Andover Class of 88

The Spaghetti-O kid

I moved from Corning to Andover during Labor Day weekend, 1983. The move was exhausting and my life was turned upside down. Everything we owned was in boxes scattered around the house and I had school the next day.

I was starved and there was no food in the house yet. So I walked up to the Trading Post and bought a can of Spaghetti-O's. There were kids hanging around the trading post, but I knew no one. I just took my dinner and walked back home.

The first day of school, Lisa was the first one to speak to me. Did she say "Welcome to Andover, let me show you around!" Ha. This is Lisa, right? She said "How were those Spaghetti-O's" and then laughed. Apparently, she was one of the people at the Trading Post that night. After she said that I was sure I would be branded the Spaghetti-O kid! Luckily, it was soon forgotten... Until I wrote about it just now.

And yes. As I recall, those Spaghetti-O's were mighty fine!