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Reflections of Youth: The Neighborhood Bunch Carol Salato Myers remembers the kids she grew up with on High Street, West Guardian Street, and Burkesville Street By Carol Salato Myers Chris Murphy's Reflections from my past put me in a nostalgic mood. I find myself reflecting more and more on my youth and I remember the good times in our part of town. I guess one does that when quickly approaching old age. - The Neighborhood Bunch One of my fondest memories of growing up in the small town of Columbia was playing with the "Neighborhood Bunch." Those kids included all the kids on West Guardian Street, High Street, Church Street and Burkesville Street. There were a dozen of us: my brother, Mike, Mary Ellen Myers, Louis Merkley, Harlow Coomer, Ann Coomer, Carmen Potts, Billy Holt, Betsy Cheatham, Kenny Phelps, Steve Hill, Greg Hill, and I. I especially remember the summers and winters with the crew. Summer Days During the summer, we played "Kick the Can" almost every night, rode bicycles, roller skated on High Street, climbed trees, swung in the swings made from a piece of wood and rope that would hang from a sturdy tree branch. If we ran out of things to do outside, the girls would go to someone's house to play dress-up, marbles, paper dolls and other 'girly' activities. I'm not sure what the boys did to pass the time inside. The Baptist Church in town had a roller skating rink. On Saturday afternoons, we would flock there to show off our skating skills. I do remember that Kenny Phelps was "The King of the Skaters." I hardly ever remember watching television during the day. There were too many other ways we found to entertain us. We weren't always engaging in such innocent play. I do remember getting into a bit of mischief. That was the time we pried the nails off one of the windows of Susan Miller's house on the corner of West Guardian and Burkesville Street. It had been vacated, and we all just knew it was haunted. All I remember is shaking in my boots and finding a lot of dust. I never knew how our parents found out about that one. Winter Fun During the winter months when there was snow on the ground, we bundled up and took our sleds or other makeshift snow vehicles to the top of East Guardian Street where we would be in the cold for hours sledding down the street over and over again. We sometimes found old tires and made huge fires where we would warm ourselves between runs. Doc Walker's front yard was also a favorite sledding place. The number of times we hit the bridge sustaining injury after injury, still amazes me. . As I drive by the old neighborhood now and look at that yard, I think ,"What happened to that huge front yard?" I guess when one is young, one's perception of size is completely different. We finally graduated to the "Granddaddy of All Hills" - the one behind where the nursing home now stands. Several of us were there the night of the coldest recorded temperature in the U.S. on that date. I believe it was 36 below zero. It didn't faze us one iota. I have often thought that kids don't pay attention to the cold. They're having too much fun to notice. The "Neighborhood Bunch" grew up, going our separate ways, but I'll never forget any of them and the wonderful times we experienced. I wonder if any of them think about those times as I do. I would love to think so. - Carol Salato Myers This story was posted on 2013-09-29 06:24:42
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