Thanks Vadna. I checked the website and didn't find anything about Osaka school but enjoyed looking at other things. I haven't been back to Wise County since 1982 and sometimes I get so homesick. That is why I keep in touch with things through this list and checking out different sites. The Hills and Hollers site really brings back a lot of memories. I will make a plea to anyone who has a picture of Osaka school, I would love to have a copy. I recently made contact with a classmate from Osaka school, who I lost track of almost 50 years ago. She lives in Ohio (I live in Texas) and she is also looking for a picture. I'm sure anyone who hasn't lived and gone to school in the coal camps years ago can't understand the nostalgia we have. My family in Wise County consisted of Markland, Seabolt, Houston who married Kirk, Neeley, Bledsoe, Harris, Boyd, Smith (from Andover), and more. I think Lawrence Fields was partial to little girls. Didn't he have a lot of boys. He was a terrific guy, but could sure use the paddle on boys who stepped out of line. I don't remember him using the paddle on girls. Vadna Bush wrote: > Yes, you have the right Lawrence Fields. I too remember that penny candy. I also got > it free. I assumed it was because I was "kinfolk". > He really was interested in the kids.I have lived in and around the coal camps all my > life, so I went to school at Arno and that is where he taught me.{after we moved from > Kellyview} > I remember the school at Osaka, and do hope you can get a picture of it. Maybe > Garnet Gilliam in Big Stone Gap, has one. > Go to the Big Stone Gap web page and look in there. > www.bigstonegap.org > If not, I am sure you will enjoy the other pictures and looking in the archives of > their guest book. > Vadna >

I am certainly glad to get your letter this morning, and yes there is a lot of nostalgia, and I love it. I used to do a column in The Post and it was titled "I Love Memories" If they had the space, I think I would like to do that again, but. you know how that goes. I have even considered putting my memories into a book I will keep looking and if I find anyone who has a picture of the Osaka School I will get back in touch. I have another friend who lives in Texas and isn't it wonderful what we can do with computers? Of course I am still learning how to use mine. Vadna Sandra McBride wrote: > Thanks Vadna. I checked the website and didn't find anything about Osaka school but > enjoyed looking at other things. I haven't been back to Wise County since 1982 and > sometimes I get so homesick. That is why I keep in touch with things through this list > and checking out different sites. The Hills and Hollers site really brings back a lot of > memories. I will make a plea to anyone who has a picture of Osaka school, I would love > to have a copy. I recently made contact with a classmate from Osaka school, who I lost > track of almost 50 years ago. She lives in Ohio (I live in Texas) and she is also > looking for a picture. I'm sure anyone who hasn't lived and gone to school in the coal > camps years ago can't understand the nostalgia we have. > > My family in Wise County consisted of Markland, Seabolt, Houston who married Kirk, > Neeley, Bledsoe, Harris, Boyd, Smith (from Andover), and more. > > I think Lawrence Fields was partial to little girls. Didn't he have a lot of boys. He > was a terrific guy, but could sure use the paddle on boys who stepped out of line. I > don't remember him using the paddle on girls. > > Vadna Bush wrote: > > > Yes, you have the right Lawrence Fields. I too remember that penny candy. I also got > > it free. I assumed it was because I was "kinfolk". > > He really was interested in the kids.I have lived in and around the coal camps all my > > life, so I went to school at Arno and that is where he taught me.{after we moved from > > Kellyview} > > I remember the school at Osaka, and do hope you can get a picture of it. Maybe > > Garnet Gilliam in Big Stone Gap, has one. > > Go to the Big Stone Gap web page and look in there. > > www.bigstonegap.org > > If not, I am sure you will enjoy the other pictures and looking in the archives of > > their guest book. > > Vadna > >