Memories of Afton - Do You Remember?
Afton Enterprise, June 13, 1957
Do you remember when the Republicans gave the Fusileer parade in honor of the election of Harrison, only to have the news come over the wire, the next day that the Democratic candidate, Grover Cleveland had won the election.
Do you remember the man who always carried a lighten lantern in the daytime? Let us call his name Diogenes.
Do you remember the sleigh ride party with the four-horse hitch and the horses refused to go to Bainbridge. Instead they took the sleigh merry-makers and all into the cellar where Horton's store now stands.
Do you remember the big fire and the irate Dr. Bissell who slept thru all the confusion.
Do you remember the black horses owned by the Pollard farm and were always roaming the streets at night.
Do you remember the half holiday for a skating party at Afton Lake only to have it terminate in the tragic death of one of Afton's most promising students.
Do you remember Creamery Hill where everyone coasted in winter.
Do you remember the little wood colored cottage, occupied by a very popular colored family. The house stood where the Baptist parsonage now stands.
The two little boys who used to see how near they could stand in the "flyer" as it sped through Afton, without having their hats blown off.
The long flight of stairs that led to the depot with advertisements on every step.
The boy who used to put the ends of the girls braids in the school ink wells.
The Kick-a-poo Indians who gave a free show in front of the Sullivan House and afterward sold their wonderful Elixir.
The dear old lady who chided her pastor because he drove his horse (just once) around the race track.
The bowling alley that stood where Swart's Hardware now stands.
The girl who interrupted the marriage ceremony to tell the groom that his cows were out.
Mason Martin's ox team that drove to the Baptist church.
The first and only telephone in Afton that was in E.W. Kirkland's Hardware store.
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