Marilyn, Well, I messed up in my writing. I meant my mom's dad was Cassie Thomas and I said that my grandmother's dad was Cassie Thomas. Yes, Alice Alley was Cassie's wife, and yes, Lena was Alice's niece. Lena's mother, Lula, who married William Clinton McIntosh, was grandmother's sister as well as Nellie Alley who married Tom McIntosh. It was nice to hear from you and learn that you knew my grandparents and had been to one of my very most favorite places on earth. -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn [mailto:mansiononmain@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:24 PM To: IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IADECATU] SNOWY DAY, MISSOURI DATABASE Donna, I knew your grandparents or greatgrandparents - They lived in Colorado above Rifle, I think - some distance from town, with a creek running down the mountain in front of the house - I thought Alice was Cassie's wife? Or maybe they had a daughter named Alice also? We visited them maybe in 1957 or 58?? - we traveled with the Edwin and Lena Hagan family - I think Lena was Alice's niece. Lena had been a McIntosh but her mother was maybe an Alley from the Mercer area. We kids - three preteen girls - slept in their bunkhouse, had venison steak and eggs for breakfast and rode their horses up to a mine... Great memories you brought back to me! Marilyn Collins Costa in Texarkana

(Green cardboard ribbon-bound small booklet - found in my mother's things - she was a Princeton High School, Mercer Co. Mo. 1926 graduate.) Page 1 - The class of 1923 Leon High School requests the honor of your presence at the Commencement Exercises Thursday, May 24, 8:00, Presbyterian Church. Baccalaureate Sermon, Presbyterian Church, Sunday evening, May 20, 1923, Rev. J. E. Habilston. Page 2 - March Willetta Statzell Invocation Rev. W. B. Patterson Salutatory Jack Ferren Song Class Address Prof. J. C. McGlade Song Boys Double Quartette Valedictory Helen Van Werden Solo Mildred Putnam Presentation of Diplomas L. P. Van Werden Song Girls Chorus Benediction Rev. J. E. Habliston Class Flower - American Beauty Rose Class Colors - Purple and Gold Class Motto - Impossible is Un-American Page 3 - Charles Barr, Jr. Doris Lowrance Virgil Cherrington Lois Moore Leverett Clark LaVera McCroskey Lalah Dobson Fern McKinley Lenore Evans Clara Nauman Jack Ferren Laura Nauman Ronald Fisher Claude Perkins Samuel Garber Harl Pitman Grace Gittinger Marjorie Pullen Charles Griffin Mildred Putnam Gladstone Griffin Theodore Robison Margaret Guire Cyril Sanger Blanche Hagan Beulah Shinn Dortha Hagan Helen Springer Leona Hagan Willetta Statzell Edgar Hansell Geneva Stewart Ruth Hinds James Stone Harold Jenkins Margaret Stone Lyman Johnston Harriette Sullivan Opal Johnston Velma Thompson Harry Kahoe Helen Van Werden Lenore La Follette Marjie Williams Class Officers - President, Edgar Hansell Secretary, Ronald Fisher Treasurer, Willetta Statzell Hope you find someone on here. Marilyn in Texarkana