Versey sits in the midst of some of his summer friends.
Standing on the left is Charlie “Doc” Carmichael, with Vin Moore standing on the right. Seated to Versey’s left are Fritz Vogt, Waldo Abbot, Ted Wohnegemuth, and Stan Moore. The others are unknown. – Courtesy of Omena Historical Society
Versey Legg sitting on the cement bench by the sidewalk near the Legg cottage. – Courtesy Omena Historical Society
Versey Legg was a cheerful, rotund man who seemed to know and be known by everybody in Omena.
According to Vin Moore, standing on the right in the photo above, Versey loved to play the piano while Vin’s father sang on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in the summer.
They did not have a piano, so Vins’ dad would rent the old upright piano that was in the Anderson House next to the ice cream parlor (presently the post office) for the summer.
Versey would provide an armload of sheet music and play while Vin’s dad sang tenor solos to the enjoyment and amusement of the neighbors.
That all changed with the stock market crash. After 1931 Versey and his mother disappeared from Omena never to be seen again.
