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Ron (Yogi) Gilleland

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Busted

Like a lot of events witnessed by multiple people, this story has several versions. However, the basic story is agreed upon. Just small details seem to differ depending on who you talk to. The setting is Roby High School our senior year (1964). It is late spring because the senior trip is imminent and we …
Lee, Craig Combs & myself working a show in Market Hall Dallas

My First Time in Chicago

Sometime in the 80s as Lee and I ran our company. I needed to go to Chicago for the annual “Material Handling” show. Hard to believe now, that you needed to get on an airplane in the middle of winter and take a 3 or 4 day trip to see what was new and build …
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Granny & Papa Phelps

My mom was the youngest of five siblings, three boys and two girls. She was also the only one who was born in Texas. The others were born in Pickett county Tennessee. They were born where their parents had been born, in north central Tennessee less than 10 miles from the Kentucky state line near …

A Fleeting Moment

Thru the years we have a cabinet in the bathroom where we stock seldom used items. Soaps, tissues, remedies that proved to be not so effective. One of the items often found there is a Fleet enema. Last night we were at Krogers. I left Lee trying to pick a roast and visited the pharmacy …
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West Texas Hunter

I spent a lot of time, as a 12 year old boy does, thinking about hunting and fishing. Maybe all boys don’t but I did as did all of my friends. Reading any outdoor magazine I could get my hands on. I would read every article, letters to the editors and then start on every …
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