Today at Planet Fitness I ran into Dwayne Boyd. Dwayne was a former student I had in the sixth grade at Johnny Appleseed. Dwayne was and is severely handicapped because he doesn't have use of his legs and therefore he uses crutches to get around. Dwayne was and is one of my favorite students. I never met a tougher student in my life. One day I saw Dwayne at the classroom door trying to get in. I rushed to the door and opened it for Dwayne. I didn't realize that Dwayne was holding the door handle and balancing by holding the door handle. As I opened the door Dwayne just hit the floor in front of me as a dead weight. After he crashed he looked up at me and said, " Mr. Hay, please don't ever open the door for me.
Each year I took my science classes to Rusks quarry in Townsend. We prepared for the day ( two different classes for two days) by studying minerals samples as well as discussing all the safety issues while in the quarry. The quarry is made up of granite and the students were going to try to break up the granite and identify the different minerals in granite. The trail into the woods was about 1/2 mile and then you had to climb a fairly high hill to reach our destination. I knew Dwayne could not make the final climb without a great deal of help. I asked my cousin if I could borrow his jeep for the day. As the other students walked with an aide and started their climb, Dwayne and myself were driving over a rocky road to the summit. We made it to the top and the class had a great day. Dwayne reminded me today that there was song on the radio that when he hears it he remembers his trip to the quarry.
Duncan Rusks quarry on Barker Hill was the largest and most successful of West Townsend's several quarries. It supplied the pink granite for the Worcester Post Office, the Rockefellow Church and the Hammond Castle in Gloucester. At its height of operation it employed roughly 200 men and 100 of them being stone cutters.
Today Dwayne works for Tmax and he is divorced but he has two daughters.
Each year I took my science classes to Rusks quarry in Townsend. We prepared for the day ( two different classes for two days) by studying minerals samples as well as discussing all the safety issues while in the quarry. The quarry is made up of granite and the students were going to try to break up the granite and identify the different minerals in granite. The trail into the woods was about 1/2 mile and then you had to climb a fairly high hill to reach our destination. I knew Dwayne could not make the final climb without a great deal of help. I asked my cousin if I could borrow his jeep for the day. As the other students walked with an aide and started their climb, Dwayne and myself were driving over a rocky road to the summit. We made it to the top and the class had a great day. Dwayne reminded me today that there was song on the radio that when he hears it he remembers his trip to the quarry.
Duncan Rusks quarry on Barker Hill was the largest and most successful of West Townsend's several quarries. It supplied the pink granite for the Worcester Post Office, the Rockefellow Church and the Hammond Castle in Gloucester. At its height of operation it employed roughly 200 men and 100 of them being stone cutters.
Today Dwayne works for Tmax and he is divorced but he has two daughters.
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