----- Original Message ----- From: "Lacy Forrest" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 11:15 AM Subject: Forrest Family > Hello > My name is Lacy Forrest , I live in Pensacola, FL. I have been researching > the Forrest Line in Falls County Texas where I have many relatives buried. > I really enjoy your messages you send out over the e-mail circuit. > I thought you reader might like to read about a couple who lived in Fall > County around the early 1900's. This articles I believe was written in Aug > 1961. > > Mr. and Mrs. Saint Patrick (Pat) Forrest of Marlin will observe their golden > wedding anniversary Saturday, August 12, 1961. They were married at > Franklin by Justice of the Peace Griffin. He was manager and editor of the > Hearne Democrat. He has been in the > newpaper publishing and printing business most of his life at Marlin, Lott, > Rosebud, Bremond , Franklin, Calvert and Hearne. > Mrs Forrest formerly was Miss Nancy Killough of Wheelock. Her Parents, Mr. > and Mrs. C.C. Killough, were pioneer farmers and landowners in that > community. Forrest was born at Marlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Franklin > Forrest. Mrs. Forrest is 69. Forrest is 75. > Forrest started his printing career as a boy with the Marlin Democrat. He > also worked for the Mart Hearld awhile. After the couple married they owned > their first newspaper and printing office at Bremond. The newspaper was the > Bremond Enterprise. They moved to Marlin in 1916 and went into a > partnership with J.A. Kegwin in a print shop. > After a few months the partnership was dissolved and Forrest went into the > job printing business for himself. His shop was located in the OpersHouse > on Coleman Street, later known as the Orpheum Theater and now the site of > the Lone Star Gas Company office. > "ROSEBUD AND LOTT PAPERS" > The couple moved to Rosebud and published The Rosebud Enterprise newspaper. > They brought the Lott Tribune newspaper in 1919 and lived there for 25 > years. They later changed the newspaper name to The Lott Post. They > published the paper in Lott untill 1944 when they moved their plant to > Marlin and continued printing the Lott Post in the Marlin office until 1953. > They sold the newspaper to Norman S. White of Riesel. White is also > publisher of the Riesel Rustler. The Forrests continued their job printing > office at 235 Live Oak Street until they retired last February. > During their career they printed newspaper in their plant for > Calvert,Franklin, Chilton and Reagan. Forrest never owned a typesetting > machine or automatic fed press. He could set four galleys newspaper type a > day by hand. All his job press and newspaper press operations were hand > fed. He continued this process until retired. > One of the presses has been operation more than 75 years and owned by them > more than 50 years when they retired. > They once printed a paper at Durango on a five-column "Country Compbell"press. > "RAILROAD RUINED DURANGO" > At that time Durango was the largest city in western Falls County. It had a > newspaper, telephone exchange, general store and several other stores. > Durango was on the old stage-coach from Marlin to Belton. When the railroad > came through Chilton, Lott and Rosebud, most of the people moved there and > Durango dwindled. > Forrest moved the Campbell to Lott and printed three papers on it there. > The Forrests moved back to Marlin in 1944. They soon became known as"The > Sweethearts of Marlin." Mrs. Forrest said before she was married she had > never been in a printing shop, after her marriage she "fell into the > printing office and shop," liked it and has been there ever since. She has > been a close companion to her husband in all of his work which included many > long hours. They acquired the "sweetheart" title by their daily walks > between their home and their printing shop. They were always holding hands > like teenager. The family owned an automobile in Lott but never had one > after moving to Marlin. > The couple are parents of four children, Mrs. F. Lee Herndon of RockFalls. > Ill., Mrs. Harry Anders of Kemah, Patrick Killough Forrest of Clute and Carl > M. Forrest of Marlin. They also have five grandchildrenand six > great-grandchildren. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > --------------------- > "God grant me the senility to forget the people > I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into > the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference!" >