Phyllis,

I was born in Lima, but never lived there.  My mom is from Celina & they have nasty water.  My dad’s folk’s lived in Wapakoneta (home of Neil Armstrong) & their water is SOOOOgood.  Since my dad died young & mom’s relatives had more kids - we would spend much of the day in Celina.  Stop in Wapak & all I would want to do for the first half hour was drink & drink.  Dad’s family also had aluminum glasses that my uncles would drink milk & milkshakes out of (and in the 60’s and early 70’s Wapak still had milk men) - I couldn’t believe that a guy would come to their house & leave the bestmilk in the world in their fridge every week day.  Of course with 3-4 teenage boys they went through alot of milk.

Jonathan Winters grandparents owned a bank - Winters Bank (that before the mergers started) was a big bank in Dayton.  They had an estate south of town.  One wing of the estate burnt before my time.  As a kid, I always wondered why someone would build a lop-sided mansion.  In high school, I found out that friends of mine lived on what was once part of the Winters property.  They found a clubhouse of some kind with Jonathan’s name on it.  Even in high school - I thought that he was hugely funny.   I have always thought that Billy Crystal & especially Robin Williams owe a lot to J.W.

Another funny guy that was from Dayton is Gordon Jump - from WKRP in Cincinnati & those silly washer commercials.  Actually, George Carlin spent a lot of time here also.  His wife was from here - maybe wife number 1.

Oh my,  I am boring you all with Ohio triva.   I went to Wisconsin once to visit a friend.  I picked up the train in Lima & rode it to Milkwakee.  She lived in Ripon (were Harrison Ford went college) & we spent a couple of days in Madison.  I have always wanted to go back.