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My father, Dr. C. B. CamPbell, came to A&M in
Modern Language Department from 1903 through 1948.
1917, sister, Peggy, was born December 16, 1919.
November 13, 1922. With a
big argument lateron
Bryan
Minneapolis - rivals. I had
wrote a I E
Broncos;
the next
horse
in
nearly wiped out at
WORK
door.
I sold Rival
week- 12 hours
g care y tenni r Mr.
I was 12 years old "1 think"- for 75 cents an hour -"1 think."
TROUBLE
the old
grandstand area
our
I go d.
God!"
Another time,
Old Main building
cornice ledge.
We
dippinc~
outside as we
hang around!
clothing
enough to
We also played tin can shinney on roller skates on the "LittleGym"
basketball court - another no-no.
I'm afraid on Halloween we might have tipped over a privey or two.
Bill Hensel had a
tree. We used to goacross
Nehi and have lunchin the tree
old W
alO cent hamburger and a5~nt
Some of us wouldt on to B r Navasota or
amount ofgas and reconne~it. This WOrkedflne unti down and Bill
Hensel came to get me - I got home at dawn with my folks in the driveway!
the biggest snow in memory, and I was in a cast!
had
We played ysand Indians
gun fights. We climbed trees
Growing up as a child in College Station wasa WOnderful nee. We
went to Sunday. We had a neat life - no one was rich - no
one was knew everyone.
We hadsuperb in school, as most of them wereeithe Ity wives
and/or daughters.
my Spanish
spite of yourselfi
and
you learn in
We walked to school
"su at night.
middle school), we went to old
just south
condemned building onthe campus -
trash cans downstairs and I (Dope had never been
heard of). Brooks Cofer never got caught, but Jack Miller and ! did.
We started the in high school - the firstannual_ We only had 11
grades, and when .in 1939 we only had about 18or 20 seniors.
No one had TV, of COurse, but we had radio. I had a set with
earphones and the A in Chicago - wonderful music.
Being campus brats we were huge Agg~e fans. I think I remember a 6-6 or
7-7 tie on Tha lng ofmaybe 1928. F I remember. We used to go
over to the Assembly Hal/near Sibisa Hall to hear radio broadcasts of Aggie sports
events.
cavalry and horse-drawn adillery
was the ultimate thrill for me. The
I was young, and we had both horse
in review.
In the early years, I ber the bugle calls that ran everything-Assembly
all the way to Taps. The Corps marched to Sibisa Hall for meals.
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Faculty
Morg
and
. We were
what is now the site of Cain Hall athletic dorm.
on
There's a picture of my sister, Peg, me, and our dog Lucky at the
Lucky was a huge dog of mixed parentage who used to take one end of
rope and pull 4to 6of us kids all over the place.
Station_
We
didn't know any
We'd
Actuall~
those days.
the ice box.
We
ice boxes.
r.
when
The
yhad
power.
return for
wayit was in the '20s and'30s in College
in
Leila had a "man friend" and also She chased another woman
U
came
could have left
I wasn't gone 30
talking bad about
know I was gone cause
cUt her
even
Ed Hardlika's bar
so I needed to
down to
No College Station stories would be complete ~thout some Jean Benz
stories. Mrs. Mayo, one of the College Station grand dames
Tom my taught English at A&M, was having
,with her mother (her father was a Major in the Army).
jean, dear, wouldn't yOu like to have one
son
Jean came
said to Jean,
Jean's instant
Another
and
damned near twisted his tail off!"
said, "Well I
College Station had its characters,
eccentric bachelor on the
the entire
climbing roseS, and I
poles and trellises - probably igh.
and
in the
homes. It was
expense thatthe
- notnailed on!
homes at their own
Were bolted on
In any event our home caught .fire one Saturday
Dad
Bryan, and Peg. and I . Thefire
door where il broken
le Mother and
in
Their
/othe front
We lived atthe land Inn for
shortly after, our home was cut
family occupied until
later sold, remodeled, and is presently occupied.
where it was
1989_ The house was
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At(
legendary football
south toward Kyle
Jones lived. I couldn't pronounce "Js" when
to me.
byD. X. Bible, the
ne~ house
Johnny
Brooks Cofer
Brooks was t
looked u
silly, doesn't it?" He
The first time, and onlytime, I ever heard him curse!
He
pretty
A bunch of us went to a summer
Waco. We called
out to be Bolton who could run like the wind.
near
meet for us.
As we werekids there
al lowed to
my
referee.
famous NFL
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Namin~ many who were
young. S
Frank Brown. Paul
butcioser
Cofer, David Williams,
Winkler, Lucille
Jack Miller and
brats", were a
Others such as
brats'.' who
Betty Jane
Brooks Cofer.
Our graduation from
and Sug went to Soph
Mr. Hensel.
topiaries and
to school away
and other
wanted to go.
1946-1948 when i came home
the name "Sunny" go back
to College Station my namechanges hades to"Sunny" to those few dear
friends still living in College Station. I suppose it ~11 ever stay that way, but
growing up in College Station was a wonderful experience.
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