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    1. MONROE CO TIDBITS 23 FEB 1950
    2. Sandi Gorin
    3. I know that we're getting up closer in time to where we were around (well, some of us), but whether we like it or not - it's history now! Mrs. Lucy PITCOCK, 72, widow of Albert, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chelcie McWILLIAMS of Marshall IN on 12 Feb 1950, 4 months illness. Native of Monroe Co; had made her home in IN for 30 yrs. Also survived by sons: Wallace of Russellville IN & Elton of Rockville IN. Step- sons: Duncan and Orville Pitcock of IN. Step-dau: Mrs Zella CLARK of IN and Ollie of IL. brother - Samie TOOLEY of Monroe Co. Sister: Mrs Lydia GRAY of Glasgow KY. 6 grandchildren. Services at Browns Valley Christian church in IN, burial Indian Creek cemetery near there. Pictures of the citizens of tomorrow - a baby contest that had been held Nov 1949, pictures of the first set of children that won prizes: Roger, s/o M/M Julius CARTER of T'ville; Martha Sue, d/o M/M Russell COPAS of Vernon; Linda Ann, d/o M/M Delmas CROWE; Maxie, s/o Mrs Mildred MAXEY of Bedford; Judy, d/o M/M Cornell RHOTON and Jimmy, s/o M/M Homer STOCKTON of T'ville. List of spelling champions: T'ville Graded school: Randall REECER; Gamaliel - Virginia CRAIG; Mud Lick - Kathryn COLLINS; Lyon- Marvin E EMBERTON; Poplar Log - Tim Marrs CARTER; Bray - Margie Ann FERGUSON; Bradley Springs - John Kelly MURPHY; Akersville - Josie Laverne JONES; Old Rocky Hill - Nina Mae WHEELER; Howard - Dorothy ROWLAND; Old Walnut Grove - Louise MARSH; Pikeville - Cledo PROFFITT; Boyd - Shirley Mae WELCH; Mud Slash - Margaret Lee QUINN; Free Will - Karl EMBERTON, Bethlehem - Eva COMBS; Mt Hermon - Cletra BILLINGSLEY; McPeak - Ottie Mae CURTIS; Alexander - Pauline ARTERBURN - Sugar Grove - Lola Clarice DECKARD; Ebenezer - Ruby Dell HOWARD; Cloyd - Billy Marrs CLOYD; Hickory Grove - Willma GOAD; Coal Springs - Lester Eugene SEWELL; Mt Zion - Emma Josephine McCREARY; Mt Carmel - J E PETETT; Fox Hill - Nadene SHEFFIELD; Rocky Point - Georgena HOOD; Cedar Hill - Judy Jinex WEBB; Hacker's Branch - Mary Doris MYATT; Sand Like - Elizabeth Emogene PERDUE; Merryville - Kenny Lee HOWARD; Hamilton - Gloria Dale HODGES; Union Hill - Velma Jean CARTER; Marietta - Joanna Lee DUBREE; Ivy Hill - Thelma Dean CHAPMAN; Rock Bridge - Karene HAGAN; Old Mt Hermon - Kenneth HUME; Willow Springs - Mary Evelyn THOMPSON; Slick Rock - J W PAGE; Oak Hill - Inez PARKE; Red Hill - Kenneth Lee HANKS; Tinsley Hilll - Arthur KENDALL; Chestnut Grove - Lorene RHOTEN; Hestand - Annie ODLE; Vernon - Martha Ann DYER; New Walnut Grove - Wayne Carson BAXTER; Beech Grove - Fannie Lucille COE - Center Point - Charles Loyd PITCOCK; Antioch - Joan ROSS; Sulphur Ridge - Evelyn HAMMER; Elbow - Runelle GERALDS; Rush Point- Mary Belle FORD; Liberty - Blanche EMBERTON; Williams - Sidney Edward THOMPSON; Flippin - Nelda Joyce THOMAS; T'ville Colored School - Esterlene MAXEY. (Nice list of all the schools that existed in 1950 also!) Personals: J T EVANS leaves today for Andalusia AL to visit his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary EVANS and daughters Jane and Doris. Will accompany his niece, Jane to NYC Sunday; she wsill catch a ship for an indefinite stay in Germany. Mrs. Wick HARLAN Jr and small son, WIck Timothy, expected to arrive here Feb 20 to spend winter with M/M Wick HARLAN Sr - have been detained due to illness of her husband, Lt JG WIck R HARLAN Jr who is a patient in the US Naval Hospital in Charleston SC. Mrs Iva ENGLAND appointed as Spencer Inc corsitier for T'ville and Monroe Co. Clura PARSLEY of Indianapolis called to beside of his mother, Mrs Bessie PARSLEY who is very ill. She resides about 1 mile out the T'ville-Gamaliel highway. Lost 2 endgates, factory made, for a 1949 1-ton Studebaker truck - Otis PROFFITT of Fountain Run offering reward. Sandi 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/

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