Summit Elementary
In Coalville, Utah, there is only really one school. Summit Elementary/Middle/High School. That's how I remember it, at least. I remember, because we shared the bus with some of the older kids on the way home. One time, Michael (the kid with hairy arms who lived across the street and up the way from us) and I were mouthing off to one of the older kids. He must have been in his early 20's, because he had a humongous adam's apple. He didn't think our mouths were funny. He told us if we ever messed with him again, he would spit on the floor of the bus and make the two of us lick it up.
Ahhh, the fun things we remember from our childhood.
Other memories from Coalville:
- Dad shooting a squirrel with a deer rifle
- swim time at the pool / not the only fish in the water / Dad losing his wedding ring
- petting the cows across the street
- going swimming in the pond at the end of the stream
- Embra, the pig chaser
- Embra giving birth / June thinks she's a puppy
- Teresa Crittendon
- Killer gets what's coming to him
- the futility of kissing tag (still the fastest kid on the playground)
- not being nice to Gavin
- moon boots
- the Bird girl gets sprayed by a skunk
- Aaron in a brace
Ahhh, the fun things we remember from our childhood.
Other memories from Coalville:
- Dad shooting a squirrel with a deer rifle
- swim time at the pool / not the only fish in the water / Dad losing his wedding ring
- petting the cows across the street
- going swimming in the pond at the end of the stream
- Embra, the pig chaser
- Embra giving birth / June thinks she's a puppy
- Teresa Crittendon
- Killer gets what's coming to him
- the futility of kissing tag (still the fastest kid on the playground)
- not being nice to Gavin
- moon boots
- the Bird girl gets sprayed by a skunk
- Aaron in a brace
Labels: Coalville
posted by ronny at 00:10
2 Comments:
And what about the geronimo charge? Wasn't that in Coalville?
Yes, Liz it was. We lived in a small community outside of Coalville known as Dog Holler. Here's the link to Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Dog+Holler,+Utah&sll=38.134557,-94.394531&sspn=76.615483,110.566406&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=12&ll=40.875882,-111.365662&spn=0.149787,0.21595
The story I was told about Dog Holler is that a long time ago, a milk truck crashed into the ditch that parallels Hoystville Rd. The contents were spilled, which attracted the local cats, and annoyed the (likely chained) local dogs, which made quite a noise. Hence, Dog Holler.
The first year we were there a huge corrugated pipe was lay in that very ditch between the road and our home. I would guess the pipe was at least 4 feet in diameter, perhaps larger, because I could walk through the pipe without problems when the stream was dry in the summer. The pipe was covered with dirt, and this served as our bridge/driveway, giving us immediate access to the road.
Sidenote: it was in this ditch that I found the dead snake that Dad let me put in a canning jar, but made me keep outside. He told me it would rot and stink. I didn't believe him, but it didn't take me long to believe him, and I let him throw it away.
The bus would pick us up for school on the other side of the road, and so a crossing was necessary. I would walk down our driveway, to the top of the pipe/bridge, look both ways, and triumphantly yell GERONIMO CHARGE!!, with one fist in the air.
Apparently, I was excited to go to school.
Other Coalville topics to remember:
- the junkyard behind our house
- Embra's runt (Whitey)
- Bullets
- Finding homes for the puppies
- Camping with the Crittendons (Dad gets lost)
- Camping with the Scouts
- Cubs with Mom (not getting my way)
- rollerskating downstairs
- the mudcake/spanking incident
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