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There are so many people to thank for their help
I really don't know where to begin. Probably the first person I need to thank is my cousin,
Deann's daughter, Rachel Harrison. Without her help and expertise, this book would not have
been completed, at least not in its present form. I cannot thank her enough for all the pictures
she helped me with and to do it without strangling me shows maturity far beyond her years. If
the book has any redeeming qualities, it is definitely because of the pictures.
After my retirement from First Security at the end of 2001, they allowed me to keep my office
and use their computer to write this book. I cannot thank them enough for this kind gesture. It
has certainly helped me, because I found that I could not work on the book at home. Thanks to
Sid Halma and the Catawba County Museum of History for allowing me to use their pictures of
the Flood of 1940. They worked beautifully with the pictures I had. I need to thank them also
for their encouragement.
Two beautiful ninety year old women are also to be greatly thanked. Lillian Holsclaw and Lil
Stepp have been a Godsend for me. They both have an extensive collection of pictures pertaining
to Broolcford. So many of the pictures used in this book are from their collections. I know at
times I had to be a pest, but their patience and encouragement were a great help to me. The
book would not be complete without their efforts.
Of course, I need to thank Ann Pope Little and Joe Thomas Elders for allowing me to include
their writings on Pope Hill and on Living in Brookford. Their contributions only made the book
better. There are so many others to thank and I certainly hope I do not leave anyone out. I
could use the easy way out and say thanks to all of the people with Brookford connections, but I
choose not to do so because many need to be thanked individually. It was a joy to get the infor¬
mation from Babe Thompson for the articles on her and Chop and on Seth and Kate Miller and
on her dad and mom. Babe has always been one of my favorite people ever since she took us to
the play in the branch. Naomi Bolick Taylor was a tremendous help on the article on her dad and
mom and her grandmother. Mother Bolick. She also furnished some much needed pictures. She
helped in guiding me about some of the historical facts about Broolcford. She remembers better
than I do. She should have been the one to write the book. Ruth Hollar graciously help me on
the article about her and Pete. She is another beautiful ninety year old woman. I do believe
Brookford leads the league in beautiful ninety year old women.
Leoma Melton Hamby and Buck Melton provided so much information on their dad and mom
that the article wrote itself. Their dad and mom were two wonderful people and added so much
to my life. Thanks to Mildred Deal for her help on the article about her daughter, Tenita. Forest
Gaines, Margie Helton, Bruce Bishop, Sue Helton Griffin, Carol Robinson, and Mary Burns are
to be mentioned for their contributions.
Annie, Max and David Crump were so cooperative in helping put the article together on Annie
and Baxter. Hillside Baptist Church ever stands as a living monument to the faith of Annie and
Baxter. Reba Foster Poovey and David Foster brought back so many memories of their dad and
mom, Bertha and Jerm. David's daughters, Debbie and Theresa are also to be thanked. Jerm and
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Bertha are one of the beautiful love stories of Brookford. Viola Wallace Mitchell provided much
information and pictures on her mom and dad. Shilda Berry Burns gave me insight on the article
about the Summer of 1944 as well as some of the best pictures used in the book. Annie Berry
Barlow and Jennie Berry Lewis offered a number of pictures as well as encouragement. Bruce
Bishop gave much help about the polio camp at Lake Hickory.
Jerry Copas provided much information on the Brookford Mills Basketball Team. Babe
Thompson's daughter, Carolyn found prize pictures of the boarding house and the Union Hall
Building. Boots Milam came up with a real find in her grandmother's scrapbook of Brookford
people serving in World War IT Lamar Hunt had some wonderful pictures that he shared with
us. Carroll Bartholomew gave us pictures of Dugaloo and the arrest paper of Brookford's
Calaboose.
Betty Lafone gave much insight and information on Grandview School on Windy Hill, a school I
had not heard of until I started this book. She has been one of my staunchest supporters and one
anxiously awaiting this book. I just hope it is worth the wait. My daughter, Kelley took the time
to make copies of all deeds used in this book as well as the plats. Myrtle Laney Franldin was a
great help to me on the article on her mom and dad. Chris Revis, my neighbor down the street,
allowed us to use the lyrics to his song, “Mill House Dream.” Now if he can just find someone
to write the music, we may be singing his song one day.
Last but certainly not least I need to thank my daughter, Amy and her husband. Nap. I literally
could not have done the book without them for they served as my editors and my publishers. I
am eternally indebted to them. I am sure that with all the names mentioned I still have left some
people out, but one of the benefits of having attained the age of sixty eight years is that you can
always claim senility. Unfortunately that is too close to the truth to be funny. I close these
acknowledgments on a note of sadness because five of the people who helped me with this book
are no longer with us. Tom Workman, Aileen Wilson, Stella Grubb, Ralph Reinhardt and Nelda
Elrod Campbell all passed away before this book could be completed. Each one of them was a
great help and inspiration to me and I regret deeply that I will never have the opportunity to
give them one of the books. The last time my wife, Jackie, saw Tom at the doctor's office, he
said to her, “I'm waiting.”
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