Won both the Junior and Marksman Classes championships My father placed in the Sharpshooter class Saw Lones Wigger, member of Olympic rifle team, along with others in the Advanced Marksmanship Unit from Ft Benning. Irving C. Porter, lawyer in Bham, was president of rifle club conducting the championship and sent clipping from Bham News. No […]
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Western Trip
1958 or so. Went to visit H.L. Jones in Texas and on to Taos and Rosewell NM Camped to some extent. Can recall smell of rubber air mattresses and sound of my mattress hissing as it was going flat in the middle of the night. Water spigots had major lime deposits around them. We got […]
232 Wildwood Park Road
Wessons Mother would yell to daughter, Francis, ”Fran Cease, go tell Miz Dunmire to come down and get herself a mess of greens.” . Crowders Lived next door, ran dry cleaners Phillips Lived next door Jimmy, my age, and older brother made wine in their garage Dunmires Quigleys Gail, my age Two brothers, Johnny and […]
Florence Apartments – R-4
My father was in school at Peabody in Nashville Drink of the week Did not have much money to spare so we had one coke a week Picnics in the wooded areas near Bar Bar 1. Jody, my mother and me 2. Roberts 1. J.C., father, and wife managed the apts, were former dance instructors […]
424 Florence Court
Now named “Collier Avenue” Charles Craig Suffered some brain damage at birth Would walk along rapdily whistling and pumping his arms vigorously Wore helmet and shoulder pads even in our touch football games. In high school he was jokingly called “Coach Craig” by many and enjoyed it since he did not seem to recognize that […]
Florence Apartments – P-2
Shoes 1. We always wore our new tennis shoes home from the store and ran to test the new state of traction we expected 2. Kaye’s Shoe Store had an x-ray machine that was much like a lecturn. You stood there and stuck your feet into two holes and when you looked at a screen […]
Skating
Can recall trying to roller skate with someone else’s skates one time. No luck. Never tried again. […]
Dawsons
Lived across hall 2. Husband, Roy, was a traveling salesman and drove a Packard 3. Son, Dennis Roy – Mother, Betty, used to sing a song “There once was a little boy, his name was Dennis Roy, He played all day to pass the time away and now he’s big and strong they say.” 4. […]
Phone
2021 R was our number 2. No longer had to turn crank to ring operator. Operator came on line when you picked up and said “Number Please.” 3. Years later we got our first direct dial long distance call from Cousin Edward. […]
Shoes
We always wore our new tennis shoes home from the store and ran to test the new state of traction we expected Kaye’s Shoe Store had an x-ray machine that was much like a lecturn. You stood there and stuck your feet into two holes and when you looked at a screen you could see […]
