>I bought a book at a library book sale this Fall and, when I opened it >recently, noticed that >the previous owner had kept some newspaper clippings as well as a black & >white >snapshot of a small boy in the book. > >The small boy is identified as John Fleetwood Speer and as being 4 years >old. There is >no identification info in the book or on the book, which is a biography >(1952) of >the famous Southern advice columnist, Dorothy Dix. The newspaper clippings all >seem to date from the middle and late 1940s. Judging from the few >childhood photos >I've seen of my dad (b. 1934) and his siblings, this kid was probably born >between >about 1933 and 1950. > >I've posted messages about the photo on both a Rootsweb message board devoted >to reuniting people and family photos and on Listowners-L. (I'm the admin of >Bryson-L.) > >I'll be happy to send the clippings and the photo to Mr. Speer or to >anyone who can >prove a close relationship to him. I cannot pay for any sort of special >shipping or >special handling. (I am a very broke Clemson graduate student.) > >Elizabeth Whitaker >whitake@clemson.edu >