Don, The treasured brass ring....I remember it well. I won it at Mendon several times and ALSO at Rogers William Park in R.I. Actually when I was younger....(YOU had to lean way to the right to get it) I was scared of the HORSES that moved UP and DOWN....I had to sit in a seat that did NOT move....like a deacons bench seat....BUT by the time I went to Rogers and Williams I had graduated to a horse that moved UP and DOWN....ANd the Carrasoul MUSIC was so fine. Maureen >From: Don Barnes <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:21:18 -0500 > >How I remember old Mendon. > > I have not seen Nipmuck Part since I was ten years old when my family >moved to Georgia with one of the first "Yankee" mills to move south. I am >81 now so what I remember has been aged for 71 years. > >I remember my first airplane ride from the Mendon Airport. Yes, Mendon had >an airport. Actually an air strip. Well, maybe a grass field just off the >Uxbridge / Mendon road. > >I was five years old at the time because the barmstorm pilot required that >all passengers must be five years old before they could go up in his open >cockpit biplane. The flight schedule was simple - Saturdays and Sundays on >warm dry days. Return trip was to where you took off from. > >I remember when we climbed into the front cockpit and the pilot got into >the rear seat, that I was afraid that the pilot would not be able to see >when we was going. > >When we go aloft and looked down I asked my father, "Is God up here?". Or >at least that is what he told later. Actually I don't remember saying >anything. > >At Nipmuck Park the thing I remember best was the merry-go-round. It had a >slotted arm that was loaded with metal rings. If you stood on the edge of >the wheel and held on to one of the vertical poles (and you were tall >enough) you could stick your hand and perhaps snag a ring. If the ring was >brass you got the next ride free - a wonderful prize. If the ring was >plain old metal, you were suppose to throw it into a bin that had a big >mesh bag to catch it. Then the rings were loaded back into the arm. The >brass rings were bright and shiny so grabbers and spectators could see when >a winner was in the slot. > >I believe that the streetcars quit running to Mendon in the late twenty's >or early thirties when a flood on the Blackstone River took out the bridge >and tracks that were never replaced. > >Since I remember these things from seventy years ago so well, how come I >can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. > >Don Barnes - Winston Salem, NC > >P.S. My grandmother was an Albee from Horse Corners > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >To UNsub go here: >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Don, Mendon Airport is still there right off Route 16 on the way to UXBRIDGE....Also Hopedale has its own airport...I remember taking a ride or two through there when I was growing up... Actually my children and I was forced to move to OKLA....In the 70's and Someone there let me take over the controls and learn how to fly a 2 seater...We flew all around OKLA. and TEXAS...I had to run the controls and keep the (wings) at a steady level...We practiced taking off and landing about 30 times. I would NOT do it now BUT it was fun way back then.... Maureen >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:41:34 -0500 > >Don, >The treasured brass ring....I remember it well. I won it at Mendon several >times and ALSO at Rogers William Park in R.I. Actually when I was >younger....(YOU had to lean way to the right to get it) I was scared of the >HORSES that moved UP and DOWN....I had to sit in a seat that did NOT >move....like a deacons bench seat....BUT by the time I went to Rogers and >Williams I had graduated to a horse that moved UP and DOWN....ANd the >Carrasoul MUSIC was so fine. >Maureen > > >>From: Don Barnes <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:21:18 -0500 >> >>How I remember old Mendon. >> >> I have not seen Nipmuck Part since I was ten years old when my family >>moved to Georgia with one of the first "Yankee" mills to move south. I am >>81 now so what I remember has been aged for 71 years. >> >>I remember my first airplane ride from the Mendon Airport. Yes, Mendon had >>an airport. Actually an air strip. Well, maybe a grass field just off the >>Uxbridge / Mendon road. >> >>I was five years old at the time because the barmstorm pilot required that >>all passengers must be five years old before they could go up in his open >>cockpit biplane. The flight schedule was simple - Saturdays and Sundays >>on warm dry days. Return trip was to where you took off from. >> >>I remember when we climbed into the front cockpit and the pilot got into >>the rear seat, that I was afraid that the pilot would not be able to see >>when we was going. >> >>When we go aloft and looked down I asked my father, "Is God up here?". Or >>at least that is what he told later. Actually I don't remember saying >>anything. >> >>At Nipmuck Park the thing I remember best was the merry-go-round. It had a >>slotted arm that was loaded with metal rings. If you stood on the edge of >>the wheel and held on to one of the vertical poles (and you were tall >>enough) you could stick your hand and perhaps snag a ring. If the ring >>was brass you got the next ride free - a wonderful prize. If the ring >>was plain old metal, you were suppose to throw it into a bin that had a >>big mesh bag to catch it. Then the rings were loaded back into the arm. >>The brass rings were bright and shiny so grabbers and spectators could see >>when a winner was in the slot. >> >>I believe that the streetcars quit running to Mendon in the late twenty's >>or early thirties when a flood on the Blackstone River took out the >>bridge and tracks that were never replaced. >> >>Since I remember these things from seventy years ago so well, how come I >>can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. >> >>Don Barnes - Winston Salem, NC >> >>P.S. My grandmother was an Albee from Horse Corners >> >> >>==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >>To UNsub go here: >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? >Forget How to UN sub??? >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement