A friend gave me the book, 642 Things To Write About Me, a few years ago and I've been working my way through it. Thought some would be good to expand on here.
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My town had a shin-dig this year for New Years Eve. We dropped a lit up Hub sign apparently. I don't know first hand as I was not there. The original Hub sign looked just like the one pictured (or is that the original?) that sat on top of what we refer to as The American Building near the railroad tracks, which was once a grand hotel. This was because, in a railroad way, Hattiesburg was The Hub City. We're still referred to as that, though rail lines aren't nearly as popular in this country as they were a hundred years ago. But you could get to any of the major cities in the south via a rail line from our little po-dunk-ville.
Because no longer are Meridian or Natchez larger than Hattiesburg, or the end-all, be-all destinations that they once were. But that was the sign and apparently that lighted effigy was what was lowered during the ten second count this year. |
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