Roxbury Central High School - Record Yearbook (Roxbury, NY)

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.W i,-,,-,,. Y ---.W-v...-.W Dear Nakagawa, fizzjkkfgg CjyQlZ9 c:Q9lIlE51- igfEgrig,Nig5gOrk I was very pleased to get your name and to hear that you wished to write to a pen pal in America. I hope that this will be long and entertaining correspon- dence for both of us. I guess I should start by telling you about the town in which I live. It's a small village in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in New York State. Roxbury is just little enough so that everyone knows everyone else. Peo- ple usually know a good deal of other people's business, too Csometimes even be- fore the people involvedl. The population is perhaps five hundred. There are- n't any major industries and there probably won't ever be any, as we like our town pretty much as it is and wouldn't want to see it changed. The majority of the people in Roxbury make their livings on dairy farms and most of the produce goes to New York City. Our county, Delaware County, is one of the leading milk-producing counties in all of New York State. In fact, right now it ig the leading one! The main amusements of the villagers are visiting each other, playing cards, clubs, reading, movies and television, skiing and skating in the winter, golf, swimming and tennis in the summer, and just relaxing and enjoying themselves the whole year round. Speaking of golf--incidentally, do you play?--you should see our golf course! It's long, hilly and beautiful! Some of the views seen from the higher spots are lovely, especially in the fall when the leaves start turning color, the air is so crystal clear and the sky so blue. Many's the golf ball I have sent winging its way through the woods because I was too busy admiring the scenery! To go into a little of Roxbury's history, it was founded in about 1730 by a Scotsman named John More and his wife, Betty. Some of their descendants are still living here. It is the birthplace of Jay Gould who made several million dollars in railroads, and also of John Burroughs who has written many, many vol- umes on the subject of Nature. Roxbury has four churches, the usual quota of clubs for its men, women and ' children, two hotels, a few stores and gas stations, and last but not least, the Central school. Our school is called a Central school because the children from the surrounding countryside are brought to it by buses. Children are taught there all the way from kindergarten through high school. Our clubs include ev- erything from Rotary International to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. Prac- tically everyone belongs to at least one of them. One thing that has always amazed me about Roxbury is the loveliness of the surrounding country. I know our mountains aren't the big and impressive kind with great craggy peaks. They're not spectacular at all, but they seem almost like friends. After all, if you climb all over a mountain and play on it when you are very young, by the time you are older it has come to mean a great deal to you. I have many places in which I played as a child for which I will always have a warm place in my memory, little nooks and crannies that were all my own. Roxbury in the four seasons of the year is almost four different towns. In the spring you get a feeling of the town awakening, people housecleaning, and children jubilantly shedding heavy winter coats. In the summer, life in Rox- bury is very peaceful and serene. You can dream the whole season away, listen- ing to the sound of doors slamming and people calling their children and dogs far down the street, and the hum of insects on the air. Autumn is different. The mountain sides are of burning scarlet or intense yellow, the smell of burning leaves is on the crisp fall air and Roxbury seems to be preparing itself for the long winter. In the winter, Roxbury is almost like something you might find on a Christ- mas card--windows casting their yellow light on the snow, rosy-cheeked children skating on glassy ponds, and soft snow drifting silently down. Well, enough of Roxbury. Write and tell me about your hometown. I'll be waiting to hear from you. Sincerely, Diana Collins 30