Owen "The Killer" Dresser

I vividly remember the weekslong stays at Horton Road with Gramma and Pap-Pap that were the highlight of my summers as a young boy. Gramma was working during the day, so my days were spent hanging out with Pap-Pap. We would walk around the horn(loop) in their neighborhood daily, make a Pap-Pap breakfast specialty, Perfect Eggs, then begin that day’s adventure.

Many days we would head to Olde Masters Golf Club to go golfing. I was using clubs made of actual wood that must have been from the prehistoric days of golf. It didn’t matter as Pap-Pap was helping me develop a lifelong love for the game of golf. The saying “Swing Easy, Hit Hard” came from my eagerness to try to crush the ball in those early days, and to this day it is still a reminder Pap-Pap gives me every time we talk. Back then it may have been golf advice, but it has become life advice over the years.

Once our day’s adventures were done, we would head back to Horton Road to a home cooked meal from Gramma. Pap-Pap would always do the dishes and I would “help” as best I could, then we would eat ice cream and watch TV. When it was bedtime, I got a new story daily from Pap-Pap. He told stories of his early days walking to school, his time in the army, his time at Penn State, and more. I only remember bits and pieces of the actual stories now, but I couldn’t get enough of them back then.

Then we would do it all over the next day. Those trips will stick with me forever, as will Pap-Pap.

Happy 100^th year, to 100 more!