This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bigredlancer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.summit/5075.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Jan, Thanks for your reply, but I don't remember the Rag Man. I called my sis, we were reminscing about the ice man coming on McKinley Avenue in Akron, his ice tongs and blocks of ice. We would get ice chips... And the bread man would give us free blotters which we would use at school. Funny, ask kids nowadays what a blotter is used for! Your story has gottem me to thinking that maybe every area has their own bogeyman to keep the kids in line... I was born in Akron in 1938. Interesting JJ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.