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The Hill: (Jamestown Hill) as it was commonly known Life was special growing up on Jamestown Hill, especially for the babies of the family. In those days, the worst thing that could happen to a kid was to have someone tell a parent about misbehavior - it meant, for the older kids, some stern, sometimes harsh discipline. But for the babies of the families - Joe Pyles and Ralph Roy Waggener fit that description - even their great Finis Pyles' Studebaker pickup v. E.P. Waggener's Chevrolet pickup truck race around Graded Hill did not get them into nigh enough trouble with Finis and E.P. to satisfy older sibs - and it happened when they were about 10 years old. Some memories of growing up on Jamestown Hill for Father's Day, including names of some of Jamestown Hill kid-dom great times and names. -CM By Ed's little brother, Ralph Roy Waggener Growing up on the hill was special. I had 2 brothers and 3 sisters and I was referred toas the baby because I was the youngest. Our house was the main meeting place for allchildren of all ages because of the spread of the Waggener Clan's ages. I was with mymuch older Ed friends as much as my age and his name is Ed Waggener - complete withno middle name not Edward or Edwin just Ed. The reason for that was our father whonamed him with out the consent of Mom, Audrey. Dad said he would have at least onechild who could write his name quick Edwin Pendleton Waggener was Dad full name. Back to the hill, most any time you wanted to do something you could find plenty ofpeople on our big covered front porch with its chain hanging swing or a group of chairscalled Gliders that moved back and forth by your own foot power or a basketball game inthe back yard, or sometimes a baseball game. I. being the youngest was sometimes called on tofill the needed extra player to fill out a team, now baseball was not very interesting andI sometimes lost interest playing outfield and with no glove. In one game while I wastaking in everything else but the game everyone starting hollering "Ralph!, Ralph!, Ralph!and when they finally got my attention, the baseball was right in front of me and I stuckmy bare hand out and caught it. Well to say the least the pain from that catch pretty wellended by interest in baseball. When Darrell Young moved into our community when his dad Clyde Young startedAdair Builders Supply I had a new friend even if again he was big brother Ed's age likemost of the Hill in my time. Frankie Stanifer lived on Heskamp Street and Rollin Pylesmoved back to Columbia to run the Standard Oil Service Station on the corner Where theNew CVS store is being built. He purchased a lot from my Dad, E.P. and built a houseon it. Jerry, Harry, Shelia and Zeek where their children with Jerry "Hoss" Pyles beingcloses to my age and we ran around together quite a bit. Jerry's Cousins Randall Pyleswho was closer to Ed's age and Joe Randall's little brother who was closest to my agewere part of the Hill people. Now Joe and I keep a little argument going on over our fathers' pickup trucks. FinisPyles, who became one of Adair County's Favorite County Judges, owned a Studebakerpickup truck and E.P. owned a Chevy pickup and this Chevy is how I learned todrive when I was about 10 years old. Joe and I would slip off and go over the part ofMontgomery Street, that was near impassable down the steep hill part of it, and on toGuardian Street and would proceed to race up the hill to the High School at the top. Of course someone would call E.P. or Finis and we were told not to do this anymore. We did not getinto to much trouble with our dads. Of course our brothers blame that on both Joe and Ibeing the "babies "and spoiled! A lot of stories can come from all who called The Hill home, a lot of closeness came tous as being from the Hill where so many fine people grew up calling it HOME! - Ralph Roy Waggener This story was posted on 2012-06-17 04:09:39
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