If you'll bear with me for one more story, I'll shut up. My step-father (Bill Bain) was the most easy-going and non-violent person you would ever want to meet. He had one problem - he was extremely ticklish (goosy), and if you goosed him, hit would take a swing at whatever was in front of him. Bill worked for the City of Radford for a bunch of years. One day he was talking to the Chief of Police (don't remember which one) and somebody slipped up behind Bill and goosed him in the ribs. Bill swung at the Chief and got in a good him good. The poor Chief nearly went down, but he was ok. Of course Bill was full of remorse. The Chief forgave him, and as far as I know, nobody ever goosed Bill again. Oh yeah - one more thing about Gentry. He was on the Radford Police force for a number of years and moved away for some reason. Later he wanted to come back, but there was no openings. He told the City Manager that if he would hire him, he would arrest enough people to pay his salary and then some. He was hired and he kept his word. John in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Edmonds" <nwe@psknet.com> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--back to my Ole Virginny home > Ha, ha, ha!!! I remember him. Had not thought of him in 50 > years.........he was Radford's Barnie Fife!!! > > Norma > > > > > > John Ford wrote: > > Phoebe: > > > > There used to be a motorcycle policeman in Radford by the name of Gentry. > > He would set at the foot of Hornbarger Hill and hide behind a telephone pole > > (he was that skinny). Caught a lot of people getting a run for the hill. > > > > John in Ohio > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Phoebe Poff" <pjspoff@earthlink.net> > > To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--back to my Ole Virginny home > > > > > > > >> Boy, do you all bring back memories....love all the chatter about > >> > > Radford.I believe there were two movie houses in East End and only one > > (StateTheatre) inWest End. My father took my sister (Alice)(twin's) and I to > > that other onedowntownto see "Tom Sawyer" (our first movie ever) but I can > > not remember the nameof it and that was back early 40's. I was born on > > "Hornbarger Hill" rememberwherethat is? Gilbert Street to be exact. > > > >> Phoebe > >> > > > > ********************************** > > Note from List Administrator!!! > > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > ********************************** > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message