My mother loved finding a good parking space on the square at the curb and the west side. Sometimes, a man would back up and sit on the car, Moma would crank the car and he'd get up, she'd turn the key off. She wouldn't let anyone touch the car. Marilyn
(All, I know we are rambling a lot hear recently, but please just delete if not interest, hang in here with us, do not leave, we will probably get caught up at some point soon) Yes, those day of people being shoulder to shoulder on the square and driving around the square was almost like a traffic jam in Big D. We would drive around and around it many times on Saturday. That is how I first saw my wife Sue, standing on the corner, as I covered recently. She was not my grandma, but Ma Sheppard that lived across the road on W. College (Rose Hill), would always listen to my stories when I was a young boy. She would seem amazed (good acting job) at my story and would think it so exciting, when I would finish, to show her wonderment, she would say, "Aw Hush Your Mouth", in a loving tone. This another term I have used over the years. She was actually a grandmother to a classmate of mine, Wayne Sheppard. Wayne I think was the first boy in Clarksville to get a Cushman Motor Scooter. Me, sad to say, never got one, but I didn't ask for one either. I did ask for much of anything, I didn't figure we should spend dad's hard earned money on such things, and dad would have had to say, NO. Who, knows, maybe he had the money and would have said yes, but I don't really thing so. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > My mother loved finding a good parking space on the square at the curb and > the west side. Sometimes, a man would back up and sit on the car, Moma would > crank the car and he'd get up, she'd turn the key off. She wouldn't let anyone > touch the car. > > Marilyn > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx