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My six eBooks

I'm an 85-year-young graduate of Dondero (Class of '54) now residing with my wife of over 60 years in South Carolina. I would like to introduce everyone to my novel with settings in Royal Oak and beyond that may well be of interest to alumni members, their children and grandchildren.
Beginning as a fresh, unique Coming-Of-Age/Love story of two unforgettable teens, Paddy O'Shaughnessy and Rhonda Duczinski, PADDY O' & CURLY SLIM grows through the first book and its five sequels into an exciting, captivating multi-families saga. The life-affirming tale with a cast of diverse, colorful and memorable characters throbs with: tragedy and joy, revelations and challenges, drama and humor, bruising moments and tenderness, tough love and affection, endearing relationships, fascinating domestic and foreign (starting in Book III) scenes. And, more … much more ...
Circa 1950's and 1960's, the entertaining, provocative and timeless story lines and themes of PADDY O' & CURLY SLIM are most fitting for today's Teens (age 16 and up) and Adults right through Seniors desiring quality moments in nostalgia.
All six eBooks are currently available through the following distributors of fine books: Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, BorrowBox … and in libraries via OverDrive, Bibliotheca …
Enjoy a good read with scenes you're bound to remember!

Richie Patton
148 Carmen Way
Lancaster, SC 29720

DICK MILLER, 1959

Janet Braeuninger (Salutatorian, 1959) and I are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary on June 27, 2014. Two kids, five grand kids, all within minutes of our home in Canton Twp. Life is good.

GEORGE A DONDERO

GEORGE A. DONDERO GRADUATED FROM ROYAL OAK SCHOOLS AND WENT ON, BRIEFLY, TO BECOME A TEACHER. HE THEN ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL AND AFTER GRADUATION BEGAN PRACTICING LAW IN ROYAL OAK. AFTER SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, DONDERO SERVED ON THE CHARTER COMMISSION, AND WAS THEN ELECTED AS FIRST MAYOR OF THE NEW CITY OF ROYAL OAK. HE LATER RAN FOR CONGRESS WHERE HE SERVED FOR A NUMBER OF TERMS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IT WAS PARTLY THROUGH HIS WORK THAT THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. OUR HIGH SCHOOL IS NAMED FOR HIM.