Posted by Sonny Ferguson I remember all that you mentioned. I too played inside and outside the roofing plant and remember the White City floods 43'-44'. The old Topper burning down 47' or 48'. I lived in the Hecker Addition when that happened. Before the Malco, we had the Ritz, Rialto and the Strand Theaters downtown. A lot of folks have forgotten the Ritz and I can't remember when it went out of business. Anyway, I thought only Oilfield Trash like myself die and go to Houston. Shoot me an e and catch me up on your history. Sonny --Previous Message--
on July 18, 2006, 10:09 pm, in reply to "Memory Lane"
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Hi Jesse...Glad we finally ran you down. We were checking the Nam wall to see if your name was up there. I knew you were career Army because I had spoke with your Dad when I worked at the Bag Pak before getting into the oil field. Bob, Melvin and Jo were rounding all the MIA's up.
: Better late, than ever, Since I am one of the
: last to sign up. First I want to thank
: Everyone that had a hand in the web-page and
: the finding of our classmates for the
: outstanding job they have done. It is
: fantastic! After seeing the old picture of
: the school I throught of football games,
: basketball games, track, typing and
: Chemistry and of the great teachers we must
: have had. And I must be one of the experts
: on this subject since I attended School at
: Fairview for some 12 years, starting in the
: 1st grade. After the last trip to Camden to
: move my mother and driving around my mind
: went back to the small road with two small
: bridges leding into town, the old gravel
: road/ with the wooden bridge; White City and
: the floods (Shirley Patterson remembers);
: Cullendale and the Paper Mill with it smell
: and the trains; the Old Navy Ordance Plant;
: The Old Roofing Plant where we climbed the
: back fence and searched for comic books; and
: the two movie theaters in our proud old
: city, where you could see a movie for 25
: cents, and we even had a Drive-In Movie.
: The memories came flowing back of the good
: old days. Like the book, "We were
: Soldiers Once and --Young." We were
: kids once and young, but the memories of our
: youth shall not pass and the memories of our
: age are still fresh with us and it has been
: good to see my child grow up and have kids
: and to be a grandpa. We had ours and we
: enjoyed every minute of it, it is now time
: for our children. We must, like our parents
: before us, spoil all the grandkids, then
: take them back to their mom and dads (our
: kids) and smile when we leave.
: To the good old days and fond memories of a
: place where we all grew up, called
: Cullendale, White City, French Port, The
: Topper, Louann, and Fairview Schools.
: Again thanks to everyone for their hard work
: on this project, I am proud to add my
: information to the listings.
:
: Jesse Robert "bob" Huffman
: US Army Retired
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