I HAVE STARTED BECOMING NASTOLGIC FOR ITEMS FROM MY PAST. I THINK PART OF IT IS READING ALL OF THE POSTS ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT BEING FROM PRINEVILLE. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE POSTING THEIR MEMORIES OF THINGS THAT USED TO BE IN PRINEVILLE OR OLD HAUNTS THAT WE ALL HAVE GONE TO OVER THE YEARS.
I HAVE A PILE OF REALLY GOOD MEMORIES FROM ALL MY YEARS SPENT IN PRINEVILLE. THE MEMORIES ARE OF PLACES, PEOPLE AND WELL CALL THEM PERCEPTIONS THAT ONLY SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN PRINEVILLE COULD UNDERSTAND. I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF WHEN I READ THE POST ABOUT ….YOU KNOW YOU ARE FROM PRINEVILLE IF… YOU KNOW WHAT “IT MEANS TO BE A STANG”. YEPPERS – THAT IS DEFINITELY A PRINEVILLE THING!
I WAS TRANSPLANTED TO PRINEVILLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1972 ALONG WITH THE REST OF MY FAMILY. MY PARENTS USED TO COME TO THE AREA TO VISIT MY AUNT & UNCLE AND GO HUNTING AND LOVED THE AREA. ONE DAY THEY DECIDED TO QUIT THEIR JOBS AND MOVE TO OREGON TO HAVE A BETTER PLACE TO RAISE THEIR KIDS. THEY ENDED UP BUYING A HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN AND THEY ARE STILL IN THE SAME PLACE ALL THESE MANY YEARS LATER. AND, THEY ENDED UP BUYING A SPORTING GOODS STORE. HERE IS A CLIP FROM THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
I WASN’T EXACTLY 3 YET BUT OTHERWISE I THINK THE ARTICLE IS PRETTY ACCURATE
AND THIS PICTURE IS OF MY DAD WORKING ON SOMETHING AT THE STORE. NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NO CABLES THROUGH THE GUNS, THE MANTLE BOX HANGING ON THE GUN RACK AND THE CROSS BOW HANGING OFF THE SET OF HORNS ABOVE?
I REMEMBER MOM WRITING UP HUNTING LICENCES AND TAGS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I ALSO REMEMBER THE BIG FLOOR SWEEPER THAT WAS AS WIDE AS THE ISLES AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT USED TO COME IN AND TELL THEIR HUNTING AND FISHING STORIES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I REMEMBER IS GETTING TO GO A BLOCK DOWN TO BANK DRUG TO BUY PENNY CANDY AND MAYBE A SODA FROM THE OLD SODA FOUNTAIN. BANK DRUG WAS ALWAYS FULL OF SO MANY THINGS TO LOOK AT AND IT WAS SUCH A TREAT TO GO IN THERE.
HERE IS ONE OF MY OTHER FAVORITE HAUNTS – THE A&W! IT USED TO BE WHERE MCDONALDS IS NOW. AND YOU CAN SEE THE OLD BLUE STAR MOTEL IN THE BACKGROUND…
THIS IS ME WITH THE A&W BEAR & OLAN FORD. OLAN OWNED THE A&W AND THAT COOL CAR. I HAD A DEEP LOVE FOR BABY BURGERS, COLE SLAW AND THE LITTLE TINY BABY ROOTBEER FLOATS. WE WOULD PULL INTO THE DRIVE IN AND I WOULD PLOP DOWN THE JOCKEY BOX DOOR BECAUSE IT ALSO SERVED AS A LITTLE TABLE AND I WAS ALWAYS READY FOR THE CAR HOP TO BRING ON THE YUMMY FOOD. OH LOOK – I ALSO HAVE MY SALT WATER SANDALS ON. I LOVED THOSE SHOES AND I GOT A NEW PAIR EVERY YEAR. I CAN’T REMEMBER IF WE BOUGHT THEM AT ERICKSON’S DEPARTMENT STORE OR AT THE TOWN & COUNTRY STORE THOUGH. I ALSO REMEMBER GOING TO THE EMPIRE ROOM FOR MEALS AND HARRIS GEE ALWAYS BEING SO FUNNY AND GIL SCHNIDER COMING IN FROM RUNNING THE PAST TIME TO SAY HEY TO EVERYONE. FUNNY HOW THINGS COME BACK TO YOU WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT ONE THING AND IT JUST LEADS TO SEVERAL OTHERS.
AND WHO COULD FORGET THE GRIZZLY BEAR? CERTAINLY NOT ME! WE USED TO GO DOWN AND HAVE BIRTHDAYS FOR ME AND MY TWO COUSINS. WE ALWAYS GOT A MARISHINO CHERRY ON TOP OF THE PIZZA TO HOLD THE CANDLE. I ALWAYS LOVED GOING IN THERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GAS FIRE PIT WAS RUNNING. TOTALLY YUMMY PIZZA TOO!
IN CLOSING I HAVE ATTACHED A PICTURE OF MY SISTER & I. CHECK OUT THE DRESS AND THAT LONG LOVELY HAIR! I REMEMBER THAT JUMP SUIT I WAS WEARING TOO; I THINK MOM MADE THAT AND I REMEMBER THAT BEING ONE OF MY FAVORITES. BEHIND US YOU CAN SEE THE OLD FIREPLACE AND THE MANTLE WITH THE GINORMOUS MIRROR. THAT LOOKS LIKE SPOCK ON THE TV AND I USED TO LOVE STAR TREK AND DISNEY MOVIES ON SUNDAY NIGHT. I AM ALSO WILLING TO BET THAT MOM STILL HAS THAT VASE YOU SEE ON THE TV; I WONDER IF IT IS STILL FULL OF PHEASANT FEATHERS FROM ALL MY DAD’S HUNTING TRIPS WITH BUFFY?
SIMPLIER TIMES AND VERY GOOD TIMES! PRINEVILLE WILL ALWAYS BE HOME AS LONG AS MOM & DAD ARE THERE.
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