Yep, and show some respect.

The Historical society of Gladewater called me and set up an interview to pick my brain on historical events of the 40s in Gladewater (from first hand knowledge).

My parents built a MOTEL (when Tourist Courts were the thing).. the ONLY one between Dallas and Shreveport at the time (1948) with A/C.

In later years (the early 50s) ELVIS stayed with us (as did several other VIPs).

A friend of mine found an insert (4 pages) from the newspaper of 1948 (at an estate sale) of the grand opening of the Res-Mor Motel and I told the Museum that they could have it (my kids would just burn it when I'm gone). It gives details of everything in the rooms and how it came about - it's really amazing the details in that four pages.

And I REMEMBER that night .. I was all dressed up in my sailor dress with my white socks and patent leather shoes and acting like I was grown up greeting all the people who came to congratulate mom and dad. It was the social event of the season. (Ok, Gladewater didn't have much excitement back in the 40s.. and things like that were a BIG deal.. ).

Anyhow, Gladewater has a museum that goes back to the Oil Boom of the 30s with all kinds of things in it that people have donated. They even have an Elvis room and one of the "guest registration cards" from our motel is a featured memento in that room.

Don't know what they're going to do with the info I give them, but they've been bugging me for months and we finally came up with a date for the interview. It's Friday ...

So anyhow this is a nice thing for me .. getting old has advantages.. can't remember what I had for breakfast, but can remember what happened in the 40s... 

You go girl! 

Barbara,

My little foot note at the end of my posts is just an aspiration for me as yet...... You are the living proof.

Keep laughing.

Peter.

Hey, Babs is a monument!!!

I bet not may people can claim to having been thrown out of a beer joint at 1 year old.

I love history too Barbara, and like you ,I especially love my own, and have traced my family tree way back - one brach going back to 1628.

My husband says I look at the past with rose tinted glasses because times were incredibly hard in the past, and I completely agree, particularly the further back you go. It was a crime to be poor in Victorian England. I guess we have it so much easier now.

BUT, they were gentler times. Wars aside, people were more peaceful, more respectful of each other (and themselves) and happier with thier lot. The world today is just one big rat race and would benefit greatly from some old fashioned values.

lemme get this straight...yer old and shit happened?...have i got that right?