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These Are The Heartwarming Stories And Personal Insights Of A Country Boy Whose Earliest Ambition Was To Shovel Ashes Because He Wanted To Improve Country Roads And Peoples Lives. From A Two-Room Schoolhouse In Poplar Grove Pennsylvania Through High School In Connellsville And On To College Shearer Completed Degrees At Three Seminaries And Masters And Doctoral Degrees At Columbia University.. Instead Of Serving As Missionaries In The Philippines Richard And His High-School-Sweetheart Now Wife Ruth Became The President And First Lady Of Alderson-Broaddus College In Philippi West Virginia.. Join Dr. Shearer As He Reminisces About Adventures As A Singer Church Pastor Cattle Baron Educator And Pilot Flying Across North America. He Tells Of Meeting And Establishing Friendships With Such Dignitaries As Senators Robert Byrd And Jennings Randolph Terry Bradshaw Marian Anderson And Baseball Pioneer Jackie Robinson. His Family Faith And Dedication To Christian Higher Education Were Alwaysand Still Remainthe Center Of His Life And The Source Of His Wisdom.