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re: Happy 2023 to OT - "Mecca" AKA Monroe the GOAT CITY to grow up in LA (PIC heavy)
Posted on 1/8/23 at 7:24 pm to MWP
Posted on 1/8/23 at 7:24 pm to MWP
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Not sure if anybody but me is representing that fine institution of learning on Forsythe Avenue.
Well, my Dad is here with me for the holidays and he is Neville High class of '47.... Maybe you know him?????
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Posted on 1/8/23 at 7:26 pm to dbb
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Yes, Toto’s was across Breard from Twin City Glass and across Louisville from Howard Bros.
And as seems to be required, eventually became a daquari shop.....
Posted on 1/8/23 at 7:48 pm to CAD703X
She has seen some shite.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:01 pm to LSUmomma
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Well, my Dad is here with me for the holidays and he is Neville High class of '47.... Maybe you know him?????
Probably not. That was a few years before my time. I was class of '90. However my grandmother, her brother, and her sister all went to Neville about that time frame. I think my grandmother graduated before the war and her brother graduated a few years later and joined the Marines to go spend some quality time in the South Pacific. Ask him if he knew any McDuffies.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:06 pm to MWP
Everyone knows a McDuffie or more!!
I sent his yearbooks home with my daughter this morning or I'd go look for them. Dad graduated, joined the Marines and is a Korean War veteran.
ETA- dad says that his first cousin graduated from Neville and was a Marine that served in WWII, was wounded in the Pacific theater
I sent his yearbooks home with my daughter this morning or I'd go look for them. Dad graduated, joined the Marines and is a Korean War veteran.
ETA- dad says that his first cousin graduated from Neville and was a Marine that served in WWII, was wounded in the Pacific theater
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:12 pm to LSUmomma
quote:Give him a Semper Fi for me. Yep, we called my grandmothers brother Uncle Buck. He was in Korea as well. Damn near lost his hand in that frozen tundra, which ended a very promising boxing career but since he couldn't fight, he coached. Buck ended up being one of the best boxing coaches to come out of Louisiana.
Dad graduated, joined the Marines and is a Korean War veteran.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:14 pm to MWP
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Give him a Semper Fi for me. Yep, we called my grandmothers brother Uncle Buck
Yup .. when I said McDuffie, first name he said was Buck. Back when men where men and admired for it. Just saying.
ETA- Dad also just said he remembers Buck having a boxing club. We were watching History channel last week and they were showing the horrible frozen wasteland they were in. Heartbreaking.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:35 pm to Stlsport
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You lived in the T&C and i assume your my age based on your user name.
I lived in the townhomes by Johnny's in 2nd grade. We moved away then back when I was in 4th grade. Then we moved again at the end of 6th grade and that was it for my Monroe education.
We lived in Leisure Village the second stint. I'll be 50 in a week so yeah, we're the same age. 
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:40 pm to Fishwater
quote:how was that compared to ‘16? That shite was nuts
Anyone have pictures or videos from the flood of 1991?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:48 pm to LSUmomma
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We were watching History channel last week and they were showing the horrible frozen wasteland they were in. Heartbreaking.
Obviously has nothing to do with this thread but honestly Korean vets don't get near enough credit they are due. I know WW2 vets will forever be known as our greatest generation and rightfully so. Vietnam vets while treated horribly back during the war are finally getting the dignity they deserve with our pro-military culture these days, but Korean guys almost seem like they have been forgotten and that war in theatre was brutal to be in. Much respect for your dad for making it back home.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:04 pm to MWP
Did any Ouachita guys play in the 1975 Optimist Toy Bowl against Farmerville? I was a Fighting Farmer that night. Somewhere, I have a picture of myself and Coach Robert Charles Payne on the sideline. Will post if I can find it.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:08 pm to chinese58
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Farmerville
Is I a combined Parish school was home and very confused by all consolidation
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:34 pm to Pedro
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how was that compared to ‘16? That shite was nuts
16 was nothing compared to 91.
91 was unreal.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:36 pm to thelawnwranglers
quote:Same thing in nearly every rural parish because so many people have left, and they can't afford to keep all of the schools open. They closed high schools in Bernice, Downsville, Marion, all of the public high schools in the parish, except F'ville. Union Parish, Union Christian Academy, Downsville Charter School and D'Arbonne Woods Charter School (Farmerville) are the only high schools in the parish.
Is I a combined Parish school was home and very confused by all consolidation
Springhill now has North Webster. Winnsboro has Franklin Parish high.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:38 pm to chinese58
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Same thing in nearly every rural parish
I bet abandoned schools interesting
Think Tallulah sits empty (now Madison)
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Bernice
I played the bears
Played farmers in freshmen game. I was a sophomore got asked my age 20 times lol
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:48 pm to 4LSU2
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16 was nothing compared to 91.
91 was unreal.
I was in BR getting flooded for 16, but I was up there for 91. Some college roommates and I went around Little Cuba on blow-up rafts.
91 caused a LOT of changes in that area to limit flooding, it very likely helped lessen the impact of 16 as it was so bad that the Ouachita flowed backwards.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:53 pm to thelawnwranglers
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I bet abandoned schools interesting
We used to go by the old Logtown school around Halloween. We thought we were badasses until we went into a dark classroom and something moved. It was like the scene in Porky's where all the kids get scared out of the house (except we were all dressed
)
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:59 pm to Bard
quote:you think that's scary wait until you hear about the dead cheerleader's sister at OPHS on Kansas.
used to go by the old Logtown school around Halloween. We thought we were badasses until we went into a dark classroom and something moved. It was like the scene in Porky's where all the kids get scared out of the house (except we were all dressed )
I have to say I scared the everliving shite out of multiple friends I brought to Monroe with that one.
I mean white faced losing their minds.
CAD! Just keep driving CAD!
It's all in the setup. You gotta start talking the story up several days before the drive by and the eventual payoff is worth it.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:16 pm to 4LSU2
Interesting. I feel like I remember hearing about it in a couple of my met classes but nothing in depth
Posted on 1/9/23 at 6:48 am to CAD703X
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you think that's scary wait until you hear about the dead cheerleader's sister at OPHS on Kansas.
I have to say I scared the everliving shite out of multiple friends I brought to Monroe with that one.
I mean white faced losing their minds.
CAD! Just keep driving CAD!
ROFL!!! I haven't thought about that in years. I'm allegedly a "really good storyteller", I used that story to set up quite a few friends (and dates
) before doing the drive-by.This post was edited on 1/9/23 at 1:08 pm
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