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FLAT AND BEYOND
Memoirs by George Lester
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Chapters
SPUNKY
FLAT AND BEYOND
The
Intruder 11-14-06First
Date 10-1-06The
Little House Outback 9-14-06The
Vision 9-1-06Quirky,
Random Childhood Thoughts 8-15-06The
Omen 8-1-06Retaliation
7-15-06 Do
You Remember 7-1-06The
Lost Hours 6-15-06The
Horn of Plenty 6-1-06The
Big Move 5-15-06Fractured
5-1-06 Yodeling
4-15-06 Puzzlement
4-1-06Sam
Banty 3-14-06The
Pugilist 3-1-06Leonard
2-15-06The
Upshur County Incident 2-1-06Uncle
Unique 1-15-06Cujo
1-1-06 Santy
Claus 12-15-05A
Chilling Experience 12-1-05Mister
Keen 11-15-05Escape
from Peril 11-1-05The
Louisiana Connection 10-15-05Dances
with Alligators 10-1-05Mr.
Know-It-All 9-15-05Grease
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 8-15-05Goodbye
Summer 8-1-05Our
Secret World 7-15-05BOOM!
7-1-05
Shooting off fireworks one Fourth of JulyAlma
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
5-1-05The
Field Trip 4-20-05Hamburgers
and Hoot Gibson 3-12-05Oh
Say Can You See 2-1-05Hunger
Pains 1-16-05The
Cyclist 1-1-05The
Reluctant Thespian 12-15-04
Lottie and the Tri-Motor Ford 12-1-04Watching
the Radio 11-15-04Just
Missing Elvis 11-1-04The
"Killer" Cows 10-27-04The
Poltergeist 10-15-04The
Victory Lease 9-28-04Football
in the Thirties 9-16-04The
Entrepreneurs 9-7-04Playmates
9-1-04Tin
Can Shinny 8-23-04Mules
to School 8-17-04The
Smorgasbord 8-9-04Ice
Scream! 8-9-04The
Schemer 7-29-04Manna
from Heaven 7-29-04Bandmaster
7-20-04 Oyster
Stew 7-14-04The
Haunted Boots 7-8-04Radio
Days in Spunky Flat - Leapin’ Lizards and Doughboys in the Cotton Patch 6-26-04
Phantom
of the Oilwell 6-16-04Sausage
Biscuits 5-12-04The
Graduate 5-6-04Monsters
of Big Creek - A Mother's Wisdom 4-30-04The
Campaigner 4-27-04Enlistment
- 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. 2-17-04Maxine
- 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 DemandingGeorge
and Sam at the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial - Billy Rose, Sally Rand's Nude
Ranch and the 1936 Fort Worth CentennialA
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." |
George LesterA
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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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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