Submitted by Marian Bailey Presswood

Our Polk County Norwoods

Bobby Lea helped us with information regarding last week’s “Found on Ingrid’s Computer” Column.

4/24/2013

One of the more colorful Cherokees who lived in Polk County was an Indian herb doctor by the name of Esai Kolonaheskia.

This article is a follow-up of the recent picture from Ingrid’s files published in the News.

Big Families - Polk County Doesn’t Go in on Birth Control

‘Granny’ Caroline Shields - a Legend in Her Time

The Hildabrand House

Did you know that except for some small quirk of fate, I could now be the official historian for Kennedy County and living in the county seat of Ocoee?

From the 100 year-old houses series ...

Reading an old letter in our files made me realize how far we've come from those days when a letter was the only way to communicate and the instant Twittering we all do today.

The Great Bridge Collapse

Shamblins of England Migrated to Polk County

This is the 1972 Nurse's Aide Class held at Fannin Co. Vocational High School. Most of these ladies worked at Copper Basin and surrounding areas. Front row 3rd from left is Dale (Ray) Brooks, 4th is Esther Housley. Back row: 2nd from left is Charlotte (Bobbie) Spurling, 3rd is Joan Spurling. The lady on the back row with Nursing cap is Eunice Phillips, instructor. (Submitted by Marie (Sullivan) Crook. To provide additional identification, email polknews@bellsouth.net or write PO Box 129, Benton TN 37307.

Old photo shows students at Ducktown High School around 1950. Front from left: Betty Jean McNabb, unknown, Wylene Kimsey, Patricia Ann Beckler, Peggy Hellerstedt, Mona Long, Betty Powell. Second row: Mrs. Minerva Spargo, Lowell Taylor, Elizabeth Clonts, A.G. Payne, Vera Sue Brown, Joan Couch, Helen Ruth Kilpatrick, David (Tot) Satterfield, Leon Taylor. Back row: Gene Nelson, Winston Danner, Ray Johnson, David Bryson, David Talley, Others not known.

Photo from 1910 provided by Bill Lillard shows the family of Calvin Higdon, who built the Higdon Hotel in Reliance. Calvin (1836-1919) and Amanda Linderman Higdon (1845-1926) were married in 1860.

Old photo shows the Copperhill High School Class of 1954 as they appeared in their sixth grade year (1947-48). Some of the class had not yet enrolled; some were absent on the day the photo was taken; and some moved away prior to graduation. The class will have its reunion on Aug. 1. Row 1 from left, (maiden names used for girls): Mary Katherine Whitfield, Patty Campbell, Rae Collins, Gloria bandy, Loretta Odom, Helen Ruth Farmer, JoAnn Talley (deceased), Barbara Jones. Row 2: Ruth Ann Kovsky, Rachel Rembert, Gale Rogers, Shirley Godfrey, Greta Jones, June Dalton, Mary Ruth Willis. Row 3: Katherine Dean (Teacher), Raymond Dalton, Jim Akin, Richard Jabaley, Eddie Maloof, Ben Dalton, Eddie Brown, Leland Weaver.