tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post1056392073699387084..comments2023-02-27T08:39:57.803-06:00Comments on Heavener blogs: Sassafras tea, sheep sour wine, rabbit tobacco, and possum grapesCraig Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11265567466052776075noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-21407419707078061442009-08-25T20:16:44.469-05:002009-08-25T20:16:44.469-05:00I remember Granny's Neck. I learned to shift g...I remember Granny's Neck. I learned to shift gears out by there somewhere. That was after I DIDN'T learn to shift gears on some curved hill out on Independence Road. Daddy got out of the truck and walked up the hill to the farm and left me at the bottom trying to shift well enough to get up the hill. He also walked back down and taught me to turn around instead. I think I was 12 or 13. I Kathy Bain Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00864551889191303476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-72863081703538629762009-08-25T17:26:11.184-05:002009-08-25T17:26:11.184-05:00Colin, I don't remember for sure about the one...Colin, I don't remember for sure about the one near the orchard but the one around the end of Pine Mountain was called Granny's Neck.Glen Lazalierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202758035423138294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-59409498329461000482009-08-25T11:39:58.640-05:002009-08-25T11:39:58.640-05:00I figgered that I was the only one still living th...I figgered that I was the only one still living that knew about Glen's "pigeon hole mines".<br />Our "gang" used to go up there and dare one another to go in one but we were all to scared of them. Remember the pecan orchard that was down by the river beneath those mines? We called that bend in the river; what was it "race horse shoals"?.colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235038353338949636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-39619580557830430672009-08-25T10:58:19.944-05:002009-08-25T10:58:19.944-05:00Nine! That definitely a record for #of comments on...Nine! That definitely a record for #of comments on one blog. Oh, make that 10 now. Any more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-85242516263758069342009-08-25T10:42:48.595-05:002009-08-25T10:42:48.595-05:00Borrow pits are those places along a road where di...Borrow pits are those places along a road where dirt has been "borrowed" to build up the roadbed. But, I'm sure you knew that already. I've lived long enough to see the strip pits dug and covered over (for the most part) out Independence Road. <br /><br />I wonder if the strip pit between Poteau Mountain and Highway 128 towards Bates and Waldron will ever be filled in. I'Glen Lazalierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202758035423138294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-64221485140049508912009-08-25T10:24:07.165-05:002009-08-25T10:24:07.165-05:00"Borrow pits". Is that anything like the..."Borrow pits". Is that anything like the strip pits out by Indpendence Road? Wow, this may be a record for number of comments on one blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-17272664144138024452009-08-25T07:42:28.002-05:002009-08-25T07:42:28.002-05:00Col. Reese was a noted veteran and School Superint...Col. Reese was a noted veteran and School Superintendent for many years.Glen Lazalierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202758035423138294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-56752464027577518862009-08-25T07:02:13.852-05:002009-08-25T07:02:13.852-05:00Kathy, I remember Col. Reese, but don't rememb...Kathy, I remember Col. Reese, but don't remember why. What was he? School Supt. or something? I do remember where he lived, but if you would have said "just south of Buck Olive's place" I would have known right off where you meant.colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235038353338949636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-88488886498774204902009-08-25T06:57:11.208-05:002009-08-25T06:57:11.208-05:00Did y'all notice Glen used the term "borr...Did y'all notice Glen used the term "borrow pits". I know Glen is using the correct term but I was well in to adulthood before I learned that it wasn't right to say "barr ditch" and "barr pits". Since that is what everone called them, to me that had to be what they was. Wonder how many other terms I ain't lernt the wrat way to say yet??colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235038353338949636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-51033326839088198902009-08-24T14:14:19.359-05:002009-08-24T14:14:19.359-05:00Gosh, I feel so much older than all of you guys (g...Gosh, I feel so much older than all of you guys (graduated in 1959). But I do remember Clayton Roberts' pastures along with those of Holland Wright and Crook Duncan. They were across the old Independence Road (now Avenue I) from my folks' house. <br />We rode "wild" calves out there along with an occasional donkey or mule. We had our night time playground at the corner whereGlen Lazalierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202758035423138294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-7471299025133581812009-08-23T22:50:58.565-05:002009-08-23T22:50:58.565-05:00Yes Mr. Inman you are the JI.
No, KB-D, our woods...Yes Mr. Inman you are the JI.<br /><br />No, KB-D, our woods were closer to Jim Hall's vacant lot; just a little further to the west; but we did have a nice tree house there. yes, that vacant lot was our favorite football field. Gary didn't play with us much but Jim "beanhole" Carl and the Jones brothers and sometimes the girl neighbors shirley carl and the norwood sisters colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235038353338949636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-34123951526214827042009-08-23T17:58:19.587-05:002009-08-23T17:58:19.587-05:00I actually spent some time at Col. Reese's bar...I actually spent some time at Col. Reese's barn. Russell Walker and I, for some reason, went there to play. Why, I don't know, but we did. I assume the 'JI' you were referring to was me, Colin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-57174041938911746432009-08-23T13:55:10.856-05:002009-08-23T13:55:10.856-05:00Colin, I wonder if your woods was the same one tha...Colin, I wonder if your woods was the same one that I called my woods. My woods was behind Herman Sharp and my Grandparents (Tom and Bonnie Roop), and just south of Col. Homer Reese's house. Someone in the days before my youth had built the coolest treehouse back off in that woods. I spent many hours up there reading and dreaming. Then I also wondered if you knew my brother-in-law's (Jim Kathy Bain Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00864551889191303476noreply@blogger.com