tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800328676193695514.post4409304525762370398..comments2024-01-31T15:42:22.528-06:00Comments on Tillman County Chronicles: Frederick Directory, 1964Joe Wynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266023283461014977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800328676193695514.post-67009582314920132862017-03-30T21:04:44.142-05:002017-03-30T21:04:44.142-05:00I wonder if robots will do to the rest of the coun...I wonder if robots will do to the rest of the country what herbicides and bigger farm machinery did to Fredrick? If you think it was busy in 1964 you should have been in Davidson in 1950. In the fall in Frederick, Davidson or Hollister the steers were pack at midnight on Saturday nights and the store just starting to close up. Cars were parked 2 wide in the middle of the street if it was wide enough. That stopped over about 6 years when the cotton stripper showed up. Then Trefaln came along and we didn't need cotton choppers and then bigger equipment needing less people to run it. <br /><br />Then the Penn Square Bank, Savings and Loan deal and the Feds stopped the banks from making local loans long enough that they didn't start back. <br /><br />I wonder if we we be able to get rid of the high priced government workers that burn up the taxes we send to Washington so we get back 7 cents for every dollar send them.<br /><br />“If you put our federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there would be a shortage of sand." - Milton Friedman<br />Gordon Cougerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555727096343669230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800328676193695514.post-49420021585931509842011-04-10T12:56:03.868-05:002011-04-10T12:56:03.868-05:00Frederick is, and always will be, my favorite town...Frederick is, and always will be, my favorite town to have lived in. I was an announcer at KTAT from 67-'69. Without question the finest people I have ever known I met in Frederick. Perhaps that is why the new novel I am working on is set in Frederick and Davidson. Writing it brings back wonderful memories. I miss the vanilla Cokes I used to drink at Langston-McFall Drugstore! And the deep fried oysters every year in Manitou, and also at Burns Dairy Diner. T. J. Burns was the best restaurateur I ever knew... <br /> <br />Vin Smith (formerly Melvin W. Smith Sr. "Mel") <br /><br />midnightbookworm@sbcglobal.netVin Smithhttp://midnightbookworm.netnoreply@blogger.com