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Bill Leggett

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Bill L. True and Funny stories!! 

John Doyal

John you are both right about A&W.  The one on s Main was across from sears and the other was on w. 2nd. The one on w. 2nd was in the shape of a rootbeer barrel  and was the 1st one.  My dad took us there when we came to town from the ranch and got rootbeer  in gallon jars.  The one on Main had rootbeer that was like a coke dispencer and not as reliable in consistent taste.  It was not far from pop's drive-in and you could have a corndod and polish it off with a rootbeer float.

John Landess

Happy Father's Day to all...

Mike Ingram and I are probably in the lead with 6 kids each, but he does bump me over with his 20 grand-kids...(me with only 15)

Hint of the day:

Remember, Money isn't everything......but it does help the kids keep in touch....

Rex Booth

John L,

Ha! Fred was poking a litte fun… re the story about your early Captain America biker “Easy Rider” adventures. No one wants to believe the truth, but somehow tend to accept all the embellishments that appear on this forum. Fred and I never shared any ditch weed, but we might have inhaled some fumes from a few burning salt cedars out at Bottomless lakes. Is it true… all y’all Tenny-Sea ridge-runners smoke ole hickory bark when you first get up in the morning…?  Word to the wise... don't mess with Fred or he just might sneak up on ya when you least expect it!

Money doesn't buy everything, but it's easier to cry in a Lamborgini than it is on a bicycle...

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Happy Fathers Day to all You wonderful Fathers!!

Bill Leggett

GOT ONE  COOKING, ROSWELL N.M. STYLE ON THE GRILL

Bill Leggett

Rex Booth

"Bury 'Em Coyotes"!! 

The float we built our Sophomore year for the Homecoming football parade and game. I remember working on it very well... stuffing hundreds of napkins in chicken wire and yes, we boys were admiring the girls sporting those white short shorts... those were the days my friends!   Keep 'em Coming, Johnny!! 

Does anyone recall the team we played and/or the score...?

Fred Miller

Saw this elsewhere and John L might need some splainin' why its always a bit cooler where he summers every year...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/WizCRvxH8eoS8a9m9

Bill Leggett

Rex Booth

Fred,  thanks for the 'humah'!  

And for those who may not have a goo-goo account...

John L.  aka  El Juan... 

When did "Pawn Stars" take over yer weather reportin'...?

John Doyal

Happy birthday to all you firecrackers.  For the first time in years the Carlsbad area can have fireworks without worrying about fires. So far I have over 5 inches at my house.  We have had some flooding, but no serious damage.  I saw where the flooding in Roswell had occured in June and was shocked as it looked like an area where none should happen.  Our 4th parade was not big by Roswell standards, but was the biggest for us in years.  Everyone is so over the covid!!

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

John Landess

Happy Birthday to all my fellow July-uns.. Hope it was great was a great 4th of July for all.

I spent it and my b/d with son in Homer, Alaska.. Had great fajitas cooked on the pellet  grill...yum-yum!

(saving the King Crab, Halibut, and Coho for later!!!!!)

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

John L., Glad you were able to enjoyed your Birthday with your Son!

Bill Leggett

Rex Booth

After graduating from RHS, Bill Turley and I played snooker at the Eight Ball Pool hall.  One day we saw Eddy Jones working there.  Weaver the owner hired him. I understand Weaver went to NMMI. Weaver did have some strange habits. One was, he hated pennies! One day we heard him yell and cuss, scoop up hand full of pennies from the cash register, walk out back, and threw ‘em out the back door ! Later you’d find us picking pennies out of the dirt parking lot… Hey, it did pay for our billiards  tab! 

Paula Carl (Cowee Miller)

Thanks for posting the picture of Roswell's first teacher. 

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

My Mom and Robert "Bobby" Rollins Aunt Worked at Mongomery Wards in the Cataloge Department! It was on the top floor! Nice Memories!!

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Wasn't the other hospital Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Also there was a Osteopathic Hospital on 5th and Kentucky or something like that? I do not remember the name of it!

Rex Booth

Johnny,

Home page.... this a picture of our 1960 Sophomore B Basketball Team with a long-standing "Mystery"!

1st row - left to right: Jim Milstead, Billy Ward, Dan Cook, Mystery player #25, Harl Rogers 

2nd row - left/right:  Coach French, Bill Turley, Robert Holmes, Richard Sheppard, Teddy Garrett

I believe those with us today are Milstead, Cook, #25, and Sheppard. Player #25 is still with us... as a class mystery, because no one seems to know who he is! There are those who have suggested that #25 was photo-shopped into the picture by someone who worked at Mack's Camera Center... which might suggest a plot..

This raises the question: Is Mystery # 25 real?  One would think Dan Cook standing next to #25 would know... Anyone want to take a shot at whom they think #25 might be?

Pat Sullins (Carpenter)

I'm going to take a shot here and say #25 is Larry Powell.  I have a pic of Dan Cook, Billy Turley, Mickey Gann, Larry Powell and me taken at East Junior High and Larry's hairline looks very much like the one in the basketball photo.  He has his eyes closed and his head down a little so it's hard to tell in the pic I have.  I would post it if I knew how.

Dan Cook

I think this #25 is PD Wilcurson?   I look at this same picture in the 1960 El Coyote and his name was not there either??  PD had a brother a year ahead of us. PD and I and spent some time trying to dunk a tennis ball. To dunk a basketball, you need to a able to grip it well, but a tennis ball was much easier!!  We could actually dunk a tennis!!

Dan Cook

Some more on the picture - PD and I were intense in ducking the tennis ball!  I would take my shoe off of my right foot, the one you pull-up in your jump, to reduce weight, ha!! 

 Back in the day my favorite NBA team was the Boston Celtics.  There you had Bob Cousie who could do anything with the  basketball.  I remember Joe Roldues, a year ahead of us, who would dribble behind his back in games.  I did not do this, but often threw behind the back passess!!  

I named our first dog Russell, after Bill Russell of the Celtics.

I am now a very serious Laker fan - did not go so well this past year, but have hope next year!!