The Strusacker house was the biggest house in town, the biggest house I ever saw as a kid. It sat on the curving corner past the Grainery. I wonder if the made their money in Grain? They had a big woods just past their backyard and a play house at the edge of it. That play house was a tiny version of a real house with real child-size furniture within. I never saw a child anywhere near the Strusackers except for us, which made it all the more mysterious. I always felt as if we were sneaking in even though the Ney cousins said it was okay. I couldn't imagine people wouldn't care that kids trespassed like that. I was such a city girl!
Besides the tiny furniture (even a real sofa!) and dishes there was also a bookcase with books and comic books. That little house was a wonder to me. When I went back years later as an adult, the "big" house on the corner wasn't big at all! I really wanted to sneak back there and see if the little house was still there... but I didn't.
~ Penni
Sneaking down to the playhouse behind Strusackers and finding a bottle of pop there. It wasn't soda. Someone had used it for something else...
~Jeff H
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We had fun playing in it.
-Candy
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