The first week of August, my wife of 11 years, Sharon, my 7 year-old son, Shakespeare (mom's choice of names), and I made a whirlwind 2-day trip to Garner State Park and environs. I have to tell you guys the Frio River was beautiful, better than I remember it when my family camped there in the early 1950s. Shake and I spent the day in the frio water while Sharon watched from the bank. I think Shake will be a third-generation river rat.
I enjoy reading the "Milby stories" and marvel at how far many of you have travelled from the East End. Aside from Vietnam, I'm still stuck in Pecan Park at Deady Middle School where I shock teachers and students with ghost stories from 50 years ago. I've done the grand tour of the East End, teaching at Hartman (8 years) and W.I. Stevenson (9 years), named for our Milby principal who retired in 1960. Last year, I was offered a teaching job at Pershing Middle School, but I turned it down because I told them I and my '89 Toyota pickup were too old to learn a new path to work.
Jon added this information in response to another comment:
My older brother, Ron, like me, didn't get far from Milby, in fact he's working on Harrisburg (I'm on Broadway of course). Ron owns a business near the corner of 75th and Harrisburg called "Rio", it's on the site of the old Glenn Electric. I'm happy to report our two younger brothers, Mike, a welfare worker in Louisiana, and Tim, a chemical engineer in Sugar Land, made it out of the neighborhood.
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Hey Jon,
I read your bio, and am comforted greatly by the fact that the youth of America has great leaders like you and Wally Sisk. In the midst of all of life's turmoil, staunch patriotic Americans stand-up and say "I'll take responsibility for these young hopefuls...and then do so!! The parents of East-end Houston's children sleep easy at night because of great, unselfish role models like the two of you. How did we know in the late fifties, when you two lived only a few houses apart on Keller street, that this great nation would be so indebted to you for service above-and-beyond the call of Pecan Park.
In your shadow,
Sonny Jones
Posted by: Clyde ( Sonny ) Jones | June 08, 2008 at 01:48 PM
Jon,
I enjoyed your page. I need a copy of the Deady and Milby logos. I've restarted my silk screen business and would like to make myself a Deady and Milby shirt.
I need either a hard copy or an electronic file of that I can scan into my computer and do them on Corel Draw for creating the screens. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Colin Patterson
Posted by: [email protected] | April 19, 2011 at 08:18 AM