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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

One of Riverview's First Residents gets one of HOPE VI's First Homes


Greetings, Fellow Douglass Alumni, Riverview Neighbors & Friends:

Keeping the Community and the Alumni Informed! December 27, 2010
One of Riverview's First Residents Gets One of First HOPE VI Homes
Here's hoping you and your family had a wonderful CHRIST-mas! We hope you have a meaningful Kwanzaa celebration, too.

One of the Riverview Apartments' first residents back in 1940, is one of the first residents to move back into one of the new HOPE VI homes.

A talk with Mrs. Mamie Gillenwater is like a trip back to a time when Riverview was nothing but family values.

But she also remembers when the community was as lawless as Dodge City when Marshal Matt Dillion was on vacation. Both descriptions are equally as graphic.

We talked to Miss Mamie extensively for Christmas, and her interview is on the NEWS AND CURRENT EVENTS page of the website.

We've been notified of the passing of Lawrence Jones, formerly of Riverview, now of Elizabethton. Arrangements are being finalized, and we'll let you know on the PASSINGS AND OBITUARIES page. A couple of our Bristol neighbors have passed too. Please continue to pray for the families of our loved ones who have been called home.

Be sure to check out the Wall of Fame Banquet story and pictures from Johnson City on the NEWS OF OUR DOUGLASS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS page.

I'm compiling some year-end statistics on readership on your Douglass website. I should have those by the end of the week.

Take care my friends as we move into this new year. We will talk again very soon!


Calvin

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Kingsport, Tennessee 37660
STORIES STILL TO COME ON THE WEBSITE
A Riverview neighbor has found a document denoting where his mother was sold as a slave, just prior to the Civil War. The document is verified, and we'll examine the historical lessons passed down through generations
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