by admin | Aug 23, 2019 | Memories From the Mayor
Memories from the Mayor Belle Bryson - The Fastest Grandma I Ever Knew She was the fastest Grandma I ever knew. All of us who played sandlot ball beside her house knew that somewhere within the hallowed walls of the house walked the finest fielder we knew....
by admin | Aug 3, 2019 | Memories From the Mayor
Memories from the Mayor Cousin Harrell and the Law Bonnie and Clyde had nothing on us. The whiskey runners of prohibition were not as clever. On this hot summer Sunday afternoon, Mike Harrell and I had to utilize all our cunning ways to avoid a confrontation with...
by admin | Jul 20, 2019 | Memories From the Mayor
Memories from the Mayor A Really Good Edger Back in 1980, I called Wayne Littlejohn, owner of Calvert City’s Western Auto, and asked him to order me a “really good” grass edger. Well, in a short time, Mr. Littlejohn called to tell me the edger was at...
by admin | Jul 10, 2019 | Memories From the Mayor
Memories from the Mayor Wayne Littlejohn & The Christmas Shotgun When I was fourteen, I was in Western Auto to buy something. Most likely a baseball or BB’s, my normal purchases, when I spied a shotgun on the sales rack. I was looking it over pretty close when Wayne...
by admin | Jun 30, 2019 | Memories From the Mayor
Memories from the Mayor Haircuts at Herbs A haircut at Herb’s was always an adventure. I never liked Saturday haircut because they took so long. Not because Herb was so slow (He talked a lot) it was because of the crowd. Same way on Friday afternoon after the...