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Fishing Creek at Center Post. Pulaski County, Kentucky.
So many times I have been to this creek during and after the 3 years
at the one room school Center Post. I remember a couple of times this
creek got up in the road and nearly in the school house after a hard
heavy spring rain. Many of a time the rain raised the creek to the
edge of the road and that was frightening as a child to see this. The
well here went dry and we went up the road to a house by the church
house to get water a 1/2 mile or so. However this was an outing and a
break for two kids to go there to get water. Lonnie New and myself
went one day to get water we let the bucket and rope fall into the
well .............WELL !!!!!!!!!! We did not go back without water we
got it from the creek and forgot to tell what we had done. The old
well had a hinged top on it that raised up to get to the bucket.
Chester West and Carthel Barber went to get water once and the top
fell on Chester's head poking a hole in his head from a nail that was
sticking through the top. He was bleeding like a stuck hog we all
thought sure he would die.
Changing from a one room school at center post to the new Hogue
Elementary. Some of you folks went to a one room school no doubt and
never attended a more modern school. As a youngster this was a big
deal to change from less modern to more modern than you had ever seen
or heard of. Such things as inside plumbing inside toilet, water from
a cooler water fountain, kitchen, lunch room. electricity , inside
steam heat. We had electric at home but no bath room or running water
other than in the creek. I actually was afraid of the bathroom and
used an outside toilet that was out by the base ball
field..............yea thats right a base ball field talk about up
town we had it. Also there was a basketball court outside with
concrete floor now that was something that ball sure did bounce good
on that hard floor. This is where I learned the game of Basketball
and became a good player back in the day . Until this school I had
not seen a basketball goal or a real basketball and I loved the game.
The first basketball ever I had in my hand was at the Irvine's that
Gary had........... it was the lace up type and he had a goal made
from a bicycle rim with all the spokes cut out it hang on the front
of the smoke house....Some folks can only talk of country living but
I have lived it seen poor lived poor day after day. We always ate
well had meat in the smoke house can food in the cellar and had clean
clothes to wear and a loving family and neighbors and friends...Thank
you LORD for being so good to us ..........
Center Post School Book Moblie , Bible School Teacher .............I
can recall the book mobile library on wheels that came once a month
with great books and how we use to love to go out to this vehicle to
check out books . The smell of the paper of the books was a most
comforting smell and geting to browse through this book selection was
a treat that we all enjoyed ...Bible School teacher Mrs Whitis would
come each month with an interesting story . She displayed her bible
characters on a rather large 4 x 4 display that sit on a rack up
about head high the characters would stick to this material and she
used the characters to tell bible stories . At Xmas time it was a
most wonderful time to see her come she was an exciting story teller
and could hold your interest with her sincere sweet voice . What a
great memory.
Since I am on the school at Center Post when I was in the third
grade my last year of one room school education and remembering a lot
of students one of them being Billy Wilson Coy Wison's son. Billy
rode a bicycle to Center Post from Wlson Ridge more than likely the
first bicyle that ever traveled on the creek road from Wilson Ridge
to Center Post . At this time the grade Billy was in the students had
to write a short story and read it to the class of all 8 grades lol
lol lol . A few had read stories and it came to Master Mind Wilson's
turn he approached the front of the school builing with a sheppish
smile to begin his great story of excellence and time consuming
master piece of all short stories...Billy looked the crowd over
looked at the teacher and read this short story to us..............I
TELL YOU A STORY ITS NOT VERY LONG HERE IT IS AND NOW ITS
GONE.....Laughter filled the school building as if this was the most
funniest thing we had ever heard Lorenza Carter our teacher not
cracking a smile said...........Wilson come here young
man...............he had Billy hold out his hand turned his palm up
smacked it several quick times with a yard stick.....Now Carter says
to Wilson is that funny.............Billy smiling and just about
laughing out loud said to the teacher.........YESSSSSSS .......Carter
put him in the corner standing on his toes with his nose in a circle ......... |
