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Package from Will Harrigan |
I received a package from the mail man and he wondered what it was. I was confused as I said I didn't know anyone from New Jersey. What is in the package.
I found out it had to do with me being on the cover of Life Magazine when I was six years old in 1946, in a one room school near the town in northern Illinois, Pecatonica.
Here I am on the cover and also on my 80th birthday trip in 2020 in Dubai, Oman, India and Sri Lanka!
1946 - Cover of Life Magazine |
2020 - 80th Birthday in Dubai |
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Overview of William Harrigan |
William Hannigan - Information as follows:
- 4 Poe Court, Ledgewood, New Jersey, 07852
- Age 30, Born August 1993
- Phone: (973) 967-0856)
- Highschool History Teacher
- Highschool Basketball Coach
- Autographed Magazine Collector
Will and a Signed Life Magazine
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Letter in the Package from Will Harrigan |
I read the letter and found out Will is a history teacher in New Jersey and collects people of interest on the cover of magazines. Jane Goodall and other notibles, he said he loves history and would like me to sign the cover and return the Life Magazine to him.
Will Harrigan's Letter to Charles Buntjer |
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Opening the Package from Will Harrigan |
What is in the Package |
What a Surprise |
Why a Copy of Life Magazine |
Why a Letter |
And Money |
Signature of Course |
Of course the $20 bill was included to pay for the return postage for the signed cover of Life Magazine.
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Charles Buntjer's Letter in the Package to Will Harrigan |
I wrote a letter to Will about signing the cover of the Life Magazine.
Charles Buntjer's Letter to Will Harrigan |
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Autographing the Cover - Returning the Magazine |
Cover Autographed |
Packaged - Ready to Mail |
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Guiness Book of Records Perhaps |
My neighbor Trish came over to help take photos of me opening the package from Will around nine p.m. Saturday evening. Later, around 11 p.m. she phoned me and said maybe it was a record, signing a Life Magazine after 78 years! I agreed.
I called Will Sunday evening and he agreed, he might contact Guiness and see if it was actually a record. We also talked about my first pen pal, Frans Slot Tot Everlo, who saw my photo on Life Magazine in Amsterdam and wrote to me in 1946. We have been pen pals for 78 years.
They both might be records but having a pen pal for almost 80 years is a long time and must be one special record. Time will tell!
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Overview of the Wagner One Room School near Ridott Illinois |
This link will detail my life at the one room school. Also, a take on what it was like to attend the one room school by my sister, Yvonne, and a few other students. Note: The link will open in a new window.
1946 - Charles Walter Buntjer - Life Life in a One Room School - 1954
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Updated on: 2024.07.30 |