![]() I went to pre-kindergarten at Homedale for a few months when we were all living at my grandparents' place before moving to a house near Bassett Park. My mom attended Homedale before moving on to Whittier and then Central. My grandparents lived nearby on Illinois Avenue. ![]() I guess I shouldn't be surprised anymore when I hear about another place that means something to me in Flint getting shut down and left to rot, but I was still depressed to learn that Homedale Elementary School is closed. There's more information in the Comment section for this post, including some memories on the East Side's infamous Adolf Moses. Sadly, his house appears to have been abandoned and picked over by looters. Gypsy Jack reportedly died on September 8, 2003. NBC's "Real People" show may have profiled him as well. He inspired a song by The Travelin' Bluesman, "a track in which the Bluesman describes his relationship with Flint legend Gypsy Jack, a person he credits talking him out of doing something that would have ruined his life forever." (And it's not about taking a job at GM.) The album cover just might be a photo of Gypsy Jack's house, but I'm not sure. He clearly was not a hippie, but when I met him as a kid I was prone to throw anyone with a beard into that category. It was owned by Roy "Gypsy Jack" Steffenson Jr., a local legend who lived in the cowboy shrine on Davison Road near Olive Avenue for more than two decades. ![]() UPDATE: Readers have written in to the comment section with more information on the Wild West house. ![]()
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