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Dick Hinson Dozier School Memories

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Wednesday, 18 September 2013 20:13

From January 29, 2009 A Rebuttal To Headlines In A Recent Sunday Edition of the Floridan Newspaper: 'Time to Clear the Air!' Two former offenders whwere in the custody of the Dozier School for Boys during the mid 1950s have come forward with an amazing and sensational story. They allege…

Gene Talmage

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Sunday, 23 September 2012 16:22

November 15, 2006 Times Edition The mid-term election is over. You probably won some and lost some, which puts you in the same boat with everybody else. Now, we need to grin and bear it, and move on. As the curtain closes on the current political season, I close this…

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Remembering Ducky Johnson

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Monday, 16 September 2013 02:38

Reminiscing From May 24, 2007 Jackson County Times I once had an elderly friend, a businessman and banker, who said "Nobody can fairly judge how far a person has come in life unless you know the point at which they started!" Over a long period of years, anyone in the…

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Reminiscing - Pebs Turkey Story

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Friday, 18 January 2013 03:18

Rerun from the December 6 2006 edition of the Jackson County Times. The steam locomotive pulling the “Railway Wild West Show” puffed to a stop in Sneads. Circus roustabouts unloaded horses and covered wagons. Indians, cowboys, and an older man with a white beard waved to the crowd. The handbills…

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Reminiscing - Snakes and Guardian Angels.. They don't go together?

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Friday, 01 February 2013 03:17

ReRun from January 31, 2007 Dick Hinson, Reminiscing: The subject is snakes and guardian angels.. They don’t go together? Read on. . . Rewind the date to 1960. We have four sons. Three are “yard-sized”, 10, 7, and 4 years old. The “house-sized” boy is 10 months old. The older boys…

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Reminiscing Mule Trains

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:27

October 18, 2006 Times Edition In the 1920's, farming operations in Jackson County were still carried on with animal power; horses, mules, and a few oxen. There were 13 dealers in the county. Tractor dealers "0". A major factor for the use of work animals was in the high number…

Reminiscing Nature

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Friday, 14 September 2012 01:20

October 25, 2006 Times Edition At the end of his career, Albert Einstein was asked to identify the most complex subject that he had ever tried to understand. The group of newsmen settled in for a long and complicated reply. The one-word answer from the genius was: "Nature". The reporters…

Reminiscing The Last Donkey Baseball Game in Marianna

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Monday, 08 October 2012 14:26

What could be more fun and relaxing than attending an evening game of Donkey Baseball in the dismal Fall of 1936? The local newspaper offered free tickets to the top twenty readers who could submit the longest list of words using the fourteen letters in “Donkey Baseball”. The tickets were…

Reminiscing: A Practical Application for Science

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Friday, 25 January 2013 04:59

Rerun from the December 13 2006 edition of the Jackson County Times “For Sale”: Tree Stands, Automatic Feeding Stations, Shooting Tents, Shelled Corn, Ear Corn, Salt Blocks, and Game Cameras!” If an old-time game warden could come back and see this advertisement, he would prepare to arrest every deer hunter…

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Reminiscing: Fishing Territory

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Sunday, 27 January 2013 06:47

Rerun from the December 13 2006 edition of the Jackson County Times The menu advertised that regular meals in the small café were 25 cents. If you could come up with another dime, the house special was fresh bream, shellcrackers, and all the “fixings.” Since the clear flow of Merritt’s…

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Riminiscing - Read Different Books

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Written by The Late Dick Hinson
Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:26

January 3, 2007 Times Edition Many of us who grew up in the South have lived in the same area for several generations. We almost assume that others share our opinions and values, and would enjoy and benefit from duplicating our lifestyles. These delusions were shattered during World War II.…

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