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PUTNAM BOY WRITES yFROM HOLLYWOODW. K. White Has Operated For Oil in Every State Where Oil Is Produced; Followed Work 50 Years; Made His First Money Driving Cows to Pasture; Loaned It,Never Got It Back; Recalls War Davsand three in. the Confederate sr.d i: army. My mother In 'Confederate,!1-™^- went, , . , , .. | . window, ?nd arr.M^F i;l TiC Jiiloh. I know this Isr-1 ** S'', 1 —to It* unearthly out through a*11Many of the elder residents of• beyond the calaboose. Sever*! of us Zanesville will appreciate the refer-; were locked in it for thirty minutes ence* to pioneer families made In a by the town marshal as penalty forIcommunication frrxm W. K. White, native of this city, who lives m Hollywood. Calif. Mr. white was an oil well driller for 50 yeera and. worked in the Musklngtim valley years ago. He state* that he ha drilled for oil in every state where cil is produced. He state* that tt la because of infirm:tie* It is difficult for him to write and those who retd his letter should replaying ball on the commons whichdid not have a spear of grasa on it. only a few weeds. People simply ri it as a abort cut tu get home cn Back street.The law (?) must be enforced however, The big market of course, was inrathermighty stale reading for someone that did not live there at this period*[ am one of four in our family. John was the oldest (deceased), 1 the next, Bertha, then Or la who v.as named alter 0:1 a I tonkin, who lived out by the five mile houM\ bvr when a ckcus came to town and my father took me by one hand ami carried my brother as he wa* not old enough to walk only tnirt way, ;ls the show grounds were l:i West Zanesville. Must- ilave t;w:i U'O and one half miles to the show ground. We finally get there and as we came In,through the menagerie tent Or la j crrw frightened at azi orstrich and' there was RQi a thing my father could do to pacify him. You could hrari him ci'Y above the rour of the lions.member that It 1* the mental recorder* backed up to the curb fromZanesville where the butcher's filled! So we had to come buck home and we the market house and wagons selling everything you could imagine tt? eat.Remember “Si Ruscll, hail fellow well met, who give me a 11 tie redwood writing desk when I wa* a buy.' My brother John rur* the *tore for AI was never there. Also remember when T had * 11 tie wagon, made by L/rvi Clark's, wagon maker and blacksmith,. who had his shop aero* the street • from Shaw* drug etore*. No little 'wagons ready made then. I was up or: Puiiiaui hill aild go: ■ bov In the-wagon with mr. then steered thej wagon straight down the hill, hit the top of a box car on the track at the 'Ixdtorn, and went into the back yard of John Bower's. Neither one of u.s was hurl.Remember the nld pump at Third and Main, also one at Zane House. Remember the uhl Mafc? house that was used (or court house. Also thenuw 7-1; i.vurtn street s;xt-. nr.tl sometimes «i j'kirixr’who ceituiiilyof \ boy 12 year* who iayear* of sg*. The writer ha often far seventh street Mich, and pouralike carried their baskets T-o This wonderful market. So mo shnppoifr. waited until about 8:30 o'clock lor bvd'd rot •-lt;r t■'e irsicle of thm circui-' * Rills xlo-.v.vo v»rnt'ro The Claiendon no^. lt;lent. No, of course I wasn't niaci!K^rni'.mhc:' SUps john^rnf color •. corn-visited in Zanesville and is familiar with ZaneKYllla a* It Is today. His letter follows:I ww bom in Putnam, Springfield township. Muskingum county, Ohio, January 30, 161.Her* is how i rrmllfct. Putnam in ih* sixties and up to 1874 when we moved, to Bowling Green. The streets were Front at roc t. Each street. MaJr. street and Seminary street. The erc-s? street* I do not remember.I was born on Back street In a little brick house dirent.lv acr oak fr r»»-nthistime U-p truckers had little leit. ol whatever they ing and tired of being shoppe:a rare bargains.New for my srkoo! day*:, at tile little buck ac-hool iioustjonly al ...nediau. Always went to his ?hop to get a laurh for his was infectious. Th.is c.f co\ir.c-o wc\! veers later went hi Uk Sit,1.*. and ho h:ui a man in the chair.■ lathered and shaved on one side o. were *ed-:^;s jnciLV j.hen went cut and was gor.c- simplyintre ga\e rhCjr.bou. nitCf.ri muur.i’L Wiun he cameback the man roared. Where lr. — f, ;PV‘h you brsr:? Siias opened up rum oi. kut^b.cd and s*.iii-—was over to thes- art i n^eminaryr street. B*:ys mid fprls play-4 -ram CNn'.e in His si;op was first pliiceed yogether of trie school houi^i.%.n one lt;tT the am;is*-imrntJ:.— firet a hoy then a girl alternately u:i-r.‘ t w* “ n vo a1 :o::ilhe 5. A: O. depot.A word «jL^uT. Isa ah Hobin.vo:; ■' c.ol-ctrcr! i who sicut in Dr. F:tri{uhar s of-stands. Used ?-o Ic-ok iti the window j p. t Stolzer.bach* at ihidr an ay of cake I etc. ,io* K.oOi'it7. ot ihitnam delivered j his bread In hift two wheel t to all; night place* s.r.ri bakfrd nlft bread in-the afternoon. iAny u!d timer* w ho happen.^ to set I if. kindly write. Rem ember this 1!the recollections of a hoy | twelve? years old wlien he moved;a. w ;n y. ;Well nx they ?^ay in Koriulula.Alya h,W. K. White,1V37 No. Crescent I lights Blvd. Hoi 1 vwock! , Callfc rn:a.
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Zanesville Signal
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Sun, Mar 31, 1935
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