Hi, I thought of something going to the Post office- I guess you know Thurber , Erath County is in the Huckaby School District- Lingleville may have some of it. I remember because of the "Chilsren of God " Commune there in the old Nondenominational Church camp ground and study retreat for Missions volunters. This was coverred in the Stephenville Newspapers and some in Fort Worth Star Telegram. It seems Rev. Frank Jordan of California & nationwide radio back then, Rev. Ira Sidebottom of Fort Worth, , and one of my wife's distant cousins- a Rev. Shiflett with Cleburne roots and he was also a Mineral Wells Principal and their fellowship founded the Thurber Soul Clinic Camp Before it closed inthe 60s or 70s, the various ministers had sent children from or under the sponsorship of their churches. to Thurber for a disciplined lifestyle away from the drugs and other problems of that day. Some had children. The school age children rode the Huckaby School bus and all qualified for free lunches. know the rest yet? a Rev. Berg became their prophet and they got an old School bus and rode in to Fort Worth, where the Star- Telegram ran photos of them panhandling on street corners and returning to Thurber each night. Berg left for England, where, last I heard, he was still sending letters to his followers , who had moved to Dallas and bought a communal building near the State Fair Grounds, and each of his letters are studied as Revelations from God. Tell me, why was that different from Mount Carmel- or would it have cost more votes back then? A branch of The Goodnight - loving Trail went through or near Thurber in Erath County, heading to Lovington, N.M. Reservation cattle market. or north into Colorado up the Rio Grande for reservations there, sometimes after they grazed Wyoming summer pasture. One has written me saying some of her family were buried in Erath County while trail driving on the Trail and lost cattle there in an Indian raid. Thurber had the FIRST syncronized red lights, treated city water, and fire plugs on every block corner in the U.S., coverring the entire company owned City limits. Their water supply was the lake presently used by the Fort Worth Sportsmen's Club. Some are now holding family reunions in the area. Take care, Charles Wyly