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THE OLD FOLKS HOME 


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Corky, Still Young At 82


Step back into the good ol' days  for a little while and walk with a young boy surviving "The Big Ones" and on into manhood

The Big Ones Were The Great Depression and WW II for everyone, and 1949 and marrige and 1952 and the Army for me.

PART I - CITY STREETS

Stories of a young boy growing up amid the paved streets of Houston's old near East End during the 1930's and 1940's. 

  • An Introduction To The Neighborhood
  • Education For Settegast Kids
  • No Cost Fun Back Then
  • Low Cost Fun Back Then
  • Games From Trash And Junk
  • Fun For Girls
  • The Passive Entertainment's
  • Outdoor Sports
  • Night Of The Living Dummies
  • When Summer Fun Ended

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PART II - MORE CITY STREETS

More stories of the young boy growing up amid the paved streets of Houston's old near East End during the 1930's and 1940's. 

  • A Mudball Christmas
  • The Tar Baby
  • Me and Martha, Ellen In Show Business
  • An Unauthorized Visit The San Jacinto Monument
  • My 1933 Ford V8???
  • 1936 Plymouth Coupe
  • When I Almost Died (and almost wanted to)
  • Bicycles
  • Old Mike, Every Boys Friend
  • The Big 1935 Flood In Houston

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PART III - STILL MORE CITY STREETS

Still more stories of the young boy growing up amid the paved streets of Houston's old East End during the 1930's and 1940's. 

  • We Weren't Cheap, We were broke
  • The Clubhouse
  • The Big Football Game
  • "Buff" Stadium
  • Mr. Henry, The Surrogate Father
  • The Neighborhood Business Men
  • Mind Graphics
  • The Setup or Finally Growing Up

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PART IV - EVEN MORE CITY STREETS

Even more stories of the young boy growing up amid the paved streets of Houston's old East End during the 1930's and 1940's. 

  • When Billy And I Quit School
  • Swimming Naked
  • Haircuts Were An Adventure
  • The Five And Dime Stores
  • Old Toys Back Then
  • Even More Old Toys Back Then
  • Pete Was A Real Urban Cowboy
  • The Fem Fatale Of Settegast Park
  • Adventures In Scouting
  • 1940's Snack Food

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PART V - YES, IT'S EVEN STILL MORE STORIES OF THE CITY STREETS

Yes it's even still more stories of the young boy growing up amid the paved streets of Houston's old East End during the 1930's and 1940's. 

  • Doctors Actually Came To Your House
  • Reading And Libraries For Fun
  • Lubbock Elementary School
  • Growing Up Around Settegast Park
  • The Little Duplex Apartment On Garrow St.
  • Remembering Life As A Baby
  • Building Boats
  • Boys Are Builders
  • Pig Latin A Childhood Language

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PART VI - COUNTRY LANES

Summers with grandma. The sand and gravel lanes of Montgomery Texas during the 1930's and 1940's. 

  • My Family And Old Montgomery
  • The Town Of Montgomery, Texas
  • Kids Having Fun
  • More Kids Having Fun
  • Sure We Saw Movies In A Tiny Town
  • Enemy Soldiers In Montgomery
  • Boy Stuff, Girl Stuff
  • Funny Books Are For Everyone
  • Earning A Little Money

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PART VII - HIGH SCHOOL

The last, but not necessarily the best, part of growing up was going to High School in downtown Houston during the War Years of the 1940's. 

  • Ol' Sam Houston High
  • Lunch Time
  • P.E. Classes
  • Team Sports
  • The Auditorium
  • The School Band
  • Vocational Courses
  • War Heroes
  • No Air Conditioning???
  • Our School
  • PS, Pete's Hamburgers

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The Background Graphic, is my grandparens
Henry and May Belle Daut
In Montgomery, Texas. Early 1930's