This I Remember ... By Dennis Willard, Quill Contributor

In 1954, my family made a move from Walker Street, on the east side of town, 1212 Webster, on the west side of town right across the street from the city park. I was 10, Junior was 12, and it was at that time my sister, Julia Ann Willard, was born. I remember how elated I was when Julia was born. The idea of having a baby sister was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
It was great. I thought she was a gift from hheaven and I was a self-appointed guardian angel of her soul.
I even worried that something bad would happen to her. I spent hours helping Mother care for her. We took many buggy strolls around the block.
The city park had a tennis court, a swimming pool, the armory building, the old pavilion for pioneers and a huge fireplace and picnic tables beside the road that circled inside the park. A pretty much wet-weather stream ran right through the park's heart. And we lived across the street.

Downtown was a 10 minute walk but I mostly ran everywhere I went (I was a forerunner to Jack Brackett). The new Model Drugstore and Davis Theater were the hot spots. Fats Domino's "Bluberry Hill" was a favorite jukebox selection in 1956 at the Model. Roy Rogers, and Dale evans, along with Smiley Burnette, played at the Davis Theater on the silver screen.
Life was good and my 50-cent Friday night allowance was gone by Saturday morning. I had a passion for pinball and Pepsi.
Smiley Burnette made an appearance at the Davis Theater in 1954 and took pictures of the children for a chance to win a pony. The picture cost 10 cents and I still have mine. When I received my picture, I was upset and crying.
Mother asked what was wrong, and I told her, "I can't win. I can't win," and then I exclaimed to her, "My pants are unzipped!"