Bill Fisher was born in 1937. Bill begins this interview by describing some of his earliest memories in Hudson, including his time at Greenport Elementary School, where he remembers harvesting milkweed silk for lifejackets for the World War II military.
After Bill’s home on Ten Broeck Row in Hudson burned down in elementary school, his family temporarily moved to Glenco Mills. Bill recalls his regular 20-mile round trip bike ride during these four years to attend the Hudson soap box derby; he describes his other homes in Hudson over the years.
Bill recounts his years at Hudson High School: he joined the National Guard at age 17 and completed training at the Armory (the Hudson Area Library building at the time of this interview), where St. Mary’s School dances and the Hudson Automobile Home Show were also held. He names some of his favorite establishments on Warren Street during this time: Johnny Ware’s, Generino Hot Dogs, and Don Frentino’s, where met his wife, Mary Jane Torchia, as a sophomore in high school. They got married in 1958 and were married for nearly 60 years. Bill recalls some memories raising his four children in Hudson.
