Harold
Bell
Excepts
from "I Was a Teen in the 1930s and Some More Stuff"
The
Sheriff
"You never know when
somebody says something, or does something, that it may have a big effect on you
the rest of your life."The
Tight-Wire Walker
"She's
very daring. They put her wire up to the very tiptop of the tent thirty-five feet
above the ground, and she does exciting maneuvers without using a net." My
Date with Mary
Mary was the cause of the most exciting week of my young
life.
George
Lester - Memoir
Spunky
Flat and Beyond
| Norris
Chambers
How
We Made Gasoline
" As cheap as fuel was in those days, [the old tractor]
required an item that was extremely scarce - cash. So we did as many others in
that part of the county did. We decided to make our own tractor fuel."
Typing
Conan Stories
"I did typing for Robert E. Howard, the creator of
Conan the Barbarian. I never dreamed that Conan would be featured in comic books,
movies ..."
Dawson Minear
A
Gonzales County Rite of Passage
I
never realized until I became old how much fun I had as a youth...
More Stories
Wester
than Far West Texas
If you happened to be graduating from high school
in 1936, you faced a bleak and uncertain future....Rockets
Over The Rio or Waiting for Goddard
The mix of gunpowder and the
US Postal System always guarantees a good story. The time was 1936... |
