tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post3976898932470591633..comments2023-06-08T06:49:49.809-05:00Comments on New Baldwyn "Bearcat" Blog: The Ole Swimmin HoleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-83489104713804432772008-03-10T17:03:00.000-05:002008-03-10T17:03:00.000-05:00blue bottom, white top, and red fender skirts and ...blue bottom, white top, and red fender skirts and wheel rims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-9584211003392836332008-03-10T14:43:00.000-05:002008-03-10T14:43:00.000-05:00Milton, I believe the "blue marl" theory...Milton, I believe the "blue marl" theory has some merit as to the naming of Blue Mars. Mars has a more exotic and fancy ring to it. You certainly know your geological area well.<br><br>The Mercury that Jack drove was multi-colored in some fashion, but can't remember exactly. The large confederate battle flags were on the car the whole time I knew him. <br><br>I think he moved to Tupelo and bought a 1957 Ford Fairlane exactly like the one I had, then I lost track of him.Carl Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06135737520303997277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-2720936574748066762008-03-07T10:49:00.000-06:002008-03-07T10:49:00.000-06:00Wasn't Jack's mercury painted red, white a...Wasn't Jack's mercury painted red, white and blue? I seem to remember that it was, but could be wrong.<br><br>He did have some big rebel flags on it all the time.<br><br>TMGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-87466987126574948922008-03-06T20:27:00.000-06:002008-03-06T20:27:00.000-06:00Went to Blue Mars one day with Jack Nanney who had...Went to Blue Mars one day with Jack Nanney who had a blue mercury full of guys and some hanging on the outside. He had some big confederate flags flapping on the car and some of the guys were shouting ang yelling loud. Scared the devil out of some of the share croppers in the fields when we went by. They ducked down and hid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-44296318714709951362008-03-06T17:42:00.000-06:002008-03-06T17:42:00.000-06:00As a kid I never went swimming in Blue Mars, but a...As a kid I never went swimming in Blue Mars, but after reading Carl's reflections and Henry's poem, now I have!Bobby Hamblinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970073596436788956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-31758917223932896722008-03-06T15:26:00.000-06:002008-03-06T15:26:00.000-06:00MC said:"And I still miss that cold artesian ...MC said:<br>"And I still miss that cold artesian water"<br><br>Me too, Milton. I remember once on a Boy Scout hike we sent Jack Province back to turn the water off at the well. He couldn't find a shutoff valve, so he rummaged around and found a stick and stuck it in the hole. Worked for a while...<br><br>Blue Marl, eh? I'm gonna look that up. You may have hit on the answer, thanks.Carl Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06135737520303997277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-22188564754642621242008-03-06T12:17:00.000-06:002008-03-06T12:17:00.000-06:00Another possibility; that geological layer of clay...Another possibility; that geological layer of clay was known as "Blue Marl".<br>I spent 5 Summers during the 50's living in one of those sharecropper shacks in Roy Prather's bottom and working those same fields along the old swimming hole and can attest to the keen anticipation of taking a refreshing break in the old hole. Cotton mouths be danged!<br>And I still miss that cold artesian water... MCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-57612071246042544222008-03-05T10:06:00.000-06:002008-03-05T10:06:00.000-06:00Blue clay = BlueStock mires in mud = MiresCould it...Blue clay = Blue<br>Stock mires in mud = Mires<br><br>Could it be the two words are transfigured to form "Blue Mars"?<br><br>Just a thought....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-12024750462802702902008-03-05T09:02:00.000-06:002008-03-05T09:02:00.000-06:00we just hated to go to Tupelo and Okalona and get ...we just hated to go to Tupelo and Okalona and get into that cloronated water. It just didn't taste right after the pond water.<br><br>Then, on the other hand there were girls there and they weren't hard to get to knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-37712169398479865462008-03-04T21:33:00.000-06:002008-03-04T21:33:00.000-06:00Oh to only be able to go back to those days and sp...Oh to only be able to go back to those days and spend just one more summer!<br><br>Did we have it made back then? Yes<br><br>Did we realize it? No, it was the way we thought life eternal would be.Kennethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-84320969651117836032008-03-04T21:20:00.000-06:002008-03-04T21:20:00.000-06:00Thanks and hidey Joe C. Now I know who you "i...Thanks and hidey Joe C. Now I know who you "is"!<br><br>Be sure and check back on Wednesday for some poop on your bro a few years ago.Carl Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06135737520303997277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-87092956281964083352008-03-04T20:31:00.000-06:002008-03-04T20:31:00.000-06:00Great post, Carl. I enjoyed your reflections as w...Great post, Carl. I enjoyed your reflections as well as Henry's poem of course.<br><br>Joe C.josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10188387369778405431noreply@blogger.com