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. Please share them with us...as we combine our individual
recollections into one big collective consciousness of days long
ago,
in ROY, New Mexico. I was only in Roy a short time. Some of you Roy
natives can add innumerable "gems" to this list. Please submit your
contributions to Jerry
Phillips.
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. I think I heard that the lake is gone....is that true?
What happened? Let me know....
Okay, that's my meager
contribution. It's now up to some of you old-timers to send me
some really good stuff to be posted here.
jphil66@plateautel.net
Thanks, JP
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