tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post5784883678691361642..comments2023-06-08T06:49:49.809-05:00Comments on New Baldwyn "Bearcat" Blog: A Champion of a different TypeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-79998164934347509682014-08-25T10:13:06.851-05:002014-08-25T10:13:06.851-05:00You just don't know.... You just don't kno...You just don't know.... You just don't know....<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-73914213226350507442009-02-12T08:46:00.000-06:002009-02-12T08:46:00.000-06:00I have an old reel tape of an interview about his ...I have an old reel tape of an interview about his corn record...a tv station out of Nashville came and filmed the segment.Shelaine Pennington Wisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-77066151250505360462009-01-30T07:21:00.000-06:002009-01-30T07:21:00.000-06:00anonymous, you are probably thinking of Elder,s La...anonymous, you are probably thinking of Elder,s Lake at Wheeler.<br>RCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-79646453882309627062009-01-29T17:38:00.000-06:002009-01-29T17:38:00.000-06:00Is that where we took our gals to park and smooch?...Is that where we took our gals to park and smooch? I thought that was a lake between Wheeler and Booneville???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-63459095059487655722009-01-28T10:46:00.000-06:002009-01-28T10:46:00.000-06:00Ms. Alice is still living & is in a nursing ho...Ms. Alice is still living & is in a nursing home in Booneville.Judy Wallisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-85601943932465393462009-01-27T21:09:00.000-06:002009-01-27T21:09:00.000-06:00I remember going to Coon-on-the-Log events at Ratl...I remember going to Coon-on-the-Log events at Ratliff's lake.<br><br>HenryHenry Outlawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-55728735792762335982009-01-27T17:19:00.000-06:002009-01-27T17:19:00.000-06:00Milton,Don't know if the sold produce or not. ...Milton,<br>Don't know if the sold produce or not. My father being the mailman was GIVEN all the produce, beef, pork that he could haul. People would meet him on the road with bushels of produce, watermelons etc. I remember him bringing in fresh pork by the tub.<br><br>So I cannot answer your question.<br><br>Jim GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-25294067497989203282009-01-27T13:32:00.000-06:002009-01-27T13:32:00.000-06:00Jim, do you remember if they also truck farmed? I ...Jim, do you remember if they also truck farmed? I remember we used to go up that way in the fifties and buy fresh "pick your own" produce and I believe it was from the Ratliffs.<br>Lamar's dad Robert Paul Ratliff died in 1982 and is buried at Pratts. Anyone know if Lamar's mother Alice is still living? If so, she would be reaching the century mark this coming August.milton copelandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-67253350473278629972009-01-27T12:25:00.000-06:002009-01-27T12:25:00.000-06:00Little known fact about the record: He tried for ...Little known fact about the record: He tried for several years before he actually broke the record. I remember on at least two attempts weather was a factor in the failure. Hail was one and wind was the other. Joe, the one acre was not by itself. He worked with each individual stalk of corn, watering and fertilizing like it was the only stalk in the field. It was a labor of of love that he just kept trying until he got it right. I forget the cost of that acre of corn but it was tremendous for the time. Believe me it was not just a random crop of corn. My fathers mail route ran past it and I got to watch it grow.<br><br>Out front of his dad's store, there was a bird cage on top of a 10 foot pole. Sign said see a red bat for 10 cents. You had to climb the pole and sure enough there was a red BRICK Bat in the cage.<br><br>Jim GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-21746525989249278242009-01-27T09:23:00.000-06:002009-01-27T09:23:00.000-06:00What was his secret on that world record corn yiel...What was his secret on that world record corn yield? A world record doesn't come along every day. All those people in Nebraska know how to grow corn as well.<br>Joe C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-33232013351839922042009-01-27T08:37:00.000-06:002009-01-27T08:37:00.000-06:00Lamar came to work for me when I owned Kirk Hardwa...Lamar came to work for me when I owned Kirk Hardware,,he was very gifted in inventing things..He built the first wood splitter for splitting firewood,,we were selling this in Memphis by the bundles and he made us a contraction to tie the firewood into bundles..He also took a machine that loaded hay into the barn loft and converted it into a machine that would move our firewood from the front of a closed van truck to the rear so we did not have to do it by hand..He was always doing things like this,,a very smart man,,he lost his wife a few years ago and he still lives out by the old home place and as far as I know he and his older brother still own the farm he set the corn record on..His brother is a doctor or was in Belmont..<br><br>WallisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-47557564103094089892009-01-27T06:27:00.000-06:002009-01-27T06:27:00.000-06:00That's Ratliff's lake alright, I remember ...That's Ratliff's lake alright, I remember it so well. Thanks.Terrynoreply@blogger.com