When I lived in Herrin in the 40's we were friends with a family by the name of White.....the father was a preacher and sometimes worked in the mines. They had about 5-6 children, one was Elaine and she was slightly mentally challenged. Do you know this family? Sarah@Whc.Net ----- Original Message ----- From: <dolluver01@insightbb.com> To: <ilwillia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:19 AM Subject: Re: [ILWILLIA] families with ties to Creakl Springs > Lorraine, > Although, I was born in Chicago, my father was raised in rural Creal > Springs, IL and I went to school a few years at the grade school before > moving to Peoria, IL. When I was a child in the 50's, Creal Springs was > a very nice small town with wonderful old buildings that housed four > grocery stores, Holmes, Beltz(Kroger), Waters and one other one. It also > had a skating rink, drug store, general merchandise store, lumber yard, > post office, several service stations, etc. The town at that time was > kept very clean and neat and the people of that generation took great > pride in their home and places and town. Of course, like any town of > then and today, there were a few places that weren't as nice, due to the > fact of older people living in them and not capable of caring for their > places the way they should be. But there again, other people in town > would help each other more than today. It was a nice small community > to raise children. When I went through there a couple ! > years ago, I was saddened, to see the way things were. > Also, you may be reconizing address from Creal of people that live around > the lake. They too, have an address of Creal. > Thanks, > Linda Holmes White > SURNAMES: WHITE, HOLMES, TANNER, UPCHURCH, HENSHAW, TURNER, GULLEY > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILWILLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message