Memorabilia: Webster's Dictionary describes memorabilia as: "...things worth remembering or recording." And that's the intent of this page - to remember and record. Unfortunately, many items of memorabilia that belonged to the association are not available. The memorabilia that you find displayed on this page is all that we have at this time. If it seems that there are too many items from one family it's because that's what we have. If you have some items that we could display, please make it available to us; we'd like that. Marriage License - 1895 You may see J.E. and Ida in the historical photo on page 1 of the History section. Do any of you remember when a photographer came around the village and for a small fee would make your photo sitting on the pony? This photo was made at 300 Halsey Ave in front of the Reese's home directly across the street from where Rudolph lived. Rudolph V Strickland - 1936 This cross stitched picture of Rison School was a labor of love by Laurie Tucker Franklin. The House on Halsey On the back of this picture is written, "Mrs. Ealy, 309 Halsey Ave., 25 cents." We've been told that this house was once used as a kindergarten. While Doyle Ealy is supposed to be in this picture, it's very difficult to distinguish anyone. We found the picture to be particularly interesting because of the style of the house. Those who remember the house recalled that it was separated and became two houses. Do you remember the house? Were you ever a student there? NOTE: I am Brenda Burkett Elders. I think if you check further you will find that the home y'all have identified as The Ealy home is really The Burkett home. I was born in the front bedroom of 305 Halsey. The home I was born in was the one on the left. It had the school between our home and the Thomas/Barlow home. I maybe wrong but I do not think so. The homes did face the street and were not at an angle. Both homes had their own address. I do not know when the structure was torn down (editor: the center portion of the house) nor what happened to the materials. (Editor’s note: So the address that is on the back of the picture must refer to the Ealy’s address for delivery of a copy of the picture. Thanks Brenda.) This was Lourene Patton Fleming's vision of Rison School. Lourene graduated with the class of 1943. Here is a painting of Dallas Mills circa 1892, created by M.L. McClain in 1996. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A photo of a commode in an outhouse on Stevens Avenue in Dallas Village Circa 1930 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dallas Mills Pay Stubs If you look at the 1940 pay stubs for Earl and Rosa Schrimsher, you'll see a definite difference in the pay for each of them for their 40 hours of work, with Earl's being higher. One wonders if Earl's pay was higher because a higher skill level was required, or because he was considered to be head of the household, or was it simply because he was a man? Do you think that things have changed all that much since then? Mary Lou Fitch Cagle furnished the above Dallas Mills pay stub that belonged to her father, Alford Fitch. Mr. Fitch's salary was higher than that of Earl Schrimsher's because he was a supervisor in the Card Room. (Please see a picture of the Card Room on page 2 of the History section, and Mr. Fitch's records from the Card room on page 3 of the History section.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: While going through some papers from my late Aunt's estate I discovered two receipts and a blank check that relate directly to our Rison-Dallas neighborhood; they are from 1924. The two receipts are written by Mr William Strange on the back of blank Rison Banking Company checks and are for $126 and $34 respectively. They are for annual rent paid by my grandfather, Hubbard Hinds Brazelton, apparently for his residence in the mill village; he was 42 years old and had a wife and 4 young children. He paid $126 on November 25, 1924 and $34 on December 3, 1924. It seems the rent was paid in arrears rather than beforehand which is the custom today. Although it is not specifically stated, I think the payments were made to W.R. Rison Banking Company. The family lived on Rison Avenue at the time. Collins Wynn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many of us remember some of the hardships that we faced at the time: Using coal in the warm morning heaters required ordering, buying and storing the coal; bringing it into the house in a coal scuttle, replenishing the fire as needed, and the mess that the coal made. And oh how cold our houses could be. The heater would usually be in the front of the house and the wood cook stove in the kitchen. Each of those rooms would be pretty warm, but the rooms in between could be mighty cold. Those of us without running water would oftentimes awaken on a cold winter's morning to a solid sheet of ice in the wash pan (the pan in which we washed our hands). Many of us had party lines, 2 to 4 people sharing the same line, oftentimes either being interrupted by one of the parties asking that we cut short our conversation because he or she had a very important phone call to make, or knowing that someone on the line was listening in to our telephone conversation. And the poll tax - a seemingly ridiculous tax to pay for the "privilege" to vote; a tax that is no longer required. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Leslie Method of Writing Look at the Leslie Method of Arm Movement Writing booklet - who can forget the monotonous practice required by the teacher in an attempt to help us learn to write. The round and round motions that were supposed to be in a perfect pattern. Was the practice really helpful? Report Card Ah, the report card: sometimes dreaded and sometimes welcomed. Here is Thurman Frasier's report card from 1930-1931: (click for the complete view) And here is Thurman's Kindergarten Graduation Diploma: ************************************************************* 1948 – “I Dream of Jeanie” Operetta Left to right: Barney Henson, Virgil Medlen, Mona King, Jeanne Scarborah, Jerry Potter, Elton Adcock, Carl Melton, Connie Fisher, Bill Bowden, Buster Acuff, Betty Schrimsher, Bud Adcock, Jimmy Falkenberry, Mary Jo Gray, Bobby Edmonson, Ann Schrimsher ************************************************************* Do you remember the operettas? What fun they could be - losing yourself in a character and becoming someone else. Did you ever dream of one day being on Broadway, or did we even know about Broadway? Maybe you dreamed of becoming a movie star? Click on the links below to see pages from the program booklet given the night of the operetta; this booklet contained information on cast and crew as well as many ads from city and county merchants and friends: Front Page Cast of Characters Guests at Soriee Production Staff Senior Chorus Junior Chorus Merchants & Friends who placed ads in the Operetta, "Chonita," April 1949 Here's a list of more than 240 merchants and friends who placed ads in the operetta, "Chonita," in April 1949. The telephone numbers were 2, 3 and 4 digits - a few with letters, i.e., 25, 494, 1240, 982-W, and 1946-R. How many of these businesses do you remember? We've highlighted those we know that are still in operation. It's hard to believe that there were that many businesses in and around our little corner of the world. 1010 Service Station A Friend A Friend A Friend A. & B. Auto Body Shop A.G. Osborne Service Station A.M. Booth Lumber Co. Adams Distributing Company Adams Drug Company Alabama Auto Co. Alabama Grocery Co. Alabama Oil Company Alabama Truck Line Allen Tire & Battery Co. Anderson Business College Arnold's Clothing Ashburn and Gray Auto Electric Service Auto Salvage & Supply Co. Automatic Gas Company Baby Wear Shop Bailey's Tackle Shop Bartee Lumber Company Beason & Hicks Service Station Becker's Department Store Bella Vista Ben Steger Motor Company Bill Driver's Garage Bill Foster Bob Mullins Bob Ward's Laundry Cleaners Broadway's Café Broadway's Service Station Brock Radio Service Brook's Grocery Brooks & Collier, Inc. Bruce Furniture Company Buel Case Studio Buford Motor Company Business Equipment Company C.E. Bennett Dry Goods C.H. Carroll C.S. Roberts, Consignee Texas Petroleum Products C.T. Garvin Calabama Chemical Co. Cambron's Aero Club Cantrell Tire Co. Carroll Grocery Central Café Certain Motor Company Charles E. Jackson Cities Service City Drug Co. City Mattress & Upholstering Co. Clark Electric Co. Clark Steadman's Bar-B-Q Claude Gates Garage (now Gates Garage) Clayton's Place Cola Cola Bottling Co. Cole Motor Company Colonial Coffee Community Store Cooper Insurance Co. Dallas Manufacturing Company Dallas Recreation Center Davis of Course Denny Motor Co. Dilworth Lumber Company Dixie Warehouse & Storage Company Donald Jones Service Station Double Cola Bottling Company Dr. Pepper Dunnavant's E. B. George Economy Auto Stores E.H. Patterson Coal Co. Eat-A-Bite Café Eslick Furniture Co. F.W. Woolworth Farmers' Trading Post Fifth Street Radio Service Five Points Bakery Five Points Barber Shop Five Points Launder Shop Five Points Shoe Shop Five Points Sundries Fowler's Beauty Shop Fowler's Clothing Store Frank Brothers at Rose Jewelry Company Friends in Lincoln & Lincoln School & Lincoln Mills of Alabama Friends in Owens Cross Roads G.W. Jones & Sons Galloway Coal Co. Gatlin Tractor & Implement Co. General Shoe Corporation George's Café Geron Lumber Company Giles Coal Company Glen Chaney Auto Co. Goodyear Shoe Shop Grand News Stand Gunn Lumber Company H.C. Blake Plumbing Co. Harry Owens Grocery Hauer & Winston Service Station Hill Chevrolet Company Hill-Davis Supply Store Holmes Furniture Company Hopper Hardware Horton's Service Station Humphrey Electric Service Huntsville Building Material Huntsville Ice & Coal Company Huntsville Implement Co. Huntsville Laundry Huntsville Manufacturing Co. Huntsville Neon Company Huntsville Roofing Company Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries Hutchens Company, Inc. I. Schiffman & Company J.B. "Si" Wakefield, Huntsville Oil Company J.E. Broyles Insurance J.E. Sandlin Hardware J.H. Brown & Sons Cabinet Shop J.L. Green Groceries J.M. Drummond Garage J.T. Schrimsher & Sons Jack Jones James K. Taylor Real Estate Jimmy Horton service Station Joe Tidwell Grocery John & Mahoney Johnston Concrete Products Company Jones-Baugh Bonded, Inc. Kelly's Garage & Service Station Kerley Grocery Kildare Café L.F. Sullivan L.M. Taylor Lane and Company Lee Forret Studio Lee-Sneed Appliance Company Leon Ivey, O.L. Higginbotham, Robert Driver, Perry Chisam Leon Moore Coal Co. Lewis Grocery Lewter Hardware Co. Lincoln Beauty Shop Lloyd Steel Building Co. London's Lyric Theatre Madison Piano Company Madison St. Service Station Maple Ridge Hatchery Maples Mercantile Maples Sheet Metal Works Martin Stamping & Stove Company Mason Brown, Ice & Coal Company McKinley Avenue Grocery Meadow Gold Dairies Milton K. Cummings Monte Sano Pekingese Kennel Montgomery Ward & Co. Mullins Grocery Myerson Insulation Company New Bus Terminal Barber Shop North Alabama Cedar Company North Alabama College of Commerce Northside Furniture Co. O.K. Matthews Orgain & Sparks Drugs Orgain Coal Company Parker's Barber Shop Patton Furniture Company Pearsall's Flowers Pender's Dry Cleaners Pepsi-Cola Phillip's Service Station Pizitz's Planters Warehouse & Storage Co. Porter Contracting & Supply Company Quillin Produce R.C. Cowley No. 2 Groceries & Meats R.C. Tuck Cash Grocery Ray Auto Company, Inc. Ray Tractor & Implement Co. Rhett Woody Furniture Store Roberts & Bradford Motor Co. Rodenhauser Florist Rodenhauser Real Estate - Insurance Roy Jack's Grocery Russel Erskine Hotel S.B. Steger Grocery and Market S.H.Kress & Co. S.O. McDonald Sam Hamer Grocery Sander's Station Sanitary Mattress Co. Sarah's Beauty Shop Service Cleaners Smith-Holmberg Store for Men Snow Motor Company South Side Barber Southern Finance Co. Southern Furniture Store Southern Shoe Store Sparkman's Monumental Works Sparta Monumental Works Speck Searcy Standard Oil Company Stockton's Buick- GMC T.T. Terry's T.W. McClure Groceries and Meats Tennessee Valley Concrete Block Company Tennessee Hide & Poultry Company The Dinner Bell The Jewel Shop The Ready Bake Shop The Southern Cotton Oil Company The Star Markets Tick Tock Inn Tidwell Bros. Grocery Tip Top Café Twickenham Pharmacy Tyson Bake Shop Uncle Sam's Loan & Jewelry Union Dry Goods, L. Harrison, Manager (now Harrison Bros.) Uptain's Footwear W.L. Halsey Grocery Company W.T. Grant Company W.W. Scott Company Wallace Bros. Implement Co. West Huntsville Shoe Repair White Printing Company White Swan Laundry and Cleaners Whitesburg Drive Super Market Wilson Grocery Yarbrough Grill Yarbrough Hardware Co. Yarbrough Hotel Yarbrough's Shoe Store Here's another operetta presented by a group of Rison thespians According to the penciled notes on this page, the "stars" in this operetta were: "Richard, Leron, Beany, Sara, Helen, John, Marjorie, ??, Carl, Jeanette, Herlan, Bessie, and Helen R." Were you in this operetta? Do you remember the year? Do you know the missing names? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And the membership card to the "Y," the Dallas Recreational Association - we were so lucky to have such a facility. 'Remember when, with a quarter, we could see a movie, buy popcorn, a bar of candy and a Coke (some of us bought a Double Cola instead of a Coke because it was bigger!)? In spite of its neglect and being kept in an attic for many years, this plastic cheerleader pin is in good shape and is wearable. You'll probably see it at this year's reunion. Do you still have the tassel from your graduation cap? This one looks almost new, as if it might've been used this year instead of more than 50 years ago. It's the same tassel that's hanging from the graduation cap of Ann Schrimsher Franklin in the 1951 graduation picture on the Classes page. These four letters, the "Rs," were won with pride and kept to remember that each was won with a great deal of effort. This is the "R" that Doyle Ealy earned for playing football. In his excerpt on the Memories page, Doyle said, "They used to give us an "R" with a football in it, if we played enough during the year. Now, 40 years later, I still have that "R" and am awfully proud of it." After Doyle's death, his daughter, Jan Bannister, became the proud keeper of this special "R." Joy Fanning wore these well worn and much cherished “R” and patch on a navy blue, long sleeved slipover sweater: This pennant looks as if it just came from a banner company. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we aged so gracefully? These wings were presented to Bill Starr for Outstanding Athlete