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Show From Mrs. Kate Hall, Jonev boro, Tennessee: I remember when I was a very young girl my minister father was often pastor of different churches twenty and twenty-five miles from our home. He was also a school teacher and he took room and board near where he taught as transportation then was not what it is today. On Friday afternoons one of my older brothers would go to bring father -home, riding one of our farm horses and leading the other one. After resting at home Friday night, he would again saddle a horse and ride the twenty or more miles to fill his appointment at one of the churches. He would arrive there in time to preach on Saturday Satur-day evening and also Sunday evening. eve-ning. After the last service, he would start the long ride back home to be ready to go to school Monday morning. In winter he wore a neat chin beard to protect his throat and I have seen him come home in the driving winter weather, almost frozen, and with icicles clinging to his whiskers, caused by his breathing, and mother and we children would be very anxious until he was warm and comfortable. comfort-able. His long service in the public schools and number of churches is remembered and spoken of with love and affection by surviving pupils and church members. (Send contributions to this column to The Old Timer, Community Press Service, Box 81), Frankfort, Kentucky.) |