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Alexandria
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It was wonderful to see Alexandria as it was when I was a child. Back then you could walk down Bolton Avenue and your parents did not have to worry about you as you went to the Don Theater on a Sunday afternoon. You could take the bus down town to go to the Paramount Theater for the Mickey Mouse Club for the price of R.C. Cola bottle caps. Even though I was born in 1956, I enjoyed the journey back. Thanks, Debi Debi York I really enjoyed traveling through the past with the material you have on line. I am looking for history on the Ruston Foundry. It operated from 1909 until 1985. If you have any information on where I can be directed to inquire about this Company and its people, it would be appreciated. chester.a.culley @ kcsr.com Chet Culley Hey, this is great. I was born and grew up in Alex. Graduated from Menard in 1974. Played in the band. I remember going to Bill Kearns gas station and buying and selling coins, riding my bike in the rock garden at City Park, and watching the Aces. Anyone want to get in touch, mlanius @ aol.com. Malcolm Lanius I was there between Nov 85 - Mar 89 with the 23rd EMS Armament Systems Banch Michael Broach I have enjoyed looking back at my first home away from home again. Alex was my first duty station with the Air Force back in 1985-1987. I was fresh out of tech school and about 18 years old when I got there. My times at the clubs there were great and I met a lot of great locals who really went out of their way to make us guys feel at home. We used to go in the middle of the night to an all-night diner that was at the end of the road coming from the back gate into town but I can't remember what the name is. Great coffee though. Great times and great friends there. Thanks for the memories!!! We need to do something like this for Savannah. Fred Wiggins England AFB 1963-1966. 613th TFS, 614th TFS. Fighter Pilot H. Louis Collomb Reading all the messages makes me feel so good about my hometown! I was born in Alex, attended Providence Academy, Cabrini, and graduated from Bolton, and lived here until l972. We moved back last year and although so much of the town we knew has changed, the photographs and messages help keep all my memories alive. It is good to be home and to be in touch with others who remember, appreciate and love our hometown. The place I miss most has got to be Magnolia Park. Are there any old photographs of that magical place? Thanks for all the effort that has gone into this venture. Kathleen Bagley Foto katfoto @ mailstation.com Kathleen Bagley Foto
Hi, I was born and raised in Alexandria on Sept. 3 1955. I always will be a southern girl at heart. I really enjoyed this web page. My interest in my birth place will always interest me. I do have a question however. If I may ask my question concerning Camp Livingston's old Ice House, please let me know as I would love to continue reading more on "my home City." Cindy (Cartwright) Early MICHELLE CROWELL, in reading your post, I note you are looking for relatives in or from the Alexandria area, some of whom were name Wright. My great grandfather was a Southerner who lived near Atlanta. During the Civil War he hid out and named my grandfather Abraham Lincoln Wright when he was born in 1865, the year the hostilities ended. To further express his dissatisfaction with the conflict, he later named another son Ulysses Grant. My grandfather subsequently lived in Poland, a farming community about 20 miles west of Alexandria for many years and died there during World War Two. If you believe there may be a connection between your relatives and mine, send me an email at mcgough3 @ cox.net, and I will ask a cousin who resides in Pasadena, California, to contact you. He knows much more about our family history than I do. Larry Bringol
What a wonderful site! My father was stationed at England Air Force Base when I was born. Not having been back to Louisiana in some years (too many to mention) I was wanting to see if there was a place where I might find a picture of the base to add to my memorabilia when I found your site. Also wonderful were the postcards; my mom went into labor while she and my father were at a movie and didn't have time to get to the base doctor, so I was born at Huey P. Long Hospital. Keep up the good work. Marie Campbell I'M STILL ENJOYING THE RETROSPECTIVE AND HAVE TRIED TO PASS IT ON TO FORMER CLASS-MATES. MY LOCATION HAS CHANGED AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANOTHER MEMORY.
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE CHRISTMAS SCENE THAT WAS ALWAYS PUT UP ON THE LAWN OF THE HOUSE ACCROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE MASONIC HOME? IT WAS A LITTLE CHURCH WITH LIGHTS INSIDE AND LITTLE TREES AROUND IT. THERE WAS A LOUDSPEAKER INSIDE AND YOU COULD HEAR CHRISTMAS CAROLS. MY DAD WOULD TAKE US OUT THERE AND WE WOULD SIT AND LISTEN. THE HOUSE ISN'T THERE ANYMORE BUT THE MEMORIES ARE, SWEET ONES. IF ANYONE DOES REMEMBER, LET ME HEAR FROM YOU AT MY E-MAIL ADDRESS - PMREER @ AOL.COM ELOISE EAST RUDLOFF I was stationed at England AFB from 1968 thru 1970, and worked at the hospital. Would like to hear from some old buds. mtracey @ burkburnett.org Mike Tracey Enjoyed the site. Grew up in Alec. Attended Rosenthal Elementary, and AJH. Lived in Enterprise. My Dad worked for Holsum Bakery. Remember spending a lot of time at Tony's bait stand that was at the corner of Rapides, and Bolton Avenues. I left Alec in 1965 or 1966. I went back recently and visited with some of my DeSoto buddies (Harry, Rodney, and Raymond). Sure was nice to see them again. Alec sure did change, but seeing the place once again did bring back some fond memories. My e-mail address is :locoman77373 @ yahoo.com if any remembers me. Gary LaBorde My connection is that I was raised in the rural area about 20 miles west of Alexandria and taught school in Alexandria for 24 years, and would love to hear from some of my former students. Patsy Coleman I just happened upon your website. I was born in Alexandria in 1944 and lived in Pineville for twenty-eight years before moving away. The postcards, pictures, and commentary brought back so many wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing them. I look forward to referring my family and grandchildren to this website. Marilyn Jo Humphries Curtis I was born in Alexandria and raised there for 28 years. I attended St Rita's and Providence and graduated in 1963. I have visited over the years one of the things my husband and I found out in case anyone is interested that the Newcomb studio has lots of pictures and if I am not mistaken they can be purchased. I loved shopping as a little girl at Kress and going to the coffee shop and having a Grapette. Rosa Brotherton Hi, just wanted to commend you on the time and effort you put into this site. We moved here from Massachusetts last summer and have spent quite a bit of time studying the old buildings and wondering what life must have been like in Alexandria during the past several decades. Thanks for the detailed, firsthand explanation! Natalie McDonald Way cool!!
Does anyone out there from Alexandria perhaps remember Robert "Buddy" George, born in 1927. Graduated from Bolton and attended Louisiana College and LSU Baton Rouge? That would be my father, and I was also born in Alexandria. So was my sister, Janet Faye George Suela, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Please respond if you were friends with my father or enemies! Hah! He is in Woodville, Mississippi and not faring well at all. It is a very sad situation. He used to be an Allstate Insurance agent and was good friends with Joe Villard, MD. raymondsmom @ earthlink . net Helaine George Barrington Really great going down memory lane with the site. I graduated from Menard in 1952 and married Agnes Converse. We traveled around in the military and retired in 1976. Our four children are grown and gone, replaced by four cats. Loved seeing the comments about Alexandria and the surrounding area, nostalgia grabbed me. Would love to hear from some old friends. eldrew @ eastex . net Elmore Hynson Andrews Just looking around the net and came across this web page. Very nice site. I was born and raised in the Alexandria area, went to Rosenthal, AJH, and Bolton High School. Last year in school as a graduate was 1963...hummm...long time ago. Very good memories from that past...keep up the good work. James M. Williamson III, Bolton
High School 1963 I am a beginning genealogist, researching my Wright, Taylor, Snowden, Brown & Hill ancestors who were from Cheneyville, Lecompte & Alexandria in Rapides county. Finding your site has helped me to replace my imagined views of Alexandria with reality. I visited Alexandria once when I was 6 yrs old, but don't remember it. I love the site and will probably visit it often to see if I can find any of my family connections... Thanks for sharing your memories! Michelle (Micki) Crowell Michelle H. Crowell I love this site, and you are so generous to share your efforts, and I appreciate it so much.
The faded sign on the side of the building on Lee, near the old Nehi bottling plant, says Thomas Camella Hardware I think. There was a small hardware store north of Simple Printing Co., and I think this it it. The Camella family had several businesses on both Lee St and Bolton Ave. In the mid 1940's Mr Camella had a fruit and vegetable wagon, pulled by a horse, that he drove thru the garden district every morning. It had a canvas roof and the scale that hung on a chain under the roof. He had a big brass bell which he rang to alert the cooks and housewives that fresh produce was for sale at their doorsteps. Some time near the 1950's he bought a pickup truck and rigged it to sell his produce from. In the mid 60's he had a store on Bolton Ave between Marye and Elliott Sts. where he still sold produce. I can remember buying bananas from his wagon as a little girl. He'd cut them from a huge stalk of bananas hanging from the supports of the canvas awing on his wagon. Elizabeth Grigsby Reimer
Born at England Air Force Base in Alexandria in 1961. You've brought back memories of shopping with my grandma Pauline Allen. We would go to Wellans, Grants, J.C.Penney's downtown. She worked at Weiss and Goldring and moved with them when they moved to the mall. Eating a hamburger at the counter at Grants was always a treat. I miss her; she passed away in 2002 and was placed at Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville. Thank you for this wonderful site. Dixie Berry Burlew
WOW! Thank you so much for spending the time to produce this website. I was born and raised in Alexandria, Cabrini, Menard (2 years old school on Elliott, 2 years new school - which looks old now) graduated in '69. What you have done here made me feel good, OLD, but good. Thanks again. Michael Paul Blank I grew up in Elic and still have family there. I love what you are doing here. If you could only add the sounds of summer afternoon locusts... Jimmy Stafford Thanks for the great site. Too bad there isn't more about Pineville. Some of our parents who worked in Alexandria, lived in Pineville or other communities, even Fishville and Pollock. It would be great to see pictures of the whole CENLA area. Thank you for this site. It certainly touched my heart. James W. McKenzie III GA USA - Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at 14:45:45 (GMT) Thanks for bringing me back home. I really miss Alex. Graduating from Bolton High in 73, I left behind a lot of good friends and memories. Cindy Garcia Daniels Cynthia Garcia Daniels I graduated from Menard High in 1961 and was a boarder from out of state. Do you have pictures of the old Menard Memorial High School or Providence High? Ted P. Crowley My interest in the Alexandria Retrospective is in the hopes that it will lead me to relatives in the Alexandria area. I have traced my ancestors back to Cheneyville and Alexandria. There were there since at least the 1820's. I'm hoping to get in contact with some of their living descendents, my distant cousins. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to find Snowdens from the Cheneyville/Alexandria areas. Thanks, Eric Snowden drsnowden @ comcast.net |
