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Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey Bennie, dont remember any cars on DuBarry, but ours. I do remember a wreck on DuBarry and Oak Forest.  A 55 chevy convertible and dont know what hit him, but he flew out of the car and hit a telephone pole and one of those steps and skewered him and he died.   I saw it happen, but dont remember how it happened. It's one of those PTSD moments that you see, but dont believe.

     We had a 51 ford, a 53 chevy and a 53 chevy truck.  I do remember the Needhams, we lived next doorr methinks. We were at 1352 DB.  We picked a lot of dewberries and black berries on the trail to the Chuck Wagon.  Waltrip wasnt there yet, just a field of blackberries and weeds. 

    I was making breakfast tacos and started frying my onions in the skillet when the smell hit me,  CHUCK WAGON....OOPS GOT TO RUN....

Scotty Croom

beau, how coincidental ...we lived at 1314 ebony ln,just across the street from sharon buckley and next to ronnie eldridge.....your other neighbors were mary randall and ronnie/kerry kirkland...storm hit here about daylight,thunder,rain,lighting,and wind...bipap mach. clicked off,lost electrcity for about 3 hrs or more.so,i guess fall is here....

Beau Wann, Jr.

     "RISE AND SHINE CAMPERS, IT'S COLD OUT THERE, IT'S COLD OUT THERE EVERYDAY"

     Hey Scotty, simpler times those eh!   Had to run because our company had arrived.  Plans have changed now, they wont be staying with us this time.   But they are coming back next March for Jerrys 60 year Aggie runion so, what year would that be...algebra dont fail me now...hmmmm  I've got it!   By jove I think he's got it..."the rain in spain falls mainly on the plain..."   Or the year, drum roll please,  1960...yeah, that's the ticket. 

     Jerry went on to get his Phd in computer science in 64.  He was only  one of 100 people in the whirld that had a Phd in computer science at that time.  Boy's a brain that's fro sure.  His Doctorate was on some sort of new math.  (Went on to retire from the air force as a Colonel....) Hmmm, I havent even mastered the old math let alone anything new.  So I joined the Navy, I knew I wouldnt need any math there, or damn little..."Torpedos sir, 4 of tthem,  off the starboard bow, range 4000 yards..."  "Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead. Mr Christian, get me a cup of coffee, it's gonna be a long day..."    yikes!

     Well sirs and ma'ams, we've had our first freeze and frost of the season!   CHIMACS (chappell hill intergalactical meteorlogical and cornpone society) O fficial guage reading, drum roll please....27 gredees! OMG OMG OMG (old mugwumps galore).

     Been up since 4:30 this AM morning. Had to check on the well and CEment pond and other stuff.  The CEment pond has an automatic "on"  when the temp dips below a certain point. I dont know at what temp it is suppose to do that at, Diane is in charge of that department, the new math department.  So, the zero gravity pit is on and so is the spa and heater.  Hmmm, maybe I ought to go jump in....NAAAAAAH, ARE YOU CRAZY?    YUP! ! !

     Pups have eaten and been out and I've got bacon in the frahin pan and coffee perkin. not in that order but in the werks.  (sip)   Dang I make a great cup O Joe !   I sho am a great "house husband"!   The little woman, however, is not impressed by my "house husbandryness"  this early in the day.   What a day it was yesterday and what a glorious day it is going to be today....if only I didnt hurt so much!    Well hells bells boy, all Gods chilluns gotta hurt....well ok then, let the festivities began! ! ! !

    Hmmmm, lessee,   breakfast at 8, clean up at 8:30... I generally make the bed up first chore in the morning, but seeing as how my beloved was attached to the blankets, I decided to skip that one.  I'da got severely reprimanded had I persisted.  I did mangage to make up MY side of the bed, much to Little Miss'  displeasure.  I did, however, leave my side of the EE lectric blanket on,  so Little Miss is not too unhappy, she curled back up snuggled in the blanket where I was sleeping, correction, tossin and turnin..... but a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do!

   Ok, lataon in the day, we have "Deck finishing 101"  then "clean the mess up that I created 101", "Break out the good whiskey 101"......then collapse in a chair somewhair  "101"  ...(they rhyme, so why shouldnt they be spelled alike)????   Yeah, I'm creating the "new english 101",  hells bells, I must have several Phds in that already fo sho! ! ! !

    Yeah, them DuBarry Days was semi-swell fo sho!  We had the Needhams on the east side of us, and a rent house on the west side of us. There were  2 families that rented that house, not at the same time, I dont remember the first little kid there, but he had a huge black and white cat named Boo that they fed fresh chicken livers and gizzards and such to him.  Hmmmm, what was his name?    Oh well, the next family was the Ellingtons.  Mr Ellington had a plumbing company and his son Mike took over for him in the 70's or 80s methinks.   Mike had a house  noth of 43rd just west of Shepherd, great big house....Sue barnet?  

     I use to know all those streets forwards and backwards and upside down, now for the life of me cant remember them all....oh pushaw!   There's a woid I havent hoid since the dinosaur days.  ok, I've got to check on the bacon, so grab a cup o joe and I'll be back.....  "HEY, WAKE UP, I'M BACK!"   oh joy, right?

     Ok, lessee, now where was moi?    No tellin, so I'll head off in another direction, preferrably not outside.  Pups went to the door, so I opened it up, they just stood there, "hey, whatdjoo do with the nice warm weather we so love, huh?      We aint goin out there on the frozen tundra..." or woids to that defect,   then turned around and went back to bed.  Wish I Could, but I'm junked up on peanut butter.  "would you like  me to explain"?  " I would love to hear this", " so would I"...

     When we give Jack his pills, the onliest (east texas for only) way he will take them, or the easiest way to give them to him is in a glop of peanut butter.  The two girls, Dixie-Belle and Izzydoreable have to have PB also,  and what the heck, so do I.  I love peanut butter and sunflower butter and just about any butter out there.   Remember "apple butter"?   We have a jar of that in the fridge,  but that's not on my diet.  I do snitch a taste ever now and again, but shhhhhh, dont tell anyone.

      Wow, what a beautiful sunrise...Ok, all yall get up and open the curtains on the east side of your house, that's the side with all the light coming in.  Dont make me have to come over there, get up and open the curtains, then you can go back to bed.....or not.   We had a HEAVY FROST this morning, looks like snow on the hill...."HEY MA, CAN I GO SLEDDING?"....  

     Yesterday I made mention that I was frying onions, or sauteing them, and that the house smelled like the Chuck Wagon....I just loved that smell...I hope that little guy, and he was smallish, that flipped the burgers got to realize his dream.   He said he wanted to retire and move to Colorado.   There are no places like the Chuck Wagon or Monterey House anymore.  

        Remember the Monterey House was in that little curved shape shopping center across from Oak Forest Elementary School?   The space that it was in was probably no bigger than our living room, but what wonderful TexMex food it was.    The best Guacamole in the Whirld ! ! !   However, and aint there always a however, my beloved makes a fine rendition of that very guacamole, thank goodness.   Remember how we were taught that it was bad for you!   Turns out that it is VERY good for you, so I scarf it up when she makes a batch of it.  Hmmmm yummmm! ! ! ! No wonder I'm so healthy! ! !

     Ok, guess it's time to deplane boss...keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."
your frien and resident icecicle,  Harold, eskiemo pie, Cephus R me, esq

PS;  If motorcycle is pronounced with a long "y" or "i", why did we call our Bicycles, bisickles?  Hmmmm???
Just sayin!

Beau Wann, Jr.

     GOOOOOOOOOOD FROSTY MORNIN TO YOUSE MYNE FYNE WALTRIPYNES...

     Hey Scotty, do you remember the Morgans?   I think they lived on the corner of Ebony and DuBarry, you know, the house with the pond in front.  The house sat on two lots methinks.  Anyway the boy was Eddy and his older sisters name was Gail.  Mr Morgan worked for Eastman Kodak, Gail went on to become a pro-golfer and dont know what happened to Eddy.  Dont know a thing about their mom either. 

    Mr Morgan gave Eddy and I some photographic paper once, you could place your hand on it and put it out in the sun and voila,  a picture of your hand would appear.  MAGIC FO SHO.

    Di rectly accross the street from me was a new house where two brothers lived, Arty and Joey. Down towards Oak Forest on the same side was Bill Morrow, and across from him and maybe one house down from the corner of OF and DB lived Tim Bell.  There was a girl that lived on the corner of OF and DB, south side of the street, front door faced the park.  Dont remember her name!  

     Di rectly behind us was a boy named Tommy, methinks.  His Dad worked for a chemical company,  there were always weird smells emanating from their direction, plus they had barrels of stuff next to our back fence.  Most of those folks I mentioned, were in rent houses,  except for the Morgans and Tommys folks, and us.  There was also a mean kid lived down towards your way name of Butch.  Really mean bully.

      I remember Janie Hartman lived on DB other side of Ella.  Phil Young lived on corner of DB and Wakefield.  Phils room was so cool, because he had a door to the outside.    (Anyone know what happened to Phil?)          My room had a door to the outside, but my room was the screened in back porch and the door was a screen door, yea!   I could hear crickets and all the sounds of the "hood".  I could tell whose dog was barking.   You could really hear the clickety clack of the train wheels as they roard by. 

      One night about midnight thirty or roundabouts thereof, some sort of train went by and shook the whole house, caused one of the overhead light fixtures to fall from the ceiling and crash in the middle of the girls room.  Train musta been going a hunnert miles an hour and hauling atomic bombs to cause that sort of commotion.  Probably Batmans train! ! !   If you were lucky enough at night to be out by the RR tracks, when a passenger train would go by you could see the lights on and people inside. 

     We also saw a real UFO !  Yup, this one was documented, almost everyone in the nation saw it.  It was in the east sky, looked like 3 or 4 square lit up windows just hanging in the sky, sort of like an airliner suspended in midair.   It stayed there for the longest time.  Happened in 1953, you can look that one up.

     Really really loved picking the blackberries on the other side of Judiway. Mom would give us a coffee can or two and we would fill them to overflowing for my moms blackberry cobbler.    My mom made the best blackberry cobbler in the universe!   What I wouldnt give for just a taste of that nectar for the gods.  Best Fried green tomatos too, and fried okra, and just about any dang thang you could think of.  Sure wish I'd paid attention to how she cooked things, instead of just waiting for the outcome REward.

     We have a lot of wild dewberries up here, but havent picked any.  Might be a snake lurking about, and they do lurk about.   We had two BB plants out at hearthstone, that produced berries the size of golfballs.  What a heavenly DElight those were.  The BB plants had indian tribe names, like Navajo, or Apache or some such name.  I had to cut them down per my neighbors request. because it had taken over the fence between us and part of his garage.  I told him he could pick the berries on his side, but that didnt placate or interest him A tall, so down they came.

     I'd like to get a couple BB plants and put them in the middle of maybe the waltrip baseball field up here, so they would be easy to get to.  Only think stopping us is the pitiful soil we have up here. Othern a tree or two, We just cannot get anything to grow up here.  Every garden we have started up heah in the clouds, has ended in abject failure.   Lost all my citrus trees, bout 6 of them, to the freeze year before last. 

    We've brought in good garden dirt, all to no avail. No maters, no taters, no onions, no peppers, hells bells, peppers will grow just about anywhere, cept here.  Tom Ganns Grandparents or great grand parents use to own all this land, about 8 thousand acres from a land grant from Mexico or somesuch, if memory serves me correctly, and dont know why it should start now.  Hey Tom, if youre reading this, feel free to correct me, please.   Anyway, Tom or someone said most of this land was in cotton and corn for decades, and that pretty much depleted the soil of all it's nutrients.

     "Does anybody really know what time it is?  Does anybody care?"   I hate daylight savings time and changing back and forth, to and fro. I know it's so simple...for youse guys, but for some reason I just cant get my retarded brain to accept time travel.

       It was an indian chief, dont know just which one, when told about daylight savings time, said,    "only the US Government would think you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom and make  a longer blanket..."   smart man he!

     Guss I'd better deplane, getting late by whichever time it is...so keep the sundial at y our six and "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident time traveler,  Cephus Hobart Terhune esq   

Beau Wann, Jr.

     It's me again Margaret.   Ok, one of you folks out there hep me out.  One of the Waltrip    "Soundtrack" shows had Ike Clanton, or James Darren as the headliner.  So which one was it?  Also the guitarist, who backed up or accompanied, whoever was the singer,  name was Herb Ellis.   We had a student named Curt Ellis. I thought they were brothers or kin somehow.   Were they kin?

    The Herb Ellis  I know of was a jazz guitarist born 1921, toured with Jimmy Dorsey and was with the Oscar Peterson trio.  Kin or no to Curt Ellis?   Well, just wondering.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Good morrow to youse youtes, fellow Waltripians.     I see nobody knows the answer to my quextion in the above post, or doesnt care.     Eyether way, that counts as half of one third of four fifths of your grade, and a partridge in a pair of trees.   Or, no one is reading this stuff anymore, more important things to do, like straightening up the old sock drawer, or mopping the floors, or have a life.  Well, no matter, cause I still read this stuff, and it's quite interesting too.     "I said that?"

     Who out there has hearing aids?      What am I saying, who doesnt?  I dont wear mine at home, nothing I really need to hear.     The DOG, Dixie-Belle, barks loud enough for me to let her and her entourage in or out, so no problem there. I cant hear the cats hollaring for food, but they generally couple their hollaring with head butting me in the ankle, so no real problem there.        Diane still asks, "you cant hear that"?   No, no I cant!         I figure if there is an emergency the little woman will hollar loud enough for me to hear, plus I can detect a note of ergency and concern in someones facial expressions, I'm not blind, yet.

    Since we were having company, we were as always, and I assume lots of folks do this, tidy and spruce up the olde homestead, you know, cleaning the dogs nose art off the windows, cats hairballs off the couch and guest bed, you know the drill.   Well, Diane asks me if I would get the 3 in ! oil and oil the hinges.  "What hinges?"  I reply.  "The ones that are squeaking"  she says with just a touch of annoyance in her voice.  "Youre going to have to be just a tad specific" says I with even more annoyance in my voice.  

     "THE FRONT DOOR, YOU DONT HEAR THAT?" she says, with what I thought was just a tad too testy.   "I'M DEAF" I shout with even more testiness, "HOW THE HECK DO I KNOW WHICH DOOR IS SQUEAKING?" now I'm getting angry!   Diane senses that I am now on the verge of ripping a door, any door, off it's hinges, so she comes over and gently takes my arm and guides me to the door with the offiending hinges.  "You really cant hear that?" she says.   "Nope, and nope and NO", I reply.  She apologizes and asks very softly if I would tell her where the oil can is and she will oil them.

     "NOT ON MY WATCH, I'M A GUY, I'M SUPPOSE TO DO ALL THE OILING AROUND HERE" I thundered, so out to ye olde mancave to fetch the oil I march.  Lots of sidetrack time later I go back in he house, minus the oil.  "You couldnt find the oil?"  Diane asks.  "OH, so that's why I went out to the garage, ok, give me a minute and I'll go fetch the oil".   So it goes on and on, everyday, just like that.  Oh, I did finally oil the non-squeaking, squeaking hinges, and now I'm assured that they dont squeak anymore.  Yea me! ! !

     I think tha Izz has learned to read, or trying to read anyhoo.     However, and aint there always a however,  eating the cover off books is not a good thing.   I found teeth marks and tattered spine on one of my dictionaries and on one of our many  bibles.     While I try to encourage all our critters to better their circumstance, hmmmm,  for a critter, it doesnt get any better than living here.  Room service 24/7, etc.  However, eating the reading material is frowned upon by the establishment.

    I was thinking that maybe tha IZZ was reading the bible and then looked up woids in the dictionary she didnt understand .  At least that's how I'm going to tell it.   But why those two books?   They really dont look all that tasty to me anyway.  I guess it's different strokes for different folks, er dogs. 

    Ah such is life in the Great Cephussleeve household.  Remember the Great Gildersleeve movies?   Never did like those, or the William Bendix shows or Amos n Andy.  They were always doing stupid things and getting in trouble, and I've allus  tried to stay away from the T woid. Not allus successful, but tried nonetheless.  

     Ok, time to deplane, got to get ready to reread this since no one else ever gets on here...keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident deaf dumb and blind guy,  Cephus R Magoo esq

Teddie Jordan

Cephus, in answer to your question, I have worn hearing aids for 9 years now, and put them on as soon as I wake up in the morning, and wear them until I go to bed at night. About the only other time I take them out is when we take our daily walks, and hopefully before I take a shower. Fran has about the softest voice in the world, and the only time she ever turns her volume up is when I'm in really deep doo-doo!! And then you can hear her from afar!! 😁

I have observed that there are three types of men among our now mid 70 something year old male classmates. The third who have hearing aids and actually wear them, the third who own hearing aids but keep them at home in their sock drawers most of the time, and the third group who are faking it and are really good lip readers!! 🤪

Steve Puckett '65

Ike Clanton was featured on Soundtrack in probably the 1962-63 Soundtrack.  

The previous Soundtrack featured Justin Wilson.  Mr Roth told me that he had gone to the talent agency (who carried musicians, animal acts, etc.) and did not have a well-known musician available on those days but the agent raved about Wilson who was just coming out with his first record and could be gotten fairly cheap.  At the agent's urging, Uncle Bert listened, loved it, and booked him.  At the next meeting of the Soundtrack team he was asked which musician he had booked and he replied that he had booked a cajun storyteller, someone that they had never heard of but was really funny.  They thought Roth had lost his mind and it would be a giant fiasco.  Meanwhile Wilson excerpts started appearing regularly on the radio and became a sensation.  Every Soundtrack show then was sold out, SRO.  The Wilson album was announced on Billboard in late 1960 and I see Houston-area ads for the album from late 1960 but the album listings I could find say the album was released in 1961.

The next year (probably 1962-63) folks eagerly waited for the new Soundtrack. Roth was urged to not take another chance, to pick a musician so he could only get Ike Clanton, famous at the time for 'Down the Aisle', which was released in 1960.  Ike was a singer from Baton Rouge and brother of another semi-famous singer from the time, Jimmy Clanton.  Ike was somewhat difficult to work with, forgetting his lyrics, etc.  Herb Ellis backed him on guitar.  Although Clanton was adequate, Soundtrack fans (again SRO at the show) were disappointed that the featured entertainer was not another smash hit like Wilson.  https://www.discogs.com/artist/1290390-Ike-Clanton

I don't recall anything about the other guy you mentioned.  I don't remember what the Soundtrack dates were.  This could better date the year when Clanton was featured: Wilson was featured after his album was released in 1960 (or 1961) and Clanton was the year after Wilson.

Hope this helps.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey Steve, thank you very much for the information. I knew if anyone would know the answer to the questions, it would be you or Scotty.  Well, sir, you pass the course with flying colors and are exempt from the final.  So, head on over to the chuckwagon and receive your "Wheel Burger" "hub burger" "Spoke dog", fries and a malt, your choice of flavor.  

     Justin Wilson had a cooking show a few years back on channel 8 methinks.  He was as informative as he was funny.  Always told a funny story while he cooked, "hoomahn, hah gaurauntee it".  

     (whisper) Scaaaaaaahty?)   Scotty?       (Louder)  SCOTTY !!!!!!   You rascal you.   Do youse folks know what that phyne young man has gone and done?   NO, no no, not bake a cake, but something even mo betta.   The Scottman, dond his black ninja stealth clothes and his bat cape, flew in his bat plane all the way from Alabama, with a banjo on his knee,  snucked down into the very heart of Oak Forest, slinked down DuBarry Ln and rescued a street sign and sent it to me! ! ! !     YUP, that's what that ol boys gone and done.   

     Nah, Scotty didnt steal it, Scotty wouldnt steal, cept mayber your heart.  He probably ordered it from the same people we got Coopers signs and the Waltrip 64 sign.       I will post a picture of it as soon as I hang it up...thank you scotty, so v ery much.  I never thought about having one made. What a great idear!

     Hey TJ, I think I've been wearing HAs for about that long, I'm on my 2nd set, but I dont wear mine at home because I always am outside working with pawr tools and tractors, chain saws, weed eaters and the like. Dont need to hear them so much, just the motor humming.  Using pawr tools and wearing HAs just makes you more deaf,  Plus I perspire some, and as you know, water is not good for HAs.

     I've tried to learn sign language, but just cant remember the signs, there are so many.  If Mr Dowdy couldnt teach me the easiest foreign language in the whirld, aint no way I'm learning sign language.  No reflection on Mr Dowdy as a teacher, he was 2nd to none in that dept, I was and am  a poor student, just slightly on the dumb side of things.

     My beloved has set a couple of tentative dates in March for the "Party on the hill" spring fling!   March 21st or the 28th, the third and fourth saturday, subject to change due to weather not cooperating.   It should still be coolish and comfortable.  Have not decided on the food yet,  something edible of course.  Already have confirmation from quite a few folks that wish to participate.     There will be plenty to do, good music and food, and better company.   The ballfield is no longer, cept  for home plate.  But, that's ok, for most of us, our ball playing days are behind us.

     Time to deplane, got miles to go before I sleep....keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."

your frien and resident DuBarrian, Cephus R Me, esq 

Post Script:   PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE, there are only 50 shopping days left till christmas, if you count Christmas day and today.       

Steve Puckett '65

Jim Taylor

I'm not sure exactly which year (i think 1964) but one of the headliners was a folk group called the Wanderers Three.   They did a modified version of "Big Bad John" and it was hilarious. Unfortunately not all of the faculty agreed and the next evenings version was much "tamer".

Lloyd Pond

one year, The Southcoasters played at Soundtrack. they have cds available proceeds go to MD Anderson

Don Ellisor

Glad to hear from you Lloyd! Was hoping to see you at the reunion we have one son in Austin maybe we could meet sometime when we are over there.

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Love reading you guys.  My husband can't hear and doesn't know it.  He has not had a hearing test in years.  He says that he just has selective hearing.  If he was any closer to the tv they would have to pay him as an actor.  I have gotten used to his hearing, but he also has no sense of smell.  I walked into the kitchen to see what was burning and he had forgotten the eggs he was frying.  Our daughter has needed hearing aides for most of her life.  She is almost completely deaf in one ear and has to constantly drain the other.  She sleeps on the deaf side.  The other is damaged but she can't hear at all if she gets a cold.  Poor baby was born with undersized eustachian tubes.  She has had countless surgeries.  She didn't want hearing aides and put it off until her 35th birthday.  I don't worry about Ron's hearing after watching her go through so much.  Her teachers all understood and kept her close to the front.  She can lip read.  When the family watches a movie it always has subtitles.

well I think I will wait until after Thanksgiving to Christmas shop.  Amazon is open 24 hours.  
 

Scotty Croom

beau, found sign on-line...thought you needed sign  in bar area of your barn/garage..its cool/damp /chilly on the coast..warm and dry inside...

Beau Wann, Jr.

     WOW,  six other posters besides me...YEAAAAAA! ! ! ! !   I remember the southcoasters, they were a folk group sort of but made fun of some of the hits of the day like Dion and the Belmonts "Teenager in Love" etc...they were good.  I'm so glad and thankful I wasnt any good at any entertaining, playing guitar and singing,  couldnt handle the fame. Wouldnt have minded the fortune however.  You play the cards you were dealt, and I figure I got a goodun, RSF.   I like anonymity, dont really want to be the center of attention. 

     Went yesterday to the Junior League for an "Honor the Veterans" program, at the invitation of Richard and Paige Meek.  Wow, it was great.  Beautiful ballroom, not set up for dancing, but could be.  Huge crystal chandileers, bout half dozen.  Good speakers, informative, great food and of  course the best company, Richard and Paige.   When they asked for folks to stand from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, there was one from WWII and one from Korea and only a few of us from Vietnam including the speaker, and the room had a few hundred in it.  Have we gotten that old?  

     Fianlly finished the extension of the deck on the boathouse, almost. I just thought at this very moment about putting a ramp at that end so Jack can come and go. I have a  ramp at the other older end for him, and he uses it, but has to turn around and go back the way he came, and for sure he would probably say, "It's no problem, long as I've got you guys to help me" or words to that effect. Just love my critters!

     Dixie-Belle woke us up this morning, and almost every morning, barking!  This time she was barking at a lone doe that had ventured close to the house.  It looked like it was using the old route from the pecan orchard on 290 and Route road back across our place and down to the river.   A huge herd use to cross our place twice a day, once in the evening headed south to bed down in the pecan orchard, and then again in the morning headed to the river.  Sure miss seeing them!

    Ol Mr B Dozer is back, or his kin.  He rooted up about a 5 foot patch of pasture, no real harm or damage. took the tractor down and smoothed it back out. I guess the wildlife is coming back because I put some apple infused corn and a new water tank down by the creek.  Put out lots of birdseed and saw a cardinal.  Use to see dozens of them in the preceeding years. They come and go like the seasons I suppose.  Havent seen the bluebirds this fall, and why is that you suppose?  Well, when I moved the fence I forgot to put up their house.  Problem corrected, it's up now.  We've seen many many bluebird families over the last 5 years.

    Ok, time to deplane for now, but "I'll be back"...I know, thanks for the warning.  Keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident wildlife conservator...Cephus R. Busy  

Jan Barnes '65 (Nimtz)

Hey Beau. Just wanted to let you know we were thinking about you & Diane on Thursday as we headed down 290 heading home (Boerne) from H-town. We had been in the old CO neighborhood visiting with my sister (Waltrip class of '62) to help celebrate her 75th birthday. It poured rain on us all the way from H-town to Boerne; pretty miserable drive. We did honk and wave in your direction as we passed your house in the distance. It looked like a ray of yellow sunshine through all the rain. It was after 2pm and we were hungry. We intentionally had not stopped for lunch yet as we had been waiting to drive out of the rain before we stopped. No such luck Then I remembered you said once that a good place to eat in Brenham was Country Boys. We saw the sign and stopped and went in. Once inside we saw that it was now the Canion Kountry Bakery. It was predominately a bakery but also served a lunch (of sorts) and was closing at 3pm. We were too embarrassed to turn around and walk out so we picked a table (only one other was occupied). At 2:20 they were out of their "lunch special" as well as out of chicken fried chicken (which I had ordered) and out of mashed potatoes (which Ed had ordered). We made do with whatever they had left. The food was okay but nothing special; a bit over-fried and high in carbs. Their green beans were very good. They served us a heaping ton of food, I guess trying to clean out the pots & pans on the stove. Both ladies, our server and the owner were very friendly and we ended up talking to both of them about the good old days from Brenham to Carmine, LaGrange, Schulenburg, Giddings and even Dime Box (where Ed was born). It seems the owner whose name I can't remember told us their family had been in the food business all their lives. She had a very long German/Czech name. Before her parents passed on they had been in the restaurant business for 40 years. Her brother now owns Oakridge Smokehouse in Schulenburg, and she and her husband had just bought this place (formerly Country Boys) about 6 mo. ago. She said they started out as a bakery. Then they added a hot, cooked breakfast and are starting to implement lunch items little by little. I think they will only be getting better. The next time we drive that part of 290 provided it's not pouring down rain we will stop in to see you. And provided it's closer to lunchtime we may give Canion Kountry Bakery another try. Can you recommend any other place in that area that serves home-cooked meals?

Steve Puckett '65

Both those musical groups have some songs on Youtube.  For example:

The Wanderers Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK8ZVuCzAzU

The Southcoasters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj-bVkfK-cQ

Beau Wann, Jr.

    Hey Jan, sorry about the bum steer on the restaurant. Kountry Boys closed sometime back and someone else opened a joint of sorts.  There really is no place to eat up here that is consistently good, or even good at all.  Seems small town folks dont have much taste in good food at all.  The Chappell Hill Bakery and BBQ place is about as good as you will get up here. Nothing to rave about, but edible.  Kountry boys does sell sausage and bacon a HEB, bacon is good, dont know about the sausage because we buy Holmes pork and venison exclusively.  Someone said that Burton sausage owners bought Holmes and some other meat place. 

         Everyone up here and lots of folks passing through eat at and rave about Beavers Kitchen. let me tell you, stay away from them.  Food is not hot, or tasty,  service is surly.  They do make a good pie, but for 18 dollars?   Same way with the CH Bakery, 19 dollar pies.   you're  better off going to krogers and buying one of their pies, or just make one.  There is only one place that serves semi-decent mexican food, and I've forgotten the name of it.  Stay away from all mexican food places up here.  Brenham grill in the Ant street Hotel is decent, or was last year when we ate there.  things change quickly up here, and mostly not for the better.

     The Churches chicken is good, Yums was good, havent been there this year because of the diet.  Othern that, no place really special or good to eat up here. I'm sure there are folks that would beg to differ, but for my pallate,  yuk.  

    Ok, gotta run, but I'll be back. 

Beverly Hengst (Allen)

Wow!  Recently, we have had several classmates posting on the Forum.  It is nice to hear from y'all and it makes me smile to see the extra activity.  I bet Jackie is smiling too!  Keep it up.

I should get the reunion photos next Sunday and will post them as fast as possible.

Have a blessed week and thank a veteran.

Bennie Schielack

On the subject of headliners for SoundTrack . . . . . Were the Smothers Brothers performing one season ? ? ? ? ? Again, it seems, and a lot of stuff seems, to me that they did put on a great show one year.  Maybe I just dreamed it . . . . . 

On the subject of food prices . . . . . just recently purchased a $21.00 10" pizza, and two $9.50 hot dogs (6"ers, maybe).  Prices are not what they used to be . . . . . I remember $0.125 a gallon for gasoline . . . . . Went to a movie once upon a time, saw "Darby's Rangers".  Carried a quarter to the movie house, had popcorn, a soda and a ticket to the movie and left with change in my pocket. I remember 5 cent counter soda's and a scoop of vanilla ice cream for an additional 5 cents . . . . . Any one remember Rudy Foyt and his Texaco Station on Ella about Stonecrest or Wilde Rock Way?

Jan Barnes '65 (Nimtz)

Beau, not a problem about the lack of fine dining in Chappel Hill/Brenham. Next time I'll just pack a picnic lunch. In another month we are driving to JW's Steakhouse in Carmine for a "cousin's" holiday lunch. Have you eaten there? We like their bakery but have never eaten at the steakhouse.

Johnny Sheffield

Happy Veterans Day to all the military classmates. 

Hope you have a wonderful day with your families. 

Thanks for your sacrifice and devotion. 

Johnny

Glenn Weissinger

Jan/Beau,

Saw your conversation on eating places in the Chappell Hill area.  Beau is correct, not many good places in this area.  There is a five star dining place called Dos Brisas north of Chappell Hill on FM1155.  Great place but expensive.  Dinner is about $100 per person, but worth it for a birthday or anniversary.  Suggest reservations on weekends as it fills up. They do serve lunch also.

Wind blew in cold weather.  Out today covering vegetation.  Deer love it, running around the pond.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey ALL, YEA, SO GLAD TO SEe so many posts besides mine.    Bennie, dont think the Smothers brothers performed at soundtrack, although now that youve planted that seed in my fertile pea brain,  I'd swear they were at Soundtrack.    Hey Glenn, how's the shoulder?       We've heard of Dos Brisas, in fact the lady that owns it is in the Chappell Hill Garden Club with my wife.   The Garden club is going to have their Christmas party there, surprise surprise surprise.        Dont know perzactly when,  or if  spouses are invited.    I think that's one party I'm gonna have to attend, maybe. 

     Diane tells me they are going to have prime rib, or maybe that's just wishful thinking.    Maybe she'll bring a doggie bag home.   As I've stated in the past, "my mind is a terrible think...."     The Brenham airport use to have a really great restaurant, folks would fly in just to eat lunch.    Waitresses wore the fluffy pettycoat dresses with poodles on them,  from the fifties.   Not real poodles, just embrodried ones, or however one gets a poodle on your skirt.

       The airport restaurant closed last year, but seems I heard Diane say it reopened.  dont quote me, and certainly dont go out there unless youre just toolin around.  Lots of bikers, including myself, use to ride out there for a good lunch.  Although their onion rings were good, not 6.50 good, but that's what they cost.  An aside here, there is a BBQ joint at Tidwell and 290, or Hollister and 290 that are REAL PROUD of their O rings...10 dollars for a batch, and 6 dollars for a half order.   What cheek! ! !  

      Also on the road, HWY 6 noth to College station, there is an Italian pizza place on the left that everyone in the whirld swears is the best food.   Havent tried them yet, and we hesitate to do so on the say so of the folks up here.  That restaurant has been under 3 or 4 different flags or owners over the last 5 years.  We  see lots of cars and trucks parked in front of it now, where as before under other ownerships, none!

     The Chappell Hill BBQ and Bakery, right on 290 and FM 1155 at the light, inbound (to houston),  is not bad, and sometimes even good.  The O rings are good and for a paltry sum of 2.50, as are most of their sides.  They also have fried okra, certainly a southern staple to my way of thinking.   They are OK, cept they dont cook them long enough.  I know they are probably frozen and they cook them in a deep fat frier, and a little bell tells them they are done.       My mom use to cook them in an arn skillet, and almost char them.  That's how I remember them and loved them.  I'll order a batch from the CHBBQaB and take them home and re fry them.   They are most excellent then!

     Their chicken fried chicken and steak are both excellent, you get a very large portion and you can cut it with your fork. The gravy is so so, not as good as my mom or your moms use to make, but edible.  Their bread and rolls are most excellent, made there daily. The beef and pork and chickens come from Oak Farms, who owns the joint.      Diane and I order one dinner and split it.   All pies are made there, but 19 and 20 dollars a pie....   Sometimes we will share a slice of the choco-merangue pie and a cup O joe...hmmmmm good.   What does the Flying Saucer pie factory charge per pie?

    We had 31 this morning, now it is 34, a heat wave for sure. Suppose to get down to 24 tonight, sure hope it doesnt though.    Covered the well and the soft water systems and put a light in each to keep em warm.  Our pool comes on automaticly as well as the spa heater when it  gets to a certain temp.  Didnt seem to be any frost on the ground, except on the deck where the water froze. 

     Pups been out playing, now tuckered out and snoring on the couch.    Me dressed to the nines, rabbit fur troopers hat, flannel lined Wranglers, thermal shirt, Tshirt and sweat shirt and bout du nords (boot of the north).  Once dressed and hand on the door knob...gotta go to the bathroom.  Takes forever to get dressed and undressed and dressed again. Hells bells, it'll be summer before I get outside then I'll die of a heat stroke with so many clothes on.....OH THE HUMANITY...

    Ok, pups want to go out and play in the cold, so I'm gonna sign off for now, but I'LL B E BACK...

Yeah yeah I know, thanks for the warning...keep the sun at your six aand "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident snowman, Cephus Nanook of the North esq