I was at a party when the daughter brought out a Ouija board. She asked me to play with her. I had never been around one but whatever she asked the board to answer, it never would. She said it was because I didn't believe in it. She had played a lot and she said it always answered her questions. I would never allow my kids to have one in the house. I don't believe in them and I believe they lead to other more evil pursuits. Emma > Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:22:06 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Wise woman.. > > A friend of mine brought a ouija board to our house when I was in the 12th grade. My dad had a fit, forbade me to ever touch one again, so that was the end of that. Kay > > > > In a message dated 02/15/10 18:04:46 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Belle, > > Your Mother was lucky to have a cousin close enough that you could go to > this person for advice. I have heard of stories like this..but have never > had contact with a person like that. I have seen people on TV like > this..but I guess I always have my doubts in what they have to say. I would > love to meet someone like this..I guess, mainly out of curiosity. > > One time my s-i-l & I went to a local carnival together. There was a > fortune teller there & we decided to get our fortunes told. IMHO, I felt as > though many things she said could have applied to me..but they also could > have applied to many other people. My s-i-l was positive that everything > that the woman told her was the truth!! I told my husband about both of our > fortunes afterwards & he just laughed at it. > > Several years later, my s-i-l, Ginger bought a weegee(sp) board & got very > engrossed in using it. It got so that was all that she did..almost all day > long, she was on that board. No matter what the board told her, she felt it > was the truth. Finally her husband took it away from her, b/c it had become > almost like a compulsion with her. > > ~J > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:08 PM > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Wise woman.. > > > > Back in the early 30's my Mother took me with her to visit a > > Westmoreland cousin in Demorest, Ga. The cousin lived alone in a small > > house away from the main part of town. She was part Indian, Cherokee I > > think. She was known as a seer, a psychic, a fortune teller and the 'Wise > > Woman.' We had many folks visiting us at the big house and often some > > items would be missing after a visit. Money, jewelry, books, silver > > pieces, etc. She asked the woman for help. She told my mother that a > > certain person was helping himself to whatever appealed to him at the time > > of his visit. . She gave his name, where he lived and where he had put the > > items. My mother and Dad went to his home and got back everything but the > > money. Some of the items hadn't been on the list of what was nissing > > but he brough them out. He never came to our house again. > > > > regards, > > > > Belle > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/

Belle, Your Mother was lucky to have a cousin close enough that you could go to this person for advice. I have heard of stories like this..but have never had contact with a person like that. I have seen people on TV like this..but I guess I always have my doubts in what they have to say. I would love to meet someone like this..I guess, mainly out of curiosity. One time my s-i-l & I went to a local carnival together. There was a fortune teller there & we decided to get our fortunes told. IMHO, I felt as though many things she said could have applied to me..but they also could have applied to many other people. My s-i-l was positive that everything that the woman told her was the truth!! I told my husband about both of our fortunes afterwards & he just laughed at it. Several years later, my s-i-l, Ginger bought a weegee(sp) board & got very engrossed in using it. It got so that was all that she did..almost all day long, she was on that board. No matter what the board told her, she felt it was the truth. Finally her husband took it away from her, b/c it had become almost like a compulsion with her. ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:08 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Wise woman.. > Back in the early 30's my Mother took me with her to visit a > Westmoreland cousin in Demorest, Ga. The cousin lived alone in a small > house away from the main part of town. She was part Indian, Cherokee I > think. She was known as a seer, a psychic, a fortune teller and the 'Wise > Woman.' We had many folks visiting us at the big house and often some > items would be missing after a visit. Money, jewelry, books, silver > pieces, etc. She asked the woman for help. She told my mother that a > certain person was helping himself to whatever appealed to him at the time > of his visit. . She gave his name, where he lived and where he had put the > items. My mother and Dad went to his home and got back everything but the > money. Some of the items hadn't been on the list of what was nissing > but he brough them out. He never came to our house again. > > regards, > > Belle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

How interesting, glad the thieve was caught. My mother used to say that her some of her vitamins, make-up and other pills would be missing when a certain relative visited, never the entire bottle, just some of it. Of course, we could never prove or even accuse the person. Kay In a message dated 02/15/10 01:07:01 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Back in the early 30's my Mother took me with her to visit a Westmoreland cousin in Demorest, Ga. The cousin lived alone in a small house away from the main part of town. She was part Indian, Cherokee I think. She was known as a seer, a psychic, a fortune teller and the 'Wise Woman.' We had many folks visiting us at the big house and often some items would be missing after a visit. Money, jewelry, books, silver pieces, etc. She asked the woman for help. She told my mother that a certain person was helping himself to whatever appealed to him at the time of his visit. . She gave his name, where he lived and where he had put the items. My mother and Dad went to his home and got back everything but the money. Some of the items hadn't been on the list of what was nissing but he brough them out. He never came to our house again. regards, Belle ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Back in the early 30's my Mother took me with her to visit a Westmoreland cousin in Demorest, Ga. The cousin lived alone in a small house away from the main part of town. She was part Indian, Cherokee I think. She was known as a seer, a psychic, a fortune teller and the 'Wise Woman.' We had many folks visiting us at the big house and often some items would be missing after a visit. Money, jewelry, books, silver pieces, etc. She asked the woman for help. She told my mother that a certain person was helping himself to whatever appealed to him at the time of his visit. . She gave his name, where he lived and where he had put the items. My mother and Dad went to his home and got back everything but the money. Some of the items hadn't been on the list of what was nissing but he brough them out. He never came to our house again. regards, Belle

Go to roots web and than sc and go to sc archives. ------Original Message------ From: Jen LaBonte Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Hey you Yankees ! Sent: Feb 10, 2010 10:20 PM Jeannie T., I think that Lee just posted the other day. Are you able to go to the archives for this site & check it out? I don't know how to do that, but I cannot help but think they have an archives for this site. Just a suggestion. ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:33 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Hey you Yankees ! > > What I want to know is whether Lee is buried so deep in all that snow he > can't get a message out to let us know they're Ok up there ???? > Jeannie T > ____________________________________________________________ > Small Business Tools > Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your > business. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=IzvKTKl6igO37wN3CuajgAAAJ1CPGLcpVk6nfU7-_QzYU3IqAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMQAAAAA= > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

What I want to know is whether Lee is buried so deep in all that snow he can't get a message out to let us know they're Ok up there ???? Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Small Business Tools Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your business. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=IzvKTKl6igO37wN3CuajgAAAJ1CPGLcpVk6nfU7-_QzYU3IqAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMQAAAAA=

Yes that would scare the hiccups right out of me.Good one ! ------Original Message------ From: Belle Shepherd Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: [email protected] ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Joke.. Sent: Feb 10, 2010 4:01 PM Two doctors were with a patient who had a bad attack of hiccups. The younger doctor says," Ma'am, you are pregnant." The older doctor says, "You shouldn't talk to her like that. She is 59 years old, has children and grandchildren." Young doctor says "Does she still have the hiccups?" Belle ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Folks may be posting but not coming through because of the terrible weather. Many live in areas without the covered lines and cables as we now have in newer communities. They need timeto thaw out and recover. Their servers may be overloaded as well. Let's hope the snow stops and gives folks some relif from the problems it is causing for so many. Regards, Belle

Jeannie T., I think that Lee just posted the other day. Are you able to go to the archives for this site & check it out? I don't know how to do that, but I cannot help but think they have an archives for this site. Just a suggestion. ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:33 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Hey you Yankees ! > > What I want to know is whether Lee is buried so deep in all that snow he > can't get a message out to let us know they're Ok up there ???? > Jeannie T > ____________________________________________________________ > Small Business Tools > Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your > business. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=IzvKTKl6igO37wN3CuajgAAAJ1CPGLcpVk6nfU7-_QzYU3IqAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMQAAAAA= > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That was as real cute joke, Belle. I called a friend's husband who was in the hospital tonight & told this joke to Gordon. He got a real kick out of it. Thanks for sharing it with us. ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:01 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Joke.. > Two doctors were with a patient who had a bad attack of hiccups. The > younger doctor says," Ma'am, you are pregnant." The older doctor says, > "You shouldn't talk to her like that. She is 59 years old, has children > and grandchildren." Young doctor says "Does she still have the hiccups?" > > Belle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My #1 daughter AKA Lisa sent me a message from PA today.They are havin a blizzard today and she doesn't know when the airports or railways will be open.So I don't know when or if I will make it too PA.. Sacramento isen't much of a vacation. Linda,forlorn in sacramento Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Two doctors were with a patient who had a bad attack of hiccups. The younger doctor says," Ma'am, you are pregnant." The older doctor says, "You shouldn't talk to her like that. She is 59 years old, has children and grandchildren." Young doctor says "Does she still have the hiccups?" Belle

Sounds wonderful. Take care and stay safe. Kay In a message dated 02/09/10 00:55:00 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Yes we're getting our second big snow of the winter....about 3 or 4 inches...Young John drove me to the Market...white knuckle time...this afternoon before it started snowing , and we stocked up....Looks to be a 'picture pretty' snow..all bushes and trees are covered up thickly...It's so bright outside you can see everything....Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Love Spell Click here to light up your life with a love spell! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=B3zy5N5zSQlqrUgfczfkYgAAJ1CPGLcpVk6nfU7-_QzYU3IqAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARwAAAAA= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes we're getting our second big snow of the winter....about 3 or 4 inches...Young John drove me to the Market...white knuckle time...this afternoon before it started snowing , and we stocked up....Looks to be a 'picture pretty' snow..all bushes and trees are covered up thickly...It's so bright outside you can see everything....Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Love Spell Click here to light up your life with a love spell! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=B3zy5N5zSQlqrUgfczfkYgAAJ1CPGLcpVk6nfU7-_QzYU3IqAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARwAAAAA=

My grandpa was in office over 12 years. he was well liked by the folks in Wilkes Co. Ga. He was a generous man and helped many when he knew their need. He was called "Mistah Willie" by many. He was still in office at the time of his death from a heart problem. He came from a long line of French folks that came to Virginiain the late 1600's. A family researcher went to France and found graves in the La Rochelle area on the west coast of France. They were Huguenots.Beaubeau,Baubau, Bobo as we spell it now. Mistah Willie had 5 children, my mother was the baby of the family. On my visit to Paris I found many of all these names in the phone books but didn't calll any of them. Grandpa had brothers and sisters living nearby in Wilkes Co. Other kin in Elbert, Hart and Stephens Co. He left a sizable estate to his wife and children. A long and terrible story.He also left his touting car, the one with ising glass panels to hang on the sides in case of bad weather. It had to be 'cranked' to start it. One day my Dad was trying to start it with the crank, no luck. He took the crank out and threw it at the windsheild, breaking it beyond repair. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry & Gloria Glass To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [KYHeritageFolklore] Re: [HS] Doll.. Belle, My Great Grandpa was the Sheriff of martin cty, ky.I have pictures of his campaign. that neat that we have that in our family ----- Original Message ----- From: Belle Shepherd To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:45 PM Subject: [KYHeritageFolklore] Re: [HS] Doll.. Jen, I have a few things from the old days but there were so many 'family' on my Dad's side that no one got very much. I would have more had I stayed in Georgia. My sister and brother have things from both sides of the family. I have the family Bible from my maternal grandmother, some pictures, her trunk which we had refurbished and my daughter uses it for storage. It has the tray that comes up as it is opened. It has been lined with thin cedar . I have a quilt top in the Log Cabin pattern that she made about 1900. I have Grandpa's weapon that he carried as Sheriff, it is now 100 years old. All I have of my paternal grandpa is a medical book, part of a set. I think one of my uncles got the rest plus his surgeon's tools. When my stepfather remarried, all the things my mother had left for me and the grandchildren 'simply disappeared.' She told me that the things had been put in storage and the storage place had burned. Of course, I didn't believe her but what could I do? I have very little of any value to leave to anyone. I have already given some things to those who appreciate them. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > Belle, > > I wonder about the relationship too. However, after you explained how most > folks were related to each other in the small county where your family grew > up...it made more sense to me. That was pretty smart of the person who put > the information on the doll. I am into genealogy research too & have often > looked in antique stores for things which might have belonged to my family > one way or another. I have never been lucky enough to find anything though. > This one gentleman who is on a genealogy list with me is constantly offering > things which he has found at antique stores, flea markets or on E-Bay. I am > sure that the people who got these items were delighted. I would love to > get hold of a family Bible for my Father's side of the family. I've been > working on his line for close to 10 yrs now & am not getting anywhere. Since > we will be putting our house on the market soon, I guess I will have to end > up putting all my papers back into boxes again. I've done this so many > times that I don't know where half my papers are any more. > > Your story about the doll is a very interesting story. I 'believe' I may > have my Mother's wedding dress. My parents were married on Christmas day in > my Mother's home in IA. I have talked to most of the people who were at > their wedding & I have questioned them about my Mother's dress. No one > seems to remember what her dress looked like. I simply cannot give it up > b/c I have this strong feeling that my Mother was married in it. Most of > the people who I have talked to about this are no longer alive. I will > probably go to my grave never knowing whether or not I have my Mother's > wedding dress. I did check out their local paper & I guess in those days > they never put a description of the bride's dress in the newspaper. I think > my sister my have a wedding announcement of my Mother...but that's about all > either of us has...at least that I know of right now. All the announcement > was for, was just to announce my parent's wedding & that was all. > > ~J in AZ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:41 AM > Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > > > > Sorry , I never knew the exact relationship but I think everyone in that > > small County were related in some way. Hart County Georgia. The lady > > that > > made the doll was a Thornton before her marriage to a Ray.. > > Thanks for your note, shows some one is reading the posts. > > > > Belle > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerrian Barsness" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > > > > > >> Oh, Belle, what a wonderful story!! How was the lady related? Truly very > >> neat. Jerrian > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:15 PM > >> Subject: [HS] Doll.. > >> > >> > >> > I sent this to you folks a long, long time ago but I think it is > >> > worth > >> > repeating. > >> > My aunt by marriage lived to be 96 years old. She was a 'keeper.' Her > >> > daughter in going through her boxes and bags found a doll fashioned > > out > >> > of odds and ends found around a small southern farm. She said it was > > the > >> > ugliest thing she had ever seen. She found out that her grandmother had > >> > made it when she was about 10 years old. My aunt was only 3 months old > >> > when her mother passed away, leaving the doll among her personal > >> > things. > >> > My cousin didn't want to throw the doll away so she wrote a small note > >> > telling who had made the doll, dates etc. pinning it on the doll's > >> > clothes. She then took it to an antique shop in Atlanta that dealt in > >> > 'folk art' pieces. A few days later she got a call from the shop. > >> > Seems > > a > >> > lady had come into the shop, went to the doll, picked it up and started > >> > crying. She had read the note and kept saying "This is mine, my > >> > family." > >> > She was a member of the Genealogical group in her County. She wrote an > >> > article about the doll and sent it to all members. > >> > Now, what led her to that particular shop among the many in Atlanta? My > >> > cousin says it was her mother on the 'other side' because she didn't > > want > >> > the doll to leave the family. 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Belle, Although I have never worked in Customer Service, I was an insurance claims adjuster for fourteen years. Belle,your story is not unlike some of the claims which our company got in. Sometimes it really made me angry to see these people get their claims paid for, which sounded as though they were such a bunch of lies. We did have a policy of paying insureds..even when their stories sounded as silly as the one about the man, the paint & his clothes. I have often wished that I have kept track of some of these claims. They would made for a good book. One fellow (An Assigned Risk from the south side of Chicago) put in claims for the theft of 4 Cadillacs & our company paid for every one of them...EXCEPT for the last one. This gentleman made the mistake of coming into our office, thinking that he would just pick up his check, rather than wait for it to come in the mail. Thank goodness, I was not handling that claim. Another gal..fairly new, got that one. She was smart enough to go to one of the supervisors & this supervisor didn't take any guff from this guy. The insured got his story confused & he was told by this supervisor to 'hit the road'. Normally, this wouldn't have been the case. However, seeing that this guy was an Assigned Risk & he had already collected 3 times on the theft of his Cadillac, our company had enough ammunition to turn this man down. IMHO, we should have turned him down on the second claim..but he was smart enough to follow all the rules; i.e., calling the police, waiting for the car to be recovered, etc. I do remember, however, when we got claims in from people that the adjusters didn't really feel as though they should collect on them. Many times the company would still pay these claims b/c like Belle, these people had a record of paying their premiums on time...or they had never had a claim with our company. There were instances, however, if an adjuster felt strong enough about not accepting a claim, that he or she would give that claim to a supervisor & that person would back them in denying the claim. That's what this one person had done, when this fellow had come in to collect on the loss of his 4th Cadillac. ~Jen in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:15 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Human comedy > I worked in Customer Service in Sears, Costa Mesa, California in the > early 80's. A man was sent to my desk and sat down across from me. I got > my forms ready to fill out with his complaint, etc. He started talking so > fast with a decided accent that I had a hard time understanding him. H > wanted Sears to pay for having a chest of drawers refinished. He had > bought it from Sears. He had also bought his ladder, his pants and the > paint that had spilled on the chest top and down the front of it. Seems > he was wearing the Sears pants, opened the Sears paint, climbed the Sears > ladder, started to paint, knocked the bucket over and in trying to catch > it, he fell off the Sears ladder and split the Sears pants. By then I > was about ready to explode and dampen my SErARS office chair. I called my > boss over, she was about to collapse trying to keep her business attitude. > The customer meanwhile had decidedwe owed him new pants and paint. We > looked up his credit record and saw that ! > he was a good customer, always paid his bill, etc. > My boss gave him a credit slip. I didn't follow through to see how much > she gave him but it was another Policy Adjustment. > Regards, > Belle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I worked in Customer Service in Sears, Costa Mesa, California in the early 80's. A man was sent to my desk and sat down across from me. I got my forms ready to fill out with his complaint, etc. He started talking so fast with a decided accent that I had a hard time understanding him. H wanted Sears to pay for having a chest of drawers refinished. He had bought it from Sears. He had also bought his ladder, his pants and the paint that had spilled on the chest top and down the front of it. Seems he was wearing the Sears pants, opened the Sears paint, climbed the Sears ladder, started to paint, knocked the bucket over and in trying to catch it, he fell off the Sears ladder and split the Sears pants. By then I was about ready to explode and dampen my SErARS office chair. I called my boss over, she was about to collapse trying to keep her business attitude. The customer meanwhile had decidedwe owed him new pants and paint. We looked up his credit record and saw that he was a good customer, always paid his bill, etc. My boss gave him a credit slip. I didn't follow through to see how much she gave him but it was another Policy Adjustment. Regards, Belle

The inside garden was a shocker until I thought abt. The pot gardens up where I live.The cops are always finding rentals with pot gardens in them.Some are in one or two rooms of the place but some are in the whole house .So maybe the house garden isen't such a shock after all. Linda with a 2 year old asleep on my lap Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: jkaywojack <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:15:46 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] [KYHeritageFolklore] Re: [HS] Roll Call Unbelievable that someone would plant a garden inside, they must have been desperate for food. Kay In a message dated 02/07/10 00:39:32 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Belle, That's really something about the influx of refugees where you used to live in CA. I think a goodly portion of the United States got hit by the same thing. I think I have already mentioned this..but I wanted to go back into my old home before it was razed. The church behind our house had bought the house so they could use the property for extra parking. The first time I went by & stopped at the church, I asked the secretary if she had a key to the house..she said she couldn't find it. The following day when I went by the whole house was gone!! It was as though it never existed. I stopped & talked to some of the old neighbors who still lived there & they told me that it was just as well that I didn't see the inside of the house. The church had allowed a Vietnamese family to live in there & I guess they had torn the whole inside apart. My cousin who lives in Missoula, Montana was telling us about a refugee family who had moved into an apartment building on the second floor. The neighbors below couldn't figure out what was happening because they had water constantly coming through their ceilings. Finally the downstairs neighbors went up to check on what was happening & it seems that this family had brought in dirt & had planted a farm on their living room floor. They had all sorts of things growing..guess they even had corn! Of course, after the owner of the apartments found out, he asked the people to leave. From what he said, they had totally ruined the apartment & even though he kept their security deposit, it wasn't enough to pay for all the damage which these people had done. They may have not done it intentionally...but it certainly wasn't a very bright act on their part. I can believe that about the market. I don't blame the produce manager for bagging things up so this wouldn't happen again. My husband before he became a carpenter was a produce manager in several supermarkets in the Chicago area. He has told me about the refugees who came through the alley behind the stores & would pick through the garbage. Paul was always very particular about how his produce looked...so if something wasn't worth selling, he usually threw it away. His manager caught wind of what was going on & told my husband that he couldn't allow this to continue. So all that Paul could think to do is to make it so the produce wasn't appetizing. After he had thrown produce away, he would ask the butcher if he could have some of the sawdust on his floor in the back area. Paul would take the sawdust & dump it on top of the produce. That really made the people mad...but his boss had told him to stop the people from taking the produce. He really didn't have any other alternative. Regarding that poor dog...all I can say is I shuddered when I read that. I have heard that those people do eat dogs, so it probably did happen. Just thinking about that sort of thing, gives me the chills..but I'm a dog lover, so I probably am over-reacting. No, you probably wouldn't like it if you went back. My husband & I made a trip out to CA to find my Aunt in Hollywood. We found out after we got out there that she had died & her cousin from San Diego had come up to Hollywood & taken care of all of her business. It bothered me in that I had always been close to my Aunt & we had corresponded for years. For one reason or another this cousin really didn't care to tell any one about my Aunt's death. I had visited my Aunt & Uncle years before & they lived right off of Hollywood Blvd.on DeLonpre in Hollywood. Boy, had that place changed!! The fellows who had bought my Aunt's house had lived across the street in a rather run down home. At that time it looked as though they were doing a good job of running her home down too. As far as that goes, the whole neighbor was a mess. I sure wouldn't walk around at night in that part of Hollywood. I know this doesn't sound very nice..but the majority of the neighborhood was then Hispanic/Latino...that place had totally changed...and I was so surprised. ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] [KYHeritageFolklore] Re: [HS] Roll Call > Southern California inthe late 60's and early 70's Home prices were still > reasonable. Most people were clean and mannerly, traffic was heavy but > manageable. Lots of clean stores and well landscaped yards, many open > produce markets. > When Viet Nam was over, things began to change, The influx of refugees > began to swarm in the markets and get housing at a very low rate, less the > half of what my son was paying as a California veteran. > > I had a favorite market between my work and home. One hight I was in the > produce section and saw one of the refugees blow her nose on her long > sleeve, then drug her arm through the bin of tomatoes. I told the produce > manager and he started bagging the tomatoes and some other items to > prevent this sort of thing. > > My daughter's friend had her pet poodle missing. After a lengthy > investigation they found out that it may have been barbequed in the > carport of a nearby apartment complex that rented to the refugees. > > I have grandchildren living there and they tell me that I wouldn't like it > now. > > Belle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry & Gloria Glass > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 6:14 PM > Subject: Re: [KYHeritageFolklore] Re: [HS] Roll Call > > > > > of all the places you lived, which did you like the best?? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Belle Shepherd > To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:04 PM > Subject: [KYHeritageFolklore] Re: [HS] Roll Call > > > > Hello, > I'm glad to know about where you good folks live. I have moved around a > bit so have seen a lot of the country, finding much to like and dislike > as > well. I now live in North Las Vegas, Nv. with my daughter and > handicapped > grandaughter. > We have had rain the last few days, temperatures in the 50's. > I am a Georgia gal, lived in the Cincinnati, Ohio area in the eary > 40's.lived in Southern California area 60's, 70's, 80's. To Nevada in > the > 90's. Still here! > > Belle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elsie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:29 PM > Subject: Re: [HS] Roll Call > > > > > Hi, > > Yes, I know about it. Have already had the weather alert > > warning........I'm in Central CA. where we will get some heavy rain, > but > am > > very thankful I'm not in Southern CA. where they had all of those > > fires earlier. > > Love ya, > > Elsie > > > > At 07:43 AM 2/6/2010, you wrote: > > > > >I'm in the northwest part of Oregon. We had a gorgeous day > > >yesterday, around 62 degrees, sunny, just a perfect day. But today > > >is more overcast and showers are coming back next week. Elsie they > > >said the storms are going south instead of hitting us so be ware, > > >they're coming. > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm seeing some names either I had forgotten about or they're new to > > >me. We used to have a lot of postings going on so how about some > > >more? 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You have some wonderful mementoes from your family which I'm sure you greatly treasure. It is amazing how things often disappear when someone dies. From my dad's family I have 1 quilt and a few pictures and a copy of the marriage, birth, and death records of his mother's family. Kay In a message dated 02/07/10 20:45:02 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Jen, I have a few things from the old days but there were so many 'family' on my Dad's side that no one got very much. I would have more had I stayed in Georgia. My sister and brother have things from both sides of the family. I have the family Bible from my maternal grandmother, some pictures, her trunk which we had refurbished and my daughter uses it for storage. It has the tray that comes up as it is opened. It has been lined with thin cedar . I have a quilt top in the Log Cabin pattern that she made about 1900. I have Grandpa's weapon that he carried as Sheriff, it is now 100 years old. All I have of my paternal grandpa is a medical book, part of a set. I think one of my uncles got the rest plus his surgeon's tools. When my stepfather remarried, all the things my mother had left for me and the grandchildren 'simply disappeared.' She told me that the things had been put in storage and the storage place had burned. Of course, I didn't believe her but what could I do? I have very little of any value to leave to anyone. I have already given some things to those who appreciate them. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > Belle, > > I wonder about the relationship too. However, after you explained how most > folks were related to each other in the small county where your family grew > up...it made more sense to me. That was pretty smart of the person who put > the information on the doll. I am into genealogy research too & have often > looked in antique stores for things which might have belonged to my family > one way or another. I have never been lucky enough to find anything though. > This one gentleman who is on a genealogy list with me is constantly offering > things which he has found at antique stores, flea markets or on E-Bay. I am > sure that the people who got these items were delighted. I would love to > get hold of a family Bible for my Father's side of the family. I've been > working on his line for close to 10 yrs now & am not getting anywhere. Since > we will be putting our house on the market soon, I guess I will have to end > up putting all my papers back into boxes again. I've done this so many > times that I don't know where half my papers are any more. > > Your story about the doll is a very interesting story. I 'believe' I may > have my Mother's wedding dress. My parents were married on Christmas day in > my Mother's home in IA. I have talked to most of the people who were at > their wedding & I have questioned them about my Mother's dress. No one > seems to remember what her dress looked like. I simply cannot give it up > b/c I have this strong feeling that my Mother was married in it. Most of > the people who I have talked to about this are no longer alive. I will > probably go to my grave never knowing whether or not I have my Mother's > wedding dress. I did check out their local paper & I guess in those days > they never put a description of the bride's dress in the newspaper. I think > my sister my have a wedding announcement of my Mother...but that's about all > either of us has...at least that I know of right now. All the announcement > was for, was just to announce my parent's wedding & that was all. > > ~J in AZ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:41 AM > Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > > > > Sorry , I never knew the exact relationship but I think everyone in that > > small County were related in some way. Hart County Georgia. The lady > > that > > made the doll was a Thornton before her marriage to a Ray.. > > Thanks for your note, shows some one is reading the posts. > > > > Belle > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerrian Barsness" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > > > > > >> Oh, Belle, what a wonderful story!! How was the lady related? Truly very > >> neat. Jerrian > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:15 PM > >> Subject: [HS] Doll.. > >> > >> > >> > I sent this to you folks a long, long time ago but I think it is > >> > worth > >> > repeating. > >> > My aunt by marriage lived to be 96 years old. She was a 'keeper.' Her > >> > daughter in going through her boxes and bags found a doll fashioned > > out > >> > of odds and ends found around a small southern farm. She said it was > > the > >> > ugliest thing she had ever seen. She found out that her grandmother had > >> > made it when she was about 10 years old. My aunt was only 3 months old > >> > when her mother passed away, leaving the doll among her personal > >> > things. > >> > My cousin didn't want to throw the doll away so she wrote a small note > >> > telling who had made the doll, dates etc. pinning it on the doll's > >> > clothes. She then took it to an antique shop in Atlanta that dealt in > >> > 'folk art' pieces. A few days later she got a call from the shop. > >> > Seems > > a > >> > lady had come into the shop, went to the doll, picked it up and started > >> > crying. She had read the note and kept saying "This is mine, my > >> > family." > >> > She was a member of the Genealogical group in her County. She wrote an > >> > article about the doll and sent it to all members. > >> > Now, what led her to that particular shop among the many in Atlanta? My > >> > cousin says it was her mother on the 'other side' because she didn't > > want > >> > the doll to leave the family. What do you think? > >> > > >> > Belle > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jen, I have a few things from the old days but there were so many 'family' on my Dad's side that no one got very much. I would have more had I stayed in Georgia. My sister and brother have things from both sides of the family. I have the family Bible from my maternal grandmother, some pictures, her trunk which we had refurbished and my daughter uses it for storage. It has the tray that comes up as it is opened. It has been lined with thin cedar . I have a quilt top in the Log Cabin pattern that she made about 1900. I have Grandpa's weapon that he carried as Sheriff, it is now 100 years old. All I have of my paternal grandpa is a medical book, part of a set. I think one of my uncles got the rest plus his surgeon's tools. When my stepfather remarried, all the things my mother had left for me and the grandchildren 'simply disappeared.' She told me that the things had been put in storage and the storage place had burned. Of course, I didn't believe her but what could I do? I have very little of any value to leave to anyone. I have already given some things to those who appreciate them. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > Belle, > > I wonder about the relationship too. However, after you explained how most > folks were related to each other in the small county where your family grew > up...it made more sense to me. That was pretty smart of the person who put > the information on the doll. I am into genealogy research too & have often > looked in antique stores for things which might have belonged to my family > one way or another. I have never been lucky enough to find anything though. > This one gentleman who is on a genealogy list with me is constantly offering > things which he has found at antique stores, flea markets or on E-Bay. I am > sure that the people who got these items were delighted. I would love to > get hold of a family Bible for my Father's side of the family. I've been > working on his line for close to 10 yrs now & am not getting anywhere. Since > we will be putting our house on the market soon, I guess I will have to end > up putting all my papers back into boxes again. I've done this so many > times that I don't know where half my papers are any more. > > Your story about the doll is a very interesting story. I 'believe' I may > have my Mother's wedding dress. My parents were married on Christmas day in > my Mother's home in IA. I have talked to most of the people who were at > their wedding & I have questioned them about my Mother's dress. No one > seems to remember what her dress looked like. I simply cannot give it up > b/c I have this strong feeling that my Mother was married in it. Most of > the people who I have talked to about this are no longer alive. I will > probably go to my grave never knowing whether or not I have my Mother's > wedding dress. I did check out their local paper & I guess in those days > they never put a description of the bride's dress in the newspaper. I think > my sister my have a wedding announcement of my Mother...but that's about all > either of us has...at least that I know of right now. All the announcement > was for, was just to announce my parent's wedding & that was all. > > ~J in AZ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:41 AM > Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > > > > Sorry , I never knew the exact relationship but I think everyone in that > > small County were related in some way. Hart County Georgia. The lady > > that > > made the doll was a Thornton before her marriage to a Ray.. > > Thanks for your note, shows some one is reading the posts. > > > > Belle > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerrian Barsness" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [HS] Doll.. > > > > > >> Oh, Belle, what a wonderful story!! How was the lady related? Truly very > >> neat. Jerrian > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:15 PM > >> Subject: [HS] Doll.. > >> > >> > >> > I sent this to you folks a long, long time ago but I think it is > >> > worth > >> > repeating. > >> > My aunt by marriage lived to be 96 years old. She was a 'keeper.' Her > >> > daughter in going through her boxes and bags found a doll fashioned > > out > >> > of odds and ends found around a small southern farm. She said it was > > the > >> > ugliest thing she had ever seen. She found out that her grandmother had > >> > made it when she was about 10 years old. My aunt was only 3 months old > >> > when her mother passed away, leaving the doll among her personal > >> > things. > >> > My cousin didn't want to throw the doll away so she wrote a small note > >> > telling who had made the doll, dates etc. pinning it on the doll's > >> > clothes. She then took it to an antique shop in Atlanta that dealt in > >> > 'folk art' pieces. A few days later she got a call from the shop. > >> > Seems > > a > >> > lady had come into the shop, went to the doll, picked it up and started > >> > crying. She had read the note and kept saying "This is mine, my > >> > family." > >> > She was a member of the Genealogical group in her County. She wrote an > >> > article about the doll and sent it to all members. > >> > Now, what led her to that particular shop among the many in Atlanta? My > >> > cousin says it was her mother on the 'other side' because she didn't > > want > >> > the doll to leave the family. What do you think? > >> > > >> > Belle > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message