Today marks what would be our dad's 80th birthday. Some of his memories include graduating from Lanier HS in 1950, being a frequent visitor of Playland park, being in the US Coast Guard, working at Fort Sam in the Topography department as a map maker. His best memory, of course, is being your dad, our dad and mom's best friend.
God bless you dad.
A note about our dad from Tio Raul:
Nice pictures. Your dad bought us a shoe shine kit, one with the wooden box and all the supplies. We used it at the house but never for what he intended..to make some money on Zarzamora St. He gave us pointers and where to go and what to do, but we were too timid and not hungry enough I guess.
Tio
Thanks, Tio Raul, for your reply, as a matter of fact it reminded me of a story that my Tia Mine Diaz told me about dad when he was a very young man. Dad did shine shoes in San Antonio on Zarzamora Street and he got to shine the shoes of a very famous actor/comedian: Mario Moreno aka "Cantinflas". Mr. Moreno gave dad a $5 bill for that shoe shine and back then, in the 1940's, that was a lot of money! Dad was also very meticulous with our shoes. We did not have many pairs but the shoes we did have he took very good care for us. I remember him cleaning our shoes every weekend and leaving them on top of the washer for them to dry. They always looked as if they were brand new.
