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From: "Ron" <>
Subject: Re: [MoMcDon'ld] Old photos found at former Riverside Inn property. Wente, Burchfield, others..
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:32:55 -0700
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I admire your commitment and put me down for several copies.
Ron Crabtree
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MoMcDon'ld] Old photos found at former Riverside Inn property.
Wente, Burchfield, others..
> Well, Carolyn, looks like your ORIGINAL question has generated a lot of
> response for the History Book! Thanks!
>
> For Marilyn (and anyone else who can help us with submissions): The area
> covered in the book is as follows: North: 2 sections south of the
> Newton/McDonald County line. South: The section just above Pineville (so
> Pineville town is not included, but Lanagan is) West: The
> Oklahoma/Missouri State Line. East: The section just East of Bethpage.
It
> gets a bit interesting to the East. We are not extending as far East as
> Powell, but Cyclone is barely in the area, in the Southeast corner. So,
as
> you can tell, the area Retha & I have selected is a large portion of
> McDonald County. The purpose of the book is to include many of the small
> communities, most of them now gone, in the book. Our selected area does
> include the towns of Tiff City, Goodman, Lanagan, and of course Anderson.
> We will not be including any information on the Incorporated Towns.
> However, we will mention they are in the selected area and reference the
> books written about each town for those researchers who wish to follow up
> with other books. We will be including Family Biography Submissions from
> the entire area, so if your family lived within the designated section,
we'd
> love to include your submission.
>
> For Ron (and any other new comer): Welcome to McDonald County! Retha
> Mitchell is the Genealogy Specialist at the Pineville Library. I believe
> you and I have already met via email, as I'm the one who assists in look
> ups, etc. Retha and I are in the process of compiling the History of
> Anderson and the surrounding communities. It's interesting to note that
> every other town in McDonald County has a book written about the town
> history, except Anderson, and Anderson is the largest town in the County!
> We decided to change that.
>
> Carolyn: Sorry about the Yellow Jackets. Yuck! You can email me the
> information and scan the postcard. That will be neat. I think we'd
talked
> before, that you have ancestors buried at Anderson, right? While
Riverside
> is not exactly in the area (since we've revised the area) Retha and I
still
> want to include it for two reasons. First, the family was in Anderson as
> well. Second, you're right, it's a neat landmark!
>
> So, to all of you who have information to submit, PLEASE DO! You can send
> it to I am using a fairly descent photo program, so
> photo size is no problem, really. Send as a jpg file and I will put it in
> the format for publication.
>
> Retha nor I have been blessed with the gift of promoting ourselves.... or
> our projects. Unfortunately, in this case, I think we need to just a bit.
> We've tried to get the word out about the book as best as we can through
ads
> in the McDonald County paper, I've posted on this Site, we've attended the
> All School Reunion, and I've attended a couple of Genealogy Fairs. In
spite
> of our efforts I'm sure we will leave out someone. While that's not our
> intent, we simply can't get to everyone. That's why your submissions and
> help is so greatly needed.... and appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> Raylene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [MoMcDon'ld] Old photos found at former Riverside Inn
property.
> Wente, Burchfield, others..
>
>
> > I am a new comer. What Anderson book? Thanks.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marilyn Carnell-Williams" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 5:17 AM
> > Subject: RE: [MoMcDon'ld] Old photos found at former Riverside Inn
> property.
> > Wente, Burchfield, others..
> >
> >
> > > Raylene,
> > > I had no idea the area would include Bethpage. My maternal aunt, Sarah
> > > Ellen (Dink) Bunch Edmonds lived there with her husband, Dewey
Edmonds.
> > > My Mom, and other sisters, Etta Mae Bunch Lines and Frances (Fannie)
> > > Bunch Legore and their children often walked from Pineville to
Bethpage
> > > to visit. Pretty remarkable. By the time I came along, we went by car.
> > >
> > > I remember being there on a fall day for hog butchering. After seeing
> > > that I truly understood the expression of "getting a good scald" on
> > > something. (If the temperature of the water isn't just right, the hog
> > > bristles are very hard to remove.) Aunt Dink was a pretty woman with
> > > hair, black as a crow's wing and gray eyes. She had crippling
rheumatoid
> > > arthritis that twisted and gnarled her hands. Despite that, she made
> > > beautiful quilts and hand work. (I'm lucky enough to have one of the
> > > quilts.) I'm sure it was very painful, but she kept the use of her
hands
> > > that way.
> > >
> > > I understand that Mr. Edmonds built identical houses for his boys. The
> > > most interesting features were that each house had two front doors.
Aunt
> > > Dink passed away in the early 1950's and later their house burned, but
I
> > > think one of the brother's house was moved to the site. I wanted to
take
> > > a photo of the doors, but by the time I got there with my camera
(years)
> > > the house had been remodeled to a more contemporary one-door status.
> > > Marilyn Carnell
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [mailto:]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 6:49 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Re: [MoMcDon'ld] Old photos found at former Riverside Inn
> > > property. Wente, Burchfield, others..
> > >
> > >
> > > Carolyn:
> > > Since you mentioned the deadline on the Anderson Book, I thought I'd
> > > jump in! The deadline was yesterday. However, we are running one
last
> > > ad and requesting that anyone, like yourself, that missed the
deadline,
> > > call or email me to let me know what information will be coming within
> > > the very near future.
> > >
> > > We have collected a lot of data, and just don't want to leave anyone
> > > out. Please hurry with your submission (and anyone else wishing to
> > > contribute as well).
> > >
> > > We've got many articles on Anderson and west of Anderson. East of
> > > Anderson is a bit sparse. Anyone having any information about east of
> > > Anderson, please contact us. (I have turned up some neat information
> > > about Bethpage, but don't have a lot on the families in that area.)
> > >
> > > Thanks to all for your help,
> > > Raylene
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Shirley Cullum" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 5:47 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [MoMcDon'ld] Old photos found at former Riverside Inn
> > > property. Wente, Burchfield, others..
> > >
> > >
> > > > Carolyn,
> > > > Scanning and posting the photos that would be representative
of
> > > > the
> > > collection would be great. Just whenever you can get to it.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Shirley
> > > >
> > > > Carolyn Ellertson <> wrote:
> > > > Shirley: Hi. I'll be happy to scan them when I have time, but that
is
> > > > at a premium for me just now. There is over 106 black and whites,
plus
> > >
> > > > some in
> > > an
> > > > aging military album. They are obviously the documentation of one
> > > particular
> > > > family, so what if I just did a few representative ones with the
main
> > > > characters. Some are in great shape - in particular the glossies,
the
> > > others
> > > > are visible, but faded and deteriorated. I still think they could be
> > > > salvaged with a software program such as Adobe or the like. There
are
> > > > about three family group shots. Those would be good, as would
> > > one
> > > > from the wedding shower, one showing the expectant mother (must be
her
> > >
> > > > own mother with her, because you can see the family resemblance -
she
> > > > is beautiful), and there are many of them with babies, looking to be
> > > > the
> > > first
> > > > and possibly subsequent children, so the photos cover a broad period
> > > > of time. If it were me, I'd think I'd struck the mother lode if
> > > > someone found this many of my family. I saw the first photo of my
> > > > father as a child at
> > > the
> > > > age of 58! For all I know they could be some of my (Fleming) family.
I
> > >
> > > > simply have no way of knowing yet.That's why the caveat. There are
no
> > > names
> > > > on anything except the Wente baby announcement and the school photo
of
> > >
> > > > the Burchfield boy, who appears to be somewhere between four and ten
> > > > years
> > > old.
> > > > I just can't believe they were left on purpose. No one in their
right
> > > > mind would do that. Usually just the opposite, even when families
> > > > separate.
> > > They
> > > > usually fight over the family photos. Just imagine - they are 50
years
> > >
> > > > old now. Maybe there's some sweet little old lady somewhere who is
> > > > still alive whose heart would just jump to see them again. You might
> > > > ask Retha to
> > > check
> > > > with Marilyn Carnells's "Aunt Pauline". She knows a lot about the
> > > > area,
> > > and
> > > > gave me some great info on my great grandparents the Flemings who
ran
> > > > the resort there. Pauline used to walk to school with another of
same
> > > > age, and catch a ride with my great grandfather in his buggy when he
> > > > went to the train station to pick up guests for the resort. I hope
to
> > > > contribute something to the Anderson heritage book, but need to be
> > > > reminded of the deadline. Thanks for the response. Get back to me
> > > > soon, as we will be leaving on vacation around the 20th, and I will
be
> > >
> > > > swamped immediately prior. Thanks again.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Shirley Cullum"
> > > > To:
> > > > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 5:47 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [MoMcDon'ld] Old photos found at former Riverside Inn
> > > property.
> > > > Wente, Burchfield, others..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I am the Coordinator of the MOGenWeb NcDonald County website and
> > > > > would
> > > > be more than happy to have scans of the photos you referenced to
place
> > >
> > > > on
> > > a
> > > > "Can you Identify These Photos?" page on the website. Please contact
> > > > me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Shirley Cullum
> > > > > McDonald County CC
> > > > >
> > > > > "by way of Lainee Denton-Jones "
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing
list.
> > > > >
> > > > > Surnames: Wente, Burchfield, unknown others of local (photos)
> > > > > Classification: Query
> > > > >
> > > > > Message Board URL:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNB.2ACI/1703
> > > > >
> > > > > Message Board Post:
> > > > >
> > > > > In 2002,my husband and I visited the site of the former resort of
my
> > > great
> > > > > grandfather, William Henry Fleming and his son Stephen V. Fleming
> > > > > known then as the "Riverside Inn", or Riverside Farm Inn near
> > > > > Pineville, where
> > > > my
> > > > > mother was born. The current caretaker had found quite number of
old
> > > > photos
> > > > > in the attic of one of the rental houses some years back. I do not
> > > > > think they are my family, but cannot be sure without much deeper
> > > > > research, but either way, I would love to share them. Among the
> > > > > photos is a birth announcement for Tonya Jo Wente born June 26,
> > > > > 1959, dau of Chuck and
> > > > Sheila
> > > > > Wente, so whoever the pictures are of was at least an
acquaintenance
> > >
> > > > > of
> > > > the
> > > > > Wentes. There is also a school photo from 1958 of a boy named
Tommy
> > > > > Burchfield - probably a friend of the family or?The majority of
the
> > > photos
> > > > > chronicle a wedding shower; pregnancy; and birth of at least one
> > > > > baby
> > > and
> > > > > its parents and grandparent(s). Likely grandmother is a lovely
> > > > > brunette,
> > > > as
> > > > > is the baby's mother. Young mot!
> > > > > her is brunette and wears glasses. Daddy is probably six feet tall
> > > > > (?) and slim with light brown or dishwater blonde hair. My
favorite
> > > > > is the oldest photo (only one dated by studio - 1942) - of a
lovely
> > > > > young lady sitting on the fender of a car. Shoulder length light
> > > > > brown or blonde
> > > > hair.
> > > > > swept back in forties style, saddle oxfords, and cuffed pants.
> > > > > Someone
> > > in
> > > > > the family was in the service. There is a photo of a sailor in his
> > > > > blues
> > > > in
> > > > > front of what appears to be the tomb of the unknown soldier or
> > > > > similar monument. It has three flags flowing in front of it.
Another
> > >
> > > > > looks to be
> > > > in
> > > > > Spain or Italy with a donkey cart. Some are in great condition,
some
> > >
> > > > > not
> > > > so
> > > > > great, but if it were my relatives I would be thrilled to have
them
> > > > > or copies of same, particularly with the photo technology
available
> > > > > to
> > > laymen
> > > > > these days through software programs. I know the descendants of
this
> > > > family
> > > > > would be thrilled. The children would be middle aged now, and
> > > > > probably grandparents themselves, maybe e! ven great grandparents.
> > > > > There are lots of photos of young children. If you know anyone who
> > > > > lived on the property that you can help me identify, I would
really
> > > > > appreciate it. They long to be loved and treasured by someone who
> > > > > knows who they are, and will keep them in the family for
> > > all.
> > > > > These souls long to mingle...
> > > > >
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