We went to the Museum today. Normally the train room upstairs is only open on Saturdays, but a man was there working on them so he turned on some of the sets for the boys and explained a little bit to them. They both seemed to really enjoy it. We also walked around the downstairs. They had a quilt show—quilts hanging everywhere—so it was hard to see some of the displays. I did find a photograph display of 6th Street back in the day. I recognized a bunch of the stores, including Rock’s Five and Dime. I used to love to go in that place. It burned down when I was a kid. Mom and Dad used to play bridge with the Rocks and the Phelps (who had a men’s clothing store downtown) and the Tripletts. After the Rocks lefts, the Merediths took their spot. He had a shoe store with a really cool “automatic” foot measurer. We also looked at some of the things from the Texas City Blast. And saw some pictures from school in the late 40’s and early 50’s. There was one picture of a 3rd grade class at Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School from 1947, I believe. There were a couple of names that sounded familiar, but the teacher was Mrs. Kelso. She was my kindergarten teacher!
After leaving the Museum, we swung by Hoffman Lumber Company to see Dad, but he’d already left. I stopped by Gus’ Barbeque to pick up some lunch for me, and then we came back to the house to eat lunch. Made sandwiches for the boys and found Dad here too. We sat around for a bit while Dad ran some errands, and then went to the parks on the Dike. The boys had a great time knocking down ant beds with their sword and dagger.
Killing ants--Rahr!
Don't leave us!!!! (Papaw was already in the car--we'd called them several times.)
This is a big anchor in front of the TC Museum. It's not from the Blast ships, but it does give a good idea of how big those pieces were.
Trains at the museum - the ferris wheel and merry-go-rounds move and make sounds.
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