I should not even answer this one, but I will tomake up for teasing beth the english teacher about her grammar. I corrected Jann once and she replied that what she said was exactly what she meant! ha. that one was about mixed metaphors. and i prob could not have sp sherbet either...I would have prob said ice cream to get around it. the Wm T. Wells in Greenhill is one in the same as the Moffat/Wells family of Monticello. SEE P 280 OLD TIMES. HA. Rebecca ---------- > From: Terri Lee Wolfe <terrilee@ipa.net> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARDREW-L] Re: sherbet/Wells > Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 9:50 PM > > >sherbet push-ups, or little candy necklaces. I wouldn't have any idea what > > Melissa, rdea loves to tease me about my grammar, but I told her that web > email was a chatty thing and not grammar time, esp. w/my typing > skills.....Also, I like to just flow w/my thoughts and not think about the > correctness of something.:-) When getting ready to publish or turn in for a > grade, it's another realm entirely.*smile* > > However, I couldn't help but smile.......I wonder how many folks in good > old Possum Valley and the Prairie could spell "sherbet." I was impressed > w/that spelling.....must show you are either educated or haven't been > around us Southerners, esp. southeast AR Southerners for some time.Ha This > was a word on the SAT 9's spelling section this year, and my students > decided that it was a biased word. Most of them missed it because they > have always heard of sherbeRt icecream, etc. They were astounded to find > out that it was sherbet.*smile* > > By the way, rdea, check out that subject line(she teased me about that , too). > > Okay, now for the serious stuff. > > You Green Hill folks. Are the Wells in the Green Hill Cemetery in the late > l800's the same Wells as the ones up town, who donated the college > property? The Wm.T. Wells.....etc. kinfolks of the Wells Moffats and Mrs. > Henri Mason....etc.????? > > Okay, rdea, don't tell me to look in OLD TIMES....copy on the Praire > ,,,,not it town........ > > Thanks for the many wonderful stories, Jann.....Acutally, it's rather nice > to have rdea on here, too....even if she does give me a hard time. > Beth Thurman > or > Terri Wolfe > Monticello, AR > 367-2701