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Growing Up Out Proctor: Pap’s Deer Hunt By Gary Eller - | Mar 17, 2021 For many years, my dad Thad went on week-long deer hunting trips in the mountains of central West Virginia with his nephew Bob (my first cousin, the youngest son of Uncle Okey). Pap had a special relationship with Bob, who often stopped at our place with his wife and two girls to “set awhile” and gab on our porch. One year, Bob bought a two-ton flatbed truck so they could a build a camper to take on their annual dee...

Growing up in Proctor: The Night Skylab Fell on Roy Palmer’s Place By Gary Eller - | Mar 3, 2021 In May 1973, amid much public hoopla, NASA put the huge Skylab satellite into orbit. It remains the only U.S.-only space station ever put into orbit. Skylab suffered damage during launch which required later attempts at repair, accompanied by more hoopla. Unfortunately, models predicting a nine-year lifetime for Skylab were short by several years, and by early 1979 it was clear that Skylab would ...