Delores While you are in the Fort Bragg area looking into your family homeplace look at something of interest to me if you have time. Angus Anders (I believe the name is correct) owned land on land that is now on the base. Years later some lawyer relative of his found out he had not been paid for the property and tried to sue or something. This was in about the first half of the 1960s. As was the style of that time Anders supporters held a sit in at the gates to Fort Bragg. I remember my daddy saying, I wonder how they think they are going to get money out of the government? I know a very distant relative of my husband who told me he got $312. as his part of the settlement. I made a call to Fort Bragg a few years ago and ascertained that the story is true. I remember when this happened but was gone from home and just back for a brief visit when I heard about it so I just have a memory of a liitle of it. Seems like settlement had something to do with a gas station corner or so. This was 30 years before I found out that Andress and Anders was the same name in Bladen county and surrounding area. DO ANY OF YOU LOCALS THAT REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON? BY THIS TIME I WAS LIVING NEAR BERKLEY, CA. AND MY CONCERNS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT---LIKE GETTING MY SKIRTS SHORT ENOUGH AND MY BEADS LONG ENOUGH NOT TO LOOK OUT OF PLACE. I'd just be interested in any of the story that might still be around. Thanks Have a great Sunday Kay Russ Andress

As usual it is difficult to get on line to this paper on Sunday. http://classifieds.fayettevillenc.com/cv3/foto They may have your story in archives. This was two papers in 1960. Larry Cheek would be a good person to contact. He does wonderful writing re. old human interest. One of his best work (in my opinion) was about the daughter of Carbine Williams' daughter. Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bulletetal@aol.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Fort Bragg > Delores > > While you are in the Fort Bragg area looking into your family homeplace look > at something of interest to me if you have time. > > Angus Anders (I believe the name is correct) owned land on land that is now > on the base. Years later some lawyer relative of his found out he had not > been paid for the property and tried to sue or something. This was in about > the first half of the 1960s. As was the style of that time Anders supporters > held a sit in at the gates to Fort Bragg. I remember my daddy saying, I > wonder how they think they are going to get money out of the government? I > know a very distant relative of my husband who told me he got $312. as his > part of the settlement. I made a call to Fort Bragg a few years ago and > ascertained that the story is true. > > I remember when this happened but was gone from home and just back for a > brief visit when I heard about it so I just have a memory of a liitle of it. > Seems like settlement had something to do with a gas station corner or so. > This was 30 years before I found out that Andress and Anders was the same > name in Bladen county and surrounding area. > > DO ANY OF YOU LOCALS THAT REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON? BY THIS TIME I > WAS LIVING NEAR BERKLEY, CA. AND MY CONCERNS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT---LIKE > GETTING MY SKIRTS SHORT ENOUGH AND MY BEADS LONG ENOUGH NOT TO LOOK OUT OF > PLACE. > > I'd just be interested in any of the story that might still be around. Thanks > > > Have a great Sunday > Kay Russ Andress > > >