tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post4957111589266977588..comments2023-10-28T03:11:36.009-06:00Comments on CV Memories: Area Bachelor'sGary Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02575335084434602017noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post-73851243895371569182009-07-25T14:56:45.495-06:002009-07-25T14:56:45.495-06:00It's nice to have an old timer like Don to fil...It's nice to have an old timer like Don to fill out some of the personalities that we all have heard about.wayne woodruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13313642238426372793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post-76536193060096963252009-07-24T12:38:19.844-06:002009-07-24T12:38:19.844-06:00The Wineger boys were a delight! I was lucky enou...The Wineger boys were a delight! I was lucky enough to do Veterinary work for them when they lived "just under the hill" east of Hewins. They had horses, including draft animals. I was always invited into the dusty old living room to have tea or coffee with them when I worked there. Oh the tales they could tell!! Where was my tape recorder?? One of them lived in the extended care portion of the CV Hospital at the end of his days. I think it was the one in overalls.<br /><br />Oswald Pierce was indeed a fine paperhanger. I can't for the life of me think of the brothers name. Their house on Lookout Mt. was moved to Cedar Vale. and still sits on Kingman Rd. just N of the cemetary.<br /><br />The Cosats first lived on a small acerage near Laytonville N of Hewins. Later they moved to the Merle Lemert place NE of CV. When most of us knew them they were living on the curve down by the sale barn. They did a lot of truck farming and sold some of their produce in CV. They had an old Model T with a box in the trunk space and hauled truck in that. Floyd Patteson remembers that later they got a small ford tractor and had a trailer for hauling the truck. My grandfather used to remark the "best canteloups in the country" were raised by the Cosats (or it could have been the Slatens). When he asked how they could do so well every year they admitted to having a good spring on the place to keep them well watered..<br /><br />I had a call this morning from Carl Mills, who reminded me the Slaten bros. were twins named Floyd and Lloyd. One of them ran a threshing machine for O.D. Mills one summer and Carl recalls that Slaten would spend the day in the dust on the machine and then join the rest of the crew after work bathing in Otter Creek. Carl says he put the same dusty clothes back on every day after bathing for a whole week. I think they were regulars on one of the theshing crews every summer. They walked to town, shopped, and sometimes ate something at Herb's. When they walked home one would be lagging behind by several 100 yard.<br />when asked why he didn't keep up he replied, "Well you'd lag too if you had to carry the bread"<br /><br />Yes the Ridgeway boys lived down on Rock Creek in that nice grove of trees. My memories of them are sparse, but I recall that when the local bank got into trouble in the early 50s the Ridgeways were one of the few accounts that lost considerable money, because their account was larger than the FDIC limit on federal insurance.<br /><br />Well I have very happy and positive memories of them all. SALT OF THE EARTH !DFCoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972995929874326137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post-2394542447567212942009-07-23T00:34:23.701-06:002009-07-23T00:34:23.701-06:00My father delivered gasoline to both the Pierces a...My father delivered gasoline to both the Pierces and the Slatens. I was sometimes with him and remember them all very well. The Slatens were "men of few words" and I remember them as being dressed nearly alike. The Pierces were much more talkative. My dad would take me up to the Lookout Mountain cave when we delivered to the Pierces.Gary Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575335084434602017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post-37080020567450735852009-07-22T18:25:27.688-06:002009-07-22T18:25:27.688-06:00Yes Rick I can add some memories about these "...Yes Rick I can add some memories about these "old batches". You failed to mention the Slaten Brothers who lived on the south slope of Lookout Mt. and could often be seen returning from town on foot--never together, but one before the other. I'll comment later on all these when I have more time. Good topic!!DFCoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972995929874326137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post-57069949107559621952009-07-22T18:05:29.266-06:002009-07-22T18:05:29.266-06:00Two Pierce brothers; one was married and the other...Two Pierce brothers; one was married and the other a bachelor, but the three lived together. Seems one name was Ozzie Pierce. They did painting and wall papering. Nice friendly people.Pat Moldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post-41699803568767906952009-07-22T15:34:14.502-06:002009-07-22T15:34:14.502-06:00I can't help you Wayne, it must have been befo...I can't help you Wayne, it must have been before my time.Rick Hollisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634580302510353915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808025560801520338.post-39125841912397750802009-07-22T13:27:47.038-06:002009-07-22T13:27:47.038-06:00Sorry, Rick, I know nothing about any of these men...Sorry, Rick, I know nothing about any of these men, but I remember the name Bob Ridgeway. They all sound like an interesting bunch. However, I would like to know if you or anyone remembers the family that lived up on the west side of Lookout mountain. One approached their place by driving south from the sales barn, and then up the mountain. ?????? Was it Pierce?wayne woodruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13313642238426372793noreply@blogger.com