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Sam Damico
City: Houston
State: TX
Comments: God Bless all of our friends and
family members who have been devastated by the tragedy along
the Gulf coast.
August 31, 2005
Walter R. Slattery
City: New Canaan
State: CT
Comments: I SERVED AT ALEX IN THE SUMMER
OF 1944 AS A NAVIGATOR ON B-17'S, LEAVING IN SEPTEMBER FOR LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA WHERE WE PICKED UP A NEW B-17 AND FLEW IT TO THE ETO
WHERE WE SERVED WITH THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE.
August 29, 2005
Steve Erwin
City: DFW
State: TX
Comments: Very nice historical view of your
city! Love it! Would love to see such sites for many other cities:
clean, easy to navigate, lots of pictures and input from locals.
I am wondering if someone can assist me
with some visual research? I'm developing a graphic novel project
about Jim Bowie and I'm needing some idea of what Alexandria
would have looked like in 1826. Was the town center brick or
wooden structures, or mixed? Can someone supply artists renderings
of what a main street looked like, or Bailey's Hotel specifically
(where Bowie had a room)? Visually, much will be conjecture on
my part but I am striving for accuracy where I can. I can also
use visual clues for Vidalia and/or the Alexander House and The
Sandbar Fight. Write back at this address if you can help.
Steve Erwin
keMacSabe @ mac.com
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Bill Anderson
City: Terrell
State: TX
Comments: I was born in the old Rapides
General Hospital in 1956. My Father was stationed at England
AFB at that time. We lived there until 1961 when he was transferred
to Florida. Have a lot of memories of Alexandria/Pineville area.
Have been back several times and it is hard to believe what time
has done to the area. It's almost impossible to go to the base
and not choke up at how it has changed.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Patricia Chelette
City: Franklin
State: TN
Comments: My husband and I both grew up
in Alexandria. He attended Bolton High School and I went to Providence.
It was a simpler time then. There are many memories there.
I
still dream of eating a hamburger as good as the ones we used
to get at Reed & Bell or the po-boys at Fuzzy's.
I haven't
been back to Alexandria in over 10 years. I don't think I would
like the changes that have evolved....I prefer to remember the
past.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Daniel M. Banks
City: Burleson
State: TX
Comments: I was assigned to the 622nd Air
Regueling Squadron from Feb 58 to Feb 64.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Andrew Godfrey
City: Pineville
State: LA
Comments: Am really missing not having the
Alexandria Aces in town since I have been watching them off and
on since the middle 50's at Bringhurst. I remember when Art Visconte
played second base with Bill Lynn in center and with Harry Strohm
as the manager. I remember one season when a pitcher named Bob
Reizner went 20-0 on the season with the Aces. Then in the 70's
one of the Ace's pitchers named Randy Jones went on to win the
Cy Young Award with the Padres.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Sue Barton (Leger) Watkins
City: Boyce (Cotile Lake)
State: LA
Comments: I have just been reviewing and
enjoying recent entries in your Retrospective web site. Thanks
again for the walk down memory lane. Just yesterday I drove in
front of Louisiana College and saw all the changes at the entry
into LC from Main Street Pineville.
Now we have overpasses and I49 but no more
drive in movies, not even the benches my class mates an I sat
on at Bolton High's entry site. Who would have thought it would
all change so fast. I graduated from Bolton in 1959. Now looking
at retirement & Social Security WOW... Where did the time
go. I often thank God for the people He put in my life to live
and grow older with. This includes many of you. Looking at the
memories and making more every day gives me great happiness.
We can make life better for our children and grandchildren. Keep
looking up for His soon return. Sue (Susie Barton).
Monday, August 15, 2005
Julie Cobb Gaspard
City: Milton
State: LA
Comments: My family is from the Pineville/Alexandria
area. I grew up going to Pineville/Alex on the w/e's. I have
recently started looking up old family from the 1600's - 1957.
My family name is Cobb/Bordelon. I am interested in finding old
school pictures so I can see what my relatives looked like. If
anyone knows where I can find this information, please contact
me. I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks
Julie
julesg68 @ yahoo . com
Sunday, August 7, 2005
Rhonda Tyler
City: Alexandria
State: La
Comments: I am trying to find out about
the history of our home at 912 Thornton Avenue, Kilpatrick Subdivision,
Alexandria, Louisiana. Thanks - rhonda912 @ juno . com
Saturday, August 6, 2005
Gail Baillio
City: Plano
State: TX
Comments: I am a descendant of Pierre Baillio
II, the original builder and owner of what is now called the
Kent House. My daughter and I will be visiting the Kent House
for the first time this month and I am really excited. For some
reason, I am drawn to Alexandria at this time---I "found" your
website by accident--it's wonderful! I feel such a connection
to a place I have never been. It's as if I am being called back
to my heritage. I look forward to viewing the Retrospective again.
Thursday, August 4, 2005
Ernie Knobloch
City: Diamondhead
State: MS
Comments: I just reviewed the latest pictures
and they brought back additional memories of a much simpler time.
After 39 years of working in schools and school systems, I recently
retired and moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
I'd loved to
hear from anyone who remembers me (graduated from Prompt Succor
in 1958 and Menard in 1962).
Ernie Knobloch
Eknob245@cableone.net
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Robert W. Ortego
City: Sherman Oaks
State: CA
Comments: Thanks for getting this together.
I am looking forward to my 50th year reunion at Bolton next year-2006.
I sort of missed the first 49!
Monday, July 25, 2005
Tom Ewing
City: Yountville
State: ca
Comments: Thanks. Sure enjoyed the photo
tour. My dad was born in Alexandria in early 1920's. Left to
the west coast via Navy WWII. I'm doing a little search and hoping
to get some info from lost relatives in Alexandra area. That
would be the offspring of Charlie and Fanni Ewing. My dad was
Harry Ewing. I've got some leads. I think I'll succeed soon.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Lena Jones
City: Jackson
State: MS
Comments: What an armchair ride! Thanks;
many happy returns (for the good of us all who love your postings).
LJ
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Carolyn Johnson
City: Merryville
State: la
Comments: I would like to eat at piccadilly
for my birthday
Saturday, July 16, 2005
james (randy) baker
City: burleson
State: tx
Comments: born and raised there.my grandfather
worked for bunny bread on lee street for 35 yrs. there's a lot i
miss about alexandria and from time to time i get back there. and
it has changed a lot.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
William E Antee
City: Walker
State: la
Comments: lived there when i was a kid with
my parents Hal and Annie Antee. My dad managed Lazarone's for
a time. i remember we had some real good times there. I still
call Alex my home town. Really miss it sometimes
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Jerry Tanner Brown
City: Mt Olive
State: NC
Comments: I was reared in Cheneyville, just
south of Alex. We shopped in Alexandria, went to movies, ate
at the old Baptist Hospital on occasion, attended special occasions
at the Bentley.
My husband and I are graduates of Louisiana College,
so of course, we are all too familiar with Alexandria. The old
Paramount theater, Schnack's, Wellan's, Weiss and Goldrings,
the old Sears.
Such fond memories of the old Alex. My
brother and his wife live there now so we have gradually seen
things progress. New and fond memories are shaping in the new
Alexandria.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Bob P. Hunt
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Comments: I am really enjoying your Alexandria
Retrospective. My age has not dimmed my memory of "Alec".
My first visit to Alexandria was in 1928
when my parents brought the family to a grass landing field west
of Bayou Rapides.
People could pay for a 15 minute flight over
Alec. The passenger airplane was a Ford tri-motor. It made a
terrible racket when the engines started up and the corrugated
metal side panels really vibrated.
When I was very young my parents brought
me to City Park to listen to Huey Long make a political speech.
He was standing in a pavilion. He had on a white shirt and spoke
very loudly. He kept raising his fist up and down.
Later, my family moved to Alexandria from
a small town in Grant Parish called Rochelle. That was in 1936.
We lived on Masonic Drive. The Masonic Home was about a mile
down the highway from us. My first girl friend, Geraldine Smith,
lived there.
I rode my bicycle up Masonic Drive to Bringhurst
Park where the city zoo was located. I was ten years old and
I saw my first live alligator there.
The Murray Street bridge across the Red
River to Pineville had a real steep incline on the Alexandria
side. The bridge was real narrow and kind of scary.
I remember the brick streets and shopping
at the Kress five and dime store. Every week end we would go
the the Holsum bakery and buy fresh hot doughnuts. It was like
being in heaven. I saw my first neon sign at a Billups gas station
on Lee street in 1939. Every saturday I would ride my bicycle
up town the the "picture shows" on Third street. It
cost a dime. That included a cartoon, news, previews of coming
attractions, and the movie. Usually a Western.
I rode a school bus from Masonic Drive
to Central Grammar School. My 4th grade teacher was Lucille S.
Carnahan and my 5th grade teacher was Florence Segrist, who on
pay days, would endorse her check and I would take it and the
deposit slip to a teller at the Rapides Banks and Trust Co.
On
the way I always passed through the lobby of the Bentley Hotel
and go through the "Mirror Room". It had mirrors all
around the walls and on the ceiling. It was a soft blue room.
One of our neighbors on Masonic Drive was
the Vanlangendonk family. One of their sons joined the CCC, (Civilian
Conservation Corps), and helped plant pine tree seedlings on
cut over land in Rapides Parish and the central Louisiana area.
Alexandria made a lasting impression on me. These are just some
of my memories.
Bob P. Hunt
Baton Rouge, La.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Linda Bellemare
City: Manchester
State: NH
Comments: My husband was stationed at England
AFB back in 1967-69. Remember Joe's at the Rotary and the clubs.
I worked for Alexandria Seed Co. during my stay. The Cade family
are great people. Enjoyed the Mardi Gras too! Great site!!
Monday, July 11, 2005
Jo Rosen
City: Rosemount
State: MN
Comments: I found your site some years ago
and was overwhelmed with those old memories of time past. A graduate
of Peabody (Class of 1972...a memorable time in my life). Your
Alexandria Retrospective brings back many happy thoughts. "LEST
WE NEVER FORGET" where home is.
(aka Joan Perkins-Bessard)
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Greg Walker
City: Alexandria
State: La.
Comments: Hello to all of my friends who
have dropped by this site to remember days gone by. Alexandria
is a special place and we all have such wonderful memories of
living and growing up here. Glad to have the opportunity to say
"hi".
Friday, July 8, 2005
John C Jones
City: houston
State: tx
Comments: i'm not from alexandria louisiana
but when i was a young fellow i lived there with my family until
1977 when i left. that was ten years ago. i did have some good
times and good friends and i would like to re-contact them if
they want to. especially those that were in the same graduating
class at bolton high school in 1969. if there is anyone there
that recognizes me or remembers me and family contact me at this
web site or contact me at this address
john c jones
2101 fountainview 7g
houston texas 77057
i want to hear from my former friends as
well as class mates that me when i was at bolton high school
in 1969. if anyone remembers me, contact me and i'll get back
to you as soon as i can. thanks.
Thursday, July 7, 2005
Wayne Rowe
City: Willis
State: TX
Comments: Great trip I really enjoyed it.
Went to Prompt Succor and Menard in the 50's. Worked at Wellan's
while in high school.
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Moses Attrep, Jr.
City: Los Alamos
State: NM
Comments: Thanks for putting this together.
I enjoyed it very much.
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Glenda Raymond Rowe
City: Willis
State: Tx
Comments: My parents moved me to Alex when
I about 2 years old.
I attended West End Elementary that was
on Bolton Ave. I graduated from Bolton High in 1958.
My dad worked
and retired from the railroad there and my mother worked at the
old Effie's restaurant. My husband, Gilbert Wayne Rowe, was born
and raised there also. He graduated from Menard in 1957.
We both
loved the town and have lots of great memories.
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Kenny Stancil
City: Willow Springs
State: NC
Comments: What a great site! My family was
stationed at England AFB from 1970 to 1973. I have a lot of great
memories of the base as well as the city of Alexandria. I went
to school for 3 years on base but I did attend A.J.H. in 72-73.
My best memory of AJH was Coach Geroy. He was a great teacher
and coach who I admired very much. The best memories I have of
Alexandria involved sports. I played all the sports on base and
my dad and I went to more Aces games than I can count. I can
still see Bringhurst Field in my mind. I made the All Star team
in little league two years in a row and I will never forget playing
the Alexandria all star team. I'll never forget it because a
guy named Eric Saucier pitched against us and he was unbelievable!
I also played basketball on the base team and we played in the
CYO league against St. Rita's and Alexandria Country Day. Those
are the only two schools I can remember right now.
My older brother went to Country Day during
that period. There was quite a bit of tension as I remember between
the base and the city as far as school assignments for students
from the base so a lot of kids went to Country Day. I also remember
playing football for the base team and playing Prompt Succor
in a scrimmage game. They had not been beaten in quite a while.
I forget how many consecutive games they had won but needless
to say their streak stayed intact when we played them.
We moved back to NC in the summer of 73
and I have lived here ever since but I have never forgotten England
AFB or Alexandria. I would love to go back and visit some day.
If anyone from my days there read this please contact me at DetTgrs68n84@aol.com.
Thanks for putting together such a wonderful site!
Sunday, July 3, 2005
Dianne Edouard
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Comments: Few would know me by my name.
I was born Sadie Dianne Mahfouz, and reared in Alexandria until
my family relocated to New Orleans. The passage of time has added
a glamour to Alexandria that was lost on me as a child and teenager.
I grew up in the cozy nest of Ivy League streets, and attended
Cabrini and Providence. I am planning to take a walk back into
the past this summer to visit the town I once couldn't wait to
leave.
Sunday, July 3, 2005
Lou (Pearce) Munson
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Comments: GREAT WEBSITE........BROUGHT BACK
WONDERFUL MEMORIES! Grew up in Alex - graduated BHS in 1965!
Incredible - it's been 40 years! Anybody planning a reunion?
Friday, July 1, 2005
Lisa Simpson
City: Alexandria
State: LA
Comments: Great!
Friday, July 1, 2005
Anne (Krison) Mitchell
City: Dallas
State: TX
Comments: BOLTON HIGH - class of 1963 --
and a lifetime of memories in Alexandria! Cannot believe this
site has been around a couple of years, and I have just found
it! Read every word (including the registry) -- LOTS of names
I remember.
Just a few memories: dressing up to go downtown;
first class to enter Alex.Jr. High; Owl Grocery (who still delivered
to my grandmother as late as 1990); Fishville; Camp Windywood
at Pollock; Channel 5 (when it was only on about 4 hours a day!);
later house on Pershing Ave., with sugarcane field next door
and cotton fields on Texas Ave.; all the food "haunts" everyone
else has noted; Max Kees & The Rimshots playing for BHS Sock-Hops;
although already noted by others, Mrs. Knobloch at OLPS and Mrs.
Parker at BHS (MAJOR influences on my life!!); wonderful Mr.
Pate at BHS; Mr.Doyle's first year on faculty at BHS -- every
female student was in love with him!; roots so deep, they can
never be touched by time or space.
Visited Alex just last year; of course,
cannot help but notice the changes, but was so pleasantly surprised
to see so much still intact. I am at least 6th generation Alex,
so have much oral family history, as well as my own personal
memories -- WHAT A TREAT! Anyone I might remember, please write
at: 9231 Windy Crest Dr., Dallas, TX 75243. Have e-mail address,
but "mail controls" in place (would be SOOO glad to
add yours!). Thanks again for a most deliriously special experience
(have old photos that I will send later). Anne
Wednesday, June 27, 2005
Casey Cooper
City: Alexandria
State: LA
Comments: Very good documentary. I grew
up walking the streets of Bolton and Monroe... now I would be
very leery to step foot on them at night. I appreciate your time
spent on keeping alive the history of Alexandria. I will be sure
to pass it on to others.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Glenn Guillory
City: Glenmora
State: LA
Comments: Fantastic sights on this site!
I really liked finding the post card of Rock Garden, where in
the years from 1954 until 1959 "we" engineered new
water-ways, rearranged rocks/boulders, carved our names in sandstone,
and dreamed we were in Tarzan's realm.
The true trust and love
of childhood friendships was nurtured by the magic of the garden.
The LION'S FACE on the bridge had faded but his mystery was even
greater...and the ghosts of persons who had loved our park before
we came shepherded us through the days, and byways. I love Rock
Garden!
My greatest feat was to build a damn across the stream
by learning how to use levers and move the boulders across the
stream. I bet that made the park officials happy, a damn!
I saw magic and I saw grace, I saw love,
and somehow a creative artist's eye was born in that milieu.
I would like to take a walk in rock garden
with you all!
Then, it was off to Maryhill for three years,
where many public works projects in the woods and streams needed
my attention.
Jimmy Matessino, Sammy Nasello, Francis
Brian, Hubert "Rebel" Yoist, Jimmy Vermaelen, and more
brave explorers got their earliest experiences in the Rock Garden.
Glenn monkglen@yahoo.com
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Jim Till
City: Champaign
State: Ill
Comments: As a native of Pollock, I enjoyed
the memories presented here. I actually will be retiring from
the music ministry and moving back to Pollock in about five years
(a very recent decision) so the thoughts of my early childhood
and wondering what it will be like, have been on my mind recently
. Thanks for the journey back!
Friday, June 24, 2005
Rob Francis
City: Pasadena
State: Tx
Comments: My Dad and I have visited this
site about which he has great interest as his birthplace is Forrest
Hill, La.
My Dad was born in 1915 in Forrest Hill,
La. the first child of six children to Charles Scott Francis & Charlsie
Myrtis Bruce.
My father has recently recorded memories
of his life in La, during WWII and afterwards. He and my Mom
(age 82) now live with me in Houston, Texas.
My father is 90 years old and has visited
this website on Alexandria near where he grew up on Raoring Creek
and Spring Creek. His uncle, Jim Bruce - his mother's brother
- was the owner of Shady Nook on Spring Creek and was the police
juryman of the parish roads in Rapides Parish Ward #4.
My grandfather, Charles Scott Francis, hired
his two oxen to build gravel roads in Rapides Parish at the
turn of the century and on into the early 1910's.
My mother also was from Louisiana and her
brother was Major General Oris B. Johnson who retired from the
Air Force to be in public service in the Louisiana State Government.
Among many honors, he is recognized locally in the Museum for
the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge.
Robert S. Francis
docveda@houston.rr.com
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Brenda (Rudd) Brandon
City: Quincy
State: Fl
Comments: I lived at the air base in Alexandria
from around 1968 - 1972. My father was Hollis Rudd. My sister
and I had two friends that we use to hang out with there names
were Anita and Velma Williams. Their father was a Military Police
man and they also lived on base. We would like to really get
in touch with them. I do know that my sister seen Velma at Mexico
Beach, Florida some 10-15 years ago. If anyone of you happen
to know either of these girls please let them know that Brenda
and Sandra Rudd would like to hear from them. I do know that
both Anita and Velma went into the Air Force after graduating
from High School (I think Bolton High School). Please contact
me via email or at my home address: 2652 Bristol Highway, Quincy,
Florida 32351.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Larry Hart
City: Biloxi
State: MS
Comments: I was a member of the 23rd Security
Police Sqdn at England Air Force Base from March of 1976 until
August 1979.
I have fond memories of my time spent there, and
some of the friends I made that still are close to me today.
Swimming at Indian Creek, seeing the first Star Wars movie and
many, many others at the Drive-In and "Dixie" being
played everyday at noon in downtown Alex when the Confederate
Flag flew high above a local business (a bank I think).
Monday, June 13, 2005
Michael L. Gail
City: Frederick
State: Co.
Comments: I was stationed at England AFB
from Nov 63 to July 67. It was my first duty station after tech
school. I worked at the Munition Storage area. Had a lot of good
friends both off base and those who I worked with. Went to Vietnam
from England AFB. A great time.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Muff McGinty Boyd
City: Georgetown
State: SC
Comments: Prompt Succor (1952-1961), Providence
(1961-62), Bolton (1962-1965)
I long for contacts from Alex way out here
in coastal South Carolina. My family (Dee McGinty Gilbert, Joe
McGinty, Susan McGinty McNeal and my Mom, Fran McGinty) keeps
me up on happenings but it just isn't like being there. I love
reading all those names of people and places and seeing the pictures,
but I have become disoriented about what was where after 36 years
away. Could we have a street map added to the site?
One snapshot in time is from my early childhood
and I am riding down Bolton Avenue with my daddy after dark,
summer time. Bare bulbs illuminate fruit and vegetable stands
along both sides of the street and throngs of people are there
speaking a different language, Italian, I think. I was mesmerized
watching them laughing and talking together. Must have been around
1950.
We have a wonderful heritage of people
from so many "other places" in the world. I would love
to hear from anyone from Alex, especially those living on the
east coast. I had a wonderful reunion about 3 years ago with
Glen Saucier from Brandon, Fla. and Michael Geiger from Fayetteville,
NC in Charleston, SC where our families met and we saw each other
for the first time in 30 something years!
My email address is marymboyd@yahoo.com.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Judith Boudreaux
City: Pueblo
State: Colorado
Comments: My brother Richard, told me about
this new site and this is wonderful...just last december i made
a trip back to alex after about 5 years...it's funny how the
smells (sandy loam soil, humidity, pine, oak) just hugged me,
and the camellias were blooming too...what a welcome..there's
so much on this site, i wish i could walk inside it and touch
and feel and look around and lean against that cushion of softness
alex always supplies...
Schnacks was/is the best retail store ever...my
godmother took me there when i was very young to pick out pretty
things...that was in the late 1940s...i was, even then, amazed
at the architecture..the frosted glass panels in the front display
window etched with roses...all of it...i am so glad it's on the
registry so it must be preserved, at least not changed.
Ii attended
prompt succor from 1949 to 56 (i think) when i went on to bolton
high where i graduated in 61......we were the last 8th grade
class to attend bolton high....what is/has happened to the Bentley
Hotel?
Friday, June 10, 2005
David Calton
City: Helena
State: AL
Comments: I was born in Alex in 1953 and
lived here until 1990. My first date with my wife was at the
Paramount downtown and still remember it. The windows at Christmas
of Wellan's. Cenla Auto Parts and the Pontiac dealership next
door are fond memories.
Thanks for the memories.
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Brenda (Rudd) Brandon
City: Quincy
State: FL
Comments: I would like to contact some old
friends that I had when I lived at the Air Base in Alexandria
from approximately 1969-1972. My friends were Anita and Velma
Williams, whose father was a military policeman on the air base.
My sister and I (Brenda & Sandra Rudd) moved to Florida in
1972 and we sure would like to contact our two lost friends.
I do know that both Anita and Velma went into the air force after
graduation and my sister Sandra saw Velma in Mexico Beach, Florida
a few years later.
If anyone knows their whereabouts I sure
would appreciate you contacting me via email, (bbrandon2652@earthlink.net)
or by mail: 2652 Bristol Highway, Quincy, Florida 32351. I was
told that Anita has remarried and now her last name may be Cooper.
I visited Alexandria in 2003 and was so surprised at all of the
changes. I was so glad that I got to visit the air base and was
very surprised to still see my old duplex on Hickory Court was
still standing. Got some nice pictures and was thrilled to see
that the pool was still there. It sure did bring back memories.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Shelia "Rogers" Oliver
City: Midwest City
State: Ok
Comments: Thank you for this most enjoyable
site. I grew up in the area of Pineville and Alexandria in the
mid-50s to mid-60s. We lived in what is now the state mental
hospital grounds.
My dad was stationed at England AFB. He also
happens to be from Tioga. He is buried there. We moved to Shreveport
after he retired. I miss Cenla and go back there as much as I
can. Lots has changed there, which is probably a "good" thing.
I now live in Moore, Ok. I have lots of
good memories growing up there. I attended Pineville Elem. We
moved to Shreveport the summer before I entered the 7th grade.
This was very hard for me. I knew one person at my school, that
was my cousin. I had lots of friends in Pineville and it was
hard to say goodbye. I had wonderful teachers at Pineville Elem.
They would all be surprised to know that I am an Early childhood
teacher at Rose State College in Okla.
I also found a site that has pics of Pineville
Grammar year book around mid 50's. I recognize some of the children
even though they where older than me. It was great to see pics
of my old teachers and I mean old. Most all of them where near
retirement. My favorite of all my teachers was Mrs Kees. However
I also loved Mrs Katie Smith. They all made an great impression
on me. If anyone has any pics they would like to share of their
Pineville Grammar days from 1957-63 please summit them. We lived
in the Forest Glen Housing Addition. We lived at 100C Rainbow
Dr. It was a great place to live. Thanks for this site.
Thanks again
Shelia Oliver
Friday, June 3, 2005
JOHN C JONES
City: HOUSTON
State: TX
Comments: I LIVED IN ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA
FROM 1958 UNTIL 1977 WHEN I LEFT AND MOVED BACK TO HOUSTON TEXAS
WHERE I HAVE BEEN LIVING ALL THESE YEARS.
IF ANY ONE WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME, PLEASE
DO SO.
IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THAT KNOWS ME, I
WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM.
THANKS
JOHN C JONES
2101 FOUNTAINVIEW DRIVE 7G
HOUSTON TEXAS 77057
CJONESJOHN@WORLDNET.COM
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Diana
City: Bellflower
State: CA
Comments: Hey, I found this site by accident
and man, it was a great read. I was born and raised in Alexandria
in 1955 and left when I was twelve (1967); My father's name is
Herbert Woodard and we lived in Pineville for a short time directly
in front of the old cemetery; then we moved to Alexandria and
lived on 1233 Shirland Avenue.
I went to Reed Street Elementary School
and Jones Street Junior High School for one year (7th grade);
thereafter, we moved to Los Angeles, California, where I continue
to live. I visit Alexandria about every two to three years since
the 90's. It would take to long to write about my appreciation
of being reared in Alexandria/Pineville. I can only ditto everyone
else sentiments. There are a few people I would love to contact;
Janice Braxton, Zenobia Styles, Barbara Ann Christine and Lennard
Gaston. These were some of my favorite elementary school friends.
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Anne Peters King
City: Cazenovia
State: NY
Comments: I was born in Alexandria 7/43
while my father was stationed there during WWII. They want to
make a trip there in the fall with me to see it again.
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
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