Did I Mention "Bur"?

Perhaps it was mid-day, he could tell by the sun in the sky. But I doubt he worried much about time. He had many stops to make. Popping into the barber shop for a quick gab session, moving on to kill some time at Woodburn's or the Standard Station. You would see him all over town - making the rounds. A fellow Kentucky Colonel, Robert Sherman "Bur" Davis of Dawson Springs, Kentucky.

Known by everyone in town as a fixture of local goings on. Bur was always around to perk things up. I was a little boy when Bur died, however the stories that surround this man are in every household in my hometown. Stories of a character who lived a life of networking, sports enthusiasm, and vast correspondence with those Dawsonians who went off to college or moved away. But not only Dawsonians...also coaches of Kentucky's Collegiate Basketball teams. He was a fan and admirer of them too!

A few short years ago Dawson Springs lost a pillar of the community when Jed Dillingham past away suddenly. Jed was a longtime editor of the local newspaper: The Dawson Springs Progress. He was also a fixture of local goings on in town. Jed's last editorial was printed in an edition of the paper that he did not live to read (I believe but am not certain). His words boomed in the paper that his family has labored to create for more than half a century. Words congratulating the win of, then, newly elected Governor, Steve Beshear. Governor Beshear is also a Dawson Springs native. In that editorial Jed brought up the fact that there were many people who did not live to see this victory. A victory that is a definite feather in our little home town's hat. He mentioned the Governor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beshear, he mentioned so many citizens and civic leaders who have long since been departed from the coffee breaks and council meetings in Dawson Springs. But all citizens of a town that is known for rallying around their own. One of those people was Bur Davis. Bur might have been described as a simple man, an understatement indeed, but not by Jed and not in that particular editorial. Bur was listed among a group of business leaders and people that he would have been pleased to be associated with.

I often blog about my hometown, I talk about my family and friends. Sometimes I plug establishments that I have frequented and enjoyed. Sometimes I wonder who out there is reading these words and what they might think. Often times friends that come across this blog comment on my facebook page with their thoughts on my thoughts or story that day. I have found that the people from the quaint town that I call home are proud people. People that were brought up to obey the golden rule, people who may not only greet you with a "hello," but also a hug - plainly said : GOOD PEOPLE!

In the nooks and crannies of our highways and byways, the land that stretches across this country of ours is filled with places, people and stories. I just so happen to come from Dawson Springs. The jewel of the Tradewater. The former home of the Hickory Pit, Bur Davis, and of course the home of our Commonwealth's Governor!

Not bad - not bad at all!

Magine, Magine!