Hi--this arrived just now from Charles Wyly--and are we glad to have him with us again! Something in here for some of you... Barbara seawolf@selfroots.com http://www.selfroots.com ------------------------------------------------------------ > >Sorry I haven't replied to some Erath County notes. I could read them but >haven't been able to answer- it's like loosing ypur voice right when you >are trying to talk to someone. > >It seems that in Jan. I carried the computer to a shop with several >workers because neither Juno nor MCI (now CWIX- Cable and Wireless >Internet Express and long Distance) would send. Had several late night >sessions on MCI long Distance trying to fix computer after the shop >failed. I can run the net and search but still MCI won't send. > >Juno help pages finally said there was a conflict with Juno outside >another internet server and the other service, especially MCI- two lines >of script have to be added to. Juno to avoid conflicts. I dumpped all >addresses and 2 folders and the write and send page healed itself. > >Tell those of the Clendennin inquiries that they moved to Lingleville to >attend the Academy there. Tarleton Academy and College was nort yet part >of the Texas A&M system and the Mcilhaney academy and Huckaby's Farmers >Grange academy/college had been as popular as Tarleton at first. Some of >the Clendennins taught as Principal of the Selden Schools and I think >they taught Dad- will send more later when i talk to some of my older >cousins in Waco & Erath County > >. I am just a 70 year old kid who helpped cause the Great Depression- but >Erath county folk ate steak, turkey, chicken, pork, wild grapes and plums >in all forms of Jellies and jams,syrup and honey from our farms, >gardens, orchards, peanuts, corn,Polk salad, Black Haws,pecans, walnuts, >fish,watermellons, cantaloupes,pears, sweet and Irish potatoes, Berries, >Mustang and Opossum Grapes, squirrel,Cottontail, Jack, and swamp rabbits, > and others without having to buy it- just grow , catch, or pick your >own wild and farmed. Bee trees could be marked with a brand listed with >County Court under State law, and anyone else could not cut it legally. >Half the honey went to the land owner. My grandkids think all the above >fit to eat comes from HEB Grocery, Kroger's, or United Super. . I managed >to work in 2 Degrees and Military and Aircraft (Convair Fort Worth) in >while we raised our two kids.I still do substitute teaching in McLennan >County. > >A major source of info on a few thousand European immigrants and >Americans moving west is in the old TP Coal and Oil library on the >Johnson Ranch in Old Thurber- locked and protected- wish it was all on >computer, or at least published for research. Many Czech in Mclennan >County and Italian in Falls Counties would fit here. as would some from >Newcastle mine near Graham, Texas. Thurber was 10 t0 20 times as large >as Stephenville around 1900& before.Stephenville was one of the last >towns to get a Railroad in the County. Today Thurber is almost gone- 2 >cafes & 3 people to catch the I- 20 traffic and Tarleton kids partying at >Mingus, 3 or 4 miles north in Palo Pinto County. > >Take care >Charles Wyly > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >