**Memories From Stringtown and Hazy, Pt.1** Picture this. It’s 1948. I’m six years old. You and I are going to walk up Hazy from from just down a little way into Mill Hollow, and try to identify landmarks and places where people live. We’re starting at my parents’ house on the hill above the railway depot. Immediately apparent when we step out of the house is the high, shrieking sound of a log becoming lumber at Virgil Adams’ sawmill. We take the path around the hill to the right. As we go around that path maybe fifty yards, we pass by the house of Mr. And Mrs Lovejoy on our left. Going by their house, we descend a short way to the bottom of the hill, with the Sheets’ houses on our right. We wave at Cokie and Leroy, who are on the porch. Walking on the dirt road to the right we pass their house and can see the Curry house up on the hill, a little way beyond. Now we come to a railroad crossing, and have a choice to make. We can keep to the right and walk on the railroad ties up through and past Stringtown, or we can continue a short way on the dirt road then take the paved road through main Stringtown. Let’s take the dirt road rather than the railroad track, ‘cause that wears my little, short legs out to walk on those widely-spaced ties. Ninety degrees to our left is the house of George(?) Barefield, Cousin Carlos’ Grandpa. Ninety degrees to the right is the house of my friend James Scott, of the family of Quillie Scott. Walking straight ahead, we get to the paved Stringtown road. Behind us, somewhat to the left and across Hazy Creek sits the Edwight Elementary School, which I began attending last year. Just to our left, right above the School, is the Raleigh-Wyoming bath house. We keep walking on. Not far, and to our left is the house and yard of our friend Roger Bailes. Just beyond that is the Dale and Polly Alderman house. Walking a little distance beyond that, on the right hand side, was the house of Dud(ley) Peters, followed by the house of the Spurlock family. There are other houses we go beyond, but either I never knew the occupants or have forgotten them. On the left, we come to the Mason house, the Hudson house, and the Simmy Webb house. On the right, just before Roscoe Pettry’s house is a little slate dump that has been flattened. In just a few years, Carlisle and Teelo Williams, Pood Webb, Doug and Denver Walker, me and a few other kids will be playing basketball here. Then we pass Roscoe’s house, where Jimmy and Ruth Ann live. A house above is the house of Johnny Holly and an Aunt of mine, Daisy Wills Holly, my pal Harry Ray and his brother “K-Boy”(Richard) live. Still on the right, close to the Stringtown Tipple, lives the family of my friend Gary Hizer. (end of Part 1) If you liked this little article, please say so by leaving a comment. Also, if you lived in Stringtown and have a clear recollection of where families lived in relation to each other, please help me to “get it right.” For me, it has been over sixty years now since I was privileged to walk those wonderful roads. Some days, more than others, I seem to have a more severe case of “CRS.”
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:26:41 +0000
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