This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1478 Message Board Post: I am writing the biography of Barter Theatre's founder, Robert H. Porterfield. I am working closely with the Barter and with Mr. Porterfield's widow, Mary Dudley Porterfield, and have their full approval and cooperation. I am seeking to speak with any persons who knew Mr. Porterfield, especially folks who might have known him before 1932. He went to high school at R.B. Worthy and played football there. I'd love to run across any old girlfriends or personal friends who knew him then. My book will be a hard cover published by a reputable press (no subsidy press or self-publishing) and will be a respectful and interesting portrait of Mr. Porterfield's life. Please write me at: 340 Virginia Highlander Road, Sugar Grove, VA 24375; call me at 276-677-3600; or respond by email. I am a full-time author and will be happy to meet with you at any time and place that is convenient! Thanks!