ROBERTO,

I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THE SPECIAL ATTENTION YOU

HAVE GIVEN MY MOTHER'S DEATH. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EMAILS OF CONDOLENCE I HAVE RECEIVED.

I MISS TALKING TO HER EVERY MORNING AND OUR LUNCHES AT THE THAI RESTAURANT AND WENDYS.

SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND AND MY ROCK.

THE DAY SHE DIED, SHE WAS SITTING ON HER DOORSTEP TELLING HER NEIGHBORS WHAT A BEAUTIFUL

SPRING DAY IT WAS. THAT WAS ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK. SHE TOLD THE MAID { WHICH WE HAD RECENTLY BROWBEAT HER INTO HIRING] TO GO

AHEAD AND LEAVE EARLY BECAUSE SHE FELT FINE. SHE DIED ABOUT FIVE OCLOCK. IT WAS A MAJOR CARDIAC EVENT THAT TOOK HER

INSTANTLY. SHE WORE AN EMERGENCY BUTTON WHICH SHE NEVER HAD TIME TO USE.

SHE LIVED 95 HEALTHY YEARS, WITH THE ONLY CHINKS IN HER ARMOUR BEING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND POOR EYESIGHT.

SINCE DADDY DIED IN 1997, SHE'S LIVED ALONE, COOKED ALL HER MEALS.AND KEPT HER HOUSE SPOTLESS, SHE WAS PRESIDENT

OF HER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND A FRIEND TO ALL. SHE PAINTED HER HOUSE WHEN SHE WAS EIGHTY.

I WROTE SOME SPECIAL LYRICS TO "AMAZING GRACE" FOR HER 95TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. I CHANGED THE LYRICS AGAIN AND SANG IT AT HER FUNERAL.

GRACE MURPHY BUIE WAS TRULY AMAZING GRACE.

AMAZING GRACE IS MY MOTHER'S NAME.

SHE'S TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES.

A PRECIOUS SOUL AS PURE AS GOLD

IS AT HER SAVIOR'S SIDE.

SINCERELY,

BUDDY

Hey y'all~

I really should be working on getting a house ready for a Monday morning Section 8 inspection but this weather got me grounded.

The good thing is this morning is an excellent time to get this CW article on my blog.
It's about the opening of the May 23, 1907 time capsule which occurred Saturday morning, April 10.I was there and brought the following postcards to show to Dr. Smith's granddaughter & to others.(these postcards were stolen on Monday, April 12 & recovered on Tuesday, April 20. It's a great story but I'm not at liberty to tell it.Remind me sometime & I'll tell you all about it. Let me just say that these thieves need to axe around town about "ROBERT REGISTER" before they take the liberty to start stealing my stuff!
No one ever wants to suffer from MY CURSES!
I'LL STICK IN YOUR BRAIN LIKE A HAIR IN A BISQUIT!!! )

This is one of the stolen postcards. It is of Dr. Eugene Smith's residence. He was State Geologist and one of the main cats who made the time capsule in 1907. I got to show it to Dr. Smith's grand daughter & she remembered playing in the yard. I think it was located where Gallalee now stands, right across from Farrah. I tried to find it on the Net but found this instead.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19521003&id=jBEdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4813,3042109

Dr. Smith's House


The artifacts from the Time Capsule.(HEY DR. WITT~ EVERBODY IN CREATION WANNA KNOW THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER TO YOU FROM THE TIME CAPSULE!)




HERE HOW the TREE HUGGER/EQUAL ENVIRUH MENTAL JUSTICE FO' DAH MINORITIES crowd WANNA see SMITH!

Time capsule opened at Smith Hall

An event 103 years in the making

By Drew Taylor on April 11th, 2010

The following article is courtesy of THE CRIMSON WHITE
http://www.cw.ua.edu/2010/04/11/time-capsule-opened-at-smith-hall/

The following article is courtesy of THE CRIMSON WHITE
http://www.cw.ua.edu/2010/04/11/time-capsule-opened-at-smith-hall/.

A small but anxious crowd gathered on the second floor of Smith Hall around a small metal box, a time capsule that hadn’t been opened since May 28, 1907, buried underneath the cornerstone of the building.

The ceremony was a part of the 100th anniversary of Smith Hall, named in honor of Eugene Allen Smith, a UA professor who also served as state geologist.

Randy Mecredey, director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, opened the ceremony by saying how exciting it is to be a part of something as nostalgic as the opening of a century-old time capsule.

“To think that we’re fortunate enough to have this opportunity is pretty remarkable,” Mecredey said.

Marguerite Smith-Turner, granddaughter of Smith, said that through the museum, she was able to get a better sense of her grandfather was.

“This is a magnificent building,” Smith-Turner said. “This is just a wonderful opportunity for us [the Smith family].”

Robert Clouse, executive director of UA Museums, also offered a few words of anticipation, saying how important the time capsule is in terms of understanding the University through both the past and the present.

“This should serve as a very exciting message from the past that will tell us what people then hoped for the future,” Clouse said. “We hope we find something as exciting as you all hope it is.”

Due to the box being soldered shut, it was necessary to cut the box open, Clouse said, so that they did not accidentally catch any papers inside the box on fire.

As the crowd peered in closer to get a better look at the contents of the box, they were bewildered as the first item was pulled out—a cigar.

Other items included a ring donated by Smith’s daughter, Julia, a UA Bulletin, a corsage worn by B.B. Comer, governor of Alabama from 1907-1911, during the burial of the time capsule, photographs of both Smith and then-alumni society president Hill Ferguson, as well as an unopened scroll, titled “To the President of the University (Some Centuries Hence).”

Jean Luc Robin, a professor in the French department, attended the event with his two children, Dorian and Penelope.

“I expected mostly papers, but I was still very excited about it,” Robin said.

Robin’s son, Dorian, said the most peculiar item he saw was a small, blue cartoon detailing the University’s defeat over Auburn in football in 1906 and in baseball in 1907.

“Some things never change,” Robin’s son said.

Robin said that although certain things in the box probably didn’t seem important at the time, what makes them relevant now is how they can be interpreted.

“It’s a great way to relate to former generations.”

Clark Center, curator of the UA Special Collections Library, said opening the capsule is not only a symbol of learning about the past, but specifically, what people living in the past wanted to ultimately say about themselves.

“What it represents is the people involved and what they wanted to be remembered for,” Center said.

In addition, Center commended Smith for all his contributions to the University, as well as to the state.

“Dr. Smith was also one of the first people to say that Moundville was important,” Center said.

Following the ceremony, Smith-Turner commented that although most things found in the box were less than stellar at first glance, it was still a remarkable experience to be a part of.

“It was sort of what we expected,” Smith-Turner said. “But there is still a fair share of excitement of this.”

Smith-Turner also said she is proud that she was part of an event over a century in the making.

“This box has taken us back over 100 years to see what was going on then,” Smith-Turner said. “In a lot of ways, much of what was going on then is the same as today.”

You have a great catalog of information RR…thanks for sharing this stuff….Harrison
EMORY GORDY, JR.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Gordy,_Jr.



EMORY GORDY

Billy Joe Royal, Joe South, Tommy South, Fred Weller, Emory Gordy, Ricky Knight

From Kaustick Kornflakes:

Emory Gordy, Jr., married to and produces the great Patty Loveless, played bass, guitar, etc. and/or produced on countless records by the likes of Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Steve Earle, John Denver, Emmylou Harris, etc., etc., etc.






Just never did justice to Danny Miller's guitar page out of the '66 Sears Catalog

Too bad nobody told the Female Race that! LOL
Hang in there, Roberto.
S~

S,
Boy, you have forgotten all about me!
but Mr. Bobo ain't forgot you!
best,
r


SOUTHERN TIMES OF GREATER TUSCALOOSA IS IN BUSINESS!
http://www.southerntimesmagazine.com

They gotta great article by a deceased Northport preacher named Rev. Benjamin Franklin Atkins (1891-1976)~ I loved this paragraph!

"It comes to mind as I think of our ways of doing and loving that we were the fore runners of today's 'HIPPIES'. With their long hair, patched britches, dirty faces & bare feet. However, there's a big difference. The clothes we wore were all we had and we had to wear them and they don't. Whether or not we are better off today than we were yesterday, there is room for doubt. There was a lot of goodness and very little badness. There was not even a justice of the peace in our settlement until I was grown and shortly thereafter just about all these good people left for heaven or to some place which they thought would be heaven. We were left with no schools, churches or opportunity to fellowship together. Today the whole country around our house is a National Forest."

IMAGE COURTESY OF TUSCALOOSANEWS.COM
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080624/NEWS/156280343?p=1&tc=pg
JOE HARRISON

Hey y'all~
I fully accept the enormous responsibility
of knowing
I AM
GOD'S GIFT to
THE FEMALE RACE.


image courtesy of

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080624/NEWS/156280343?p=1&tc=pg

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Incredible description of GRITZFEST courtesy of Sonny Edwardzzzzzzzzzzz
http://www.swampland.com/posts/view/title:buffalo_roaming_gritzfest_ii_a_review

From the Southland, Peace
Sonny Edwards

sonnyedwards@yahoo.com

Kinda KOZZZZZZZZZMIC but my 20 yr. old niece,Lana,from Cottonwood served as a lifeguard @ for a couple of summers @ BLUE SPRING.Lana's in the middle in the red bathing suit.

R~
What a pleasant surprise to hear from you after all these years. Of course I remember the cold swim at Blue Springs!! In fact, several days ago I was just thinking about that afternoon...... Even after all these years it is hard to believe that Brian is gone. He was a special friend. I still miss him.
C.


EMORY GORDY

Billy Joe Royal, Joe South, Tommy South, Fred Weller, Emory Gordy, Ricky Knight

Robert Register Here's Selden leading The Black Bear Band down Greensboro Avenue. He's directly in front of the old courthouse. You can see First Methodist(site of Coach Bryant's funeral) in the background.

Sears 1966 guitar page courtesy of Danny Miller

THE WHO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswXI4fDYrM&a=yYPWfaTEJc4&playnext_from=ML

Roberto,

I thought the Who were the greatest.
Townsend's lyrics, arrangements & guitar, Daltrey's vocals, remarkable bassist John Entwistle, and of course Mr Moon.
Check out this video ... studio dubs of "Who Are You?"
Keith Moon is hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_FZVD5lsAw

First time I saw the Who (summer 1967? Big Bam Show) ..... Keith Moon was twirling both drumsticks over his head, and I could hear a fantastic drum roll that went on forever.
I thought I was hallucinating until I figured out he was doing it with his feet.
Nobody could touch him.

Other Keith Moon stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsx2mK1RDSQ&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLAItPi3ef0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EdINKHgJE&feature=related

JH

Robert Register

Christopher's refrigerator magnet sums IT up!

You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of leather

But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah

Substitute your lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mac
I look all white, but my dad was black
My fine looking suit is really made out of sack

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by

Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done

From http://www.armed-guard.com/fire/ch05.htm

The Black Warrior River became my home away from home. My
friends and I knew the Warrior and its banks like the backs of our
hands. I did all my home work during class and when I got out of school
in the afternoon I always walked to the river, usually with Roy. We
would stop by and get Bill Miller. Bill Hoggle and L.B. were usually
working on week days. It was 3 or 4 miles to the river but we thought
very little about a walk less than five miles. If we got tired walking
we would run awhile. We would check Lock 10 and Lock 11 and sometimes go
to Lock 12.[ed. note: Lock 10,11 & 12 no longer exist. They were flooded with the construction of Oliver Lock & Dam. Lock 10 was located @ the west end of the Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters. Lock 11 was located just west of the pavillion for the River Road Park. Lock 12 was located @ The University.] We usually had a boat of some kind. After the river had been
unusually high we would go up and down looking for boats that had broken
loose and tow them home and sell them for a dollar or two.

We got the idea of a motor boat for us and started searching and
found a boat that had once had a large motor in it. It was on the bank
and had large cracks in the bottom. We sold scrap metal and raised some
money and bought it for five dollars. We packed it with oakum and sunk
it in the river and let it swell. We sold some more scrap metal and
bought a four cylinder Chevrolet engine for it. We raised money for
parts and Bill Hoggle rebuilt it. We got the drive shaft and
transmission with it. A machinist at the Chevrolet dealer said he would
make us a propeller if we got the metal. We were on the river and found
a heavy piece of metal. It was an inspection plate on a tug that pushed
barges up and down the river. We mounted the engine and ran the drive
shaft through the back of the boat and went over the side and under the
boat and mounted the propeller. We put a muffler on the engine and
cranked it up. We were in business and had one of the fastest boats on
the river. We had less than twenty dollars invested in it.

Reginald Vick

TUSCALOOSA Reginald Vick, age 89, of Tuscaloosa, died April 17, 2010, at Park Manor Health and Rehabilitation in Northport. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Wells and Rev. Benton Goodman officiating. Burial will follow in the Memory Hill Mausoleum with Memory Chapel Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Mary Lois Morris Vick; his parents, J.P. Vick, Sr. and Carrie Essie Stockman Vick; his brothers, J.P. Vick, Jr. and Billy Vick; and his half-sister, Della Simmons.

He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn Cash (Doug) of Millport, Ala.; his sisters, Bessie Sessions of Grand Bay, Ala., Mildred Sessions of Camden, Ala., and Carolyn Buchanan of Fairhope, Ala.; his brother, Bob Vick of Atlanta, Ga.; his grandchildren, Valerie Birge (Keith) of Bourbonnais, Ill. and David Cash of Baltimore, Md.; and his step-great-grandson, Zack Birge of Bourbonnais, Ill.

Vick was born May 13, 1920, in Vineland, Ala., in Marengo County, grew up in Camden, Ala., in Wilcox County, and was a graduate of Monroeville High School. His occupational endeavors included R.E. Lambert and Sons, a farm seed company; Witticher Transfer and Warehouse Company in Birmingham, Ala.; and District Sales Supervisor with Colgate-Palmolive Company. His career choice turned to investments in securities and mutual funds, and, after additional preparation and study, his career advanced as he worked for Investors Diversified Services, Southern Financial Services, A.G. Edwards and Sons, Kohlmeyer and Company, Thomson McKinnon Securities, and J.C. Bradford and Company, where he also served as Office Manager. During his 34 year career he became a broker and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. For 15 years he was the voice of the stock report on the radio each afternoon.

Vick was an active member of Tuscaloosa First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, Sunday School department director, and trustee of the church. He served as president of the Tuscaloosa Exchange Club and also as president of the Tuscaloosa Shrine Club, which is affiliated with Zamora Temple of Birmingham. A 32nd degree Master Mason, he was a member of Rising Virtue Lodge and was a member of the York Rite and Scottish Rite. He was also a member of the Kennedy Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Vick was active in the Sons of the American Revolution, participating in the initial development of the American Village in Montevallo, and in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He was also a Life Member of the Tuscaloosa Music Club.

He was interested in people and in life, and after ruminating about his life said, "It's been a good trip." We rejoice in his life and celebrate his homecoming.

Pallbearers will be Don Seay, Chuck Moates, Wiley Sessions, Troy Sessions, Tom Rogers, and Bill Trull.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to the Alabama Baptist Children's Homes, the Cancer Society , or the American Village.

Condolences may be offered at www.memorychapelfuneralhome.com.

Published in Tuscaloosa News on April 19, 2010

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Hey y'all~

For 14 years, twice a day, we heard over the air waves of WTBC, "THE STOCK MARKET REPORT COMES TO YOU FROM THE TUSCALOOSA OFFICE OF J. C. BRADFORD & CO., A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, AND OTHER PRINCIPAL EXCHANGES.
REGINALD VICK SPEAKING"

Reginald Vick, age 89, passed away yesterday.
His suffering has ended but we who are left behind will grieve.


The Goldsboros in Dothan, January 1975

THE OLD DUTCH

KKK LEAFLET AGAINST SHELBY

FINEBAUM, CHRISTMAS 1979





http://www.armed-guard.com/fire/stuff02.htm
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS BOWERMAN, THS '40

SELDEN BAILEY, DRUM MAJOR '37, THS CLASS OF '38



SELDON X. BAILEY


Christopher LEAVING TOMORROW TO HANG OUT WITH HIS UNCLE BUDDY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS



(from an undated B'ham news clipping circa '53)

Alabamians began heading for Cuba tonight to join citizens there in honoring William Rufus King, the Alabamian who was elected vice president of the United States 100 years ago.

Those going by train and boat leave tonight. Another party will leave here by plane at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Monday a tribute will be paid Jose Marti, patron saint of Cuba by Lawrence Tipton of Selma.(ed. note: apparently Lawrence was a King family relative) of Selma.

Thomas W. Palmer, another Alabamian now living in Havana, will speak later in the afternoon at a "Session Soleme" in the Academy of History in the National Archives building in downtown Havana.

THE TRIBUTE to King will take place at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, in Matanzas near Havana. Speeches will be made by the mayor of Matanzas and Henry P. Johnston, executive vice president of THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS and managing director of WSGN.

A plaque to Mr. King's memory will be unveiled by Mr. Johnston and DeVane King Jones, of Tuscaloosa, both of whom are collateral descendants of William Rufus King.

Mr. King, owner of a large plantation on the Alabama River near Selma was elected vice president of the U.S. in 1852 when Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was elected president. Stricken with tuberculosis, Mr. King had gone to Cuba to try to regain his health.

Because he was too ill to go to Washington for the inauguration, Mr. King was given the oath of office near Matanzas. This was authorized by a special act of Congress. The oath was given to him by William L. Sharkey, the U.S. consul at Havana at that time. Mr. King died soon afterward at his plantation home.

JD~
I was watching Bobby Goldsboro's Time-Life infomercial tonight.
Got me curious about Dionne Warwick.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_Warwick
She's so crazy about Brazil that she's moved down there. I believe she has relatives around Campbellton. My sister saw her visiting a patient out at General one time.
I believe she lives in the Jardin Botanico section of Rio.
Pass that along to B.J.
He & Dionne could put on one hell of a show.

best,
r

I'll tell B about this. They knew each other back when both were doing Bacharach (sp?) tunes early on. He wants to return to Brazil for a tour---he had lots of hits there and we went with him there in the seventies.
Bobby told me he was taping the Time-Life thing when I spoke with him last year. I have only seen it once but enjoyed it.
JD