(1)Preface- Stories of my father

Edited by  Jonathan Dietz and Toby Rudginsky

Preface:

My parents, Jean and Ernest Dietz, loved to entertain dinner guests. 

Ernie and Jean Dietz, 1980

These would include Harry and Irene Schwachman, reporters from the Boston Globe, Bernie Gould( a professor at MIT), Sumner and  Flossie Gerstein, and numerous others. One of my father’s greatest pleasures, I always thought, was to regale his dinner guests with stories- stories about his parents, stories about growing up in Sharon, stories about college, and stories about his adventures in during the War (World War II).

 Here are a few of his stories, told in his voice in the first person.

 Imagine you are seated at the table at 93 Hancock Avenue, and you have just finished the chicken casserole main course and are waiting a few minutes before the chocolate trifle dessert . . .