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Republic Monitor 1975 – Halltown Phone Conversion

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:14:48 +0000

Republic Monitor, February 6, 1975, 4 of 11

Submitted by Kaye are these scans from the Republic Monitor on February 6, 1975. It includes a front page story featuring phone operator Zella Johnson on the Halltown Phone System conversion to a dial-tone from the operator model.

Unidentified Photos: Halltown High School, Fred Small

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:47:53 +0000

Halltown HS Basketball, 1931?

The first photo is unmarked or dated but the ball shows “HHS” which I believe is Halltown High School where my parents attended. From the looks of the other pictures it looks like it might be around 1931 or so. Maybe someone could identify someone or the building in background.

Unidentified & Fredrick G. Small (Dade Co. MO)

My gf Fredrick G. Small born 4-4-1878 in Dade Co., Mo. and lived most of his life in Halltown, Lawrence Co., Mo. is identified in the second photo but the young man with him is unknown.

Thank you

Unidentified Photos: Faucett – Fossett – Garringer from the collection of Sandy Bean

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:00:09 +0000

click on each photo to be taken to larger sizes of the photo

Photo 01: Faucett Family Reunion. Taken in Lawrence County Missouri. On the back row in the middle is Grandpa George FOSSETT (he is to the left of the man holding a blond baby.) His wife, Grandma Lizzie WOOLSEY FOSSETT, is sitting on the second row holding Lora (whose head is blurred). Lora was born 20 Jun 1913. On the front row, the three children just to Lora’s left are Georgie, Grandma Frances and Clyde. Can anyone help identify the others?

Photo 02: Faucett family or School Photo? Also taken in Lawrence County Missouri. Sandy believes this may have been another Faucett reunion or a school photo. From the number of school-aged children in the photograph Judy thinks it may be a country school group photo. Which school?

Photo 03: Sandy’s Great Uncle Raymond R. “Jack” Garringer (on the right) with two of his fishing buddies. Photo was taken at the Garringer home in Mt. Vernon. Jack Garringer died 3 Jan 1971. Can anyone identify the fishing buddies?

Email Sandy Bean if you can identify any of these folks.

Unidentified Photo: Neill

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:30:55 +0000

I am attaching a .jpg image of the daguerreotype I found in the old Neill family photo album for placing on the Lawrence County Unidentified Photo page, should you think appropriate. I had the image professionally enhanced, which is the version I am sending you. I can also send a scan of the original daguerreotype and the reverse handwriting “Oregon Express”.

When I saw it, I was very excited, thinking that this young couple might have been a very young Isaac Louis Neill and Sarah Elizabeth Gammill (although the jaw for her didn’t look right), or perhaps even Isaac’s father Peter A. Neill and mother Susan Runyon. I emailed it to Robert E. Neill, my Uncle Bob (father’s first cousin, raised like brothers), expecting to find out who they were. He had no idea, had never seen it before, and thought that perhaps they weren’t Neills or Gammills at all because they were dressed too opulently to be Missouri farmers from our family. Did photographers ever “rent out” suits of clothes for picture taking?

I would really love to know who they are; they must be related somehow, or we would not have the daguerreotype. On the reverse of the daguerreotype are the words, handwritten in pencil: “Oregon Express”

I can’t guarantee that this couple is from Lawrence County, so you may opt not to post them here; I am also posting the picture on the Barry County website, since the NEILLs started off there. Our Neills lived in Buck Prairie Twp, Marionville, on the Neill farm. Once I know the protocol, I’ll send the other pictures for consideration.

Regards,

Lorraine Fletez-Brant
NEILL, GAMMILL, HIX, MALLARD, WORD, COLLINS, WILLIAMS, COMPTON, BRANT