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Comments: Barbara, I am sure Don Radke lived there. He, Dennis and Rob Williams were always doing things-- were you there when they sent a rocket with a doodle bug or beetle off to space? I thought that was so exciting. We were probably in 7th or 8th grade. Yes, Sammy stole my shoes and put them in his bicycle basket and took off. He didn't know I was fast enough to catch up to him. I grabbed his bicycle, it stopped short and he flew over the handle bars and broke his arm. His mom never liked me after that--wonder why? But MY mom was such a sport-- she took us (girls) around and we threw his newspaper from the back of our station wagon. I think Mom had fun-- we did! The neighborhood I live in IS a neighborhood. Of course the people change--mostly they get old and . . .I walk down the street and almost always meet somone I know. You don't believe it but it is like a small town here, if you work for the university and live in the neighborhood.
Comments: Thanks SNL but the date may not work this year...won't know for a couple of months.
Comments: Hope all never forget that some of us lived a little further East...like next to the Loop 12 Drive-In Theater...but my memories are still good...and I too wish we had the opportunity to return to the area we grew up in like many small communities. Where we live in Kenosha, it is somewhat like that in that most graduates come home and establish themselves in the community and take over the role their parents had when they were alive...it just makes friendships stronger. BTW...it's nice not talking the "P" word...
Comments: Sally - I have great memories of us being outside all the time too. I also remember when your mom had to drive Sammy Smith's paper route because somehow you were involved in him breaking his arm??? And I may be wrong about Don Radke living in that neighborhood, he may have just hung out over there because he was Dennis Bishop's best friend. Singing Hills was farther out Marsalis; our neighborhood was off Laureland just a few blocks south (I think south; going toward Laureland Cemetery) of Marsalis but I don't remember any neighborhood name. I lived on Hillvale.
Comments: Very impressive John. The singing was beautiful & the words hit home. Good site with some informative links. Have you marked your calendar yet?? 6-13-09!!!
Comments: Here's a catchy tune making its way around: http://www.bornagainamerican.org/
Comments: Toni, the club was fascinated with "Magic Zumwalt Memories" there's a movie there! We even have the film makers to do it. Sally your golden spirit is definitely part of the beauty of those days of heaven. And Toni's "Big A** Cadillac Cruising" MUST be documented!
Comments: Don L, I like that....virtual neighborhood...makes me feel closer to all of you
Comments: I sorta wish we all still lived in a well-established neighborhood & could've simply picked up where our parents left off. We see that sort of thing in a lot of movies that feature close-knit communities. It would be a great place to call 'home' & return to, regardless of how far away you went or how long you stayed gone. The one thing I missed most about serving in the military for 30 yrs was being constantly on the move & not really belonging to any neighborhood that I felt comfortable in. Plus, my sons weren't able to experience that, altho they got along just fine wherever we went & attended several schools along the way. At least, we all are very fortunate to have this website & g/b as the next best thing - our virtual neighborhood. SNL: Can't stop saying it enough, I guess - thanks again for bringing us home! 
Comments: Yes JS, that large housing edition from TL Marsalis and down to Loop 12 was Singing hills. NOt sure what those right around TL wre called. In fact the main street coming off Loop 12 and leading into the edition was name "Singing Hills Drive". I think it still is! Wagon Wheel was the first street off of Singing Hills and that's where Vincent Chase, Wayne Pennington & Donnie Fugate lived. On up to the next st is where Beverly Love lived and the list of friends goes on and on. All my friends lived there except me. I lived on down Loop 12 just past Glendale Park on Kildare. Me, Janice Horner, Gordy Johnson & Mario Fuentes lived on Kildare as well as Gary Penn & John Prasifka from '67 & Michael Collins from '64. And yes, there are lots of great memories of playing in the street and just hanging out after school. Days gone by. . .
Comments: Tony, was Glen Oaks on the other side, west of the highway? Were the two neighborhoods on both sides of Marsailis called Glenview? Then we also had Glendale, as in the shopping center and the swimming pool--and the Presbyterian Church. Lots of Glens!! Never realized that !
Comments: John - I believe it was Glenview. Farther west was Glen Oaks.
Comments: Sally - you should have been here to take the trip down memory lane last February with Sandy McM, Linda P, Debbie Melton Coker, and me! I will remember that day for a long time to come! We had the best time driving down all the streets around T. L. Marsalis and all over OC. We were shocked with all the "No Guns and No Drugs" signs posted around all of the elementary schools - John Neely Brown, Lisbon, etc. What an eye-opener! Barbara, why don't you join in on the fun in June. You'll have a great time! Annette - you go girl! Don't tell all of our secrets!!  Ada Ann, sounds like your doctors have the plan all set! Best of luck with all of the treatments.
Comments: It must be the same Don and Ron Radke that lived on Brownlee. I didn't realize they, too, moved south. Around 1956 my family moved to Calcutta Dr. (next door to McGee's favorite newspaper client, Ken Blackburn). Does anyone recall what they called that general area surrounding T.L. Marsalis? Smiley keeps telling me it was "Singing Hills", but I maintain Singing Hills was further to the east of Marsalis. Also, looking at a recent Google map, I notice Rocky Ridge now runs all the way from Laureland to Loop 12. Back in my time, it seems like it was only about two blocks long then dead-ended?
Comments: McGee, don't be so hard on yourself, you're just half right...you weren't duds (that's an old play-on-words joke). Jack, I saw the obit on Molly Bee & her picture in the NYTimes...I don't remember Lee having a sidekick at all....but she sure was a cutie and also was the 13 year old that first recorded "I Saw Momma Kissin' Santa Claus" |
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