Pictured - Dick Altare with Ernest Lee Skaggs, Sr.
I took this off Face Book because that are some who are not on Face Book. - Barry Worrell

This photo was taken 14 days before the day I was born. Dick was the husband of Ruth Fields, and my mother married Howard Fields. Although I wasn't a Fields, I guess I'll always be connected to the Fields family. Dick use to pitch ball with me when the family would get together on the Fields' farm on Muddy Creek mountain.

The funniest story about Dick, being an avid baseball fan and playing baseball with the Alderson team, he and Ruth had issues about Dick playing so much baseball. It did end (temporally) with Dick throwing his glove over the hill behind the Fields' farm house. Later, an opportunity for Dick to play again led to convincing Ruth to let him play. It was funny to see Dick search through the growth, over the hill, looking for his glove.

As for Ernest Lee, he was a pretty good guitar player. Since I was beginning play guitar, I invited him to the house to play some with Rodney Eggleston and me during one of our playing sessions. Ernie had a nice Gibson jazz guitar and I was very impressed with his playing. It was my loss that we only got together that one time. - Barry Worrell