If your dad attended Appalachia High School, he could have lived in any of the coal camps- Derby - Arno- Dunbar- Stonega- Pardee-Osaka- Inman- Roda- Roaring Fork,- Imboden-Exeter-or Keokee{not sure}. or he could have lived in Appalachia. All the camps had grade schools but attended A.H.S. after completing 7th grade. We got to ride the bus, and I thought I was grown. Vadna Mendota is out of the "territory" I might have left out some of the camps. chory@earthlink.net wrote: > I'm enjoying this discussion, too. My dad, Howard MILLER, was born in Roda > where he attended the first grade, then moved to Mendota, then I'm not sure > where he lived when he attended Appalachia High School. Would he have lived > in Appalachia, or could it have been one of the other nearby coal towns? > Does anyone know what elementary school would have been in Roda & Mendota in > the late 1920s? I have a videotape from the 1980s when he's traveling > through Mendota, and he's pointing out where "Shepherd's store" used to be, > and the school he attended was down the same street. > > Ann