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ROBERT & MILDRED RIDDLE

 

Across the Fence

 

By Arvord Abernethy

 

Another Central Texas reared couple has chosen Hamilton as the place they would like to call home. Robert and Mildred Riddle were both reared at Cameron, but have spent most of their married life in West Texas and New Mexico .

 

When it came time for them to retire, they thought that they would like to be down in this part of the state. One day they were visiting a friend at Burnett and Buddy Williams happened to be next door with a Hamilton-New. Buddy, being a pretty good talker, told them something about Hamilton and showed them the classified ads of houses for sale.

 

The Riddles had been through Hamilton many times and liked its appearance. They liked the cleanliness and neatness of the town and also the friendliness of the people. They came on to Hamilton and bought their new home which is one of those new brick homes at the far end of Boynton Street; east of the Park Heights Church of Christ.

 

The Riddles are liking their new home real well. It is on a large plot of ground, so it gives them work to do to occupy their time. They got to come down a few times in the spring and set out some pecan trees and shrubs. They didn’t get to plant their garden until after they moved about the first of June. Robert has bought a small tractor and some plows to work a small patch he has. The day I visited them, he had been mixing and pouring concrete for a patio he is building back of the house.

 

Robert retired from El Paso Gas Co., where he had worked for 30 years. Much of this time was spent at Monahans, but they had been located at Shamrock the last few years. He was a supervisor for the gathering division of El Paso Gas in that section of the Panhandle. His territory included part of the country where I lived before moving to Hamilton . Some of the largest and deepest gas wells in the country are right in there. The pressure on some of them is unbelievable. The Riddles will be going back up there in August to receive a Safety Award he won.

 

The Riddles have five children. Some of them are in Texas , some in New Mexico , and one is the wife of a minister in California . They have 16 grandchildren, so part of their retirement will be spent in visiting and entertaining grandchildren. Many of them have already been y to see granddad’s and grandmother’s new home.

 

I had a real enjoyable visit with them the other day. While there, I asked him if he knew his land was once a part of the county poor farm. He said that he had heard that and he figured that he would end up on the poor farm someday.

 

Try to meet the Riddles sometime. You will enjoy them. They are Baptists.

 

 

Shared by Roy Ables

 

ACROSS THE FENCE 

 

 
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