Individual Reflection's

Charles & Mattie Banks

Moved to Edgemont in 1912, and lived on Oxford Ave.

1924: M L Lester moved to Edgemont from Florida. My father worked for the railroad when we moved here.  Back then Edgemont had dirt roads, chickens, pigs and cows.  During the winter sledding was a big activity for the children.  We had a ball team.  We were like one family, it was very safe community.

1927: Mrs Maude Foster was born and raised in Edgemont.  At that time Edgemont had dirt roads, two grocery stores, and about six houses.  We had chickens, cows and a big house which sat on the six lots that my parents owned.   The changes I have seen in Edgemont are the swimming pool, the new firehouse, the Salvation Army which was once a schoolhouse, and there have been many new homes built.  The water and sewer system is new.  We got our water from the spring which is still there.

It was wonderful living in Edgemont.  All was quiet and nice, and you could leave the doors open at night.  It is still not a bad place to live.  I love Edgemont.

1928: Mrs Rebecca Banks was born and raised in Edgemont.  During the winter when it snowed, it was terrible coming down the hills. We had to walk to 20th street to get a bus.  There was no buses in Edgemont.  You walked to school and back.  We had one of the best baseball team out here.  Sledding was a big thing in the winter time, and you had a lot of snow so it as a big sport.  You could sled from October until almost March.  I remember that it would be snowing before Halloween and the ground was covered until spring.

A lot of the men worked in the steel mill.  They were from Virginia, my parents were from Georgia and from South Carolina.  I would say most  of the people in Edgemont were from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and a lot from Florida. 

 1929: Sibbie Hodge moved to Edgemont from Florida.  At that time there were no street lights, paved roads or buses.  There was one school, and one church called Beulah Baptist Church.  The religious aspect played a major role in bonding the community together.  The people were united and cared for one another.

 1929: Mrs Addie Marshall was born and raised in Edgemont.  Mrs Addie family was from Georgia and came here after her uncle moved to Edgemont. This section of Edgemont, here on the hill we are a tight knit group.  The whole community watched out for each other houses.  We didn't have much materialistic things, but what we had was all the love in the world.  This came from your parents, family, friends and the community.  The churches was together also, when a baptist church was having a function on a certain day, the other churches would not have a function that day.  We are a pretty laid back community.

1941: Bobby Chapman moved to Edgemont.  When I grew older, I was in the military and did a lot of traveling, but I would always come back to Edgemont to visit.  The old Edgemont was separate from Locust Lane Park.  There was also a lot of open, vacant land.  The community has progressed a long way.

1944: Georgia Myers was born in Virginia and later moved to Edgemont.  Edgemont was nice place to raise children because everyone knew one another and got along together.  Edgemont was a quiet area with no street lights,  She cooked breakfast in the Elementary school,  The recreational activities consisted of parties at the firehouse and swimming at the hall.

1948: Mrs Lucille Forney moved to Edgemont with her  husband.  We moved here because it seemed so peaseful and quiet.  There were only a few houses, since then Edgemont has really improved.  We had dirt roads and no street names, it was known as Route 32.  When I think about Edgemont the thing that comes to mind is the quietness.  I think people moved here for the quietness and the cleanliness.