January17, 1929

PJH · Jan 17, 2015

Popeye made his debut in the comic strip "Thimble Theater".

DeltaRed · Jan 17, 2015

"I'm strong to the finish cause I eats me spinich!I'm Popeye the sailor man!!!!" toot toot!

Greg1959 · Jan 17, 2015

old popper · Jan 17, 2015

"I love to go swimmin with bow-legged women." I'm Popeye the sailor man Toot toot!

60 acre hillside · Jan 18, 2015

You must live near Chester, Illinois. Brings back memories of my cattle truck driving. Clutch would slip going up the hill from the bridge

rrlund · Jan 18, 2015

Happy Birthday Popeye.

deano1111 · Jan 18, 2015

PJH, I have a few Aunts’, Uncles and cousins that live in Chester. My Dad was raised in Chester. I try and get there to see everyone once a year. The scenery in and around Chester is just beautiful. The people also are very friendly. I am in SW Mich. Deano……

60 acre hillside · Jan 18, 2015

At one time Randolph County was quite prosperous and they built one of the most elaborate courthouses in the nation. If you have time during your next visit go up into the dome of the courthouse and look across the Mississippi River into Missouri

PJH · Jan 18, 2015

Yes - Chester is a nice town. We live about 20 miles or so east of there, so we get there often. Good people! My wife is actually looong distant relation to Elzie Segar, the creator of Popeye. Her claim to fame, ha!

A slippy clutch on a loaded truck would be a problem on that hill. I remember one of the toll booth operators telling about trucks losing their brakes coming down the hill. They'd lose some momentum coming up to the toll house, but sometimes roll on out on the bridge. Toll booth is long gone, thank goodness. Speaking of losing their brakes - How about the panic lane on route 3 on the east side of town? It scares me just driving past it in a car. Railroad crossing at the bottom of a long steep hill and nowhere to go but that awful runout. The local truckers respect that crossing and come down pretty slow. Sorry to ramble. .

deano1111 · Jan 18, 2015

PJH,
Elzie Segar was quite the writer indeed. I have a book called “A History of Chester 1829-1979”. A lot of history in Chester. You may have eaten at Reid’s Harvest House. Bob Reid was my cousin. He just passed away last October. My Dad’s family were born in Vienna and then moved to Chester. Ok, Nice to speak with you! Thanks.

PJH · Jan 18, 2015

Yes - we're at Reid's often. 20 miles is "dangerously close" to Reid's, ha. I saw that Mr. Reid had passed away - I didn't know him, but the Reid family has a fine and popular restaurant.

I'll have to watch for that book. Randolph County is one of the oldest settled areas in Illinois. My wife's great grandfather was a Crisler, as was Elzie's mother. Very distant, but hey. . .

Best wishes,
Paul

January17, 1929

PJH

Well-known Member

DeltaRed

Well-known Member

Greg1959

Well-known Member

old popper

Well-known Member

60 acre hillside

Member

rrlund

Well-known Member

deano1111

New User

60 acre hillside

Member

PJH

Well-known Member

deano1111

New User

PJH

Well-known Member

Similar threads