Jim, my uncle James Ruddell, played high school soccer here, was a really good athlete, the best in the school, at soccer, according to his mother, Jessie Pauline............he was being cocky, the oldest, when he was swimming way away from their boat, which was a good distance from the shore, he was still in high school or just in college when he died, developed Schizophrenia b/c his brain lacked oxygen for two minutes, mouth to mouth resuscitation, my mother was next born, Sandra, then Gary, Susan and Diane, the last, Diane, is married to the diplomat, Stephen Maloney, Bucharest, Romania, Tel Aviv, Israel, Amman, Jordan, where he meet the American Queen Noor, also from the DC area, Queen Noor married to King of Jordan, his majesty, King Hussein, my cousins Brian and Kevin played basketball with Queen Noor's kids............

All 5 graduated from here...........my mother and Jim lived in a row house in SE...Wash DC, Pop got drafted during WW2, USMC, which affected my decision to join the Marines, as him and Nana raised us as little Marines...........

Address: 7000 Adelphi Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782

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Northwestern High School

Public school in Hyattsville, Maryland