The last rolling store continued to operate up into the 1960s. I never heard of them showing movies, but it is certainly possible. The one that operated in the Parramore/Two Egg area was owned by Mr. Welch (sorry, I don't recall his first name). He also ran a small store on River Road near Parramore. The last time I remember looking, the old rolling store was still parked there behind the old store building. I'll be back down in Florida late next week and if it is still there, I'll snap a photo of it for you. Best, Dale "Deanna Ramsey" <deannaramsey@comcast.net> wrote: >I think I may have called this by the wrong name...perhaps it was a rolling >store. > >My mother grew up in Marianna. She remembers after WW II when she was a >small child viewing movies from a truck on the street. The peddler would >set up chairs on the street and hang a make shift screen out of a sheet or >something similar. She said they would have intermissions several times >during the movie to sell items. > >I was hoping someone else might remember or has heard of this. Or perhaps >knows the name of individuals that may have had rolling stores in the area >during this time. > >Deanna Ramsey > > _____ > >From: Deanna Ramsey [mailto:deannaramsey@comcast.net] >Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:17 PM >To: 'fljackso@rootsweb.com' >Subject: Rolling Theater/Movie > > >Does anyone know of rolling theaters/movies in Jackson County in the late >1940's? > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
While I don't remember rolling stores having movies in Georgia, I know they were important to those of us without a car. I did find this little bit about Rolling Stores in Jackson Co., FL. I am sure all of you have seen it, but, I had not. Below it there are links to other sites, not from Florida, but, quite interesting. Winn --------------------- Another of the highlights of life in the country here in the fifties was the rolling store. A trip to town was no trivial matter in those days because many of the farm women still didn't drive and the men didn't have the time during the week. So, once or twice a week a mobile store fitted out on the back of a truck would make the rounds of the backcountry roads stopping at every house along the way. The stock was basic necessities such as staple foods, minor sewing supplies, cold soft drinks, candies for the children, chewing tobacco and cigarettes or rolling supplies for the men and snuff for the ladies. Often fresh and salted or smoked mullet from down on the Gulf were also available and was considered a special treat at our house. http://www.rootsweb.com/~fljackso/sloanfamily.htm Rolling Stores in Alabama http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/articles/store.htm If you can remember old time "rolling stores" that means you were familiar with the country By Elliott Brack (Scroll down to 2nd article http://www.gwinnettforum.com/2003issues/03.0207.htm
I think I may have called this by the wrong name...perhaps it was a rolling store. My mother grew up in Marianna. She remembers after WW II when she was a small child viewing movies from a truck on the street. The peddler would set up chairs on the street and hang a make shift screen out of a sheet or something similar. She said they would have intermissions several times during the movie to sell items. I was hoping someone else might remember or has heard of this. Or perhaps knows the name of individuals that may have had rolling stores in the area during this time. Deanna Ramsey _____ From: Deanna Ramsey [mailto:deannaramsey@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:17 PM To: 'fljackso@rootsweb.com' Subject: Rolling Theater/Movie Does anyone know of rolling theaters/movies in Jackson County in the late 1940's?
My Great-Grandfather, Newton Thomas Taylor had a Rolling Store in Jackson County, FL. Newton Thomas Taylor was born 1884 and died 1969. Debra Pate --- Deanna Ramsey <deannaramsey@comcast.net> wrote: > I think I may have called this by the wrong > name...perhaps it was a rolling > store. > > My mother grew up in Marianna. She remembers after > WW II when she was a > small child viewing movies from a truck on the > street. The peddler would > set up chairs on the street and hang a make shift > screen out of a sheet or > something similar. She said they would have > intermissions several times > during the movie to sell items. > > I was hoping someone else might remember or has > heard of this. Or perhaps > knows the name of individuals that may have had > rolling stores in the area > during this time. > > Deanna Ramsey > > _____ > > From: Deanna Ramsey > [mailto:deannaramsey@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:17 PM > To: 'fljackso@rootsweb.com' > Subject: Rolling Theater/Movie > > > Does anyone know of rolling theaters/movies in > Jackson County in the late > 1940's? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz
Does anyone know of rolling theaters/movies in Jackson County in the late 1940's?
Deanna, I've not heard of this. There were rolling stores. I know also that they used to carry movies around and show them in stores and such. My mom has told me about seeing "Gone With the Wind" the first time projected on the wall of a store in Malone. Dale Deanna Ramsey <deannaramsey@comcast.net> wrote: Does anyone know of rolling theaters/movies in Jackson County in the late 1940's? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Charles, This is not my site, just one I thought might be of interest to everyone since we were discussing World War II airfields in Florida. best, Dale CDicksonSr@aol.com wrote: >Dale: > >I accessed the link without difficulty, but it only mentions the Marianna >AAF -- it does not show any photos of how the Field looked, or how it has >changed to its present condition (now a part of the Florida training centers for >severe mentally handicapped children). The link has photos related to the >Auxiliary fields at Bascom, Malone, Ellis and Alliance, but not the main Field >at Marianna. > >Charles Dickson > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Dale: I accessed the link without difficulty, but it only mentions the Marianna AAF -- it does not show any photos of how the Field looked, or how it has changed to its present condition (now a part of the Florida training centers for severe mentally handicapped children). The link has photos related to the Auxiliary fields at Bascom, Malone, Ellis and Alliance, but not the main Field at Marianna. Charles Dickson ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
Many thanks...This one works. June ----- Original Message ----- From: "GNW" <gnw@rose.net> To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields >I knew I should have copied the data from the other link. > It was right there when I sent this email. > > Try this link: > http://www.airfields-freeman.com/FL/Airfields_FL.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
The second one works fine. Thank you for posting this, by the way. Information like this is hard to come by. Dale "GNW" <gnw@rose.net> wrote: >I knew I should have copied the data from the other link. > It was right there when I sent this email. > >Try this link: >http://www.airfields-freeman.com/FL/Airfields_FL.htm > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Could not access the URL metioned.. June ----- Original Message ----- From: "GNW" <gnw@rose.net> To: <FLJACKSO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:36 AM Subject: [FLJACKSO] Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields > Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:long Florida, Tallahassee area > > http://www.airfields-freeman.com/FL/Airfields_FL_Tallahassee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
I knew I should have copied the data from the other link. It was right there when I sent this email. Try this link: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/FL/Airfields_FL.htm
Thanks Mark, You are SOOOO right. Seems my memory left out part of the details. Actually at one time, during a period of divorce, I rented a hovel in what was then called "Drew Park"..It was converted from Drew Field after the war. WHAT was I thinking? MacDill was the SAC base, right? I don't remember the field at Thonotosassa, nor the one at Busch Gardens. Thanks again. June Milton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Thomas" <marktac33510@yahoo.com> To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > Actually, June, Dale Mabry Highway is in Tampa. There never was a Dale > Mabry Field. It was MacDill and Drew Field in Tampa proper. Drew Field > turned into the airport and Hillsborough Community College. There was > also a base where Busch Gardens (actually Adventure Island) is, but it's > name escapes me. Then there was a base in Thonotosassa, and so on. They > were scattered all over the area during WWII. > > Mark T. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: June Milton <junebug21@cfl.rr.com> > To: fljackso@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:44:55 AM > Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > > > Richard, Dale Mabry airfield was in TAMPA! I am a Tampa native. > June Milton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard White" <rw@pone.com> > To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > > >> >> A question, Dale: Was the pilot in question U.S. or Chinese? I >> understand that a goodly number of Nationalist Chinese pilots were >> trained at Dale Mabry Field in Tallahassee. Some of my roommates at FSU >> in the late 1960s were ROTC cadet officers. They used 1940s reports of >> a downed training aircraft the crash site of which was not located then, >> and recovered the remains of a Nationalist Chinese pilot. I believe >> that the crash site was in Wakulla County... but it might have been >> southern Leon County... >> >> I wish that I had paid more attention back then. These same guys had >> something to do with getting the battle streamer for FSU ROTC units. >> >> RW >> >> DNDothan@cs.com wrote: >> >>>I am trying to find the location of a 1944 military plane crash that >>>happened in or near Two Egg. Does anyone know anything about this? >>> >>>It was a training aircraft that struck a tree when the pilots where >>>buzzing local homes for practice. The nephew of one of the men killed is >>>trying to find the location so he can visit the place this fall. >>> >>>If anyone has any memories or has heard anything about this, please drop >>>me a line. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Dale Cox >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated > for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
My Dad was stationed for a bit at Drew Field (met my Mom and as they say, the rest is history). Drew Field was a P-39 base primarily. MacDill was a light bomber training base. They flew Martin Marauders and the base was know for "one a day in Tampa Bay" for the accident rate of the student pilots. Thonotosassa was WAY off the beaten path. They used to go out there to bivouac (sp?) in tents for training. My Dad and his tentmate were hit by lightning in their tent once there. He was still being treated at the VA for the burn on his leg when he passed away a couple of years ago. The base at the current Busch Gardens/Schlitz Brewery (or whatever is there now) was a fighter base as well. There is a model airplane club that still uses part of one of the runways for their field. Pretty much all of the land between 30th and 40th Streets, and Linebaugh to Fowler was under concrete at one time. Mark T ----- Original Message ---- From: June Milton <junebug21@cfl.rr.com> To: fljackso@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:00:18 PM Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash Thanks Mark, You are SOOOO right. Seems my memory left out part of the details. Actually at one time, during a period of divorce, I rented a hovel in what was then called "Drew Park"..It was converted from Drew Field after the war. WHAT was I thinking? MacDill was the SAC base, right? I don't remember the field at Thonotosassa, nor the one at Busch Gardens. Thanks again. June Milton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Thomas" <marktac33510@yahoo.com> To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > Actually, June, Dale Mabry Highway is in Tampa. There never was a Dale > Mabry Field. It was MacDill and Drew Field in Tampa proper. Drew Field > turned into the airport and Hillsborough Community College. There was > also a base where Busch Gardens (actually Adventure Island) is, but it's > name escapes me. Then there was a base in Thonotosassa, and so on. They > were scattered all over the area during WWII. > > Mark T. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: June Milton <junebug21@cfl.rr.com> > To: fljackso@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:44:55 AM > Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > > > Richard, Dale Mabry airfield was in TAMPA! I am a Tampa native. > June Milton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard White" <rw@pone.com> > To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > > >> >> A question, Dale: Was the pilot in question U.S. or Chinese? I >> understand that a goodly number of Nationalist Chinese pilots were >> trained at Dale Mabry Field in Tallahassee. Some of my roommates at FSU >> in the late 1960s were ROTC cadet officers. They used 1940s reports of >> a downed training aircraft the crash site of which was not located then, >> and recovered the remains of a Nationalist Chinese pilot. I believe >> that the crash site was in Wakulla County... but it might have been >> southern Leon County... >> >> I wish that I had paid more attention back then. These same guys had >> something to do with getting the battle streamer for FSU ROTC units. >> >> RW >> >> DNDothan@cs.com wrote: >> >>>I am trying to find the location of a 1944 military plane crash that >>>happened in or near Two Egg. Does anyone know anything about this? >>> >>>It was a training aircraft that struck a tree when the pilots where >>>buzzing local homes for practice. The nephew of one of the men killed is >>>trying to find the location so he can visit the place this fall. >>> >>>If anyone has any memories or has heard anything about this, please drop >>>me a line. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Dale Cox >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated > for today's economy) at Yahoo! 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That page doesn't appear to be active any more. The link I sent out yesterday includes a list of every World War II airfield in Florida, including the ones in Jackson County at Marianna, Malone, Bascom and Alliance. Best, Dale "GNW" <gnw@rose.net> wrote: >Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:long Florida, Tallahassee area > >http://www.airfields-freeman.com/FL/Airfields_FL_Tallahassee > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Yes, I remember West Campus when in 1951 I was assigned by the Florida Military District to FSU at Tallahassee to help start up the FIRST Army ROTC unit at FSU. We were assigned to one of the old barrack buildings and could watch the FSU Acrobatic Team as they practiced their high-flying antics on their swings adjacent to our building. The ROTC unit was for studies in the Ordnance Dept of the Army. Our unit was made of a Lt. Colonel, a Major, and four Sergeant instructors. I was the Administrative Sergeant along with a Secretary, Mrs. Myra Lawson. The US Army personnel were Lt. Col. Cornell D. Booth (still lives in Tallahassee), Maj. William Lingenfelter - the officers. Sybert Maurice McAllister ----- Original Message ----- From: <MFolds28@aol.com> To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] FLJACKSO Digest, Vol 2, Issue 94 > Hi, > > Make no mistake about it, there was a Dale Mabry Field located near > Tallahassee. It was later referred to as West Campus for those of us who were > assigned rooms in the old barracks. In the winter time it was cold outside the > barracks and freezing inside. > > Milt > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:long Florida, Tallahassee area http://www.airfields-freeman.com/FL/Airfields_FL_Tallahassee
Through the political influence of U.S. Senator Claude Pepper and Florida Governor Spessard Holland, Tallahassees Dale Mabry Field became an U.S. Army base on January 24, 1941. Local officials named the new field in honor of Tallahassee native, Army Captain Dale Mabry, son of former Florida Supreme Court Justice Milton H. Mabry. More to read here: http://www.flheritage.com/wwii/sites.cfm?PR_ID=151
Hi, Make no mistake about it, there was a Dale Mabry Field located near Tallahassee. It was later referred to as West Campus for those of us who were assigned rooms in the old barracks. In the winter time it was cold outside the barracks and freezing inside. Milt ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
Nothing remains of the P.O.W. camp where German prisoners were kept in Marianna. Perhaps a Florida archeologist will someday follow the example of Dr. Bruce Dickson at Texas A&M.? He excavated an east Texas German POW camp a few years ago. Roger ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com