During the years I served as pastor in small churches in NV, CA, and WA; I was always bothered when someone left the church because of something I (or someone in our church) did or said. So, it bothers me to think that someone has left the SACKETT-L because of my "Tales from my childhood." Although I cannot respond to the one who asked this question, I feel that I should offer an explaination. Due to the fact that my Mother was Grace Mabel SACKETT (1910-1986) I believe that each time I mention my Mother in my postings, I am mentioning a SACKETT. After a few of my early postings of my "tales" I asked Nancy if I was off subject by posting them. Her response was that "you are SACKETT and this is the SACKETT-L." My motivation for posting my "tales" is to give those in our younger generations an insight into what it was like to grow up in the 1930s in rural Oklahoma. With that in mind; I have tried to be selective in my postings. And I have limited my postings to 1 per week ... With the exception of replying to responses to something I posted. I can only wish that I had available some of the childhood memories of the children of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, or those of Simon Sackett and Isabel Pearce. Just to see if I have been taking up too much of the SACKETT-L message traffic; I checked the Threaded Archives and found that since the 1st of March the messages relating to my "tales" have been 42 messages out of 247 messages posted. March 13 of 117 April 18 of 71 May 11 of 59 In this matter I will bow to the wishes of the members of the SACKETT-L One point I would take exception to is the statement that I "gather" information. I like to believe that there is a difference between "gathering" information and compiling information. And I like to believe that I am compiling information about SACKETTs and SACKETT descendants. thurmon

I look forward to reading Thurmons tales. Keep them up. Isn't Genealogy history??? So what he is telling us is history too. I am 51 today, and some of his tales remind me of my Mom, Dad and Grandma. My earliest memories of my Mom are of her standing in the kitchen on a hot summer day, ironing with a cast iron iron that she heated on the stove. The wonderful smell of fresh air-dried laundry, homemade starch and that hot iron pressing the clothes - - MMmmmmm. Thank you Thurmon Arna .

Thurmon, Count me in as one who truly appreciates your "tales". My ancestors were "stick-in-the-muds" in northeastern PA and I was the first intrepid soul to move "west" (Ohio in 1965!). ;-) I have really enjoyed reading of your adventures. Keep 'em coming! Mary (from a not-too-much "younger generation") >My motivation for posting my "tales" is to give those in our younger >generations an insight into what it was like to grow up in the 1930s in >rural Oklahoma. >

Thurmon, I have enjoyed your "tales". I have many times longed for more details about my own Sackett ancestors - what they were like and what they did. I wish they had kept more "tales" alive! My Grandpa Sackett was a wonderful man and had lots of stories to tell. We often comment that we wish they had been written down...... Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thurmon E. King" <thurmonking@juno.com> To: <SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [SACKETT-L] RE: Is this a sacket list anymore > During the years I served as pastor in small churches in NV, CA, and WA; > I was always bothered when someone left the church because of something I > (or someone in our church) did or said. So, it bothers me to think that > someone has left the SACKETT-L because of my "Tales from my childhood." > > Although I cannot respond to the one who asked this question, I feel that > I should offer an explaination. Due to the fact that my Mother was Grace > Mabel SACKETT (1910-1986) I believe that each time I mention my Mother in > my postings, I am mentioning a SACKETT. > > After a few of my early postings of my "tales" I asked Nancy if I was off > subject by posting them. Her response was that "you are SACKETT and this > is the SACKETT-L." > > My motivation for posting my "tales" is to give those in our younger > generations an insight into what it was like to grow up in the 1930s in > rural Oklahoma. With that in mind; I have tried to be selective in my > postings. And I have limited my postings to 1 per week ... With the > exception of replying to responses to something I posted. I can only wish > that I had available some of the childhood memories of the children of > Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, or those of Simon Sackett and Isabel > Pearce. > > Just to see if I have been taking up too much of the SACKETT-L message > traffic; I checked the Threaded Archives and found that since the 1st of > March the messages relating to my "tales" have been 42 messages out of > 247 messages posted. > March 13 of 117 > April 18 of 71 > May 11 of 59 > > In this matter I will bow to the wishes of the members of the SACKETT-L > > One point I would take exception to is the statement that I "gather" > information. > > I like to believe that there is a difference between "gathering" > information and compiling information. And I like to believe that I am > compiling information about SACKETTs and SACKETT descendants. > > thurmon > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb blocks HTML formatting in email messages. Be sure to set your > email software to text only before posting a message to the list. > > ============================== > 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 >