We're getting pretty modern in the tidbits - up to 30 Apr 1959, but it is history. 57 members of Local Battery are stationed on Letcher School Campus - Gov. CHANDLER arranges 24-hr leave for Juniors & Srs to attend banquet. 57 Monroe Co National Guardsmen, Battery "A", 623 Field Artillery Battalion are among 2,000 troops moved into the East KY Coal mining area last Sat; the governor offered the guardsmen into the strikebound coal fields following mob violence which included shootings, dynamitings and arson; they are stationed in Perry and Letcher Counties. The Governor regretted needing the action but "Lives of State Police are in jeopardy". The strikes have idled 7,000 men; 2 non-union men have been killed, dynamitings reported and a coal tipple burned at Combs with over $250,000 in damage. The article continues with information that also moved into the area were the 241st Tank Battalion from Barbourville, the 242nd Tank Battalion from Ashland, the 441st Field Artillery from Richmond and the 623rd Field Artillery from Glasgow. It started as a protest over salaries. Those from Monroe Co area included Lt Charles m TAYLOR, SFC Esmond M BARTLEY, SFC Charles J DODSON, SFC Bobby E GARMON, SFC Wayne E KING, SFC Willis E RICH Jr, SFC Wallace C RICH, SFC Ira E SPEARS, SFC Joe W TAYLOR, Sgt Jon P COSBY, Sgt Bobby L POLAND, Sgt Elmer E POLAND, Sgt William L PHILPOT, Sgt Jerome D TAYLOR, Sgt James D WHITE, Sgt Elmer V WALLER Jr, Sp/2 Ernest ENGLND Jr, SP/2 Harold E FRAZIER, Sgt Herman L HAMMER. The following are SP/3's: Billy J ANDERSON, Dewey ARNETT Jr, Carmon C BAXTER, Thomas H BEAN, Carlos H CARTER, Billie W CHAPMAN, Kenny L ELDRED, Joe L FERGUSON, Leon B FERGUSON, Radford M FLIPPIN, William D GERALDS, Claude E HAMILTON, Wayne T HAMMER, Ted KING, Cecil L LYONS, Irvin C SMITH, John M TAYLOR, Billy D TURNER and Noel E WHITE. PFC's included: Paul M ANDERSON, Jackie L BIRGE, Milton L BOYLES, George E BRANDON, James A DECKARD, Joe E FLIPPIN, Carl E FRAZIER, Charles E HALE, James E LEAMON, Willie LONG, Fred A NEAL, Edgar L STOUT, James T TOOLEY, John F ANDERSON, Carol H EMMERT and Henry W WATSON. Six students granted leave: Pfc Edgar L STOUT, Pfc Milton L BOYLES, Pfc George E BRANDON, SP/3 Dewey ARNETT Jr, SP/3 Leon B FERGUSON and Pfc James A DECKARD. It appears the students were granted a 24-hr leave in order to come back for the Junior/Senior Banquet. Funeral services for Michael ISENBERG Friday, 14 month old son of M/M Veachel Earl Isenberg of Inda, IN; he died at Inda Wed, 22 Apr 1959. Bro Carl JONES officiated; services at Free WIll and burial in the Isenberg Cemetery; Yokley Funeral Home in charge. Survived by parents and grandparents, M/M C J ISENBERG of rural Gamaliel and 2 sisters: Vickey and Rebecca Isenberg of Inda, IN. Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Lena BOWMAN SYMPSON, age 77, held at Skaggs Creek Baptist Church at 2 today; she died at her home Monday afternoon. Rev. Lucien E COLEMAN Jr officiated, burial Skaggs Creek Cemetery; Yokley Funreral Home in charge. She was a member of the Skaggs Creek Church; d/o the late Ozias BOWMAN and Lucinda Page SYMPSON. Her husband survives, W J SYMPSON. Also survived by 3 daughters - Mrs Paul CARTER, Mrs Benton BAXTER and Miss Avo Sympson, all of T'ville; three brothers - Dr Med Bowman of Summer Shade KY, Bart Bowman and Hubert Bowman, both of T'ville, 2 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren. to be continued in next post. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/