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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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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Does Anyone Remember a Man Named Sam?
Does anyone else from the Sprigg Street neighborhood remember an African-Amercan man named Sam? He had mostly white hair from what I could see, although he always had on a hat with a droopy brim. He always had a pole … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Neighbors, racism, Ranney Street, Sprigg Street
Tagged Cape Girardeau Missouri, hobos, ranney, Sam, sprigg street
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Jack Kennedy Maupin – born 1960
The following article was written by my younger brother, Mark, at my request. Thanks, Mark, for this article about our baby brother, Jack (aka Jackie Boo-Boo). My sister, Darla, asked me to write an article or two for her blog … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Sprigg Street
Tagged Cape Girardeau, Jack, sprigg street
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The Dillinghams and Watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
The Dillinghams were another surrogate family to me. I had such great times with them especially in the summertime. The father, Galvin, was a truck driver who drove all week and was home on weekends most of the time. The … Continue reading
Posted in Beatles, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Music, Neighbors, Sprigg Street
Tagged beatles, dillingham, ed sullivan, sprigg street
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‘Living in Smelterville’ Written by a Reader of Sprigg Street Memories
American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP Image Number, e.g., AEP-MIN73], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library. The above photo, although not taken in Cape, looks familiar to those who lived in or near Smelterville. The main difference between what … Continue reading
Posted in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Neighbors, racism, School, Sprigg Street
Tagged flood, Mississippi, smelterville
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