May 11, 2023  (from  10-10-2021 original date)

        Back in 2021 cousin Phil Woerner offered some “glass negatives” dating from the Japan years when the first five Thornton children were born to SW and Mary. These were forwarded to Joe Yarbrough to ascertain as to their useability. One of the negatives was broken, but Joe managed to reclaim it with only 1 of the 8 persons in the image unrecognizable - poor Chuck! 
        He advised that the negatives were found to be high quality worthy for development. As it turned out the photos are not duplicates of the many handed down previously and are a welcome sight?
        Joe does beautiful work. I am the beneficiary of a delightful collage of photos he revived, arranged, and framed. He also recovered the beautiful photo of our Great Aunt, viewable at Effe Thorpe .
        He was a lad growing up in Greenfield when grandpa, J B Thornton, was bedridden and he, being the age of the MacKenzie’s, knew that household well. He wrote a brief verse of "Grandma Thornton caring for grandpa as he lay bedridden in front of the north doors of the rusty red brick house.”
       Should you need help with your stuff, he can be reached using  [email protected] .
       All is good at Happy Holler. God continues to bless us with good health, comfort and good friends.
                                Enjoy, stay safe, God bless all,     Sam Jr

……. The proof of the pudding, from the glass negatives, follow:

#1 – broken glass negative

 #2