>Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:47:51 -0500 >From: "Bill O'Neal" <billoneal@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: billoneal@earthlink.net >To: Crilley <crilley@eramp.net> >Subject: School's Out! > >My mother was born near Ideal, Ga. She attended school at a "Batten" >school between Oglethorpe and Ideal which was in Macon County. On the >first of April all the students played a joke on the teacher, Mrs. >Mattie Martin, by running away into the woods. After staying away quite >some time, they returned and to their surprise a note to them was >written on the blackboard. It said "I've gone home-April Fool!" She also >attended a church called Gum Springs school near Hicks Mill in the Busby >community. The teacher was a Mrs. Hobbs. Mother could not remember the >peach packing community of Bonito, but did remember seeing where one had >burned down in that location, with only the foundation remaining. She >was born in Macon County Aug. 9, 1913 and remained there and later in >Butler until 1943 when we moved to Columbus. Emily O'Neal > > Virginia Crilley 4500 Kenny Lane Waco TX 76710 (254)772-5390 Subscribe to RUFFIN mailing list: Ruffin-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Subscribe to CRILLEY mailing list: Crilley-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Homepages: http://www.eramp.net/~crilley Ruffin homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6276 Taylor Co USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/gataylor.htm