Millard Don Carriker

Ah, We Had Soda Jerks With Benefits

Every small town in America has a “main” street.  Caney’s was called “Fourth Street. Our High School and the “Clifton House”, a hotel which I thought was quite upscale as a child, marked the end of the business district on the eastern end.  Four blocks west “Main Street” ended where Pendleton’s...
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Charles William Spratt

The Benifits Of A Copier Repairman

Being a copier repairman isn’t the best paying job a person could have but it does have its benefits. I was at a “High Dollar “Art Gallery in what they call “The Central West End “of St Louis one day repairing the copier in the back room. I was just busy...
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Karen Jenkins

There are Heirlooms and Then There are Heirlooms

When I showed the finished gown to my mother, she looked at me with such an amazingly strange expression that I knew I was missing something important.

 “Why don’t you want to use the family gown”?

 “What family gown?” I asked totally lost.

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Millard Don Carriker

A Cliff With a View

“Smelder Hill,” kids never used the correct pronunciation “Smelter” when talking about it, was a mile or so northeast of town. a rocky and rutted road ran north from the east side of town, went past “Smelder Pond” and on to the top of that hill.  Smelder Hill was too steep...
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Charles William Spratt

The Taco Bell Experience

Working for Taco Bell was quite an experience . Taco’s and Burrito’s were 29 cents . the reason the charged 29 cents were so when you added a penny sales tax it came out to an even 30 cents and it was easier to make change . Crazy theory but that...
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Charles William Spratt

The Cotton Bowl Parade

The first year I was in high School band the band director was more interested in being a state senator than being a director which he became the next year . the next year the school district hired a highly energetic director that wanted to be a director . We went...
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Charles William Spratt

My Memories Of Teresa

During my high school band career I had a lot of wonderful memories . Getting to school before the rest of the kids , practicing the football field shows , practicing marching down the streets and making turns at the street corners to make it look sharp ,dressing up the stage...
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Millard Don Carriker

When The War Ended

World War II ended on August 6, 1945. “The boys” began coming home, all of them that ever would, anyway within weeks. From the moment they arrived all they had on their minds was getting a new car, new clothes, a job, and making babies and not necessarily in that order. ...
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Millard Don Carriker

Boys Don't Usually Ask, She Said

I jumped the gun and wrote about my first "love," and to this day I do believe it WAS love and I've written about Mary Sue, my 4th grade "first date."  Between Mary Sue and Lois, my first love, I dated VERY seldom.  However there was Sue M.  She was a...
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Charles William Spratt

My First Own Car

When I got back from Viet Nam I had enough money saved up to buy me a car . My father and I went to the Chevy dealer and looked at some late model used cars . This was the fall of 1968 and I found a beautiful 1962 Pontiac Tempest...
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Millard Don Carriker

A Rousing Sermon

PLEASE NOTE:  This true anecdote from my childhood is not meant to disparage any religious denomination.  I am a practicing Christian.  I do believe, however, that since we were made in His likeness, God has a sense of humor and does "chuckle" with love when He see's some of the things...
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Legacy Blog

Legacy Story Prompt

ANSWER THIS LEGACY QUESTION: WHAT PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENT DID YOU SHARE TOGETHER WITH A FRIEND, COLLEAGUE OR FAMILY MEMBER? Write or record a sentence, paragraph or page. It's like therapy for the soul. September Story Topic: FAMILY LIFE TIP: Click on " View Stories " to read inspiring legacy stories for ideas...
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Millard Don Carriker

They All Went to War

Willard, my third oldest brother was next in line to become a soldier.  He became a proud cavalryman.  The Cavalry’s history of riding off to battle while the regimental band played “Garry Owen” and brave young ladies waved yellow ribbons, gave the Cavalry a glamour second only to the Air Corps...
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Tom Cormier

My First Serious Relationship

I had a grand total of one relationship before I found my true love in life, my wife Christine. I needed to give her as much love in this prelude as possible so I can mitigate the potential wrath that could come my way after writing the rest. I LOVE YOU...
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Rachel Johnson

My First Serious Love was Seriously One-Sided!

 He was very tall. Had dark hair slicked back. And the handsomest boy I had ever met.

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Karen Jenkins

Watch That Speedometer!

And under the judge's glaring eyes, my lawyer and I departed the courtroom.

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Charles William Spratt

The Teacher I Won't Forget

I guess I was like the little Honda Motorcycle the 60’s song sings about .   Ist year your alright 2 nd year your well I guess you get the message . 1 st grade I did great in school 2 nd grade I was doing real good 3 rd grade...
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Charles William Spratt

My First Girl

Second grade their was cute girl name Linda McDaniel . Blonde hair , blue eyes .Her father owned a second hand furniture store in the neighbor hood and she lived next door to it . I decided one day to walk out of my way ten blocks and walk her home...
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Charles William Spratt

How I Inhierted My Brother In Law

After my first wife had died her two sister’s ; brother ; and closest cousin and I all decided to stay in contact with each other no matter what . I would go to visit all of them regularly every time I was down . I always gave them my address...
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Charles William Spratt

How I Made My Step Daughter My Own

A few months after I married my current wife my step daughter and I were going some place to do an errand. She was seven at the time. She was three years old when her father had died with a heart attack. We were driving down the road and I told...
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