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<blockquote data-quote="Williamsv" data-source="post: 1358657" data-attributes="member: 22323"><p>I remember quite well the cotton gin and the wagons of cotton being unloaded especially on Saturdays. The building is still there. When I ride down town,store after store closed and boarded up. Business used to be thriving in these old stores. The school is closed now. Looks just like it did when I started first grade and taught twenty-five years there. The sewing factory closed , the mill that employed so many gone for a long time. Can still hear the whistle at 12 noon and again in the afternoon at quitting time. Things are quite different here today.</p><p> When you mentioned Jimmy Carter, I could not help but remember my dad who was an engineer on the railroad telling about Jimmy Carter coming out and getting on the engine with him one day when he was going through Plains. This was when he was running for governor.</p><p> Many years when I taught social studies I would ask the students to interview a senior citizen or grandparent and let them tell how things were in town when they were growing up. Always very interesting.</p><p> It is sad to see these changes. I see myself much older than I want to believe. In the last few months seems like I want to go back in my mind to these days and years gone by. Do not know if that is good or bad. Too much has changed in America and I am sorry to say not for the best in most cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Williamsv, post: 1358657, member: 22323"] I remember quite well the cotton gin and the wagons of cotton being unloaded especially on Saturdays. The building is still there. When I ride down town,store after store closed and boarded up. Business used to be thriving in these old stores. The school is closed now. Looks just like it did when I started first grade and taught twenty-five years there. The sewing factory closed , the mill that employed so many gone for a long time. Can still hear the whistle at 12 noon and again in the afternoon at quitting time. Things are quite different here today. When you mentioned Jimmy Carter, I could not help but remember my dad who was an engineer on the railroad telling about Jimmy Carter coming out and getting on the engine with him one day when he was going through Plains. This was when he was running for governor. Many years when I taught social studies I would ask the students to interview a senior citizen or grandparent and let them tell how things were in town when they were growing up. Always very interesting. It is sad to see these changes. I see myself much older than I want to believe. In the last few months seems like I want to go back in my mind to these days and years gone by. Do not know if that is good or bad. Too much has changed in America and I am sorry to say not for the best in most cases. [/QUOTE]
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