Though I was too young to remember anything about F.S., I have corresponded with a cousin, Jeff Short, that is several years older than me. He has some colorful memories of F.S. Jeff's father was Max James Short, the son of Eula who was Frederick Short Ewing's daughter. Here are some of Jeff's memories:
"I remember he walked all over Hot Springs with his cane and sturdy shoes, often showing up at our house with small presents for me. He once gave me some dried deer legs. He reportedly killed over 800 deer in his life. He often walked a few miles to visit our house and we would take him over to Aunt Icy's or we would take him to visit Eula in Lucky.
As he walked around Hot Springs, he would not hesitate to bang his cane across the hood of a car that honked at him when he crossed the street. I heard that he left his wife when he thought she was being dishonest by serving him margarine that did not include the colorizing additive (i.e., so it looked like real butter).
When I was a young child, our family took a long drive to Odessa for a visit with Aunt Merphia and her family. Lewie Montgomery was my father's first cousin. "
