Steve, Which of our friends had a Model A? I remember a car, I think, but not who owned it. Thanks, Bubba --------- MANRY STARTED THE...

During a summer in the late 40’s, E. Rivers School, the primary school that I grew up in caught fire . After word got around, many of us...

A natural phenomenon that may no longer exist was the broad and thick occurrence of “lightning bugs”, more widely known as fireflies....

Charles joined, and I later, Troop 1 Peachtree heights, Boy Scouts of America.The Scoutmaster was Jimmie Collins, a decent tough...

E Rivers School was about a mile from our house. Cross West Wesley Road and down Vernon road to Peachtree Battle Avenue, left for a short...

Jim Manry asked this question after a policeman followed him up his driveway following a high-speed chase that started miles away on...

I spent three years, high school sophomore through senior, at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I joined Charles who was there...

We used to be building things constantly in Jim Manry’s back yard. His yard was perfect because it was very large and essentially had no...

I have a very clear memory of the “fight of E. Rivers”.. Apparently Larry Doyle did not get along with Jim White but I do not know what...

When I was 11, 12 (WW II) or so, a bunch of us boys would meet, usually on Brookwood Creek near Brighton Road and create war games. The...

My mother knew Margaret Mitchell, author of “Gone with the Wind”. They were not close friends but spoke occasionally. Mother was...

Though I was musically inclined and enjoyed singing, I never successfully conquered a musical instrument. We tried, my mother and me, and...

There were 4 childhood deaths that impacted me: Chris’s (African American boy in Meridian) death, that of Tom Scott, Frank Scott’s older...

During the summer of 1942 or 1943, I went to Camp Elklore in Southern Tennessee. Charles had been there and enjoyed ti and the sons John...

At 5, I attended Kindergarten at Mrs. Bloodworths, right across Peachtree Battle Ave. from E. Rivers (primary) School. I went through the...