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Memories of Stone's Hill |
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September 6, 2016 |
When Mike Ashby made mention of Stone's Hill (School
in a small town: First Grade Memories),
it also triggered memories for me.
I grew up on Monroe Street in the 1940s and 50s,
just a "stones throw" (pun intended) from
Stone's Hill on Van Buren Street.
I and my Flexible Flyer spent many wintry hours
on the hill. However, before Stone's Hill, I had
to graduate from Chubb's Hill on Jackson Street.
It was a gentler slope.
Being a tad older then Mike, I remember John
Hopkin's "devil's swing" he had rigged up on a
tree on the slope below his folk's house. Only
the older dudes were brave or foolish enough to
swing out over the neighborhood below.
Tom's parents died early and he was being raised
by his grandmother when she married Charlie
O'Callaghan, an early day judge and real estate
man. His original house was the first one to be
built on the South Hill and still stands on
Madison Street with its wrought iron fence
enclosing it. He later built the house on Van
Buren Street where Tom was raised and later
owned.
Of the Tom Hopkin's tribe, George, the youngest,
is the only one of the clan that still lives in
Bonners.
Our dog used to chase cars on Monroe street
until Mike's father, Les, ran over him with the
lumber company's sawdust truck. He never chased
another vehicle after that. In fact he didn't do
anything after that.
If you could transfer this bit of nostalgia to
Mike I would appreciate it. |
Howard Kent
Bonners Ferry |
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