RALPH C. STARKEY, Lancaster, OH, FSB Supt. dies
FSB, aka B.I.S. RALPH C. STARKEY, Last Superintendent of Ohio’s Fairfield School for Boys, died January 24, 2010. September 26, 2007 I had the privilege to sit in the home ...
Archive for January, 2010
LIFE – and words to help
LIFE – and words to help deal with it whatever your gender… Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds ...
ANOTHER OLD ITEM IN OUR HOUSE…
A couple essays ago I wrote about a small lard oil miner’s lamp. Customarily some wrote stating they had never heard of such a lamp but they had known about ...
A SMOKY TOPIC
By T. J. Ray, Oxford, Mississippi In those days I thought image was important, and I liked the image presented by several colleagues who smoked pipes. Despite the desire and ...
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
An historical essay by Bill Venrick. The little miner’s lamp above has been in my possession since I was about 13 or 14. On a rare visit, my Great Uncle ...