Letter to the Editor, Todd D. Moberly

I have been researching the Gray family genealogy for many years now, and several other Clay County families. I am trying to get in touch with the children of any of the following people who are related to the Grays; if anyone knows how to contact them, please contact me at the mailing address above, or email address This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . My phone number is (859) 358-4587. Thank you!

Flora Collins (maiden name), born about 1906, daughter of Adeline Gray Collins.
Celia or Ellen Gray (these were sisters & Gray was their maiden name) born about 1916 and 1920, daughters of America Gray who died probably 25 or so years ago.
Lizzie Gray, daughter of Matilda Gray, was born about 1890 and I have no further information about whom she married or who her children were.
Thank you for your help,
Todd D. Moberly

Letter to the Editor, Martha Adams Hounchell

I’m writing to ask you to make a correction on an article in the June 14 paper. The article regarding the ones who started the Burchell Softball Field. It stated that I was one of the ones, but I wasn’t. The Chadwells Joe and Johnnie and Bea Burchell were the ones who started the field.
Joe had a team for Chadwell Body Shop and Bea one for Manchester Lumber. Their teams were going to other places to play so they decided to put one in Clay County for their teams to play and for others to have a place to play.
I only went to work there after Johnnie asked me to help her run the concession stand.
All credit goes to the Chadwells and Burchells.
- Martha Adams Hounchell

To the people of Oneida and Bullskin

Letter to the Editor
To the people of Oneida and Bullskin:
I have a question, would any of you stand by and watch a thief steal from your children? I don’t think so, but that is what is happening right now. Someone is trying to shut down our children’s school.
Oh, they will bus them to another school, a longer bus route. Do we want that? No, not a one of us wants Oneida School taken away.
Let’s stand together and fight. Say what we mean and mean what we say. United we stand, divided we fall. Let’s not fall. We vote, we pay our taxes.
We have a right to have our school remain open. Our kids and grandkids all have the right to attend the school of their choice, and the choice is Oneida.
So, I say, stop this nonsense.
Stop talking about shutting down the school. Stop throwing away our tax money. Put it back into Oneida School! We have very young doctors, nurses, lawyers, etc. attending Oneida right now. Let’s show them that they do count. Let’s fight to keep them right where they are.
How would you like to ride one hour or longer on a hot bus? You wouldn’t like it. So, don’t put our kids on one. These kids are not cattle. Don’t just move them from one place to another without thinking how is this going to affect them.
We are not going to shut up and take this. We are going to fight for the kids We will not lay down and let anyone take away our school. I will proudly stand up and fight for Oneida Elementary any day. Will you stand with me? We may step on some toes, but so what. They are stepping on our kid’s future.
Thank you,
Patricia Couch
847-9409
Very proud sponsor of Oneida Elementary and Bull Skin

Is there blood on your hands

Is there blood on your hands?

I’m a grieving parent that’s only trying to save other parents from the hurt of your heart being torn out. Drug addiction is too easy and just not a county problem, but most of a nation.
The way the pills are made, just rehab won’t do it. It takes a mighty will power and God. If the drug user can’t focus or, so they say, has a fried brain, it’s too late. Only God can help if it’s His will. Love them all you can till the end comes and it won’t be long. If you haven’t been affected, thank God for the blessing.
If on a user that you can’t help them, lock them up for 6 months, nothing else can clean the body out. It’s a national problem of the economy too, just indifference of most people not caring if it doesn’t bother them.
Attention, chemist and scientist can’t you make pills be used to cure the problems without so much high in them? Where’s our faith as a Christian.
I’m asking all people that reads this to spread the word to others with emails to Frankfort and Washington. I’m computer ignorant, but I ask you to help me help others. There’s a lot out there that have been left with hurt and they know what I’m going through.
Most of all, do what God says to heal our nation, 2nd Chronicles 7:14. All people that has blood on their hands are drug dealers, drug doctors, patients who sell their pills instead of using them and people of indifference. Let’s speak up and speak out so people will listen. Make it so hard on lawmakers and law enforcers that it won’t be profitable any longer.
Remember, to kill a snake, you must cut its head off. I consider these drug dealers and drug doctors (remember some doctors don’t do this.) the Snakes.
Remember, ‘you reap what you sow.’
Gal 6:9. I’m praying for all. We are all God’s children. Yours in Christ, hoping to save a user or some users or perspective users.
Reuben Allen