Fading sights and
stories- possible future posts.
As the boomers age
and we lose them, so do many of the stories we were told, or we experienced. So much was verbal. The face book page “You might be from Amite….”
has shown us the pictures, and stories, and in some cases, the places are still “out
there”. But for a person visiting the
page, it is not easy to see all that there is there, many items posted months
or years ago, you must scroll down pages and pages to see.
Edwin Schilling did us a great
favor in the two books he prepared on “Amite Now and Then”, but for many they
sit on book shelves they cannot see. Robert Vernon, Brenda Bellavia, and I met
nearly a year ago and said these things to each other. Without saying it exactly we were thinking “we
can do a better job”.
The more that will contribute, it will get better. Please consider, if you have something to share.
We have gotten an approval for a spot at the Amite Chamber office,so we can
scan old pictures and do some Lightroom and Photoshop improvements and save
them, and return them to you in just a few minutes. We will be posting on FB our plans for times.
Antoinette Girgenti Lane makes a point as she connects
to the face book page and blog from her home in Los Angeles. Those that once called Amite home are now spread
all over and I believe many still want to connect.
Dennis Stevens dstev67@eatel.net
Robert Vernon vernonrd@cox.net
Ideas we have are shown below: we are hoping you will contribute
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| The Royal Hotel |
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| The A.J. Alford Place |
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| The First Court House and Reid Law Office |
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| The Elliott House |
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| The Harry D. Wilson House - Magnolia |
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| Possum College |
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| The Master- Louis Fajoni |
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| Guy and Friends |
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The Lautier's , late Charles Palmer Law Office,
possibly moved from earlier location on
Railroad Ave |
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| Holloway's Pond |
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| Ingleside |
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| The "Estates Pond" |
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Judge William Breed Kemp
1834-1899 |
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| Schlaudecker Home |
