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From: Pat Covington
Date: 02/24/05 11:46:46
To: joel@rockinghamremembered.com
Subject: Brides
Joel, I really enjoyed seeing the "brides' photos" on the website! I
remember some of these girls from school, and Saundra Park was my
next-door neighbor and childhood playmate.
My parents purchased a house at 307 North Lee Street in 1959. The
house was next door to a home owned by Mr. Willie Webb, who lived
there with his daughter, son-in-law, and their three children (Wayne and
Doris Webb Park, Saundra, Phillip and Butch.) All the children in the
neighborhood loved "Mr. Willie" and called him "Papa." He worked as a
mechanic but also had a great garden next to the house. He grew
vegetables, strawberry plants and fig trees. (When was the last time
you ate a fresh fig warmed from the sun?)
My sister Lynn and I played with the Park children, games like "1-2-3
Redlight," "Swing the Statue," "Kick the Can," and "Hide and Seek."
We rode bicycles, played marbles, and explored the woods. We played
in Carolina Standard's sawdust pile, which was forbidden, and we'd get
in trouble when our mothers found sawdust in our shoes and jean cuffs.
Saundra and I played "house," "Miss America," and "bride." We played
with real dolls and paper dolls. We fixed each other's hair and I envied
Saundra's beautiful blond color. When we had overnight company, I'd
trot over in my baby-doll pajamas and spend the night at their house.
Our neighborhood consisted of 15 houses on High Street plus Mr.
Webb's and my parents' houses, which faced North Lee Street but had
driveways off High Street. Some of the children who grew up there
were Steve & Mousie Pond; Jimmy, Randy and Mike Parker; Jamie and
Kimberly Maske; Eddie, Cathy and Sherry Ackerman; Lindy Cockman;
Tony, Mike and Steve Braddock; Bonnie and Buddy Hale; Cynthia and Bill
Frye; the Park children and us. The entire area was razed for the
Urban Renewal Project in 1969.
Pat Covington
Date: 02/24/05 11:46:46
To: joel@rockinghamremembered.com
Subject: Brides
Joel, I really enjoyed seeing the "brides' photos" on the website! I
remember some of these girls from school, and Saundra Park was my
next-door neighbor and childhood playmate.
My parents purchased a house at 307 North Lee Street in 1959. The
house was next door to a home owned by Mr. Willie Webb, who lived
there with his daughter, son-in-law, and their three children (Wayne and
Doris Webb Park, Saundra, Phillip and Butch.) All the children in the
neighborhood loved "Mr. Willie" and called him "Papa." He worked as a
mechanic but also had a great garden next to the house. He grew
vegetables, strawberry plants and fig trees. (When was the last time
you ate a fresh fig warmed from the sun?)
My sister Lynn and I played with the Park children, games like "1-2-3
Redlight," "Swing the Statue," "Kick the Can," and "Hide and Seek."
We rode bicycles, played marbles, and explored the woods. We played
in Carolina Standard's sawdust pile, which was forbidden, and we'd get
in trouble when our mothers found sawdust in our shoes and jean cuffs.
Saundra and I played "house," "Miss America," and "bride." We played
with real dolls and paper dolls. We fixed each other's hair and I envied
Saundra's beautiful blond color. When we had overnight company, I'd
trot over in my baby-doll pajamas and spend the night at their house.
Our neighborhood consisted of 15 houses on High Street plus Mr.
Webb's and my parents' houses, which faced North Lee Street but had
driveways off High Street. Some of the children who grew up there
were Steve & Mousie Pond; Jimmy, Randy and Mike Parker; Jamie and
Kimberly Maske; Eddie, Cathy and Sherry Ackerman; Lindy Cockman;
Tony, Mike and Steve Braddock; Bonnie and Buddy Hale; Cynthia and Bill
Frye; the Park children and us. The entire area was razed for the
Urban Renewal Project in 1969.
Pat Covington
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