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Myfather, Dr. C. B. Campbell, came to A&M in'1903 and
903 through
of the
home
horse
November 13
big argument later on
Bryan
Minneapolis - rivals. /
wrote a
Broncos andthe
home - a
ri
later) when I
Bryan
wiped out at
WORK
I sold Rival
door./worked at
week- 1
ColOrado with my drugstore earnings.
I had myflrst su job takin of clay tennis courts working for Mr.
Fritz Hensel - I was 12 years old"lthin 75 cents an hour - '1 think."
TROUBLE
the old An
windows of
W. Williams,
our
home. Mother
known
Old Main building
cornice ledge.
We
dipping
out a 3rd floor window of
We also p tin can shinney on roller onthe
basketball court - another no-no.
tree. We used to go across campus and get a 10 cent hamburger and a 5 cent
Nehi and have lUnch in the tree house.
to right
amountof gas and reconnect it. This worked fine untilthe down and Bill
Hensel came to get me - / got home at dawn with Iks in the dr
While coil bottles inthe oldCedar across
Thanksgivingday er the T.U., I got
It wasawild ride t post game traffic to the hospital. That Christmas we had
the biggest snow in memory, and I was ina cast!
We played andlndians all the time.
gun fights. We climbed trees a
We also had
and fun.
went to Sunday schoOl eve~ Sunday. We had a neat life - no one was rich - no
one was Poor - and everyone knew everyone.
spite of yourself!
We walked to school and
The old grammarschool was about
middle school), we went to old Pfeiffer
just south of Old Main Sere Dad had
night.
3
did.
grades, and when
.in 1939 ly had about1 8or20 seniors.
11
had radio. / had
7-7 tie on
over to
events.
a 6-6 or
go
Aggie sports
Everyone was in the
was the
"Auld Lang
thrill for
- Assembly
4
I don't think we
Highway 6 and the
what is now the site Hall athleticdorm
the
on
There'sa
Lucky was a
rope and pull 4 to6of us
who used to
ora
We had no
didn't know any
We'd put outa card
Actually, the ia
those days.
late '3Os. We
ice boxes.
when prices fell
Many of
gblack
in
the
Leila had
up on
came to question her, Mother was appalled
us children when she was ing.
minutes. I went
talkin so I chased her and
they wuzasleep!"
didn't
or allow any beer
have
to
stor
No
with her mother
reply was, "You're
these
Benz
Jean,
damned near twisted
said, "Well I
6
eccentr
the entire wallsand
poles and trellises
and
bycl roses on tall
off campus with
homes.
expense that the
- not nailed on!
moved
In any event our home caught
Dad were
/were off s.ome ~where.
inexperience
door where it burned. Had they brokenthe
Mother and
in
Their
to thefront
red it.
We lived at the
shortly after, was cut
where it was
later sold, remodeled, and is presently ied
7
At on6
le~
south toward
Jones lived. !couldn't pronounce
to me.
pied by D. X. Bible, the
believe
blonde.
silly, doesn't it?" He in
The first time, and only time, ! ever heard him curse!
He
looks pretty
sure does!"
A bunch of us went toa
out tobe o could run likethe wind.
As we were kidsthere
allowed to
my surprise, whil
referee.
To
famous NFL
8
~re
Frank Brown,
perhaps than the
Cofer,
Winkler
Jack Mil
brats", were a
Others such
brats'.' who came
Brooks Cofer.
home
tO
Our
stayed
other
1946-1948 when I
' " en
the name Sunny' wh
to College Station
~or
labeled with
I go back
few dear
friends still living ever stay that way, but
growing up in College Station was a wonderful experience.