REMEMBER ... ?
Get comfortable...relax...put on some soft
music...close your eyes...and view the past. You'll be amazed at the
images that come to mind...things you haven't thought about in
years. Chances are, some of the items below will trigger others in
your own mind.
REMEMBER...early morning coffee at
Roy Sundries, with Gene and Mae Nucci's fantastic cinnamon rolls?
REMEMBER...going behind the fountain there and fixing your own
drink?
REMEMBER...Dorothy Gilliam's cheeseburgers and Ollie Davis' long red
nails?
REMEMBER...the friendly dobermans that greeted you at City
Market's door?
What were their names? Was one 'Angela'? And why do I remember
that?
REMEMBER...being able to purchase just about anything at City
market?
REMEMBER...having your hair cut by Wyman Madole in the local barber
shop?
REMEMBER...the awful T.V. reception in the early seventies? (and
before)
REMEMBER...going to movies at the Mesa Theater?
REMEMBER...the building date at the top of the Harding County High
School?
REMEMBER...Gilbert Gonzales? What a great principal! He always left
me feeling that everything was gonna be okay.
REMEMBER...what a great public speaker Alberta "Skeets" Mackey is?
She gave a commencment address that just 'blew me away'......I wish
I had a copy of it, but I don't think it was even written down.
REMEMBER...the Christmas tree in the town triangle?
REMEMBER...going to programs and plays in the old gym? It always
seemed that the whole town turned out for any school event.
REMEMBER...playing bingo in the school cafeteria?
REMEMBER...the smell of Homecoming mums?
REMEMBER...the prom? Remember your date?
REMEMBER...getting gas at the Phillips 66 station when gas was much
cheaper than it is now? I know we had another station, but I only
had a Phillips credit card.
REMEMBER...the lunchtime volleyball games 'just for fun' during the
school year?
REMEMBER...how professional the basketball team looked in its
jerseys? I just can't get used to the baggy legged things they wear
nowadays. My generation gap is showing.
REMEMBER...fishing and hiking in the Canadian river canyon?
REMEMBER...the slogan on the side of Alan Floersheim's delivery van?
If you do, email me.
REMEMBER...those really cold winter days that would freeze your
water and sewer lines?
REMEMBER...the chopped sirloin steak at the Payton Place Cafe?
REMEMBER...the shuffleboard machine in Rigoni's Bar?
REMEMBER...when baseball caps were always worn with the bill facing
forward?
REMEMBER...how the meadowlarks would fly up from the barditch as you
drove down the highway...and how you just couldn't keep from hitting
some of them.
REMEMBER...the long school bus rides? (those of you that lived
considerable distances from town)
REMEMBER...the homecoming parades and all the hard work that went
into the wonderful floats?
REMEMBER...the dedication ceremonies at Chicosa Lake? I remember
that our band played a few numbers.
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JACK MAIN
THIS PICTURE OF MYSELF AND MARTHA MYERS WAS
TAKEN AROUND 1948 OR 49, THE BURRO I AM RIDING WAS CAPTURED FROM A
WILD HERD FROM BELOW DAVID HILL BY BOB BLAIR AND GIVEN TO BUCK
MAIN. HE WAS ON THE RANCH FOR YEARS AND I USED HIM TO CLOWN AT THE
FFA RODEOS HELD IN ROY. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN HARDING COUNTY WHERE I
USED TO DRIVE HIM AROUND WITH A SULKY MADE FROM AN OLD PLOW. I
THINK HE CRAPED ON EVERY SIDEWALK IN TOWN.
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