Shepherd Hills Hoodlums Shepherd Hills is a hillside community on the side of Missionary Ridge; they had a lighting contest every year at Christmas. The area featured a natural open slope which made fine sledding on the occasional snows; it had a few tennis courts and a “bowl” at the …
Red Cross, Swimming In my teens I took a course in First Aid, first basic, then advanced, under the auspices of the American Red Cross. They taught these courses in the evening weekly at their building downtown (my mother took me); this earned me the scouting merit badge. About the …
College in Atlanta I applied at both Vanderbilt (where Ted, my boy cousin went the next year) in Nashville TN, and to Emory in Atlanta GA, and was accepted by both schools. I was offered a small scholarship for all four years, and chose to enroll at Emory. In fall …
Cars 2 Chevrolet, etc. During my college years in Atlanta I owned three cars and two motorcycles. In Atlanta’s Druid Hills area I bought a classic 1955 Chevrolet “Bel Air” coupe, blue, with the 265 cubic inch V8 engine and standard transmission. A prior owner had begun to “soup up” …
Home2 Navajo Drive After my grandmother’s death, my mother and her brother sold the old Crestway Drive home, and she bought a duplex at 3618 Navajo Drive in South Brainerd, near Interstate 75 highway about two road miles from her brother’s house in Belvoir. This house was on a steep …
Parade of Girls begins I have learned that maleness and femaleness are created by God to propagate species, and don’t exist in His kingdom – ultimately permanent spiritual beauty replaces temporary physical attractiveness; accordingly He adds attractiveness for the brief season of fruitful ripeness. Each individual gets only one, to …