Hello, my name was Lois Marie Adams and I was 10 when we moved to Melville. We lived behind the Buckhorn, on a dirt road. The Rouse family ( Ms Bobbie and family and Glynn), Whittinghams , Laverne's (Joyce, Elwanda, Patsy, Vernita), the Munsons, the Brocatto ( Mrs. Brocatto cooked at the school and made the best homemade macaroni and cheese I have ever had) and Mrs. Hagen (Victor Hotel), were our neighbors.
Ms. Hagen owned the Hagen Hotel, which was located just east of the Buckhorn. I can still remember the night it caught fire and burned. The light from the fire woke my mom, she went to the front porch and yelled to us, "Melville is on fire". It was a sad day for Ms Hagen. She was safe but lost her home. We ate many persimmons from her trees.
We walked the dry dust roads of Melville many times, or slid through the mud if they were wet. We had to walk to church, and cross the railroad track. There were steps that crossed the tracks and you could get to the other side of the railroad that way. Wish they were still there. It was part of what was Melville. I miss the Depot.
We had BBQ many times from the back of the Buckhorn when they BBQ'd. I walked in that place many times to buy bread for my mom. They sold bread also, in those days. "smile"
My dad worked on the pipelines and was gone a lot with the only vehicle we had. So we walked everywhere. We walked or ran to school, church or the store, depending on the weather.
My mom raised a huge garden and canned the vegetables, we had a cow for milk, chickens for eggs, and my mom cooked, so we were always well fed. My mom also sewed for all of us and took in sewing for the public. She worked part time for the cleaners from Krotz Springs. We always helped my Uncle and Aunt pick cotton in their fields. How she did all this and raised 8 children, I will never know.
Charles and I had to do the dishes after supper at night and mom said we had to dry only what we could not stack. Well, we became the best dish stackers in the world. We could have won a contest. Charles had to milk the cow and hoe in the garden, I think I just read. Read every book I could get my hands on.
Come on, fess up. You know lots of interesting things happened in your life while growing up in Melville. Tell us about it...
Lois / Silverlady
Lois 
Marie ADAMS Boudreaux 
Cell: 225-485-3881
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