hair and fair skin.
That's all I have time for right now because I didn't eat much dinner and my stomach is grumbling at me quite angrily... but I think I may be taking advantage of the library's subscription to the genealogy database and learning more about my family, so expect more interesting stuff in the future. Maybe I can find some information about my dad's side of the family, including my [I forget how many "great"s go here ] Aunt Edna, who did a dancing horse act for Buffalo Bill's wild west show!
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