[GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] Punkin Center

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Why don't I go since I still live in AZ?  Well, Siarlys, Arizona comprises 
about 114,006 square miles and is roughly 400 miles long and about 310 miles 
wide.  That's an awful big piece of land to wander around in, wouldn't you 
say?  And Punkin Center is on a small highway that leads from a busy state 
highway in the middle of the state to a podunk town called Globe out in the 
middle of nowhere.  Lake Roosevelt happens to be on that road.  Since I no 
longer go to the Lake, I don't pass by there.  Besides, Punkin Center held 
nothing much back then and still does it's best to maintain status quo.  We 
didn't go down that road when I was a kid to go to the lake, because my 
family wasn't a lake kind of family.  We don't fish, boat, or ski.  We went 
there to take friends and visitors to see the Roosevelt Dam.  Until 
recently, you drove right across the dam!  It was exciting!
I have no idea how Punkin Center got its name.  I'll ask my dad later today. 
He's a native and knows a LOT about this land.
Jeanene


----- Original Message ----- 
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To: "Red" <jeanenehea at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] Punkin Center


> Well, what does "Punkin" signify? Was it NAMED by "some hick who didn't
> know how to speak?" Or is it the the name of the family that first moved
> there? Or is it just the name of the place for no reasons anybody knows?
>
> There is a highway exit in Virginia called Powhattish. I am informed by
> an elderly friend in the DC area that in her childhood, families
> travelling from homes in the north to visit relatives in the south looked
> at the signs and pronounced it "po' white trash."
>
> Siarlys
>
> P.S. If its in Arizona, why haven't you been there since childhood?
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:05:09 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
> List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:
>> I have been through Punkin Center MANY times in my childhood!  We
>> used to
>> drive through it when we went to Roosevelt Lake.
>> Jeanene
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > Punkin Center
>> >
>> > I called 411 last week so I could make a reservation at
>> > Punkin Center Lodge in Punkin Center, Arizona. I told the
>> > operator what I was looking for and asked for the number.
>> > The operator replied, "I'm sorry, sir, but there is nothing
>> > under 'Punkin Center.'"
>> >
>> > I replied, "Yes, there is. I was up at the lake last week
>> > and saw it."
>> >
>> > He countered, "No, there isn't."
>> >
>> > I caught on and asked, "How are you spelling 'Punkin'?"
>> >
>> > He replied, "Just like the food you eat, P-U-M-P-K-I-N."
>> >
>> > "Oh, no. Punkin. P-U-N-K-I-N," I said.
>> >
>> > "Ooooooohhhh," he said. "I just thought you were some hick
>> > who didn't know how to speak."
>>
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