Installment 2
History compiled by Lanita Reynolds with the help of Bernie Allen, Berneice Howard, Glenn Ledbetter, Jack Marshall, Ford Patterson, Jack Perciful, Cheryl Davis South, Ann Wilson, and Ann Easterly.
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The first four families to move into their new homes in Broadmoor were the Bates family at 29 Lakeshore Drive, Mr. & Mrs. James Spilman at 34 Lakeshore Drive, Mr. & Mrs. A.B. Speights (parents of Ann Wilson) at 36 Lakeshore Drive, and the Kermit Tate family at 38 Lakeshore Drive. Which family moved in first is not known. None of these first four residents live in their Lakeshore Drive homes as of June 2004.
The fifth family to move to Broadmoor was Jennings and Berneice Howard, who moved into 35 Lakeshore Drive in early December of 1953. Two weeks later, Ford and Addie Patterson moved into their new home at 2 Irving Drive. The streets were still unpaved when these families moved in. Fifty years later, Berneice Howard and Mr. & Mrs. Patterson still live here. (As of 2004.)
Clarence B. "Sonny" Wilson, Vice President of Fausett Realty, was the Superintendent of Construction for Broadmoor. He was also Mrs. Fausett's nephew. During the first year of construction, he and a night watchman lived in the lodge which is now our clubhouse. Sonny worked in the daytime and slept at night, and the night watchman slept in the daytime and worked at night. Sonny married Ann Speights in December of 1954, and when they returned from their honeymoon, they moved into a new home located [on] Lakeshore Drive. Mrs. Wilson still resides there.
The fifth family to move to Broadmoor was Jennings and Berneice Howard, who moved into 35 Lakeshore Drive in early December of 1953. Two weeks later, Ford and Addie Patterson moved into their new home at 2 Irving Drive. The streets were still unpaved when these families moved in. Fifty years later, Berneice Howard and Mr. & Mrs. Patterson still live here. (As of 2004.)
Clarence B. "Sonny" Wilson, Vice President of Fausett Realty, was the Superintendent of Construction for Broadmoor. He was also Mrs. Fausett's nephew. During the first year of construction, he and a night watchman lived in the lodge which is now our clubhouse. Sonny worked in the daytime and slept at night, and the night watchman slept in the daytime and worked at night. Sonny married Ann Speights in December of 1954, and when they returned from their honeymoon, they moved into a new home located [on] Lakeshore Drive. Mrs. Wilson still resides there.
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