I'm sure my grandmother Ruth Ann Tabor and my great aunt Ida Louise Soule got some of those pills. I think I remember some one telling me that before Dr. King there was another doctor. I think White was his name I remember Dr. King used to sit in his car in front of Manchesters Store and read the paper. My sister tells me that Manchesters burned to the ground. What a loss for the village. On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:20:15 EDT Brooks1934@aol.com writes: > Hi Bob > I grew up in Little Compton, too. Born there and Dr. King was the > doctor > when I came into the world. When I was fourteen I worked for him on > weekends > when his regular help (Hilda) was off. He had his own apothecary > and I > actually filled bottles and little white boxes (remember them) with > the > pills he prescribed for his patients. Some of the patients got > "little pink > pills" known as placebos for their "nerves"--a common diagnosis at > that time. > No State regulations in those days. > Judy > > > ==== RINEWPOR Mailing List ==== > Scans of Rhode Island Maps are at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/maps/ > To unsubscribe: write unsubscribe and > mailto:RINEWPOR-L-request@rootsweb.com > Advertisements are added below against the wishes of this list > manager > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > Bob Searchin' for a past Ô¿Ô For those who want a rememberance of 9/11 http://www.fallenhope.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.