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Don Ervin

My source was the 1955 RHS year book.  My late brother Larry was a Soph. that year.  Well I don't know, but Rodman Photos took a lot of annual pictures for RHS.

Slick and I had a big time argument when he suspended Sammy McGee  until such time Sammy came back to school with a haircut.  I kept telling Slick that Sammy nor his parents had  the money to afford haircuts.  Made no difference.  I loaned Sammy a buck it is all I had.  Thats why Sammy looked like his mother had put a bowl over his head a cut the hair around it.  Never could stand Slick from thay day forward.

John Landess

Don, sure looks like checked shirts were it in 1955... seems like I had a few from JCP to wear over at Flora Vista. AND apparently pre-flattop days.

Rex, left to right; Pontiac, Buick, Ford (nice one), Chevy (with an old ford behind). Second row; Pymouth, Studebaker PU, Studebaker Commander sedan. from 49 to maybe 55 (not counting the old Ford). Can't see enough of the Pontiac. Remember when the Huge New Sears store was selling cars? Allstates, actually, Henry J's.

Kids had problems in those days, but compared to now, it was a pretty uncomplicated and great life....

BTW, I see Gene Rounds in the top right above photo. Anyone know what happened to him or his brother Allen ('61)?

Rex Booth

Johnny give John Landess a T-shirt for being a "car guy".... if he can provide the exact date of the auto's.  

Remember when we cut the belt loops off our Levis cause it looked cool?  Slick said he would suspend anyone not wearing a belt.  Next day we came to school sporting suspenders.  Yep, within two days suspenders were outlawed because guys were using them as sling shots and the metal claws could put a ding in your armor.  Hurt like heck!

Next week we came back to school with belt loops on but wearing a real skinny belt. Those thin white belts looked so cool.  Some were shiny silver metaflake.

So ladies,  how many inches below the knee did Slick make you wear your dress...?

Rex Booth

Don,  regarding your post of April 3.  Was that Turkey Tom driving a 1957 T-bird named Allen...?

Don Ervin

Didn't think of it at the time, but it could have been.  Could have been a couple of Allens.  Roys family excluded.

Rex Booth

I was thinking more along the lines of Big Tom's role model.... Howard Allen

Rex Booth

On the other hand... the convertable could have been the white '57 T-bird the mystery lady drove in "American Graffiti... Suzanne Somers

Don Ervin

I was thinking of other convertibles.  Not just T Birds.

Sandra Grizzle (Lee)

Could this be Knadles on Main Street? If it is, that is where I bought my wedding dress in 1964.

Rex Booth

Hint. Hint.  Ladies shoes in the display windows.... perhaps Chewning's...?

John Allensworth

Both of you are on the right track, but No and No.  Keep working on it.

Don Ervin

Just one turkey this morning.  Seems that the turkey with the convertible got the other turkeys to gang up on this guy.  They hurt his leg, but he was telling them to bring it.  Seems familiar.

Billy Turley

Is that Tucker Brothers shoe store ? 200 block of north Main on the east side of the street. We all know the significance of the Tucker family(Fred's father Ernie was mayor in 1956).

John Allensworth

Congrats to Turley, it was the Tucker Shoe Store, but I am worried that you would know that little piece of history.  Anyway, you get the three points.  Next pic will go up tomorrow.

Don, that is an impressive Gobler, I'm sure you will find there are a few Turkeys on this site. 

Welcome back Linda.

Billy Turley

John,

Ernie Tucker as mayor was a big part of the celebration when the Little League team came back from Williams port. And we all knew the Tucker boys from around town and then school.

Turley

Don Ervin

Just a little story about that glass in the front of the store.  You could stand with half you body behind the glass and half you body on the outside of the glass looking toward the door. Then you could lift your leg that was on the ouside and look at the door and it would look like you had both legs in the air at the same time.  Well it was a lot of fun when I was a kid.

John Landess

Don, sounds pretty inventative and a lot safer than I was when 'little'. I used to love standing in the "x-ray box" looking at my feet. Can't remember the name of the store, but they sold Buster Brown shoes. Anyone else get radiated??? Wonder how many REMs the salesmen got?

BTW Don, is that turkey in Roseville? My ex used to have a lot of family there.. cool town. (for California) I saw a flock of about 40 last week, down in a big hay-field here in TN. They are coming down for spring greens, I guess. I have had a couple that have hung around my place for years. They come down when I throw corn for my deer and eat with them. Fun to watch.

John Landess

Bill Leggett

Don & John I have been seeing them  in my area lately one was walking down the middle of the street another was crossing Madison  6 lanes wide. Have them jump my fence but they don't stay long, My out door cat (TomCat is his name) Gets them on the fly.

By the way JOHN , Don Just lives a few miles North of me  I live in Cirtrus Heights and we have signs on some roads Turkey crossing

Rex Booth

John L,   I seem to recall a foot X-ray machine at Tobes on the east side of Main.  But then again it might have been left behind in 1947 when the Mother Ship obsconded with Bill L and dropped him off in the middle of an orange grove in Citrus Heights...  

Bill Leggett

MURT: Sun Valley, CA that's a senior  Living area ????

Billy Turley

Picture must be a Methodist Church. They build buildings that look like that. The one in Pasadena,CA  looked like that til the earth quake of Feb '71 knocked the tower down.

If it is the church on west Second St. Larry Don Shumate got married there. But I truly don't have a clue So there.

Sandra Grizzle (Lee)

For some reason I am thinking it us the First Baptist church. The Methodist had that beautiful old bell out front. I got married in the Methodist church in 1964, corner of Penn and Second.

John Allensworth

You're right, it is not the Methodist Church, Lynn and I were married by Dr. Dillon in '65
 

Rex Booth

That tall Watchtower sure looks like a great place for firemen to look for fires in the City.  Or maybe it's where backsliders are thrown off the tower if they start slacking...