AT THE BUSY INTERSECTION OF HWY. 55 AND HWY. 44. MY UNCLE, GRANDPA, AND THEIR OLD FRIEND MR. DRESNER OWNED A CHUNK OF LAND AT THAT SPOT ON OLD HWY. 66.......THEY CALLED IT THE ACRES. IT WAS A LITTLE SHACK WITH A LOT OF MR. DRESNERS OLD TRACTORS, TRUCKS AND AUTOS THEY HAD A GARDEN, AND THE FAMILIES HAD LOTS OF PICNICS, AND COUSINS BIRTHDAY PARTIES HERE. MR. DRESNER HAD AN OLD WELDING SHOP ON 12TH AND GRAVOIS. I THINK THE OLD BUILDING IS STILL THERE. HE COULD AND WOULD BUILD ANYTHING OUT OF SCRAP, MERRY-GO-ROUNDS, DAMS, BOMB SHELTERS, AND MORE....HE HAD A BULL DOZER AND LOVED BUILDING ROADS UP INTO THE HILLS. HE HAD THIS OLD MODEL A FORD SEDAN. HE CUT THE BACK OUT AND WOULD GIVE US WILD RIDES UP AND DOWN THOSE HILL ROADS. US KIDS LOVED IT.....HE CUT THE TOP OFF A 1941 PLYMOUTH, CHAINED IT TO A TRACTOR, LOADED ALL THE COUSINS IN IT AND PULLED US AROUND THE ACRES. HIS FAMILY AND MY MOMS FAMILY LIVED ON THE SAME BLOCK OF 10TH STREET, 2 BLOCKS FROM SOULARD. MY GRANDMA, GRANDPA BOHN, GEORGIA LEE, ME GATHERING RIPE WATERMELLONS AROUND 1951. AND MY SISTER LEANN RAKING THE GRAVEL AT AGE 4.......THESE WERE WONDERFUL PEOPLE GREAT TIMES.....THATS ME ON THE TRACTOR, IN THE FORD. COUSIN SUE, THINK OF US WHEN YOU ARE AT THIS SPOT ON THE HIGHWAY, I DO EVERY TIME.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:19:13 +0000
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