Appendix A.. Charles Hindes' October 11, 1993 Note

Appendix A. Charles Hindes' October 11, 1993 Note

After reviewing the original transcriptions of his (and Norman's) interview, Charles included this letter as a method of correcting and adding details to the manuscript. This copy is included here in order to document the new information, as well as to demonstrate Charles' precision and serious attention given to his understanding of local history.

[Transcription of Charles Hindes' October 11, 1993 note to Bob Zybach.]

Charles Hindes: 10-11-93

Charles Hindes: Bob,

Charles Hindes: I have a few thoughts to pass on to you - hope they will help "Historic Soap Creek Valley."

Charles Hindes: "George Johnson" was the name of the long time Ed Blake hired man Page 23* - second paragraph.

Charles Hindes: "When conditions warranted, both schools would operate simultaneously, as occurred between 1924 and 1941." - If memory serves me correctly we walked from the logging camp we visited with you to the "Tampico" school (jct: Tampico Rd and Soap Creek Rd.) for the 1927 school year. In the 1928 school year Alvie Govier converted a Model T truck into a school bus and transported the farm and mill kids to "Tampico with Mrs. Montgomery as teacher. For the 1929 and post of 1930 years Mrs. Ed Blake was brought to the old "Modrell" home converted to a school house - house located west side of "Soap Creek Rd" approximately half way between the Griffin and Elmer Govier farms.

Charles Hindes: Page 27* - Two tramroads (planked road ways with metal rails) connected the camp to the rest of the Soap Creek community. During my time at the camp (1927-30 and for a short stay in 1935) the only rails worked have been wooden. There was a short section of wooden rails laid for two "Nash Quads" that were designed to transport logs from the woods to the mills. The program was a complete failure - the machines were off the tracks so such of the time the project was abandon in favor of a skid road and horses.

Charles Hindes: My first job in the woods was grease the skids as I came down the hill from the cutting crew with empty water sacks and return with full water sacks and grease bucket.

Charles Hindes: The mill closed in the crash of 29 and did not resume operation by the time we departed in the spring of 1930.

Charles Hindes: I came back from a short stay in 1935 to take a cutting contract - lost my shirt, spent the next two years working for wages to pay my bills.

Charles Hindes: Hope this helps.

Charles Hindes: Charles Hindes

*Refers to page number of original transcription.