Photo of the day:
Buddy and Di, They met in England and he brought her back with him. They live in Florida now. Hope to see them this year on our trip down. Buddy is retired Army and has sure gotten OLD! Dianne is still a kid.
So for
today:
On our
second cup of coffee this morning, our discussions turned to local folks. That is not unusual, this small town I moved
to in 1954 has changed drastically. This
was what was called a ‘Cotton Mill Town’. There were 26 cotton mills here. Over all I think these mills produced thread
from cotton. I went to ‘Textile School’ for a class once in High School at one
time (before I quit school). It was considered
a ‘crip course’, easy to pass and I did.
Anyway, kids
when asked, ‘where are you from?’ Would
99% of the time answer with which mill village they lived in, i.e. Majestic,
Imperial, Climax, Chronicle, etc. Sherry
was born on the Climax, but lived on the Imperial when we met.
I never
lived in one town long enough to even remember my teachers, except Ms Grill. In
Valdese. Sherry remembers many class
members and EVERY teacher. She even attended school from first to 12th
grades with some of the same people.
There are +
and –‘s for both life styles, but at times I do envy her long friendships. But I would not give up meeting Sonny Turner
in Burlington, VonDale Tucker in Albemarle or
Jim & Bub Page, Guy Abee and Peter David in Valdese. Vondale’s family moved to Charlotte while we
were in Belmont so we renewed our friendships. I got more acquainted with Buddy
(Richard) Sansbury in Belmont. He, VonDale and I were a close threesome as
friends for a couple years before I left and joined the USMC.
It would be a
good thing to be close to some of those friends now, we did have some good memories.
I smile to think that Buddy and I had
the same girlfriend, Margaret, during that time.
A good
friend Martha busted my bubble once. She said she once said to Margaret, “Jackie
broke your heart didn’t he?” the answer,
“No it was Buddy!!” I still cannot
believe that. LOL
Life, I guess we take it as it comes, the
alternative: leaving life ( that, however is becoming a final option for all of
us, especially mine now. LOL
PS:
God has allowed us to meet some of the best folk on the planet, in
person. and here on the net, thank you for being here… I have been trying to keep up and have
enjoyed your blogs and comments…. Until
later……. jack
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4 comments:
A great photo of your friends and it's good to be able to visit occasionally if possible. I do hope you get to visit them. You seem to have a lot of building etc to finish off so I hope you don't get too tired. I am always worrying about my husband doing more than he should (or needs) to but he loves to fix and mend everything!
It's so good to have so many friends and acquaintances. I have not kept in touch with many school friends. People move around to other towns and we lose touch.
God bless always, my friend.
In the last few years I was able to go to lunch with a group of my classmates, most of whom I didn't recognize until they introduced themselves. Everyone has changed so much, I wouldn't have recognized them on the street. It's nice to be with old friends like that after so many years have passed. You met so many people from moving around like you did that it's nice to have people all over that you know. Now, except for my family and a vacation home to Ohio, I rarely see any friends all. They are definitely missed !
It's wonderful that you have kept up with your friends - you are kind of a historian anyway.
I can't believe all the work you are doing. Way to go!
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