Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Biography – Students
Series 19: Students
Charles Hollins Correspondence
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TAGS:<\/strong> Charles Hollins correspondence, Charles “Flop” Hollins, Fred J. Burkhard, Esther Weller Burkhard, changes in the printing trade<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1979, 1988, 1989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 001 <\/strong>December 1979 and 1989. Christmas cards to Fred<\/a> & Esther [Burkhard] <\/a>from Charles (\u201cFlop\u201d) and Juanita Hollins. [1979] \u201cRetirement agrees with me completely\u2026.\u201d [1989] \u201cWe may be back in Indiana and Kentucky for a family reunion this Summer\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 002 <\/strong>December 1988. <\/strong>Christmas card to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burkhard, Liberty, KY from \u201cCharles and Juanita,\u201d Hollins, Clovis, CA<\/a>. [Notation: \u201c65 in coming Feb.\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n\n 003-004<\/strong> December 1988. Two-page typewritten letter to Fred and Esther [Burkhard] from \u201cFlop\u201d and Juanita Hollins, Clovis, CA. [003] <\/strong>\u201cThis past year is one that I have looked forward to for many years now, the time that I would retire.\u201d Describes a 40-day motorhome trip across the country with Juanita; visit with youngest son, Ricky, and his family, in Rome, NY, where he is in the Air Force. Also describes Dewayne and family in Clovis and Becky and family in Riverside, CA. [004] <\/strong>Tells about his hobbies, fishing, flea marketing, travel, and locksmithing. Visited PMSS last summer with Paul and Ellen Hayes.<\/a> \u201cThe school sure looked run down.\u201d Regrets the decline of the printing trade due to the \u201cadvent of the computer age of printing…Printing as an art form is a thing of the past.\u201d Mentions a \u201csmall pump factory\u201d where he worked the last seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2001<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [005] <\/strong>September 26, 2001. Computer-printed letter to Esther [Burkhard] from Charles \u201cFlop\u201d Hollins, Clovis CA. Responding to Esther\u2019s letter which \u201cbrought back fond memories.\u201d In approximately summer 1936, Esther had interviewed Charles in Coxton, KY, [concerning attending PMSS]; met Fred [Burkhardt] during his second year at PMSS, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cwho…made all the difference in my life\u2026[H]e taught me many things, not the least was self confidence, and of course printing, which I was to make a living and raise my family for the rest of my life. Yes, I have…many things to be thankful for that you and Fred were a major part in my life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Juanita died of cancer about two years ago. His children (Dewaye, Rebecca, Ricky) live in different parts of the country, \u201cgood for me to have places to visit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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