Show CI It REMEMBER av REMEMBER Y THE OLD TIMER TIME From C. C Thomas Los Angeles California I Ire Ire- remember remember re re- member the simple pleasures of life in a small town in Mississippi almost half a century ago A boy had only to cross the street to enjoy the world outdoors a wooded fairyland fairyland fairyland fairy fairy- land filled with underbrush through which many bare feet had marked a series of trails to the crab apple trees the shallow slough and to the tree house high In the ancient pecan tree Never too far away to hear heard the fi first call to supper u a boy fth and d his friends s armed da with B guns were often on safari saladin In the deep depths of the jungle stalking the blackberry bushes for a wily cottontail who had little Idea he was playing the role of a ferocious lion The discovery and conquest of an occasional snake brought forth a trophy that was taken homeward for all the neighborhood to see Garter snakes were a special prize always taken alive and tucked away inside to tobe tobe tobe be revealed when the first girl came close enough to see Many years ago this playground playground play play- ground of ol an acre or so dis dis- appeared Trees and brush were leveled the slough was wasand filled and houses built side liide by tide |