I received this a while back: >From: Mart43tctc@aol.com >Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 14:58:03 EDT >To: stnick@evansville.net >Subject: Valuable items from Indiana >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 > >I'm not sure if you could find the family or these items, but I found this on >one of the websites I belong to and thought it would be worth the check. I >didn't know where Jacksonville, IN was or how to send this to them. Thanks, >Cathy >++++++++++++++++++ >Hi researchers, > >I have an assortment of real genealogy treasures and would love to have >them >be my family. Since they are not, how about helping me find a fellow >researcher that is related. I will be putting this on the following >lists: >NORCAL, SOCAL, GREEN, BLACK, MISSOURI, HITCHCOCK and BOZEMAN. > >My daughter recently bought a home of a deceased elderly woman, in >Ventura >California. As she was storing suitcases in the attic she >found a box of the listed items. She ask the realtor to see if the >sellers >wanted the items and he said they didn't want anything, so, here we go! > >A beautiful High School Diploma from Jacksonville Indiana for Metta A. >HANNA, dated May 14, 1922. It is 16" high and 22" long and very >decorative. >It is signed by the following people. >E.G. Copeland Superintendent >A.E. Messick Principle >G.W. Mitchelle President Board of Education >L.E. Hochstetler Secretary Board of Education >Walter E. Brissele Treasure Board of Education > >There is a total of 10 State of Indiana, Crawford County, Teacher >Licenses >for Willa O. JOHNSON. Some are issued for 12 months and some for 24 >months. >Evidently Willa and other teachers had to take a proficiency exam >because >the grades are shown for each subject tested. These are very attractive >documents and are all signed by the incumbent County Supervisor. They >are >dated and signed by the County Supervisor as follows: >1. 1887 J.W. Goldman >2. 1889 " " >3. 1890 " " >4. 1891 " " >5. 1892 J.F. Zimmerman >6. 1894 J.R. Duffin >7. 1895 James R. Duffin >8. 1903, Apr. 24 Chas. A Robertson >9. 1903, May 30 " " " >10. 1903, Aug. 29 Stuart A. Beals >Don't ask why there were three issued so close together in 1903! > >There are eight Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana report cards for >Metta HANNA. All are signed by either S.C. Hanna or Willie or Willa >Hanna >who I assume to be Metta's parents. I will list them below as grade, >year, >teacher and first name of parent who signed. > >1 1915 Bertha Moss Willie > none none Willie >3 1918 Ruby Moore Willie >4 1918 M.G. Watson S.C. >5 1920 Douglas Hudson Willie >6 1922 M.G Watson Willie >8 1924 Fannie Dayhoff S.C. >Rather sad, the 8th grade report card dated 1923/24 was unsigned my >either >parent for the last quarter. I was rapped in a note the reads, "Mother >died >Aug. 18, 1923. She was burried Aug.20, 1923. There were 162 cars at the >grave yard." Buried as written by Metta. > >There are 3 letters and 8 postcards dated in 1947. They are addressed to >Mrs. Bensten/Metta Bensten. All are signed mom, dad or mom and dad. >They are all addressed to 558 E. Meta St., Ventura, California. Also, >there >are 18 post cards and 2 letters, dated 1947/48, to the same address but >addressed to Mr. and Mrs Benny Benson/Mrs. Metta Benson, Mrs Metta A. >Benson >and Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Benson. All of these letters were signed mom, dad >or >both. Last, one letter to Mrs. Metta Benson, % S.C. Hanna, Jacksonville, >Indiana and signed Bob. > >A post card photo of a young boy and girl about 6 and 4 years old. >Appears >to be turn of the century. > >A wonderful photo of 4-men and 4-women. Three of the men and women >appear >to >be in their 50's and the other man and woman in their 70's. They appear >as >four married couples. The photo looks as if it was taken in the 1920's >or >30's. No name anywhere. Size = 8" high and 10 " long. > >Last, an old Sunday Service Program from the First Baptist Church of >Jacksonville, Indiana. Names mentioned in the program are Clarence E. >Baker, >Pastor. Ray Price, Sunday School Superintendent. Mrs. Morse, Dr. >Osterholm >and Margaret and Chester Jump, Missionaries to Vanga, Belgian Congo. > >Any help finding a rightful owner to these items and proving themselves >so, >Will be greatly appreciated. > >Del >Del Black >In the beautiful Tehachapi >Mountains of California >