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"Sweet Auburn! Loveliest Village of the Plain"
by Oliver Goldsmith
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Kind words of appreciation:
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:18 AM
Subject: Loved the site!!
I just happened upon this site by
accident, WOW was I surprised by the vast knowledge of the
contributors of the site. My husbands family have been part of
Auburns history as well. My father in-law Elmer Hines has lived
in Auburn his entire life and plans to remain. My husband
Phillip Hines, Elmer and Linda Hines son introduced me to Auburn
in 1998, when we met. Phillip was so proud of Auburn, and I not
coming from such a wonderful town was confused at his
admiration, that is until I was able to sample the hospitality
and honest nature of this small town with a big heart. We now
have 5 children together 3 of mine from a previous marriage and
we spend every Autumn Day, parade, car show, Jam, in Auburn. I
now claim this wonderful town as my own, and I am very proud to
be part of it. I just wanted to let you know how much these
memories mean to the families of Auburn. While reading these
stories I was at times almost brought to tears, as with the
story of Cox variety story. Auburn has changed significantly
through the years, but what has remained the same is the heart
of its citizens. All can be proud to say " I'm from Auburn,
Ky."!
Thank you and God Bless!
Jennifer Hines
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Your Donation (no matter how
small) will be greatly appreciated to help defray some of the
costs in keeping the Memories of Auburn and this it's sister
website operational and available for the people of Auburn, who
are scattered all over the United States and the world.
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Payment can be made by check to:
Memories of Auburn
P. O. Box 325
Auburn, KY, 42206
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or
by Credit Card or through
PayPal |
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An appeal by the late Charles
E 'Chuck' Wood (Back in 2002)
"This site has been a labor of love and I've enjoyed
every moment that I've spent building it. Probably the biggest
pleasure I've received has, becoming re-acquainted with many old
friends and acquainted with many new friends with roots in Auburn
and Logan County.
At Yahoo-Geocities, the host of this site, 15 megabytes of disk
space is offered for free if you allow advertising on the site, and
that's how we started. In less than six months we passed the 15
megabyte mark and it started costing and, by then, I was so caught
up in the activity and the positive reactions I was getting on this
project, I paid no thought to the minor cost and allowed them to
charge my debit card. Early in 2002 we passed the 25 megabyte
mark and the price went up again and it's now costing $11.95 a
month.
Those wanting to contribute to the maintenance of this site should
mail a check payable to Auburn Memories"
Charles E. Wood |
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Fast Forward to 2010
Those of you who follow Auburn Memories will note that in the fall
of 2009 the website closed down for a lack of support. Please
don't let this happen again - a combination or many small
contributions will make all the difference in keeping it alive. At
that time Auburn Memories carried pictures of people and places
only. I promised Charles Wood, at his request, several months
before he passed away, that I would spare no effort in keeping
this site up and running as long as I was able to. Today we have
expanded this by combining two websites;
www.auburnkyusa.com and
www.auburnkymemories.com to bring, not only pictures, but a
combination of history and pictures. Furthermore, we have started
to include the local cemeteries (including monument pictures) and
the
Auburn
High School
yearbooks. This is a continual 'work in progress' that will not
only take time, but oodles of megabytes.
We are very grateful to those who have already contributed
including one of the Auburn Alumni classes for their contribution towards defraying some of the
costs of maintaining this site.
Thanking you
Dermot Foley |
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A
historic picture, taken circa 1900, looking west on Main Street.
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Auburn, KY - Looking West [2003] |
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Electricity had
not been installed to the town. The poles that are visible in
this picture are
telegraph poles.
According to ...........
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Logan County Hero
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Follow the story of
this young man, Rick Mommers, from Holland, who adopted
a grave of one of our local (Logan County & Auburn)
HEROES who paid the ultimate price, in Europe, for
freedom in 1944.
Adrian Burr Hoskins
was the son of Ruth D. Hall & Howard Hoskins. his
grandparents were Mollie Swan & Herbert Hall (maternal)
and Addie Downey and Nicholas Hoskins (paternal).
Continue to read the details of Adrian
Burr Hoskins short life preparing for and fighting in
World War II
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Rick Mommers who
adopted the grave of Adrian Burr Hoskins. Picture taken
in 2005 at the American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands |
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