09-24-01

I was talking to a lady the other day, and she said that she had never read any history books that explain local history the way I talk about it; and that she was in doubt of the many different things that have been brought up. She asked me to refer her to the books that I have read that would really tell it like it is.

Another listener spoke up and said that he could get the same information out behind the barn. He said that his Daddy gave him his education out behind the barn when he was in the third grade. The boy had been shaving for about three years before he made it to the third grade.

I told him that I had been out behind my barn several times in the past fifty years and I don’t have any male livestock to follow around, and I don’t really have time even if I did have these particular animals in my pen.

However, I have lost all hopes of digging up the information out behind the barn, because the City now has ordinances that prohibit having animals penned up in town.

I did also notice that a dirt road grader (that was pulled by a sure nuff engine that was handed down some years ago) came up and I thought Oh Boy!!, they are finally going to pave my dirt road street. ( I live two blocks northwest of the City Hall).

After all it has been reported in all of the local newspapers during the past five years that Aubrey is going to pave the dirt streets. Every year I read where the Council votes to pave the remainder of the dirt road streets and then read again the next spring where they had to hire another employee and let him have the left over vehicle that some the departments don’t have any use for anymore, and the streets remain unpaved.

As I watched the grader, I discovered that the grader was only going down to one of the new subdivisions to open up a ditch that will not let the rain drain off. (Thank God I am on top of the Hill Street).

Several of the Cherokees from Wise and Cooke County came to the Methodist church last Sunday. I had been invited to talk about our trip with the Texas Cherokees to Mexico. These Cherokees came to contribute to the talk.

I overhead one of our visitors saying that our town reminded them of the Trail of Tears trails and they felt at home when they drove up the dirt roads to the church.

You know, while I am on the subject, I would like to state that other small towns around have good quality streets and they do it on a much smaller tax base than what our town has.

Also when you read where someone was fired one week and then the next week we read they were hired back. It sure makes you wonder which time to believe their votes, this is what is happening to our street funds.

Don’t forget that we begin collecting an increased sales tax next week, but that’s OK, it is going to economic development.

P.S. I will tell you about the many fine roads and streets in Mexico as I begin to feed the male livestock more feed next week.

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