[AT] funny..
Larry Goss
rlgoss at evansville.net
Mon Oct 30 20:10:20 PST 2006
If you lived in Zanesville, then you know of Tom's Ice Cream Bowl.
My wife introduced me to the establishment when we first started
dating (at about the time you left town). I go back and have a
Black & White Special No. 3 everytime I get a chance. Back in the
60's the price was only $1.35. Now, it's over $4.00, but it is
still "to die" for.
We stopped in for dinner at Tom's last Tuesday on our trip east.
We're stopping in tomorrow for lunch on the way home. Life is good!
Larry
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Crawler Heaven wrote...
>When i was a kid (1961-62) i lived in Zanesville Largest Y bridge
in the
>world if i remember right,I visited there a couple of years ago
looked
>alittle distressed. Ed Now in Palmyra New York Birth Place of the
Mormon
>religion. :)
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rob Wilson" <rowilson at infinet.com>
>To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:37 PM
>Subject: RE: [AT] funny..
>
>
>> Sounds like eminent domain rearing it's ugly head. Our family
home place
>was
>> taken for strip mining, my great grand parents general store and
home
>taken
>> and tons of others in the area. This is in Eastern Ohio and of
course once
>> it's taken it stays taken. I recently looked at a farm near
Zanesville Oh
>> that had all mineral rights owned by the electric company and
they still
>> wanted going rate for it! I asked him what would stop them from
coming in
>> the day after I bought it and saying they were taking the coal?
His
>> response, well I've lived here 20 years and it hasn't happened
yet. Well
>> DUH! It's still for sale.
>> Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Al
Jones
>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:07 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: RE: [AT] funny..
>>
>> Yes that sounds right. My wife's family had a store and a home
they had
>to
>> give up. They weren't allowed to take much with them, the Army
was in
>such
>> a hurry. They leased most of their land to the government. My
FIL said
>> that when his mother got her share of the family property back,
it was
>under
>> a couple feet of concrete because it was where the motor pool
was! He has
>> also said they had a time finally collecting their lease money
from the
>> government. A lot of the family land got taken for good when
Camp Lejune
>> expanded.
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John
Hall
>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:33 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] funny..
>>
>> Yep, Camp Butner alright. Don't know when they abandoned it after
the war
>> but it wasn't long after to the best of my understanding. All the
original
>> roads in that town still carry their military names. There are
still
>several
>> bunkers in the woods. And lots of unexploded ordinance remaining--
--the
>army
>> is still fighting that problem. To this day most of the families
who were
>> displaced still get hot under the collar when talking about it.
It's not
>so
>> much of having to give up your farm to help the good of the
country but it
>> is how they were treated. My grandfather was more sawmiller than
farmer.
>> If
>> he wasn't in the field then he was in the woods logging. Upon
receiving
>his
>> eviction notice one of the stipulations was that he was not to
cut down
>> another tree effective immedialtely. The house they were living
in was 4
>>
>> years old---it became an officers club. My dad, who was 12 yrs
old, pulled
>> every bit of wiring out of the house. Every screen was pulled off
the
>> windows. Anything they could take with them they did. Trying to
move a
>> farming operation and working on 2 farms a considerable distance
apart
>took
>> its toll healthwise on my grandfather. He died the same year they
moved
>> here. Afterwards dad quit school to help his mother farm.
Fortunatley they
>> had several tennants. Then again this cost them when the
allotment for
>> tobacco progarm began since most of the tennants were not high
yield
>> producers. Supposedly the feds were going to allow them the
chance to buy
>> back their land but never did. The state got first crack at it.
They
>bought
>> it and then proceeded to cut the timber. Talk about adding insult
to
>> injury!!! The area my dad's family was from was known as Veazey
Ridge.
>> The
>> newspaper headline in '42 read "For the first time in 200 years
there are
>no
>> Veazey's on Veazey ridge". Well, we've been here for the past 60
years
>> although the farm is down from 600 to just 60 acres. To the best
of my
>> knowledge most of the Veazeys are out of farming. Not exactly
genealogy,
>but
>> its my way of tracking part of my family.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] funny..
>>
>>
>> > I'd bet John is talking about Camp Butner. That's near his
stomping
>> > grounds.
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
>> > To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
>> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:44 PM
>> > Subject: RE: [AT] funny..
>> >
>> >
>> >> John, What base was that?
>> >>
>> >> Down here at the coast, some of my wife's family was displaced
when
>> they
>> >> built Camp Davis at Holly Ridge. TRACTOR CONTENT: A history
>> instructor
>> >> at Cape Fear Community College has just written a good book
about the
>> >> history of the base. His father was Wilbur Tyndall, who owned
the JD
>> >> museum in Pink Hill. Small world.
>> >>
>> >> My Granddaddy and great-Granddaddy got jobs as carpenters
>> constructing
>> >> the base. Not much is left today, the base was closed after
the war.
>> >> Camp Lejune owns most of the land now but the air strip is
still back
>> >> there in the woods, I am told, and you can still spy a brick
chimney
>> >> here and there from the base.
>> >>
>> >> Al
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> >> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
John Hall
>> >> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 5:14 PM
>> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> >> Subject: Re: [AT] funny..
>> >>
>> >> Come to think of it I believe I have an uncle buried on what
used to
>> be
>> >> his
>> >> family's farm. His wife however was buried in a church
cemetery.
>> >>
>> >> WWII dislodged all of my grandmothers family. Uncle Sam needed
the
>> land
>> >> for
>> >> a military base/POW camp. Anyhow there were several old
cemetery's
>> >> there.
>> >> They didn't move them but didn't do a whole lot to upkeep them
>> either.
>> >>
>> >> Some of which are now on property owned by the state.
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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