2024.08.08 THROW BACK THURSDAY - LITTLE ROCK'S NEWEST TROLLEY/RIDE FOR FREE plus Class News
THROW BACK THURSDAY - LITTLE ROCK'S NEWEST TROLLEY/RIDE FOR FREE
plus Class News
As some of you know, our classmate Calvin Hanson RUNS the Little Rock Visitors Center now. So if you have anyone coming to Little Rock for a visit, be sure to send them down to him. One day we were talking about the new trolley that runs from Little Rock to North Little Rock.
Here's some pictures and information from Calvin on it. It is so much fun to ride. If you live here and haven't tried it, do. You'll be pleasantly surprised. "The latest information that I have on the current trolley is that it runs until 7pm Sunday through Thursday, and until midnight Friday and Saturday. It is free. It stops only at designated stops. Folks can get off at any designated stop at any time and walk around and get back on at any stop. Each stop has a digital sign on a pole that tells how many minutes until the next trolley will be arriving. The trolley makes a loop in Little Rock and crosses the river and makes a loop in North Little Rock and returns to the location where the passenger originally boarded. The entire ride takes about 45 minutes to an hour.
And if you ever wondered about the history of street cars in Little Rock, visit this site that Calvin sent.
https://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php/Little_Rock_River_Rail
1956 CLASS NEWS
Diane Smith, Ronnie's wife, has recently had some out patient surgery. Her daughter is here for a week to give her a hand.
Diane visits Ronnie daily at Briarwood Nursing and Rehab Center on Rodney Parham. If you are ever in the area, stop in and say hello to Ronnie.
Jackie Adams Arnes is having a hard time of it these days. She is still waiting for a definite diagnosis, but she has a blood disease plus diabetes. She was recently hospitalized with double pneumonia. We're all pulling for you Jackie! Several of us meet for lunch in North Little Rock the first Saturday of every month. Hopefully Jackie will be joining us again soon. Anyone else interested, give me a call.
Back to Fair Park:
A very lasting memory was leaving the swimming pool and walking through the State Hospital grounds to catch that little 7th St. bus at the top of the hill in front of the hospital. There would sometimes be “inmates” hanging their arms out through the bars who would yell at us. Does anyone remember the little stone morgue between Fair Park and those creepy old white buildings where the patients lived(sounds better than inmates)? Some weekends or late afternoons, if we were lucky, and they had a body (not often) the caretaker (a patient) would let us come in and look at it… scared the hell outta me, especially then having to walk through the grounds to catch the bus for the ride back around to Stifft Station.
John Choate
Leave it to me to bring up what now would be beyond bizarre. At Traveler’s field adjacent to Fair park, there was a section on the 3rd baseline in which the “inmates” in the nearby “insane asylum” were taken to watch the games. The were enclosed in an area by a chicken wire fence.
They seemed to enjoy their outings.
Larry Francis
That brings back lots of memories, as I lived just a few blocks from Fair Park, & spent the summers in the pool. In the fall, we could hear the Razorbacks play from our front porch. The trolley/buses were our only way to school, & that 4 block walk in the summer was brutal. Always looked forward to fall & our great football teams. Stay cool if you can!
Nancy Meeks Lochridge
Tommy Thomas has been in the ER three times this week, the last time taken there by ambulance yesterday. Bucky says problem
with blood pressure. They are both hoping this last trip will find the problem. I'm sure having Parkinsons doesn't help the situation.
We're all thinking of you, Tommy!!!!
11 of us are going to see Jersey Boys out at Murray's Dinner Theatre Friday night, August 16. We have room for at least one more if anyone is interested. If more than one, we'll just get another table! Dinner at 6p, show at 7:30p. Dinner and show $46. Pay at door.
1955 CLASS NEWS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KENDA CAROLYN HARRIS TREADWAY or whoever you are!!!!!
Factoid: In and around Fordyce, Arkansas, where Kenda was born, there are only about three
family names, Harris being the main one. Soooo no telling how many relatives Kenda REALLY has!
What do you know about this, Pat Studer? And Bucky Polk had a big love affair with a boy from
Fordyce. I wonder if he was a Harris. Gee, Bucky and Kenda could have been cousins-in-law!
Thank you,Joe, for remebering my family. My Uncle Billy Kramer was "way ahead of his time', where working out was concerned! He would be considered a trend setter today! He was one of the sweetest men, ever! He was always so kind to me. I am so glad that you knew him and my Aunt Carolyn!
Anne Bone Brantley
Fair Park Pool employees called Lois Grimmett “Granny” out of respect and I wish I knew the origin of the nickname.
Bob deBin
Small world and something I never put together, Marcella Rowland married a Grimmett! She says:
"Yes Lois was first cousin with Charles. Her class was my best one. I was not the smartest but I could do any sport."
I still use Mrs Kramers spaghetti recipe.
Nikki Polychron Lawson
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THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU MARRY AN ARKANSAS GIRL
The first man married a woman from Ohio . He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.
The second man married a woman from Oklahoma . He gave his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes and the cooking. The first day he didn't see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done and there was a huge dinner on the table.
The third man married a girl from Arkansas . He ordered her to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day he didn't see anything but by the third day, some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye, and his arm was healed enough that he could fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher. He still has some difficulty when he pees.THANK YOU, MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1952, FOR SHARING THIS VERY INSIGHTFUL PIECE OF INFORMATION!
ML