----- Original Message ----- From: lovet To: 'Jim Giddens' Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:43 AM Subject: Re: Dorsey Hotel Location Jim, We are talking about the same house. Betty Shiflett Donovan lived there when I was in high school. Her dad was a lineman for Texas Power & Light Co. I do not remember who lived there before or after the Shifletts. The house was torn down at some point while I was gone from Clarksville for my education and early jobs in the 1951 - 1963 time period. On the Shiflett house my recollection is of an old, weathered exterior, perhaps a converted dog-trot design (i.e., doors had been installed to close both ends of the open hallway) cover with vines, bushes and trees. I do not remember that it was more than one story tall, but neither would I argue the point too vehemently. Joan and Buddy Vaughan live in the Sims home (Joan's dad owned Sims Insurance Agency,) where Joan grew up, located next door to the west. Joan can give you a full history of that house if you are interested. Her number is 903/427-2627 and feel free to tell her I suggested you call. The beautiful Victorian I thought you were talking about stood on the south side of the block east of the Shiflett house. Miss Hattie Hocker and her family owned it probably from the time it was built. I would guess it was built in the period of 1890 - 1910, when such architecture was so popular. This is the one moved to Ft. Worth. The Victorian I grew up in at 703 East Broadway (telephone # 328) was built about 1900 and was featured in The New York Times about two years ago as the most beautiful Victorian in Texas (a bit over the top, I thought, but a very nice one, indeed.) My mother's family, Colin and Kate Williams, bought it and moved their family to Clarksville from English in 1929. By my calculation, my mother and Aunt Edith were the only two left at home of their six children. Both of them finished Clarksville High School, my mother, Ruth, in 1925. This class produced Page Keeton, Dean of the UT Law School when I attended and for many years before and after that, and Pat C. Beadle and Don C. Black, who you should remember. Jim On Mon Sep 5 9:46 , 'Jim Giddens' <[email protected]> sent: Jim, Thank you for your interesting information. I got a little confused when you said, "One of the earlier homes" Are you speaking of a different house than the Hocker house (the 3 story Victorian House). Seems to me you are and I remember a different house where Piggy Wiggly was built. I seem to recall a large one or two story house on that spot that Harold Shiflett (about my age) lived in it the 50s. Perhaps it is the same house. Harold had a Mustang Motorcycle. His older sister Betty (I think), is married and lives in the Clarksville area, but it slips me who she is married to. She and husband were at the 9 classes reunion in Dallas recently. I did find the Hocker house in Gateway to Texas. Thanks again, our groups likes the extra details, it give color or life to our ramblings. Jim Giddens Reno, Tx p.s. found the reunion list. Betty's name is Donavan and they live on FM 412. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: 'Jim Giddens' Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Dorsey Hotel Location