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Comment on Jacksonville Outboard Club by Tom Peters (Tommy)

Tom Peters (Tommy) — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:28:23 +0000

Jack
My dad bought a 12ft masonite cover with canvas from you dad on Herschel St
behind the Cleaners. I worked for him part time when he moved over off Hamiltom St.
Eddie Cavin was working there. I was in Jr Hi At Lake Shore. I have some pictures I like for you to see. I am going to be in the are June 17th-22nd at my 55th Class Reunion and would like to meet you. (Tom Peters)

Comment on Lone Star Stables by Sue Mitchell (then Sue Draughon)

Sue Mitchell (then Sue Draughon) — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:32:35 +0000

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed reading this. Lone Star Stables and Ms. Jacques, was such an important part of my young life. I met her in 1953, when she was driving her buckboard thru Arlington Manor (I lived on Ector Pl.) giving kids a ride. Well that started my lifelong love of horses and the woods. She taught me so much about nature and horses. We went on many long trail rides over the years. All of our destinations had names, Needles Eye, King and Queen Baths, Windy Hill etc. Those days are forever in my heart. I remember when Sherry, was a toddler climbing around under Beauty, a black and white paint. I rode Gold Bug, my first time there. Rode him for while until he got a bit too much for me being a young stallion. He threw me off in “Alligator Creek”. I was afraid to ride him home so I got the great honor that day of riding Pal, home. Yes those were the greatest of days and truly helped form who I am today. Thank you for putting this on where I can reminisce about the good ole days of childhood……………….sincerely Sue. ps I knew Joan and Gary very well but, the three older children were already gone when I started riding there. Hope their lives have been good………

Comment on Jacksonville Outboard Club by admin

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:13:02 +0000

Thank you for your post. We do have archives. If you would like to send the photograph, you can send to our PO BOX address, which is: PO Box 15304, Jacksonville, FL 32239. Again, thank you. We hope to see you at our lectures.

Comment on A Brief History of Arlington by Charles Saitta Jr.

Charles Saitta Jr. — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:01:04 +0000

Very interesting article and well written. I moved to Arlington in 1965, when my dad got employed with an insurance company. We lived on Lorna road. In Sept. of 1967 we moved to Sapelo Rd. in Glynlea. As a child I spent many days riding bicycles and exploring the woods and creeks with my brother and friends. Spent alot of time on Strawberry creek, around the time they were widening Arlington Rd. I used to see many species of wildlife. Some of which are no longer there due to pollution and developement. Fish, amphibians and reptiles were the hardest hit. Back then you could still see alligators fairly often. I’m glad that there are now places like Tree hill that have been preseved. We need to do more of that and maybe we can bring back some of the magnificent animals that used to be there.

Comment on Jacksonville Outboard Club by Jack Carpenter

Jack Carpenter — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:45:30 +0000

Just reminiscing about the Jax Boat Club and ran across your story.
My father, Ed Carpenter was a founding member, holding “J” #13 while we were building outboards on Herschel Street in the late ’40s. I have a couple of pictures of some of the boats and a copy of the Paid Members roster for 1953-54 that I will be glad to send to anyone who would like to preserve it.
Jack Carpenter

Comment on African American History by EDWIN FLETCHER

EDWIN FLETCHER — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:52:32 +0000

Iwas recently shown an artical from a OAI newsletter; Arlington Pioneer Families: Article#3 McQueen Family. My mother was a decendent of Percy McQueen, jr. named after her grand mother Gertrude. How can I find this article & get more information?

Comment on The “Rosie Riveters” of Old Arlington by Tina Motley Heimer

Tina Motley Heimer — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:16:58 +0000

I am the fifth serviving child of Lawrence Thomas Motley Sr. and Maryann Anderson Motley. These people have lived on Ft. Caroline Rd. around 50 years or so. Lawrence Motley (Larry) also is kin to the founder of Ft. Caroline Methodist Church which they live within walking distance to.

Comment on The Mathews Bridge by Wright Rowan

Wright Rowan — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:27:31 +0000

I don’t remember the year, but I sat in Fairfield School at the foot of the West End of the bridge and watched construction. It was an experience to watch rivets being heated on the ground and hurled up to workers who placed them in the structure and hammered them in. Like Cleve, I remember my first crossing. It was with a friend before the bridge was opened. We climbed through the barricades and walked up. We were amazed when we got to the superstructure and the northbound wind would blow us toward the median each time we walked by a vertical member, causing us to lean to the right against the wind. Upon reaching the next vertical, we would be pushing so hard that we experienced the sensation that we were being sucked towards and possibly over the side of the bridge. After one time, we moved away from the right edge to the median because it was a long way down.