Somebody at work said that Rex could walk with a bucket of water on his head and never spill a drop.

Pete I never saw him do that trick but I don't doubt that he could do it. When Flash was just a few months old he would hold him by his feet in one hand and start bouncing him up and down until Flash would get his balance and stiffen his legs then he would hold his arm straight out and Flash would just be standing in the plam of Rex's hand. Rex loved to play tricks on all of his family. he would take me to the ritz and tell me a love movie was playing but it would be Hong Cong and he would scare me all through the movie. He would reach behind and grab me at one of the most scarry parts and I would scream the house down. He had a car that had some kind of plastic seat covers on it and he took a necked wire and wove it all in the back seat and he could switch it on from the drivers seat. One time he had carried me and some more youg girls to the Quarry pond to swim and on the way home(in our wet bathing suits) he shocked the fire out of us. He thought it was so funny but we didn't. After he had shocked mother his wife wove every bit of the wire under the driver's seat and the next time he tried to shock someone it knocked the stew out of him. That was the last of that little trick.
Zona

Zona, this is the most entertaining page I've read since this thing started. No wonder ES married you, you're from crazy stock. It must have been a hoot when all of your family got together.

Horace

You better believe it. And that is not the half of it Horace.
Zona

Pete, is this you as one of the "street musicians"?

"Boom Town"

Yeah, that's me with the guitar. That's one of the few TV things I've done that I like. I've got a DVD of the show and I watch it every now and then. I really like the music at the end when they're rolling credits. The Bonnie and Clyde thing, I never did see. Brenda Thornton said she saw it on satellite. I don't have a TV and they didn't send me a tape, so I've never seen it.

You know I loved the Ritz, the Sylacauga was kinda blah in comparison and the Martin was nice and new but it wasn't the Ritz. What a shame that it had? to go. I remember some great movies other than cowboys and Saturday morning serials. That's where I fell in love with Jane Powell, Deborah Kerr and others, but Jane Powell always was and still is my favorite, I just love and watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers every chance I get...you know who thinks it is a silly movie, but then Howard Keel ISN'T Jane Powell.

Horace

I too, loved the ritz. The Grand Old Opry came there once. 1940s. I saw Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl and many more stars. I enjoyed movies there from 1939 thru 1950. Great times!