Posted by Brian Gruber on June 19, 1999 at 00:16:22:
In Reply to: Re: THE CROSSING GUARD posted by Sherry Bouldin Bailey on November 12, 1998 at 18:06:38:
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: : OK...HOW COME NO ONE HAS MENTIONED RUTH RICHARDSON YET??
: : SHE WAS THE CROSSING GURAD FOR LINDEN BLVD AND MADE SURE ALL OF US GOING TO 213
: : GOT ACROSS THE BLVD IN ONE PIECE. i DON'T THINK ANYONE EVER GOT SMUSHED WHILE SHE WAS
: : THERE. SHE HAD THE BEST WHISTLE!
: Ruth Richardson was the greatest she had 2 children Toni and Norman who tried out for the Mets( remember that) Ruth died some time ago and Norman lives in Arizona last i heard I do not know what happened to Toni
Ruth was wonderful. It's amazing that after 30 years, I saw the words Crossing Guard, and immediately thought of Ruth. The hundreds of subtle moments in which that woman treated me and all of us with decency and kindness resonate to this day.