Good Morning to all: My father, Aster Bowling, went to Witherspoon College. He passed away in 1966 but of course, now I am asking about his childhood. Does anyone on this list know anything about Witherspoon College? Dad went on to finish his degree at Eastern Kentucky University. He was born in Confluence, Leslie County, KY in March of 1921/1922 and his father was I.V. Bowling and his mother was Grady Huff Bowling. We went to war in WWII as a medical technician and served in Africa, the Rhine etc. and returned about 1947-48, married my mother, Amelia Marie Rossetti and moved to Annapolis, Maryland where we were all raised. I would love to hear from anyone that knew of him or his family or knows anything about Witherspoon College. Thanks and have a wonderful day! Stella B. Pitt stella.pitt@sbcglobal.net

I got this information from my mother, Rosemarie (Sams) White who graduated from Witherspoon in the 40's. She said Witherspoon College was not actually a College but rather a boarding school/children's home. In the early years they called it "college". It was run by the Presbyterian Church and is located in Buckhorn, Perry County. Clay cyt, Perry and Leslie Cty. all meet there close to Buckhorn. It was not uncommon for rural families to send their high schoolers to a boarding school for a better education because transportation was poor and the schools were not that expensive. Sometimes it would be cheaper to send them away to school where at least they would be clothed and feed them try to take care of them at home. Witherspoon had an orphanage where they had a little boys dorm and a big boys dorm, the same with the girls. The older girls had to help with the younger girls. Hope this shed some light on Witherspoon. Linda Mider----- Original Message ----- From: "Stella Pitt" <stella.pitt@sbcglobal.net> To: <kyclay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:54 AM Subject: [KYCLAY] Witherspoon College > Good Morning to all: > > My father, Aster Bowling, went to Witherspoon College. He passed away in 1966 but of course, now I am asking about his childhood. Does anyone on this list know anything about Witherspoon College? Dad went on to finish his degree at Eastern Kentucky University. He was born in Confluence, Leslie County, KY in March of 1921/1922 and his father was I.V. Bowling and his mother was Grady Huff Bowling. We went to war in WWII as a medical technician and served in Africa, the Rhine etc. and returned about 1947-48, married my mother, Amelia Marie Rossetti and moved to Annapolis, Maryland where we were all raised. > > I would love to hear from anyone that knew of him or his family or knows anything about Witherspoon College. > > Thanks and have a wonderful day! > > Stella B. Pitt > stella.pitt@sbcglobal.net > ---------------------------------------- > > > To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County research, please visit http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have any questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message