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 > > >