I attended the organizational meeting when Oak Grove Baptist Church became a Church.
I liked Harmom Mims because he wore a bow tie.
Had dinner in Center Point with Jack Whitley and his parents. He came to visit me after high school at Howard College in our dorm.
Carl Mims was not only a football hero,but a brick mason. My father thought I should be one,too.
I worked in the lunch room at BBC and loved Mrs. Ford.
I saw Edsel Hardy play a "Boogie Woogie" and students at Munford High would not go back to class. That was after a county contest of FFA Quartets. Edsel played piano for BBC quartet.
I had a crush on Gladys Todd..who would not have.
Still have a picture made from first grade by the teacher...Alvin Houston and myself.
Stanley Shaver discovered I could sing bass while I was in the 8th grade.
I had Spanish 101 at BBC with Jim Holmes.
I remember Shelly Fields singing SOUIX CITY,SUE in 5th grade.
Listening to the World Series in Ag..Mr. Ford & Jernigan.
Raymon Brown,Roland Cherry,Walter Shaw (sometimes Alvin Houston) and me. Edsel Hardy played piano and later Katie McLain took his place. The group was two quartets...FFA and Four Mugs.
Before your time, the "Four Mugs" was composed of Braxton "Slewfoot" Horton, Jimmy Holmes, Charles Solley, and Joe Davis. Miss Margaret Byrd was our pianist.
Chubby, you should be ashamed of that language you're using here....Heavens!...you should go immediately to the nearest House of Spirits and cornFESS! Say three Jack Danielses and four Holy Mackerals and sin no more!
Thanks, Don. It's a crying shame people have to make something dirty out of stuff I write about.
I remember calling in to WMLS in the 50's when they were advertising Hadacol. L.R. Ross asked me how it had helped me and I explained that before I started taking that Hadacol, I could only hoe a couple of rows in my parents vegtable garden, but since drinking that Hadacol, I had become the best hoer in Sylacauga....
Chubby,I remember one of your calls to WFEB. We reported on the news that Coosa River Newsprint was testing a new material for ladies dresses made from wood. They were having trouble with knot holes falling out of the dresses that their models wore. You said,"That should be looked into".
I recall another of your songs,somewhat serious. It was about a boy and girl walking from Twin St. down trash pile road. The father didn't trust the young Cubby,his daughter's date. The song: PA WALKED BEHIND US WITH A CARBIDE LIGHT. Remember when you wrote that one from a true life experience?
Thanks, Don. Sorry I wasn't around when you were a "Mug." I probably would have been jealous, though. LOL
One of the guys just before my time was Billy Todd. I did have a chance on occasion to sing with him. Maybe the most fun was singing someplace like the big tiled rooms like the boys' restrooms at Jacksonville or Troy
One time on a visit to Gadsden on a Chorus trip,Billy Todd went along,after he graduated. He wore his colorful socks,chartruse pants,suspenders and a pin shirt. We also toured the Goodyear Plant. Billy was the most notable of the group. He sorta' looked liked Marcus Dunlap.
Billy Todd used to come to the Culberson house in the village and sing along with the rinky dink piano we had in the hall. My mother's sisters from Eutaw, AL woud come for a visit and she would get Billy over there to sing with all of them. And on one occasion, he was there and Bobby Mizzell was the piano player!
I didn't have enough sense to appreciate the talent that was in that hallway that day....