Recollections

New Building LHS Well, kind of new. I guess nothing stays new. This building was built during the depression by WPA and has the same general look for schools all...

What have the Irish ever done for us? by David Forsythe   As we celebrate Ireland and all things Irish this St Patrick's Day there is no better time to...

Second Floor, Old Building Back in 2011 I wrote an article pertaining to some of what I remember about the big auditorium that took up a lot of the second...

Teachers, Old Building Those persons who are still living and attended the old Louisa High School will remember the Cheek family. They were pretty much in charge of education during...

Introduction to Music Before discussing the teachers and classes remaining on the first floor of that old building I cannot help but have thoughts of the top floor at the...

Books & Study In writing recently about the old LHS building I had barely gotten by the front door when our gatekeeper, Mr. Bascom Boyd took over the article. There...

Junk cars Do you remember playing in an old car? Surely every kid had a time sitting in a Junker pretending in their own little world. One time I remember...

Cobwebs When I took some moments to reflect back on my days of growing up in Louisa, I am puzzled about what made those days memorable. It wasn’t solely the...

Aprons and other things Granny put the receiver back on the crank wall phone and suddenly hollered out, “She’s coming!” the elderly lady turned and hurried to her first-floor bedroom...

STORY OF REV. WAR SOLDIER DR. CARY HENRY HAMPTON This information is being presented to our readers as an introduction to plans we have for erecting a Highway Marker in...

Odiferous Retentions  There are things from our past that we often don’t think often, or we even push them aside for decades. It is a haunting thing when suddenly, like...

Profiling The whole world seems to know that I am trying to finish moving into another home in another jurisdiction. It’s not that I’m important, or that the paparazzi has...

Nature Strikes Again!! Was I ever this kind of kid? I got a phone call from my honey telling me that I needed to rush home to rescue two of...

New Year’s Eve I don’t know if it’s because of old age or what, but I don’t recall much about New Year’s Eve celebrations before the advent of television. It...

Gifts? Yes, but Much More!! Over the last couple of weeks my articles focused on Christmas gifts given when I was growing up in Louisa. While part of most people’s...

A Favorite Christmas Gift  A special toy was under the tree waiting for Christmas that morning, but I didn’t have a clue. In spite of last week’s confession of a...

Favorite Gifts for Julia When I was growing up, I was fairly typical of kids around the country. The Christmas season meant another day closer to finding those wonderful gifts...

Building the Mood Last week Fred Jones had a photo posted that hits right on one of my memories for this time of year. How exciting it used to be...

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! Harry Matney putting up the Christmas lights acrossMain cross street in Louisa back in the early 1950's. Photo courtesy Fred...

Christmas is Coming!    Black Friday may have come and gone, but the shopping season is just heating up! The interesting thing is that we are in the middle of...