In a message dated 8/22/2008 10:58:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Happily he eventually passed the State Mine Foreman's test (with the help of my grandmother who went to school until 8th grade) and quit the mines in 1935 because he didn't want his sons to be coal miners. That is a great success story. My grandpap eventually did the same thing. He studied electrictiy at home from a book and worked his way into being an electrician in a steel mill. He purchased a large home in West Newton on Water Street, still with a fine view of the Yough River and close access for me to daydream on its bank. It's a shame the memorial site doesn't have a place for memories of those of us who were not miners but shared their lives. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)