Don't know whether my grandmother knew any of these Barretts (they were not our direct kin), or just clipped the article because of the name. I was under the impression growing up in the 60's that the only Barretts we knew were in either Lamar or Neshoba county, and no one had had any contact with them for years. My grandmother's scrapbooks are a snapshot of the times, the 20's, 30's and 40's. She clipped articles on births, deaths, marriages, social functions and high school graduations etc of all her friends and relatives, some of which she hand wrote the year beside, but you don't know the date or even what paper it came from. There are recipes, poems, cartoons, movies stars, and advertisements she thought was interesting. War news, politics, local disasters. And everyonce in a while you come across a gem or a tidbit of information. Newsprint glued into coarse scrapbook pages with musilage (I think that is the glue) . . . or taped with cellophane tape, well, it is a crumbly dry stinky mess that you don't want to fool with if you have allergies! Anyway, below is an newspaper article from 1992 about my grandmother's scarpbooks. My Aunt Grace has custody of the scrapbooks, and lets only a few go through them because they are falling apart so bad. Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) January 29, 2002 Section: NATION & WORLD Edition: TSH Page: C3 SUN HERALD MEMORY BANK BY JIMMIE BELL The Sun Herald 1914 --- Handsboro a rainbow of memories for Lena Barrett Mrs. Lena Barrett of Handsboro began keeping a scrapbook of clippings from throughout the South that mentioned either Handsboro (which would be annexed by Gulfport in 1966) or the Mississippi Coast. By the mid-1950s, her project of cut-and- paste had grown to six volumes --- births, deaths and highlights of many people she had never met. And from this rainbow-colored world, Mrs. B. delighted in telling the stories behind the clippings. One concerned an old hand-pump car, said to be one of the first five automobiles in the town of Handsboro. It seems that one day the owner drove his flashy rig "all the way to Biloxi and sold it for $5 --- cash on the barrel head." Sun Herald Memory Bank archives are researched and compiled by retired staff writer Jimmie Bell, whose reporting career at The Daily Herald and The Sun Herald spanned 30 years. Jimmie Bell is editor of Bell's Letters poetry magazine, published in Gulfport. E-mail, jimbelpoet@aol.com. I wrote Jimmie Bell, and here is his reply: Hi, Jean -- Thanks for reading Memory Bank. I'm delighted to finally hear that someone read my favorite story. Lena Barrett's home was open house to her daughter Grace and the folks with whom Grace worked at The Daily Herald in the 40s and 50s. We had a few chaperoned parties there with the Martinoliches and Satchfields. Lena was such a nice (then white-haired) lady, and I enjoyed hearing her tell of the stories she had accumulated for her scrapbooks. . .I was a reporter for The Herald, and Grace was a bookkeeper. I think Grace's sister's name was Mimi. Would you be Mimi's daughter or Grace's? I never heard from any of the family after the article first appeared, so I wasn't sure if they even saw it. Hence, your e-mail cheered me up considerably. Yes, I remember your grandfather well. They lived on Pass Road before it became big-city. Next door to Bill Streiff's TV repair shop. Your granddad had the best homespun sense of humor. I can see him now standing in front of his house telling funny stories and being nice to laugh at the mediocre ones I told. He always made me feel welcome. So nice to hear from you -- and especially nice to know there is an archives on the internet. I didn't know about that. I knew there was a daily reprint of my articles. So I'll have to pay more attention to this on-line stuff. Best to you and your family. Jimmie Bell On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:45:45 -0800 (PST) Paul Lila <paulplila@yahoo.com> writes: > Jean & list, here is a census record for 1910 and 1920, Harrison Co, > MS, for Tom H. Barrett and Minnie C, with children. I never > followed up on them. Minnie became a widow between 1910 and 1920. > 1910 Harrrison Co, MS, Bt 2, Gulfport City, 23 April 1910 (ED 40, p. > 12);; HH 190/192. > BARRETT, Tom H., Head, m-w-35-(m-1), 10yr, MS-MS-SC, spk English; > Judge-Circuit; Read & Write-yes; Owns Home-no mortgage. > BARRETT, Minnie C. wife, f-w-29, (m-1), 10yr, (ch:4-4-live), MS VA > MS; R&W-yes. > ---------------, Ashton C., son, m-w-9-son, MS MS MS, R&W-yes. > ---------------, Olive, dau., f-w-7, MS MS MS; > ---------------, Thos. H. Jr., son, m-w-6, MS MS MS; > ---------------, Beryl, dau., f-w-4, MS MS MS. > WALKER, Hattie, cook, f-m-23, single, MS unk MS, Cook, private > family; R&W-yes. > All above speak English...lines 24 thru 30. > > 1920 Harrison Co, Gulfport, MS (ED 38-50, 53 & 54) 19 Jan 1920 (LDS > M/F 1 820 877) > HH 239/272. LINES 91 thru 97. > BARRETT, Minnie C., head, O-F, f-w-; 38yrs; Widow; R&W-yes; MS VA > MS > BARRETT, Ashton, son, m-w-single-age 18; attends school;R&W-yes, MS > MS MSsic. > ---------------, Olive, dau, f-w-single-17,R&W-yes, MS MS MS > ---------------, Thomas H., son, m-w-single, 15, R&W-YES; MS MS MS > ---------------, Beryl, dau, f-w-single-14, R&W-yes, MS MS MS > ---------------, William E., son, m-w-9, MS MS MS > ---------------, Jack, son, m-w-5, MS MS MS. > All except Jack read, write and speak English. > When I was searching for Thomas Caradine Barrett in 1993, these were > found. > > Ann Lila > > > Jean Rowell <jstreiff@juno.com> wrote: > Newspaper Clipping, I think 1942 from the Daily Herald of the > Mississippi > Gulf Coast, from my grandmother's scrap book, not sure how this > Barrett > is connected to mine, hope this helps someone. > > 1942 > Barrett-Woodman > The marriage of Miss Nora Nell Woodman and Thomas H. Barrett of > Gulfport > was solemnized Thursday afternoon, December 25, at 4 o'clock at the > home > of the bride's family in Vancleave. Rev C.C. Clark, pastor of the > First > Methodist Church of Gulrpot, officiated at the single ring ceremony. > The > bride ha as her only attendant her sister Mrs. Tresa Riblett, of > Castle > Rock Wash. She was given in marriage by her brother Richard Woodman, > The > bride was attired in a powder blue frock with British tan > accessories. > The groom had as his best man his brother, Jack M. Barrett. The > mother of > the bride, Mrs HT Woodman, wore a rust dress with a corsage of pink > carnations, while the mother of the groom, Mrs T.H. Barrett, wore > black > with a pink carnation corsage. The couple left on a tour of the > ineresting points in Florida. The bride attended Mississippi Stae > College for Women and Mississippi Southern College, receiving a > degree in > home economics. She as taught home economics at Petal and Woolmarket > High > Schools, and was home demonstation agent of Franklin county at > Meadville. > Mr. Barrett is a graduate of Ole Miss and is employed with the J.C. > Clower Funiture Company in Gulfport. After Feburary 1, the Barretts > expect to be at home in Gulfport. > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Please tell your Barrett Relatives online about our list....we would > all love to meet more cousins!!! > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > paulplila@yahoo.com > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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