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arry lived up on the ridge, about 2 miles revonworC yrreJ yB from my home, when we were kids. He was a year older and one grade above me in the little, one-room schoolhouse Jerry Crownover is we attended together, but we quickly a farmer and former became the best of friends. professor of Agriculture Early on, in our friendship, we would take Education at Missouri turns spending the night at each other’s homes State University. He is a pretty often, but after he got his first bicycle, he native of Baxter County, would make the 2-mile ride almost daily during Arkansas, and an the summer and every weekend throughout the author and professional year. Larry had a black Schwinn that he had speaker. To contact Jerry, assembled from an assortment of parts from the go to ozarksfn.com and scrapyard. Mine was an old, blue RollFast that click on ‘Contact Us.’ a neighbor had refurbished for me. Larry made fun of my bike every day, because it was a girl’s bike, but we still ended up riding hundreds of miles together over the years. The 2 miles of dirt road between our homes was all downhill for Larry and he had no fear of letting his bike go all-out down the steep hill, never even thinking of using the brake. How he kept from crashing and burning still mystifies me, as I was never that brave. The only concrete surface around was the low-water bridge across ‘Possum Walk Creek, and Larry would spend hours sliding his back tire, in order to leave black marks all over the bridge. He went through a lot of tires and the bridge was covered with black marks for years. As we became early teens, we each managed to acquire motorcycles. Mine was a 50cc monstrosity from Montgomery Ward. Larry’s was a 49cc behemoth from Sears, Roebuck & Co., that was actually a moped, which allowed me to get back at him, for making fun of my girl’s bike. By this time, the state had paved our little, dirt road
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About the Cover Lila Jane, the 6-year-old granddaughter of Sean Wright, spends a lot of time helping her grandfather on his farm. See more on page 14. Submitted photo Ozarks Farm & Neighbor accepts story suggestions from readers. Story information appears as gathered from interviewees. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor assumes no responsibility for the credibility of statements made by interviewees. © Copyright Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, Inc., 2020. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
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