Subject:Electric Football Guys
Eddie Burton
Class of '66
Tommy, I missed the electric football guys because they don't look like the ones I had as a kid. What are those things they are holding up in the air.
(Editor's Note: Eddie, the guys in the photo were what were called "Triple Treat Players" I think. Unlike the normal players that just moved around on the vibrating table, these special players were added to pass and kick the little cotton or felt football.)
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Subject:Places to Eat
Charlie Hancock
Class of '66
We live in the Pacific Northwest in Puyallup, Washington. When we have out of town visitors, we like to take them to Mt. Rainier. Some destinations are about 50 miles from home, others about 100 miles. Same big dormant volcanic peak over a very large base. There are numerous year round glaciers. Hikes and mountain climbing. Rainier is used in training for those preparing to climb Everest.
I can assure you there is nothing similar in Alabama. We are of course talking apples and oranges. You don't want to live here. It RAINS all the time. (Well, it SEEMS to anyway. I'd expect you get more annual rainfall.)
The Native Americans think God lives there. I can only agree. We don't see Mt Rainier every day. Maybe once a week or less in the winter. "Oh, the MOUNTAIN is out! Go look!" Sometimes it's covered in fresh virgin white snow. It dominated the N.W. Skyline.
There was a DQ on the way home. We always stop for ice creme. (Maybe not lately. We are all diabetic now.) But it's THE MOUNTAIN you take away with you. Mt Rainier is a dormant volcano. (It's overdue for an eruption. Whenever it does happen, it'll be bigger than Mt. St. Helens in 1980.) Truely spectacular scenery. The Lord truely does work in mysterious ways.
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Subject:Places to Eat
Linda Taylor
Class of ' 64
Favorites: (I get asked this all the time working at the USSRC)
Favorites:
1. Greenbrier Restuarant both old (preferred) and new
2. PoBoy Factory
3. Hard Dock Cafe (actually at harbour in Decatur)
4. Grill 29 just recognized at the #1 restuarant in Hsv
5. Botanical Gardens Cafe run by Clementines
6. Sam and Greg's on Square (pizza is great)
7. Cotton Row downtown
8. Conners at Bridgestreet
9. Wentzels Oyster House in Guntersville
10. Covington's near the Depot
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Subject:Places to Eat
Calvin Balch
Elbert and Opie Balch and their daughter,Amy, visited us in Knoxville TN and we took them to Litton's for a hamburger.
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Subject:Places to Eat
Polly Gurley Redd
Class of '66
I know you didn’t ask about where we eat when we come to Huntsville, but my sister Peggy (class of 71) and I have been back to Huntsville several times in the past couple of years together and we always have to go to Mullins, of course, and to Gibson’s (mostly for the pie, I admit) and for a corn dog, which you really can’t get too many places. My favorite place for those has always been Zesto. Oh, such memories!!
Here is Charlotte, North Carolina, I always take people to Mert’s Heart and Soul which serves the best greens and mac and cheese and cornbread anywhere. It’s downtown and easy to get to, plus run by friends of ours so it is a must.
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