Thanks Shelby, for the information on Ethel. My mother Viola Marcum Bartram was born there in 1920 so I am pleased to read about the town. Vernia > Hi Judi; > You are lucky to have the envelope from the great yodeler,Jimmy Rogers.He > was > my alltime favorite, but I never had much info on him. > Ethel, Wv, was a thriving coal town, located about six miles from Logan, > on > Dingess Run creek.Most of the early mines in Logan county, WV, got their > start > from days of WW1, when coal was in high demand; But Ethel goes back > further to > 1900.So it was one of the oldest mining towns in southern WV. The mine was > active for over 50 years,so it may be one of the most productive of them > all. > Many of our fathers, grandfathers, worked the timber jobs in the nice > weather months, as this was their first love. But Winter conditions forced > them > inside of coal mines, where they could work year round, regardless of > weather > conditions. I know my dad,and all his brothers, preferred the outdoors, > over > mining jobs. As soon as Mayapple came up, they would be in some logging > jobs ! > back then, the pay was about the same. But "John L", and the union came > along, > making mining jobs the better paid of the two. > > Cuz > Shelby > > > ************************************** > Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest products. > > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >