Welcome to Sprigg Street Memories! My name is Darla June Franklin. My maiden name was Yow.
This blog will be my place to re-live old memories and introduce you to the people who lived near me in the South Sprigg Street neighborhood of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, during the late 1950's and early 1960's. Hopefully you may find my memories entertaining or informative. Maybe you have some memories or photos from that neighborhood and time also. If so, I hope that you will share them with me and also with others who may happen to visit this blog. You may leave a comment or email me at darlayow@gmail.com-
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This Blog is Amazing!
I am so thrilled at the response of all of you reading this blog! So many childhood friends that I thought were lost to me forever have found this blog and gotten in touch after all these years. I feel … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Neighbors, Smelterville, Smothersville, South Cape, Sprigg Street
Tagged Blog, Facebook, Friends, ranney street, Social Networking, wrong side of town
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Mr Hilderman’s Grocery Store
There were 2 neighborhood grocery stores near my home in the 1200 block of South Sprigg; Sheepy’s (near Womack Drug Store, a few blocks away) and Hilderman’s on the corner of Ranney & Hackberry. Hilderman’s was only one block from … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Neighbors, Ranney Street, South Cape, Sprigg Street
Tagged bologna sandwich, Cape Girardeau Missouri, grocery store, hackberry, hilderman, penny candy, ranney, Sheepy, soda bottles, stafford, womack drug
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Back at the keyboard again
Well, I am back again. I have been on an extended hiatus for many reasons, health being one of them. But this morning, I called my unofficial blog mentor, Ken Steinhoff, and he gave me my marching orders. He said … Continue reading
Anybody Else Remember the Aluminum Christmas Tree?
When we moved to South Sprigg Street in the late 50’s, the new fad for Christmas at that time was the ALUMINUM CHRISTMAS TREE. We had one. We also had the light that sat next to it on the floor … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, School, Sprigg Street
Tagged aluminum tree, Choir, Christmas, Easter Bunny, Jesus, may greene school, Santa
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My Pet Chicken and His/Her Early Demise (Update 12/9/11: New Info Reported)
Ken Steinhoff’s article today about chickens (click here to read his article) brought back memories of the pet chicken I had when I was living on South Sprigg Street. Many of you have heard me tell this story so … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Neighbors, Sprigg Street
Tagged Chicken, Chicken coop, Paul Harvey
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A Tree Tried to Kill Me
One of my favorite places to be when I was a kid was in a tree. One of my neighborhood friends had a pretty good climbing tree. One summer day I climbed up on the biggest branch I could find … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Ranney Street, Sprigg Street
Tagged ambulance, Tree
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His Name Was Mr. Jesse Harris
I posted an article last month about a man called Sam, who often walked through the old South Sprigg neighborhood. He was the subject of false rumors spread by the adults who lived there, simply because he was a black … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, racism, Ranney Street
Tagged Cape Girardeau Missouri, Jesse Harris
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A Mosquito Bite Made an Invalid Out of Me (Temporarily)
The summer I turned 11, a health problem developed involving my blood and my kidneys. It all started out with a mosquito bite on my ankle. It itched, I scratched it, and of course the skin was broken and a … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Music, Sprigg Street
Tagged embroidery, Health, KXOK, Mosquito, Nancy Drew, Olive Branch IL, paint by number, rock n roll
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