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SPUNKY
FLAT AND BEYOND
Memoirs by George Lester
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Chapters
SPUNKY FLAT AND BEYOND
The
Intruder 11-14-06
First
Date 10-1-06
The
Little House Outback 9-14-06
The
Vision 9-1-06
Quirky,
Random Childhood Thoughts 8-15-06
The
Omen 8-1-06
Retaliation
7-15-06
Do
You Remember 7-1-06
The
Lost Hours 6-15-06
The
Horn of Plenty 6-1-06
The
Big Move 5-15-06
Fractured
5-1-06
Yodeling
4-15-06
Puzzlement
4-1-06
Sam
Banty 3-14-06
The
Pugilist 3-1-06
Leonard
2-15-06
The
Upshur County Incident 2-1-06
Uncle
Unique 1-15-06
Cujo
1-1-06
Santy
Claus 12-15-05
A
Chilling Experience 12-1-05
Mister
Keen 11-15-05
Escape
from Peril 11-1-05
The
Louisiana Connection 10-15-05
Dances
with Alligators 10-1-05
Mr.
Know-It-All 9-15-05
Grease
9-1-05
"...After many hours tending the crops under the hot central
Texas sun, the brief sojourn to the creek was a real treat..."
How
Sweet It Was 8-15-05
Goodbye
Summer 8-1-05
Our
Secret World 7-15-05
BOOM!
7-1-05
Shooting off fireworks one Fourth of July
Alma
6-15-05
Every school day in Spunky Flat was an adventure of sorts.
A
Walk in the Black Forest 6-1-05
The
Irony of It All 5-14-05
Cyclone
5-1-05
The
Field Trip 4-20-05
Hamburgers
and Hoot Gibson 3-12-05
Oh
Say Can You See 2-1-05
Hunger
Pains 1-16-05
The
Cyclist 1-1-05
The
Reluctant Thespian 12-15-04
Lottie and the Tri-Motor Ford 12-1-04
Watching
the Radio 11-15-04
Just
Missing Elvis 11-1-04
The
"Killer" Cows 10-27-04
The
Poltergeist 10-15-04
The
Victory Lease 9-28-04
Football
in the Thirties 9-16-04
The
Entrepreneurs 9-7-04
Playmates
9-1-04
Tin
Can Shinny 8-23-04
Mules
to School 8-17-04
The
Smorgasbord 8-9-04
Ice
Scream! 8-9-04
The
Schemer 7-29-04
Manna
from Heaven 7-29-04
Bandmaster
7-20-04
Oyster
Stew 7-14-04
The
Haunted Boots 7-8-04
Radio
Days in Spunky Flat - Leapin’ Lizards and Doughboys in the Cotton
Patch 6-26-04
Phantom
of the Oilwell 6-16-04
Sausage
Biscuits 5-12-04
The
Graduate 5-6-04
Monsters
of Big Creek - A Mother's Wisdom 4-30-04
The
Campaigner 4-27-04
Enlistment
- Under-age enlistment and WWII Marine boot camp. 4-1-04
Our
Buick Pickup Truck - "The oil boom in west Texas played
out in the thirties, so many people started migrating back east
again ..." 3-21-04
Phoenix
Bird of Texas - Until then we had only read about the explosion
or heard it chronicled by word of mouth numerous times. That day
it became real. 3-7-04
The
Gospel According to Spunky Flat - The only way we got news and
information was by word-of-mouth. The more mouths passing it along,
the more distorted it became. 2-17-04
Maxine
- When we walked out of the store with our ice cream and not having
to pay, I thought that this credit thing was the most wonderful
invention of all times. 2-6-04
Lillian
- "Probably every boy has had a crush a girl who didn't even
know he was alive. It happened to me..." 1-12-04
Romance
at Spunky Flat or Little Schoolhouse in the Cotton Field
The
Movies in 1930s Marlin - "Our dad gave us each a quarter
to spend on our big "Saturday-go-to-town" day ..."
Union
Grove - Helmet-less Football, Bone-chilling Movies, Short Boxing
Careers and Why Teachers Should Be Demanding
George
and Sam at the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial - Billy Rose,
Sally Rand's Nude Ranch and the 1936 Fort Worth Centennial
A
Real Privy - "... Dad stood there looking around without
saying anything but the expression on his face spoke volumes."
PREFACE
- "This is not my life story. It is only the time that is often
referred to as the "fleeting youth" of my days on earth."
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George Lester
A Profile
Born. February 18, 1926 Vivian, Louisiana
Schools:
Lorena, Texas
Vivian, Louisiana
Eureka School, Spunky Flat, Texas
Union Grove, High School, Gladewater, Texas
Left high school year before graduating to join Marines in WWII.
After war worked for Civil Service at Red River Arsenal, New Boston,
Texas and Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Total about 7 years.
Went into radio as announcer in 1953 until retirement in 1991.Worked
in San Antonio, Seattle, New Orleans, Omaha, and Houston among other
cities.
Years of speaking ad-lib on radio seemed to help in creative writing
style. Also writing thousands of radio commercials.
Hobbies: Golf, singing, working crossword puzzles, and playing with
the computer.
Father of two sons and a daughter.
George
Lester
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Left
to right
Kneeling: Eddie Lester, Deanne Lester (daughter of J.P. Lester Jr.),
Sam Lester
Next row up: Ferell Lester (Ocee's wife) holding daughter Rosalind,
sister Maxine Deckard holding son "Speedy", Rose Lester (J.P Jr's
wife), sister Mary Lester.
Back row: Ocee Lester, J.P. Lester Jr. holding daughter Kay, J.P.
Lester Sr., Morris Lester |
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