Catherine "Cappy" Tastapaugh, mother of Gatehouse resident Troy, grew up in the 2 BR house that Charles and Emma Rudd rented to her parents in 1938 for $30 a month. On the front porch are initials marked in cement in 1954: ICP (Irwin Charles Patchen-her dad), HDP (Helen Deneen Patchen-her mom) and CAP (Catherine Agnes Patchen-herself). She recalls that her mother used to play Scrabble with the Rudd's live-in cook Beatrice every Sunday night. By the time Helen passed away a widow in 1994, the Rudds had raised rent to just $66.
Cappy left the house when she married, but her family reclaimed it when son Troy moved in with his bride in 1997. She has fond memories of the house, such as Christmas mornings pictured below. And fraught ones, too, like the time the giant tree fell across its front door.
In photo above, Cappy and Troy oblige me with stories while sitting at contractor's command station set up in Holleywood's living room.
Cappy left the house when she married, but her family reclaimed it when son Troy moved in with his bride in 1997. She has fond memories of the house, such as Christmas mornings pictured below. And fraught ones, too, like the time the giant tree fell across its front door.
In photo above, Cappy and Troy oblige me with stories while sitting at contractor's command station set up in Holleywood's living room.
Cappy's parents exchange Christmas gifts by the front window that her dad later replaced with a big picture window.
Teenaged Cappy in her Easter finery poses on the driveway by Millerton Rd.
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