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Herbert Bolm

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Herbert Bolm, like Bolm Rd in East Austin, down near the river. His family had owned a diary farm down in those bottom lands. I have a story about meeting Uncle Herbert Bolm, for the first time, at least in my memory. He was married to my grandfather Theron’s sister Ruby. See there was some family strife that happened back in the 1950s that caused there to be “2 sides” of the family for several years. But it all got resolved and we have been one big happy family ever since. Now for that meeting:Uncle Herbert had spent most of … Continue reading Herbert Bolm

Amazing Things, Crazy Times, Funny Happenings, The Jollyville Years, Thoughts and Musings2 Comments

Another Strange Happening

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When we were kids going to school in Jollyville, there were the Reeves boy’s that were the same age as Kenny and me. Donny was Kenny’s age, while Danny and I were in the same grade. We often visited each other’s house and played together. Then the Reeves’s cousin Elvin Horner came to live with them. He was Kenny and Donny’s age. The Reeves family moved and we lost touch with them. That was about 1963. By the mid 80s I was awarded a contract to construct a development project in Round Rock. When we got started building it, I … Continue reading Another Strange Happening

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The Fortune Teller

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We traveled from Marble Falls to San Antonio for our 1970 senior trip. (Whoopee, that was a dandy trip after putting in 12 hard years) Late in the afternoon we ended up by Breckenridge Park at an amusement park / arcade.Several of us, Madeline included, decided to go to a fortune teller. When it was my turn she read my palms or something and said ” one day you will write a book”. I don’t remember what it cost for the fortune teller but we all laughed until we cried at how wrong she was. You see I would never … Continue reading The Fortune Teller