Added by Doug Taylor on 11/30/1999
I lived at 3900 Johnson Ave.,on the corner. Our next door neighbors were the Greys.Gordy was my brother's age and alot of fun to be around. He once dressed up like a ghost on halloween and scared my parents half to death. Across the street were the McKensies whose son Scott always had an old car up on blocks.Down the street on Johnson was the Davis family, who's son Jimmy was my best friend. His older brother Jack was a friend of my brother.(I always had a crush on Jimmy's mom who was very pretty). The dad was a skilled carpenter who built a speed boat in their garage with money he was going to buy his wife a christmas present with.He named the boat..."Moms Mink".It was later moved to the marina at Miegs Field.
Jimmy and I used to ride our Schwinns downtown to the public pool. We would stop off at the drug store for a phosphate and buy Tops baseball cards .
Sometimes we would put rocks up on the tracks and watch the Silver California Zepher whiz by and crush them while sneaking off the playground at Field Park School.And we always fought over Lynn Schwie, who was the darling at Field Park School.
Pop worked for a company that was right across the street from Comiskie Park, so we were fortunate enough to get 4 tickets to game one of the 59 series against the Dodgers. (Sox won 11-0 but lost the series. I'm now a Dodger fan, living near LA) Those were great days with fun friends...and a new blue Schwinn Bicycle...adorned of playing cards attached to clothes pins on the back wheel.
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