Reminiscences

About the Book

This book has been written for the entertainment of the reader. It provides short stories, an essay and reminiscences of a full life of the author. Each story is based on fact, with some changes of presentation. There is no coherent connection between the stories except that each one was experienced by the writer.

Most of the narratives have been shared with members of the Patuxent Writers Group. I was asked why I did not write in the first person since the stories deal with personal experiences, however I prefer at times to use a pen name – “Ken Brown”.

All one needs in order to write a book is a good memory. Life experiences provide the material.

JRG

About the Author

Dr. Roy Guyther was born in Mechanicsville, Maryland, in 1920. He attended the local primary school and graduated from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy in 1937. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, took post graduate internship at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, and spent 2 years in the Army Medical Corps. He entered the private practice of general medicine in Mechanicsville on January 1, 1948. For the next 51 years he served the people of the Village of Mechanicsville and surrounding areas. During the last 20 years of that period he worked part time at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, in Baltimore. Dr. Guyther has been married for 67 years to Elizabeth Tyrie Guyther of Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, and lives in the Village of Mechanicsville. He has a daughter, son, four grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Dr. Guyther has a great interest in local history and has published seven books: Charlotte Hall School – 1774-1976 Charlotte Hall, The Village – 1797-1997 Mechanicsville, The Story of our Village Doris, A Trail of Tragedies Tales of St. Mary’s Memoirs of a Country Doctor Reminiscences