Now I have to join this discussion. I was born and raised in Osaka, moving away in 1952. Lawrence Fields was the principal at the school there. I assume he is the same person...he was crippled. I thought he was the greatest. He had penny candy that he sold at recess and at lunch and he would give me free candy. My mother graduated from AHS in 1937 (she was a Seabolt). By the way, I have been looking for a picture of the school in Osaka. It was torn down in the late 1950's or early 1960's. Also, I have relatives, a great grandfather (Samuel Houston) who was buried in Blackwood. Does anyone know about a cemetery there? Sandra (Markland) McBride Vadna Bush wrote: > I am a little late answering mail. had to stop and cook supper. I do love to > remember old time things with others. It is wonderful. > Do you remember Lawrence Fields? He was a school teacher, married my second > cousin. Bessie Barnett{e} I do believe he lived next door to a family named > Honeycutt. I think the man was an engineer on the railroad. {My two sons are > now}Might have been kin of yours. > Thanks for the picture .I haven't looked at it yet, because I am too busy and > too excited about answering mail. We lived at the foot of the hill,and > acrossthe road from the little one room schoolhouse. I do remember the Malleys > and we would race to the little knoll behind our house to wave . The engineers > always waved back. > Another engineer who lived on the hill above Mollie Moneyhun's store was > Crumley Dickenson. I remember some of his children. > I used to baby sit with the twins of Lawrence and Bessie's after they bought > and moved into the house next door to the Honeycutts. > Thanks for writing all these memories. > Vadna > > "James S. Huneycutt" wrote: > > > Vada my name is Jim Huneycutt, we lived in the brick house on the left > > coming into Appalachia. I remember all the names you mentioned. I remember > > the Roberts who had the child who had the birth defect. Do you remember the > > Neals that lived up there. I knew Carl Collins and have two books he > > published; one was pictures of trains and the other are old pictures of > > Appalachia and surrounding areas. > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vadna Bush" <mgbernard@naxs.net> > > To: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:35 PM > > Subject: Re: [VAWISE] Kelly View Cemetery > > > > > Thanks for informing me. I do remember some Collins' {Carl } whom I never > > got > > > to meet, had some old pictures and he wanted me to come look at them and > > see if > > > I knew anyone. I'm always searching for pictures of mom and dad {Gus and > > Mary > > > Gollaway McFarland} since I have only one. By the way, I think Sallie > > {Sally} > > > was the name of Caleb Roberts' wife. If memory serves me right. > > > > > > paul wrote: > > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-25365-166 > > > > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > > > > > > > Vadna..my last name is Collins..We lived in "Stringtown" about 4 blocks > > > > from where they built the High School.. > > > > I have an older brother, Ernest, who was more well-known than me, as I > > > > was 14 when I moved away.. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-25365-166 > > > > Content-Disposition: Inline > > > > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > > > > > > > Received: from smtpin-102-4.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.55) by > > > > storefull-148.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 18 May > > 2001 > > > > 10:13:11 -0700 (PDT) > > > > Received: by smtpin-102-4.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id > > 2C429134; > > > > Fri, 18 May 2001 10:13:11 -0700 (PDT) > > > > Delivered-To: pogoat2@webtv.net > > > > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) > > by > > > > smtpin-102-4.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id > > > > A392814D; Fri, 18 May 2001 10:13:10 -0700 (PDT) > > > > Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) > > id > > > > f4IHB5v10573; Fri, 18 May 2001 10:11:05 -0700 > > > > Resent-Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 10:11:05 -0700 > > > > X-Original-Sender: mgbernard@naxs.net Fri May 18 10:11:05 2001 > > > > Message-ID: <3B055812.3CB8DCA0@naxs.net> > > > > Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:12:50 -0400 > > > > From: Vadna Bush <mgbernard@naxs.net> > > > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) > > > > X-Accept-Language: en > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > Old-To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: Re: [VAWISE] Kelly View Cemetery > > > > References: <18223-3B052F77-205@storefull-142.iap.bryant.webtv.net> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Resent-Message-ID: <yITEuC.A._kC.peVB7@lists2.rootsweb.com> > > > > To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Resent-From: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Reply-To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > X-Mailing-List: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/249 > > > > X-Loop: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Precedence: list > > > > Resent-Sender: VAWISE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > Yes, I knew Abe and Annie and Gloris > > > > I can't figure your name out , are you a Dockery? > > > > Vadna > > > > > > > > paul wrote: > > > > > > > > > Vadna...guess you knew the Abe Dockery family..he preached my mothers > > > > > funeral.. > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-25365-166-- > > >

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 Sandra McBride wrote: > Now I have to join this discussion. I was born and raised in Osaka, moving away > in 1952. Lawrence Fields was the principal at the school there. I assume he is > the same person...he was crippled. I thought he was the greatest. He had penny > candy that he sold at recess and at lunch and he would give me free candy. My > mother graduated from AHS in 1937 (she was a Seabolt). By the way, I have been > looking for a picture of the school in Osaka. It was torn down in the late 1950's > or early 1960's. Also, I have relatives, a great grandfather (Samuel Houston) who > was buried in Blackwood. Does anyone know about a cemetery there? > > Sandra (Markland) McBride > > Vadna Bush wrote: > > > I am a little late answering mail. had to stop and cook supper. I do love to > > remember old time things with others. It is wonderful. > > Do you remember Lawrence Fields? He was a school teacher, married my second > > cousin. Bessie Barnett{e} I do believe he lived next door to a family named > > Honeycutt. I think the man was an engineer on the railroad. {My two sons are > > now}Might have been kin of yours. > > Thanks for the picture .I haven't looked at it yet, because I am too busy and > > too excited about answering mail. We lived at the foot of the hill,and > > acrossthe road from the little one room schoolhouse. I do remember the Malleys > > and we would race to the little knoll behind our house to wave . The engineers > > always waved back. > > Another engineer who lived on the hill above Mollie Moneyhun's store was > > Crumley Dickenson. I remember some of his children. > > I used to baby sit with the twins of Lawrence and Bessie's after they bought > > and moved into the house next door to the Honeycutts. > > Thanks for writing all these memories. > > Vadna > > > > "James S. Huneycutt" wrote: > > > > > Vada my name is Jim Huneycutt, we lived in the brick house on the left > > > coming into Appalachia. I remember all the names you mentioned. I remember > > > the Roberts who had the child who had the birth defect. Do you remember the > > > Neals that lived up there. I knew Carl Collins and have two books he > > > published; one was pictures of trains and the other are old pictures of > > > Appalachia and surrounding areas. > > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Vadna Bush" <mgbernard@naxs.net> > > > To: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:35 PM > > > Subject: Re: [VAWISE] Kelly View Cemetery > > > > > > > Thanks for informing me. I do remember some Collins' {Carl } whom I never > > > got > > > > to meet, had some old pictures and he wanted me to come look at them and > > > see if > > > > I knew anyone. I'm always searching for pictures of mom and dad {Gus and > > > Mary > > > > Gollaway McFarland} since I have only one. By the way, I think Sallie > > > {Sally} > > > > was the name of Caleb Roberts' wife. If memory serves me right. > > > > > > > > paul wrote: > > > > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-25365-166 > > > > > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > > > > > > > > > Vadna..my last name is Collins..We lived in "Stringtown" about 4 blocks > > > > > from where they built the High School.. > > > > > I have an older brother, Ernest, who was more well-known than me, as I > > > > > was 14 when I moved away.. > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-25365-166 > > > > > Content-Disposition: Inline > > > > > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > > > > > > > > > Received: from smtpin-102-4.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.55) by > > > > > storefull-148.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 18 May > > > 2001 > > > > > 10:13:11 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > Received: by smtpin-102-4.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id > > > 2C429134; > > > > > Fri, 18 May 2001 10:13:11 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > Delivered-To: pogoat2@webtv.net > > > > > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) > > > by > > > > > smtpin-102-4.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id > > > > > A392814D; Fri, 18 May 2001 10:13:10 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) > > > id > > > > > f4IHB5v10573; Fri, 18 May 2001 10:11:05 -0700 > > > > > Resent-Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 10:11:05 -0700 > > > > > X-Original-Sender: mgbernard@naxs.net Fri May 18 10:11:05 2001 > > > > > Message-ID: <3B055812.3CB8DCA0@naxs.net> > > > > > Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:12:50 -0400 > > > > > From: Vadna Bush <mgbernard@naxs.net> > > > > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) > > > > > X-Accept-Language: en > > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > > Old-To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Subject: Re: [VAWISE] Kelly View Cemetery > > > > > References: <18223-3B052F77-205@storefull-142.iap.bryant.webtv.net> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > Resent-Message-ID: <yITEuC.A._kC.peVB7@lists2.rootsweb.com> > > > > > To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Resent-From: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Reply-To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > X-Mailing-List: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/249 > > > > > X-Loop: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Precedence: list > > > > > Resent-Sender: VAWISE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I knew Abe and Annie and Gloris > > > > > I can't figure your name out , are you a Dockery? > > > > > Vadna > > > > > > > > > > paul wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Vadna...guess you knew the Abe Dockery family..he preached my mothers > > > > > > funeral.. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-25365-166-- > > > >