Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Robert-- I remember now that your folks' place was at Pamlico Beach. Now I remember Everetts, It used to have all the yellow (?) houses. I was raised north of you in Gates County, but ended up in Little Washington in the late '70s. I worked at the Washington Daily News through the '80s and most of the '90s. We did a lot of coverage in Martin, especially high school sports. I got to frequent Jamesville and Williamston and Robersonville and Bear Grass. I remember the fertilizer plant at the river bridge in Williamston and the timber barges that carried pulp wood to Franklin. I remember covering tobacco market opening and eating fried herring at the Cypress Grill before they put a floor in it. I remember oysters at the Sunnyside before it was prettied up and real homecooking at the R&C. My cousin Buck Bagley ran the Honda Shop and furniture store on what was then the edge of town. I helped Elizabeth Roberson's History Club at Bear Grass School film projects a couple of years in the mid-'70s. I remember them building the new cotton gin near Everetts. I remember that Roanoke High School in Robersonville has the best looking athletic fields I ever saw. I remember that Williamston High has its own aptly named Death Valley. I remember the great railroad wye in Parmele. I remember going to Fort Branch before anyone thought about Civil War reenactments. I remember chatting with and photographing snipers outside the bank in Gold Point the day the sheriff got killed in a shootout with robbers who held up in the bank before getting killed later that night in a sprint for their car. I remember my first marriage ending at the door of a room of the Holiday Inn in Williamston (her indiscretion, not mine). I remember the tobacco market closing. God knows what I'd remember about the place if I ever lived there... Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Dec 10, 2005, at 10:06 PM, Robert Clark wrote: > Ric: > My hometown is Everetts which is on Rt 64 about 6 miles west of > Williamston. The building I'm referring to is located in Everetts. > I'm very familiar with Bethel. Now that they've got the large four > lane highways bypassing the small towns, you have to get off and go > look. When you do, the signs are there...so are the old factories, > the old ball fields, the old filling stations, the old high schools > (before consolidation), and the old cemeteries. They're all there > waiting to be discovered again. I remember seeing your posts a few > months ago about your show at Goose Creek. My folks have a place > at Pamlico Beach which is (as I'm sure you know) about 30 miles due > east of Little Washington. It's about one mile from Wades Point > where the Pungo and the Pamlico merge into the Pamlico Sound. I > grew up in Martin County, went to NC State, taught for a few years, > and then left for Pennsylvania to attend graduate school. I > finished at PSU in 1993 and now live in Lancaster, PA. > > I visited Pamlico Beach over Thanksgiving and will be in Everetts & > Williamston between Christmas and New Years. My parents still live > at the homeplace...a former tobacco farm just north of Everetts > near a small airport. > > What about you? I'd be interested to learn more about your time > around Martin County. > > Robert > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Carter" <ricc@mindspring.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 6:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Signs > > >> Hey Robert-- >> >> Is that store in Bethel? I think I remember it along old US 64. I >> think I must have a photo of it myself somewhere, but it would >> take me ages to drum it up. >> >> We still have a home in Little Washington, and martin County used >> to be in my tramping area. When were you in Williamston? Where >> are you now? >> >> Ric Carter >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies >> >> >> On Dec 10, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Robert Clark wrote: >> >>> I think you are right, Nathan. I grew up in eastern North >>> Carolina with the pouch tobacco signs on all of the tobacco >>> curing barns. When the interstates came through and all the mom >>> and pop hotels were not longer on the road most traveled, they >>> and their signage deteriorated and became sort of a visual >>> treasure to those with an eye. My folks still live there and >>> things that go right by them are suddenly so vivid and apparent >>> to me. In my small town (now with about 200 residents) there is >>> a painted sign on the side of an old mercantile store directing >>> one to "Sell Your Tobacco in Williamston." I take one or two >>> pictures of that sign everytime I'm there trying to get the >>> perfect one in different seasons, light, etc. Small towns in >>> the south are an artistic photographers treasurer if you know >>> where to look. When I see Ric's work, it's all the towns where >>> I visited...Smithfield, Wilson, etc. >>> >>> Great observation. >>> >>> Robert >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" >>> <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 1:51 AM >>> Subject: [Leica] Signs >>> >>> >>>> I think that for pictures of signs the southern US is a real >>>> goldmine. Both the various wall paintings on run-down buildings >>>> and the funny church signs like the one Craig showed. >>>> >>>> Nathan >>>> >>>> Ric Carter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good idea, Mike-- >>>>> >>>>> Someone was saying here a couple of weeks ago, that anyone who >>>>> ever saw Walker Evans' work took pictures of signs and barns. >>>>> >>>>> I'm guilty as charged. >>>>> >>>>> Here's my ante on the sign project. Some are artsied up because >>>>> that's the mood I was in when I made prints. Some are parts of >>>>> an ongoing fantasy project. Hope you like and hope to see more. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Signage >>>>> >>>>> Ric Carter >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Mike Stoesz wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I really like #48, I like the graphics, composition, color and >>>>>> intensity of this image. But, I like graphic images and >>>>>> images with impact quite a bit in general. I also am a >>>>>> sucker for signage (old or new). >>>>>> >>>>>> I think a great group project, now that FOM2 is closed, would >>>>>> be for members of this group to record interesting signage, >>>>>> and old signage for posterity. Does anyone have thoughts on >>>>>> this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Kind Regards, Mike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>> Almere, The Netherlands >>>> >>>> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >>>> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >>>> Bicycle project: http://www.fotocycle.nl >>>> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp? >>>> qt=wajsman >>>> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >>>> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com >>>> >>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information