Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 41

NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE AND PLACES Turt WEDNESDAY JULY 6 2005 I WWVVKENTUCKYCOM I LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER SECTION WWII pilot to revisit site of Kentucky crash Harryl Stawart Jr flew with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II Over Van Lear Tuskegee pilot bailed out in Kentucky 9-year-old CaQie Daniels looked up into a cold March sky in 1948 and mistook hisbillowing parachute for a white eagle She yelled for her daddy who came out just in time to see Stewart disappear over a hilltop behind his house At about the same time 5 air miles away Loretta Iynnb little brother Herman Webb riding in the bed of his fatherh pickup truck felt an explosion unlike any in the history of this Johnson County ml camp Stewarth empty P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane sailed across Wfebbs family cemetery and crashed into a hilltop overlooking his now-famous home-place on Butcher Hollow leaving a crater 10 or 15 feet deep Stewart a decorated member of the Diskegee Airmen a famous altblack World Yu II fighter plane squadron is coming back to Eastern Kentucky in August This time he will be riding thing Td like to let the Lynn family know I didn't desecrate the family plot he said wryly "And two Fd sure like to give special thanks to Callie for pointing out the white eagle" mighty big blnT Callie Daniels Johnson 67 of Hageihill a retired elementary school cook says her memories of Stewarth plunge into her life are vague but she is certain of two things It was the first time she ever saw a parachute or for that matter a black person had no idea what it she said Tf it was a bird I thought it was a mighty big It was her late father Lafe Daniels she said who went searching for Stewart on horseback and found him beneath a rode cliff with a broken leg Daniels then 38 put Stewart on his horse and took him to SeAIRMANB in a car as the grand marshal in Van Leari 20th annual Town Celebration on Aug 6 a couple of things left said Stewart 80 who now lives in Bloomfield Mich By Lae Mueller EASTERN KENIUCW BUREAU VAN LEAR The last time Harry Stewart Jr dropped in on Eastern JANET W0RNE SIX Firefighter Jon Wise has used teddy bears to soothe children while working in ambulances The bears are part of the department's Heroes Healing Hurts Teddy Bear Program Stuffed animals comfort children in ambulances To donate ByMfgaaKrug new program sponsored by the County Fire Department The them we had neither money i HERAUHEAOaSTAfF WRITER Some people make clothes for babies and some people even make clothes for their dogs But there aren't many people who make clothes for teddy bears And nobody makes clothes for teddy bean quite like the women at Christ Church Apartments on Rose Street The teddy bears are part of a women worked with the fire department to design and aew clothes for the teddy bears This past spring Lexington Fue Department Chaplain Stewart Dawson went to the women and asked If they would be Interested in helping with the project 1 wanted the bora to be personalized and not Dawson said "But when I came to Fkmily Care Fellowship of the Lexington Fire Department The bears travel throughout the city comforting children who have the misfortune of riding in ambulances On May 26 the women accepted the Kentucky regional Audree Carter a Award in Louisville in recognition of their contribution to the Ryette nor That same day Patsy Dennis donated three boxes of beam Those bean became the first in the newly dubbed Heroes Healing Hurta Tbdy Dear Program Each bear beSrsthd Lexington Fire Department lpgo And wean a unique outfit The women donate Sea BEARS E3 Can 255-648 or send contributions to the Lexington Fire Departments Family Care Fellowship division Attn: Chaplain -Dawson 219 Third St Lexington fy 40508 Lexington to host a Lindapalooza If a Linda a Lynda or a Lynnda conference is for you IF YOU GO Linda convention The Linda Convention will be held July 22-24 at Crowne Plaza (The Campbell House) at 1375 Har-rodsbuig Road in Lexington Cost for non-members is $95 cost for members is $80 The fee includes a tour package a group photo a T-shirt a dinner banquet and a send-off breakfast Registration ends July 10 Contact Linda Hall at (859) 4944)773 or dennil9489allteLnet ago by my parents (who picked the equally lmaMuming names of Joe and John four their other offspring) Though reluctant I decided to go But before agreeing to this assignment I did some background checking on the name aq any good librarian would do According to the LLNJXA Web site the club LLNJXA was founded in 1987 by two very good friends both (surprisingly) named Linda They thought it would be fun to get a group of women named Linda together for a "Linda The fust Linda Convention was held in Cedar Rapids Iowa and was attended by 160 Lindas from across the country The rest is history Only one year since 1987 has lacked a convention Iowa Illinois Ohio Missouri and Wisconsin all have hosted convert- tions and the group has gone international with members from Great Britain Australia and Nor way I also found that Linda was in the Ibp 3 in a listing of favorite names for the decade of my birth 0 wont say which decade) and was the No 1 chosen name for girls foe year I was born Also aa I suspected Linda was popu- See LINDA E3 By Linda Memi HERAUKEADER NEWS RESEARCHER Throughout history Lindas have been famous (think actress Unda Lavin) and infamous (pom star Linda Lovelace) When a friend and editor mentioned that I should go to the LLNJXA convention and write about my experience I decided I would fit right in having been named Linda a long time STAFF INDEX as?" 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