Friday, April 30, 2010

Football heroes

The Paris High Wildcats


Here are the football heroes from my hey days. I never actually dated any of them but from afar I idolized them!

I did not attend many football games when I was in high school. Mainly because I didn't have much money and also I had no car to get there. Actually, I am not a football fan at all, to this day. But I did like keeping up with who won or lost when they played a game.

Some of the boys were downright handsome but others were not as lucky in the looks field. Even though the few who were not handsome, It seemed they had no trouble finding girls who were raring to go out with them.

It would be interesting to know how many of them are still living today. I know of a few who are gone but many others are probably gone also even though I am not aware of it.

1941 was a long time ago--61 years to be exact. However, sometimes when I look at the picture it seems only a few years ago! How time flies!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

More about Uncle Bernice




On the left is a picture of our Uncle Bernice. On the right is a picture of Jimmy Roberts who sings with the Lawrence Welk band.
Jimmy Roberts is now deceased but only for a couple of years.
Of course I still see him all the time when I watch the Lawrence Welk show. The show now is made up from clips of the old shows.
Every time I watch the show and see Jimmy Roberts sing I feel like I have just seen Uncle Bernice. His mannerisms are so much like Uncle Bernice's and his voice is like I remember uncle Bernice's voice, not that uncle Bernice sang but just the sound of his voice.
If you notice in the pictures their hair is identical. I could not find a picture of Uncle Bernice smiling as Jimmy Roberts is but I think the similarities are striking!
Jimmy Roberts passed away some time back. He most always sang with Norma Zimmer on the show but he also had a lot of solo spots. I feel a closeness to him because he reminds me so much of our dear Uncle Bernice.
By the way, the Lawrence Welk show is still on. It was off for a few times and I thought it was done for--luckily it isn't! So I can still enjoy the one show that I never miss watching.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

1932 Gregory Reunion




The Gregory Reunion--1932

Our Mother and Mary Ruth
In 1932 my mother's side of the family, the Gregorys, had a family reunion. The reunion was held at our home. There were about 45 or more people that attended. Almost all of our family was there. I was only about 6 years old and I am sitting on the banister. I remember it very well.
A few of the young boys were playing with a big rubber ball, tossing it back and forth and bouncing it. One of the throws was not actually aimed at my mother but it did hit her on the side of her forehead. It knocked her out cold for a few seconds. As she was falling she was telling the person near her, "Take me, take me!" Later on she said what she was trying to say was, "Take the baby, take the baby!" She was holding Mary Ruth at the time.
Someone did take the baby and luckily, neither the baby nor our mother was hurt. But it did cast a pall over the group and the ball playing stopped.
As I look at this picture now I am saddened because so many of those people are now deceased. At that time it was a very happy and joyful gathering. Many of the cousins and all of the uncles and aunts are now gone.
I am happy to have this picture to bring back all of my memories of that happy occasion!
Note: The family of my Aunt Lottie could not attend the reunion. So the family had a picture of Aunt Lottie and her family added on to the right end of the picture. It was not a very successful job by the photographer. Aunt Lottie's family all had on summer clothes and the reunion was held in the fall so all of the rest had on winter clothes.