Southsiders Katie, Marilyn and Bob McDowell and Debbie and Paul Berner gathered with former Southsiders John, Connee and Kent Sullivan and other friends at the McDowell's fabulous new ranch in Round Top for the 4th ofJuly. Many of you may remember the McDowell/Berner/Sullivan 4th of July picnic spread at the Southside Park every year. There was always plenty of food to share with friends, especially when the inevitable rain drove everyone to shelter under the Park Pavilion.
The McDowells recently acquired Oak Hill Ranch and are busy restoring it. A fabulous new "barn-dominium" was the site of this year's bash. Bob braved the 105 degree heat to cook burgers on the grill, while everyone else enjoyed the cool indoors. John and a friend had fun driving the tractor around the property, and everyone enjoyed viewing the "possibly haunted"mid-19th century farm house on the property. It may become a new "Southside West" tradition.
-many thanks to Connee Sullivan for the story and photo!
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Connee just told me about the SSP blog..what a great idea..I would LOVE to hear what everybody else is doing, especially the kids who we love to follow and see how their lives are doing..I hope this catches on and people keep everyone informed on what's happening in their lives..we would love to hear.
ReplyDeletePS: July 4th was a great day, especially since we got a chance to get together with our old friends the Berners and the Sullivans...my, how John has grown! What a handsome young man and so polite! MMc.