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I had supper with Tim And Carrie,  of BFE, at the Depot in New Windsor.  They are always fun and glad we met.  This is a picture of them heading back to their home on "Ole Blue".  



The abode in Henderson.  Nice new roof.  



Building a new Aldi over by Wal-Mart.  Convenient location...for nobody.  The old place was better for college kids and seniors living downtown.  


Bugos-White 
Sept 1941





The above pictures are a couple of buildings I have driven by hundreds of times but never checked out.  They are right next to an old livestock sales barn just a couple miles or so south of Alpha on the west side of the road.  I pulled in and decided to check them out.  If anyone knows anything about what they used to be and what Bugos-White means please let me know.




In one of those really strange coincidences that occur once in a while,  right next to BeerBelly's bar in Aledo is the DUI evaluation office.



I spent a hot afternoon in Keithsburg Greenmound cemetery looking for the grave site of Gordon Duncan, the Seaton Cold Case murder victim.  I thought it was important to find the grave to wrap up the post I made on September 6th.  I couldn't find it but I did get awful close to this structure.  When we were kids we'd drive by the cemetery and spot this cross.   We heard the urban myth that one night some local boys tied up a kid here and when they checked on him in the morning he was dead.




Arriving back at Mark and Holly's house after traipsing around the hot cemetery in Keithsburg I saw this window thermometer.  I need to get back to Florida so I can cool off.  I can assure you it NEVER gets this hot in Florida.  

Before I leave I wanted to let you know some of the other people I ran into this trip, some of whom I have not seen since high school:  Morty McWhorter, Mike Sponsler, Jim Childs, Spike Heck, Jerry Bigham, Rick Barger and his sons, Louis Owens, Jr., Jeff Benson, Randy Anderson, Dave Cooper, jeff Baldwin, and Fern and Wendell Dillavou.  



Last night home I attended Budde's Bar and Pizza on Main Street in G-Burg.  From left: Carol Sutor, me, "Thumbs Up" Jeff Sutor, and Tennessee John.  Unwilling to have her picture taken but was there nevertheless was Pat Johnson.  We had some beer, some pizza, listened to good music and chatted about all kinds of things. Good time.  Can't wait till I can do it again.  Anyone need me?  Anyone? Anyone?  Bueller?  

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