text: That was refreshing.  I graduated from Weatherwax High in 1952 and went to work in the brand new Safeway supermarket that opened the same year. A year later I joined the Army to become a pioneer in United States guided missile and rocket programs and helped put 12 American astronauts on the moon. Then 25 years building nuclear reactors for the US Navy. Another 10 years building air quality control equipment. Finally retirement in 2003. Since I left good old Aberdeen in 1953 I hardly looked back, except for a few loose instances that needed my attention.  This article by John Hughes has given me a nice quick history of Aberdeen as it passed by me for the last 60 plus years.  Thanks John.