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Rent this video, 25 minutes into the film, find DUDDING'S
DRUG in the street scene where the student reporter
is interviewing a woman whose furniture was repossessed.
My son, Mark discovered it while watching a re-run on
TV. I think it is my uncle Charles Dudding's drugstore
in Holbrook, Arizona.
No, Lloyd...
It is my grandpa's, your uncle Gene's drugstore, which we
called "Number 1", in Chandler, AZ. I remember that
movie being filmed in Chandler. Wow, that was a long
time ago. I'd forgotten all about it.
Ed Dudding
Lloyd,
I remember seeing this movie back in 1974 in Berlin, Germany
where I was stationed for a while, and just being amazed
to see the "Duddings Drug" sign on the screen. Up to that
time I had no idea that the Duddings went much beyond West
Virginia.
David A. Dudding
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(Jack staff was William Simms pen name)
Dudding's Mill was written in 1850's
By an old grey rock at the floor of the shoals,
stood a quaint old mill where the water rolls.
'Twas a part of the scene with the trees and cliff,
And the water wheel, and the miller's skiff.
And the miller himself, in his dusty coat,
As he paddled away to the passing boat.
And the cliff and the trees and the house on the hill,
And the old grey rock seemed part of the mill.
But the mill grew old and the old wheel shook,
And the slanting roof had a battered look.
The passing years with their days of care,
Had frosted the brow of the miller's hair.
Now the old rock stands like a sentinel grey,
To mark the spot where the old mill lay.
The cliff is there, and the house on the hill,
But I look in vain for the quaint old mill.
Dudding's mill was built shortly after
John Dudding settled in Kanawha County Virginia
in 1799. It was located at Johnson's Shoals, about one half-mile
below the mouth of Scary Creek.
(The following was contributed by Ernie Wright.)
After this it was just a matter of time until a man
by the name of John Dudding decided to clear a patch of land and in
so doing go down in Putnam history as the first perment settler in the
Pocatalico district. His home was on the Kanawha River near Johnson
Shoals and E.E. "Bert" Higginbotham, our expert on river navigation,says
this would place John Dudding's home on the grounds Of the former American
Viscoe Plant in the Putnam County half of the city of Nitro.
Soon after Dudding stopped off, a man by the name of Benedict Lanaham
settled at the mouth of Poca River.Other early settlers included the
Harmons, sacketts, Carruthers, Asburys, Dixons, Nulls, Meltons and Hensleys.
William Hensley built the first mill in Poca district, a water mill
eight miles from the mouth of Poca River in the year 1820. However small
this represents the first industry in a district that one day was to
see the huge works of the American Viscoes, Monsanto Apex offer employment
to the Chemical Company ,and Ohio -great -great-great grandsons of these
pioneer families.
Another early mill was built for Mr. Lanham by a Mr. Hyein in the year
1844. This was located seven miles up poca.
Miss Dora Burham, A member of an old Poca Family, about which we will
write more later, tells this writer what the first settlers in Poca
itself were Alexander Shingleton and Jessie Walton .
The first school in the district was located near the present site of
Raymond City and one mile southeast of the mouth of Poca River. It was
erected about 1827 of logs, and in later years was known as the "Muddy
Gut School".
One end of this one room cabin was taken up by a huge fireplace and
light was obtained by inserting pieces of glass in the chinks of the
logs.
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Duddingston PLACE SE, WASHINGTON, DC, 20003,
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| Discovered by my eleven year old granddaughter, Nicole,
when touring the eastern United states she sent the following
e-mail:
Dear Grandpa Lloyd,
While Grandma Denny and I were working on a crossword puzzle,
we got stumped on a question. It has to do with a Washington
address, so I looked on one of my maps of Washington D.C. Guess
What? While I was looking just a tad under the middle of the
map I saw a street name that you might like. If you hadn't already
figured it out, the name of the street is, Duddingston! I know,
I can't believe it either. I just had to tell you. I hope that
you can go on the internet and try to find it. If you will,
I will give you directions right now. Duddingston Place. is
in between 1st & 2nd street. If you don't have a big enough
map, then maybe I can show you my scrapbook.
Love, Nicole
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 We
have as a goal the gathering and sharing of information
 about
the individuals whose surname or whose ancestor's surname is Dudding,
Duddingston, Duddingston and other derivatives which we may discover.
E-mail will be employed in an
effort to fulfill our commitment, beginning with a list of 16 Duddings
and one Duddingston among the five million e-mail addresses contained
in the internet database known as "Bigfoot". We will build and
maintain the plnt's most comprehensive Dudding E-Mail Directory.
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Lloyd,
here is some information on the Dudding origins in England. The first
mention of the name Dudding is in the list of Rectors of Alkborough
Church in the district of North Holland in Lincolnshire, England. In
1425 listed is a William Dudde, who was the source of the names in the
region of Duddi, Duddyn, Duddin, Dudding and Duddinge. The Duddings
appear in the church records in 1604 and are associated with the village
until modern times - a Lady Dudding still lives in the area. The vcarious
branches of the Duddings spread slowly to the neighbouring villages
and this is how the various spellings of the name came about. During
my research I have not come across an Alfred Earl Dudding but the Lincolnshire
Archives hold copies of the Dudding Wills and have a web site at
http://www.lincs-archives.com
or email archives@lincsdoc.demon.co.uk.
Also the Lincolnshire Family History Society at
http://www.demon.co.uk/lincs-archives/la_ndx.htm
may be able to help.
