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Posted by D Sherman [72.47.9.228] on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 18:57:14 :

In Reply to: Sadder still are... posted by Bob in North GA [75.91.77.129] on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 18:15:24 :

That's a great idea. I see musicians do it all the time, and the young musicians really respect the old-timers and are honored to be able to learn from them. Why can't it be that way with machinists, mechanics, and carpenters. I'm not an old fart myself yet, but I aspire to be one someday. Meanwhile I listen to the old-timers every chance I get. You never know what you'll pick up. Was sitting across the table from an old fellow the other day talking about how Wallace isn't wild any more. "This town used to be wide open" he said. "You couldn't walk down 6th street on a Saturday nigh without getting in a fight. They used to bring busloads of sailors down here from Farragut". "When was that?", I asked, "Around 1945".

Some of the history books mention the contribution that the lead from the Bunker Hill made to the war effort, but I don't think any book mentioned the contribution of the working gals of Cedar Street. The Wallace girls weren't driving rivets into airplanes like Rosie, but still they gave their all (okay they rented their all for $5 full service) to ensuring that America's young men in uniform shipped out for the War with at least one happy memory from their months of training. Somehow that kind of thing never makes it into the history books. As one somewhat younger fellow from Spokane put it to me, "I always enjoyed going up there. Those gals weren't much to look at but they were sure friendly."



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