THIS IS ONE OF MY BETTER PHOTOS. THERE IS A QUALITY ABOUT THE COLORS AND THE TEXTURE BLENDING INTO A SERENE IMAGE THAT CALMS MY MIND AND SPIRIT. YES, I AM BOASTING, BUT THAT IS OKAY. IF YOU LIKE THE PHOTO, A SIMPLE COMMENT WOULD BE GREAT.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
MORE MUD WRESTLING: DOWN AND DIRTY
THE TRUE STORY SURROUNDING THE ORIGINS OF MUD WRESTLING IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI BY R.L.HUFFSTUTTER
MUD WRESTLING ORIGINATED IN KANSAS CITY IN APRIL OF 1950, THE YEAR OF THE BIG FLOOD. AS THE STORY GOES, TWO YOUNG WOMEN, IDA MAY SMITH (not real last name) AND BETTY JEAN BROWN (not real last name) were running from parking lot of a honky tonk called the Travelux on 24 Highway in the old area called the inner city (a term used for unincorporated areas of Jackson County at that time). To be precise, the old Travelux was on the north side of 24 highway about one quarter mile west of Wilson Road and Brookside, an area near the Mt Washington Cementery, still in operation. To be even more detailed, the Travelux was on the old trolley line that ran from Fairmount to Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. At that time in Kansas City area history, there was no karioke events in that area, just low-down country and western music. One might have heard songs current then, songs by Hank Williams like "Your Cheating Heart" and "My son calls another man Daddy," real emotionally inspired tunes. There was rain coming down and the two women were making a run for the door of the Travelux. According to rumors, both women were hurrying to meet a soldier home on leave from Korea. His name was Jim Smith (not real last name). Ida Mae had driven a 38 Ford coupe to the Traveluxe; Betty Jean had arrived in her ex-husband's 1937 Terraplane. As the story goes, during the race to the door, Ida Mae made a remark about Betty Jean's automobile. Remember, Betty Jean was the one with the Terraplane. The Terraplane was later to become a Hudson but not at that time. Exactly what Ida Mae said is not known; rumor has it that the remark was less than complimentary about the design of the auto. Hot headed and said to have been an only child before she turned 21, Betty Jean slapped Ida Mae's face. That was, according to those still alive for years after the event almost passed into the dark and dim anals of history, "when all hell broke loose." Before the two finally got into the
Traveluxe to get liquid nourishment and clean up, they had drawn quite a crowd of spectators, mostly men, except for Bertha, a barmaid. The two women cursed, spat, slapped, kicked and behaved in a manner that would not have been befitting to any women in that period of time. When it all ended, the two women realized that during their combatant activity, Jim Smith had hurried away in his father's Oldsmobile. He would later return from Korea, a decorated veteran and purchase a new Chevy Deluxe from Rost Chevrolet in Fairmount. Thus, this is the true and authentic tale about the origins of mud wrestling. By R.L. Huffstutter
MUD WRESTLING ORIGINATED IN KANSAS CITY IN APRIL OF 1950, THE YEAR OF THE BIG FLOOD. AS THE STORY GOES, TWO YOUNG WOMEN, IDA MAY SMITH (not real last name) AND BETTY JEAN BROWN (not real last name) were running from parking lot of a honky tonk called the Travelux on 24 Highway in the old area called the inner city (a term used for unincorporated areas of Jackson County at that time). To be precise, the old Travelux was on the north side of 24 highway about one quarter mile west of Wilson Road and Brookside, an area near the Mt Washington Cementery, still in operation. To be even more detailed, the Travelux was on the old trolley line that ran from Fairmount to Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. At that time in Kansas City area history, there was no karioke events in that area, just low-down country and western music. One might have heard songs current then, songs by Hank Williams like "Your Cheating Heart" and "My son calls another man Daddy," real emotionally inspired tunes. There was rain coming down and the two women were making a run for the door of the Travelux. According to rumors, both women were hurrying to meet a soldier home on leave from Korea. His name was Jim Smith (not real last name). Ida Mae had driven a 38 Ford coupe to the Traveluxe; Betty Jean had arrived in her ex-husband's 1937 Terraplane. As the story goes, during the race to the door, Ida Mae made a remark about Betty Jean's automobile. Remember, Betty Jean was the one with the Terraplane. The Terraplane was later to become a Hudson but not at that time. Exactly what Ida Mae said is not known; rumor has it that the remark was less than complimentary about the design of the auto. Hot headed and said to have been an only child before she turned 21, Betty Jean slapped Ida Mae's face. That was, according to those still alive for years after the event almost passed into the dark and dim anals of history, "when all hell broke loose." Before the two finally got into the
Traveluxe to get liquid nourishment and clean up, they had drawn quite a crowd of spectators, mostly men, except for Bertha, a barmaid. The two women cursed, spat, slapped, kicked and behaved in a manner that would not have been befitting to any women in that period of time. When it all ended, the two women realized that during their combatant activity, Jim Smith had hurried away in his father's Oldsmobile. He would later return from Korea, a decorated veteran and purchase a new Chevy Deluxe from Rost Chevrolet in Fairmount. Thus, this is the true and authentic tale about the origins of mud wrestling. By R.L. Huffstutter
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
A TOUCH OF SEVILLE IN KCMO
No, it is not a religious building; it is not the new Christian Science Reading Room; it is an authentic copy of a building in Seville, Spain. The Country Club Plaza was built as the USA's first planned shopping area and is known throughout the eleven county metro area as the "elite place to buy stuff." Seriously, it is a world famous shopping area with as much class and money as Rodeo Drive. Visit the Plaza when you get to Kansas City, Missouri.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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