Actually, Eddie (see below), that happened years before the 'founding' of Laurelledge. It was when we still lived in the parsonage in Booneville. The car in question was a Plymouth Valiant that, if I remember correctly, looked like the one pictured to the left.
Others will have to fill in the details in the comments, but what I remember is that we were getting ready to go visit my grandmother in West Virginia. As we were loading the car, I decided that moving the car closer to the front door would be beneficial. I had seen Dad push the buttons to make the car move, so I did the same.
It began rolling downhill (as things do) and pushing the other buttons wouldn't stop it. So I tried to make the car stop by pushing the pedals on the floor. The problem was that I neither knew which pedal to press nor had the strength to apply the brakes (if I even pressed the brake pedal) - I was three or four at the time. And the car continued to roll, down the drive and across the field behind the parsonage, until it came to rest in the ditch between the field and the street beyond.
- Bob
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For what its worth, it was a blue, 1960 Valiant. The pictures is the correct car, just the wrong color.
We were all thrilled that Bob did learn how to drive better as he grew older.
- Thomas Ed
Odd. I've always pictured it as red in my memories (mayhap my anger at not being able to stop the car colored it). Did we have a red car sometime in that era?
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