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From: "Janice Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Janice - Pleasant Ridge School or Slow Go School
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:12:10 -0500
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No Mike, I'm not related to the Yanceys, just enjoyed listening to him talk
about growing up here. I live on Pleasant Ridge/Slow Go Rd, right across
from the cemetery. Your house is at the end of the road on the other side
of the highway? I've never been any further down that road than Grimmett's.

Thank you for telling me where the school was. I had thought it must have
been close to the Carpenter's house, but have never asked them about it.
There is an old storm shelter across Slow Go from them on someone else's
property, I had wondered if it went with the old school or if someone had a
house there at one time.

I remember when you were in school, but didn't know where you went from
there. Were you in Karen Gentry's class? I'm her aunt. I know your Mom
(lovely, sweet lady!) and Linda from the store, and of course Fred from
school. My boys are older than you, except one younger. We lived at Wideman
when the older boys were in school at Oxford.

Thank you for your response, and keep on with the memories.....I really
enjoy them!
Janice
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Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Janice - Pleasant Ridge School or Slow Go School


> Janice,
>
> Were you related to Horace Yancey? He was practically my neighbor when
he
> lived in his last hill or at least Mom's neighbor. I went to school with
his
> youngest son, Ricky Joe, who is about year older than me - never knew
what
> happened to him. The Pleasant Ridge/Slow Go School was in a different
building
> than the church house. The church house is next to the cemetery. It was
> established in 1899. Mom says the school was located where Clifford and
> Laverne Carpenter live now. I can still see the old outhouses by the
road when you
> drive by there. They had to have been from the old school. I never knew
> why it was called Slow Go, but they had some pretty good times there for
> youngsters of the day back in the 20s because I remember my Aunt Ola
Youngblood
> Walker 1908 - 1991 talk about going to Slow Go with somebody in a Model T
to a
> dance. Of course, she was raised at Wideman and Oxford. That was in the
day
> when they did the Charleston Dance, I think it was called. Aunt Ola was
Sue
> Owens;s father Red Youngblood's sister. She was the funniest aunt I had.
> Back on subject, Pleasant Ridge is located about one mile off Hwy. 9 -
three
> miles north of Brockwell and 3 miles south of Oxford - so the halfway
mark. It
> is located on a gravel county road across from my county road that goes
to
> my house at the end of Mom's property, but that is all in attorney's
hands now
> for me to rightfully use that road that has been maintained for years and
> years by both the City of Oxford to the end of the city limits and then
the
> county back to where nobody lives at the back of Dad's fence. No case
there, my
> attorney says, I will win that one heads up.
>
> Mike Walker
>
>
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