Calvin Deshong's 1960 ChryslerBJ Alums got this email from Beacon Journal Composing retiree Calvin Deshong:
"This is a picture of my 1960 Chrysler Saratoga. $4,200. That picture was taken near Pittsburgh on Sept. 8, 1962, the day I was married. We were leaving on our honeymoom. Ha, ha!
"That car would do 120 and perhaps more. The speedometer only went to 120. I only did it once on the PA Turnpike at 1 in the morning.
"Now the Akron Expresway is too fast and dangerous for me."
Cal's bride was Mary Louise, who died in February 2001. They had been married almost four decades.
He was born Calvin E. Dishong Nov. 24, 1918 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to Nan Galbreath Dishong and Daniel Calvin Dishong. When Cal's parents split up, Cal's mother changed the name to Deshong by substituting an "e" for the "i" when the family left for Ohio.
Cal worked at the BJ (1952-1983) before retiring 27 years ago!
If you want to mail Cal a congratulatory card or note for his 92nd birthday Nov. 24, his address is:
Calvin Deshong
3682 Vira Rd.
Stow, OH 44224
If you want to email Cal, his email address is:
cedeshong@webtv.net
Click on the headline for Cal's biography, which appeared in the BJ Alums blog for last year's birthday.
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