I wonder if there are ever any reunions in Erath Co. that include the HEAD and CARGILL and LEATHERMAN families? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 7:36 AM Subject: [ERATH] 911 and Reunion mail addresses. Are you sure you know where you live??? . > Hi, > > Our Reunion mailing list has dropped to 350 to under 100 in 10 years. > Why? > 1. Some have died, been activated to Military or moved to Rest Homes . > Names are dropped if mail is returned. If one does not mail by first > class, the intended may not have Mail forwarding set up. In the case of > 911 Access areas, they may not have moved and/or their forwarding > notices may have expired. Only first class will be returned. > > 2. Before 911 systems are activated, there is a Federal standard of > addresses which must be in place so the new system can locate the address > to dispatch the emergency vehicles to. Many Erath and adjoining > counties are or have just had many addresses changed on their family > homes- and if they do not post the change at the Post office and with > Reunion Secretaries and all whoi send them mail and magazines, they may > never see the mail. This has happened in Morgan Mill- Lipan and areas > across the county lines and many other rural areas, where 911 ispatchers > may cover many square miles. > > 3. Some just won't send their addresses to the Reunion officers. > > 4. In McLennanCounty,Rural Metro ambulance has served 911 area for over > 10 years.Now, East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas is taking over > and keeping most workers , plus others and adding more stations for > faster service. Now the McClennan County ambulances will be dispatched > from Tyler Texas office to local standby stations. Someone that far > away can't say "Go past the old Selden Store and second road to the > rioght past Jones Dairy" - many roads in Erath County have been closed in > last 50 years and new ones added in the name of Progress. Now it is 3 > times as far from Selden Church to Selden Cemetery as it was in 1940's- > and some in these areas which were once in Stephenville mail Routes > aren't now. Hico Post Office serves most of Duffau, Chalk > Mountain,Johnsville, and much of Selden rural routes. No, your kin didn't > move- just have a new address. > > Now, apply this to those back East who had lived in 3 States but never > moved- Boundaries of Tennesee & adjoining were re- surveyed. Much of East > Felicianna Parrish in Louisiana used to be in county with Tippah, Miss. > Several Erath County trails passed through there in 1800-s , moving west > . > > Also, it is possible to have lived in the same homesite in Central Texas > and been in 3 to 5 Counties as new ones organized and bu=oundaries were > re- surveyed. Bosque and Johnson Counties join at the Brazos. Above that. > Erath and Johnson Countiues joined for a short time before Somervell > County was organized and Hood County took some of Erath County north of > the Paluxy River, and similar situations with other counties may make > you think your family moved a lot when they may not all have moved. Milam > County or Old Milam district once stretched from below Waco almost to > Wichita Falls. > > Take care- and is anyone on this site home this summer? or you all out > running down your roots and visiting your kids? > > Take care, > Charles A. Wyly > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >