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When To Stand, When To Sit, When To Pray…..
Ansel Head’s father stepped into the doorway to his son’s bedroom, “Rise and shine!” Unlike most mornings, Head jumped right up. It was Sunday, and he was looking forward to his Sunday School at South Highland’s Presbyterian with the Formans. … Continue reading
Best Job Ever
Ansel Head’s first formal job was during his sixteenth summer. His father had taken him in an earlier year to a store opening in a nice neighborhood to run the cotton candy machine. Requiring little brain power, the task seemed appropriate … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's McCallie Years
Tagged Father, Grandfather, Great Uncle, Hill Grocery, Jobs, Mary, Mary Smith, Miss Bibb's, Ollie's, Post Herald, Produce, Tobacco, Winn Dixie
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Two Friends Study Colloquialisms
Summer reading for Ansel Head and Wilbur included Mark Twain. His loveable character, Huck Finn, referred to the runaway slave, Jim, who was soon to be his travelling companion and friend, as a nigger. To the baby boom boys, this … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged BUS, Catch 22, Eutaw AL, Father, George Wallace, Grandfather, Hunting, Lewis Amison, Mark Twain, Mary, Race, Wilbur
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The Gathering Storm
The days were growing longer that May of 1954. Ansel Head and his sister were in the back seat of their father’s Super 88 Oldsmobile on the way to join Simple Simon at Howard Johnson’s on the Atlanta Highway; Head’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged Birmingham AL, Father, Howard Johnson's, Integration, Mary, Mother, Sister, Supreme Court
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Mary Was a Great Cook
Every night at dinner, Mary had fresh, hot buttered biscuits to go with delicious beef or chicken and rice or potatoes. Broccoli and artichokes were acceptable when she had time to make hollandaise sauce. So was lettuce which, if … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged Biscuits, Father, Food, Jane, Mary, Mother, Ross, Starving children in China
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