Not much happened in the world on January 11, 1953 other than the fact that I was born in Barberton.
Not much happened in the world on January 11, 1953 other than the fact that I was born in Barberton. This event was really only important to me and my parents. January 11, 1953 is still remembered at the hospital as Ugly Sunday, due to my birth. I was actually born in the Weather Seal, which is the old hospital. You know you are a true Barbertonian if you ask someone if they were born in the “new” hospital, the one that opened in 1954, or if they were born in the old hospital, still commonly known as the Weather Seal. The Weather Seal moved their offices into the old hospital after it was closed as a hospital. I have only two rules on my birthday. The first is that I will receive no bad news on my birthday. Secondly, I insist that my birthday be celebrated on my birthday. I don’t believe in celebrating a birthday when it is convenient for other people. If my birthday is on a Tuesday then it’s celebrated on a Tuesday, not on the Saturday before. I beli...