Note: This article was first published November 2006. And each year prior to the annual Thanksgiving contest I run it again since it is timeless. Who wrote it? I don’t know anyone by the name of Lea Koros. It was sent via E-mail to me prior to the November 2006 game. Thank you Lea for the great article. If you are at the game this Thanksgiving please come forward and introduce yourself. Does anyone have a prediction on who will win this year? ~Bill Cleary
By LEA KOROS
Special to ClearysNotebook
With the Lions / Rams game less then a week away the talk has begun. The \”ELECTION\” is over and the residents and alumni have started the annual rite only a local GHS or GCHS graduate can appreciate. This talk is for the locals not the wannabes, the talk is not held on the bus ride from Deptford or Washington Twp, but held at the Memorial A.A. church. I’ve heard the sermons at the bright orange church about mixed marriages. Lately the sermon preached why can’t we forgive and accept these marriages. How can a Lion marry a Ram? How can they send their children to that place on Cumberland St?
Artist drawing by Todd Whitten
Yes, it has begun. Wednesday night the hardworking, church going, people of Gloucester will head to a local establishment and dissect the upcoming Turkey Day game. They will argue that no game on Turkey Day was better then the 1971 Delsea game. Or the Froggy Rebstock catch a few years later against Delsea. Anyway they look at it some old-timer will say it was the \”Shot heard round the world\”, forgetting they are talking about football and not the 1971 boys basketball.
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