Happy Birthday.

Robert B. Starke Jr., Max Bozman, Brigitte Hagerman, Carol Turnbull Williams, Rev. Bob Turnbull, Barbara Turnbull, Anthony R. Turnbull, Nancy Turnbull, Donna Brown and Thomas Turnbull Brown

Get Well Wish.

Roy Samms, of northern California, took a nasty fall, September 24 and broke his hip. Then, while in the emergency room it is thought that he had a heart attack on top of it all. Roy  was in a coma for 11 days in intensive care, then went to telemetry. He is now in a Physical therapy hospital in preparation for going home . Wife Mary Le and daughter Peggy spent many nights sleeping in chairs and one night slept on a gurney, thanks to the courtesy of a night nurse. If anyone would like to send Roy a get well card, the address is: Roy Samms, 28 Kirk Ct.  Carlotta, CA, 95528

Thank you.

Jimmie Jean Bowman and Adele Jeffras  for coming forward to do beanies for our tent hosts tables at the Scottish Games and Festivals. Come on ladies, we still need some more seamstresses.

Flowers of the Forest.

Long time founder member Philson Thomas Turnbull died in April of this year. He had been ill for many years. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

Also in this past year, Thomas Child Turnbull, has disappeared from our contact. There was no forwarding address and the phone disconnected.

Out of the Our Past.

John A. Turnbull of Livingston, Tennessee has again provided us with a look at some our important ancestors.

Xenia Daily Gazette printed the following article; September 15, 2003

100 Words on Dr. John Turnbull
A snapshot of those who shaped Greene County

Dr. John Turnbull lived and practiced medicine in Bellbrook after he had enlisted as a private in the Civil War. He served four months, then joined another regiment as acting assistant surgeon, and after a year became assistant surgeon in a third regiment. He was known to be an excellent physician who would treat patients either with medicine or advice, often to the point of annoying the patient with his frankness. A member of his church board, he was “called on the carpet” for swearing so freely. When asked why he did that, he replied that it made him feel d—n good.