‘Halfway to town drinkin’ a Coca…’
Tue, 2014-12-02 05:00
News Staff
By Willis Webb
“Will-a--, git yo a-- down off that ladder. We shoulda been halfway to town drinking a Coca Cola.”— Squibb Geppert, electrician, circa 1951. It was the nature and intent of some adults in my growing-up years to embarrass youngsters, particularly younger teen boys. As a 15-year-old between my freshman and sophomore years in high school, I worked for an electrician in Teague by the name of Squibb Geppert. He was sort of loud and boisterous and kept to the code of the day — em - barrassing me. Squibb wouldn’t have done it if he hadn’t liked me, and I knew that. It didn’t slow down my face reddening at all.
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