Frank Shick 2005

photo credit: Melissa Hall

INTERVIEW WITH THE MAN WHO KNOWS CORYVILLE
Short Biography by Melissa Hall

Born on September 30, 1911, the day of the big Austin flood, Frank Shick and his family moved on Moody Hollow in the little town of Coryville when he was two years old. His father's name was Frank Shick and his mother was Emma. He started school at age 5, skipped a grade or two, and was never able to go to high school due to its location...it was a long walk. On the last day of school, Frank went to the Coryville store and rode with the store owner on a truck to do some errands. He then started to work for the owner in 1924 and continued up until 1937. During this time period, nine men worked there with him. Frank was the meat cutter most of the time and he also managed the post office efficiently. He quit working at the Coryville Store one day and was wanted at Quaker State (in Farmers Valley). So, the next day he started his job at Quaker State and stayed there until 1971. Also, the same year he obtained the job, he started masonry at the Lodge, and excelled in the masonic fellowship. He became a certified instructor and received many honors for his committed abilities. He was involved with the Lodges for 57 years and still attends related matters. He married his wife (whom has passed away) and has children and grandchildren. He is now 93 years old and lives on Moody Hollow today, where he reminisces about the good 'ol days.

Good 'Ol Days From Frank Shick
HE REMEMBERS WHEN...

...Leonard Holmes had purchased a radio when they had first come out and they needed to use headphones one at a time to hear it. The radio station was in Atlanta, Georgia (called Atlanta Journal).

...his dad bought their first car from George Rockefeller (Harriet Rockefeller’s father). It had two lamps on each side of the windshield (oil lamps) which were lit with a match, even the tail lights. The old model-T’s had 3 levers on the floor, the clutch, reverse, and brake...none of them ever worked.

...the apple orchards grew everywhere in Coryville and there was one old, sweet apple tree which grew the most succulent apple he had ever tasted.

...Dick Miller and him were sitting together in school, while two girls sitting behind them stuck their toes in the cracks of their seats.

...one day, Dick Miller and him brought a pair of pliers to school to grab the girls' toes, causing the pliers to get lost in the chaos afterward.

...he got his hand caught on the meat hook at the Coryville Store.

...he was in the hospital for 2 weeks because of an appendix operation, and now it would be 2 hours.
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...he bought HIS first car (a Chevrolet Coach) in the late 1920's for $600, and in the year 2004, he bought a fuel pump for his truck for $517.

...checks for $2 were wrote out for gas in the vehicle because it was only 17 cents per gallon, and 2005 he bought a gallon for $2.15.



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