May 18, 1996 - Saturday - Jennifer Bevins graduated Vet Med school

May 18, 1996 - Saturday

Jennifer Bevins graduated Vet Med school

Item in the Wednesday, May 18, 2011, Oak Springs Enterprise, 

Fifteen Years Ago column of 'In Years Gone By'

Jennifer Bevins, a member of Oak Springs High School Class of 1989, and a Pre-Vet graduate of the University of Missouri Class of 1993, received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in university graduation ceremonies in Columbia today.

Dr. Bevins will open the Bevins Veterinary Clinic on the grounds of the Bevins Stables and Horse Trails east of town in July where she will conduct her large animal practice. The Bevins Trust has assisted Dr. Bevins in purchasing his large animal practice from Doc Evans, long time Oak Springs veterinary. Doc Evans is relinquishing his large animal practice as a step toward his retirement while continuing his small animal practice. Doc Evans encourages all of his large animal clients to go to Dr. Bevins for their continuing veterinary needs. The two will work closely together during this transition period.

Dr. Jennifer Bevins is the daughter of Bart and Diane Bevins, life-long residents of the Oak Springs area. Bart was active in a local Real Estate business from 1965 to 1978 when he returned to The Homeplace farm after the death of his father as the farm operator. Since 1987, Bart has been the farm operations manager for The Bevins Trust. Diane Bevins was the Oak Springs High School English Teacher from 1965 to 1993 when she resigned to assume full-time management of the Bevins Stables and Horse Trails business locally.

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"May each of us have a Homeplace to hold onto, if only in our minds."

Bill ;-)

A Wednesday Recipe - Mountain Buttermilk Bisquits

A Wednesday Recipe

Mountain Buttermilk Bisquits

From: STATEOFTHEOZARKS' COOKIN' ... [Josh, thanks for allowing this reprint!]

MOUNTAIN BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (more or less) buttermilk

Mix all dry ingredients together. Mix buttermilk and cooking oil together. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and mix until you have a medium stiff dough.

 Pour onto a well-floured board and knead a few times. Roll out dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut out biscuits with biscuit cutter and placed in a well-greased pan.

Bake in oven at 400°F for 20 to 25 minutes.

-- PAGE 41, MISSOURI HOME COOKIN' BY PEARLIE B. SCOTT, M.C. ART COMPANY INC., NASHVILLE 1999

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"May each of us have a Homeplace to hold onto, if only in our minds."

Bill ;-)

Tuesday Profiles - Karen Bevins Winslow

15 August 1996 Profile

Karen Bevins Winslow

62 years old

This Profile is the first of a series of weekly profiles of major characters in the "Back to the Homeplace" novel that also appear in "The Homeplace Revisited," as of the beginning of the second novel, 15 Aug 1996.

Karen was born July 24, 1934, to Frank and Mildred (McDonald) Bevins, at The Homeplace farmhouse near Oak Springs, Missouri. 

She attended Oak Creek School #4, a one-room school near the Homeplace, from kindergarten through the 8th grade, when she went to town for high school.

She graduated from Oak Springs High School in the Class of 1952.

She was a classmate of Harry Flanders, now the local banker, all thirteen years. 

She graduated from Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, in 1956 with a degree in Nursing.

Jason Winslow was born in Washington , Iowa, on July 1, 1934. He graduated from Washington High School in the Class of 1952. He went to Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, graduating in 1956 with a degree in Finance. He went directly to Southwest Missouri State University, in Springfield, and earned his MBA in 1959. While in Springfield, working for a CPA firm, he became interested in Financial Planning. During this time he also met Karen Bevins. He applied for a job with a Financial Planning firm in Tucson, Arizona, and was accepted.

Karen Bevins and  Jason Winslow were married on 27 November, 1960, at the First United Methodist Church in Oak Springs and moved to Tucson.

Children born to Karen and Jason in Tucson:

Matt, 1962, 34 in 1996

Lori, 1964, 32 in 1996

Erin, 1967, 29 in 1996

Kevin, 1970, 26, 1996

In 1987, Karen had been in her 16th year at Good Sam's hospital in Tucson when they moved to Oak Springs, Missouri, where she was born and lived until she graduated from high school.

Both Karen and Jason have been active in the Bevins Trust since it was created following the death of her mother in 1986.

Jason died in an automobile accident returning from Jefferson City, the state capital, on Bevins Trust business, on March 26, 1993.

Between about 1989 and 1992 Jason and Karen remodeled and added onto her parents farmhouse, always know as The Homeplace, into The Homeplace Country Inn with ten rooms to rent and a large Heritage Room meeting room. Karen has continued to operate and manage the Country Inn since Jason's death. It is nearby both the Bevins Stables and Horse Trails and the Oak Springs Mill.

5th Annual Author Extravaganza - June 18, 2011

5th Annual Author Extravaganza

Town Crier Bookstore, Emporia, Kansas

June 18, 2011

William Leverne Smith, otherwise known as Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith, has again been invited to return to Emporia, Kansas, where he was a university professor for 15 years to participate in the 5th Annual Author Extravaganza. This major book signing event will occur shortly after the release of Dr. Bill's second novel, 'The Homeplace Revisited.' Also available for sale and to be signed will be his first novel, 'Back to the Homeplace' (released Spring 2010) and '13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories' (released March 2010). He will be accompanied by his wife, Nancy, who last summer published her book, with their daughter, Annette Lamb, through Visions to Action Publishing, 'After Glow: The Poetry of Laura Wilson Anderson.'

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Surname Saturday - WINSLOW 1

Surname Saturday

WINSLOW 1

This is a guest post by Karen BEVINS WINSLOW (a fictitious character in "Back to the Homeplace"). Karen is the oldest daughter of Frank and Mildred (MCDONALD) BEVINS, one of their four children. These four siblings and their families are the major characters of the novel: Back to the Homeplace. [This blogging exercise is a part of the research for the upcoming novel, "The Homeplace Revisited" by William Leverne Smith]

The Jason and Karen (BEVINS) WINSLOW family

Jason WINSLOW was born on 1 Jul 1934 in Washington, Iowa. He died 26 Mar 1993, in an automobile accident just outside of Jefferson City, Missouri. Jason worked as a Financial Planner in Tucson, Arizona from 1960 to 1987. He worked with the Bevins Trust from 1987 until his death in 1993.

Karen BEVINS was born 24 Jul 1934 near Oak Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Frank and Mildred (MCDONALD) BEVINS. Karen  was a practicing nurse from 1956 through 1987. Since 1993 she has bee the operator and manager of The Homeplace Country Inn and has served as a trustee of the Bevins Trust since 1987.

Jason and Karen (BEVINS) WINSLOW were married at the First United Methodist Church in Oak Springs, MIssouri, on 27 Nov 1960.

I. Jason and Karen WINSLOW had four children:

1. Matt WINSLOW, born 1962 in Tucson, Arizona

2. Lori WINSLOW, born in 1964 in Tucson, Arizona

3. Erin WINSLOW, born in 1967 in Tucson, Arizona

4. Kevin WINSLOW, born in 1970 in Tucson, Arizona

II. Matt and Susie WINSLOW had two children:

1. Tyler WINSLOW, born 1990, Boston, Mass.

2. Emily WINSLOW, born 1993, Boston, Mass.

Families are Forever!  ;-)

Epilogue of "The Homeplace Revisited"

Epilogue of "The Homeplace Revisited"

I hope that sharing "the ending" of my second novel, here, will encourage you to become a regular follower and join with me in a new adventure in the continuing saga of this fictional family.

Epilogue

Life goes on.

The Homplace familiy saga continues.

Although the 'third book' in The Homeplace Series will probably not be published until 2014 (Set in 2001 - about the time of the 15th anniversary of the Bevins Trust) the family saga will continue to develop in a variety of new ways.

Follow the story on FACEBOOK at The Homeplace Chronicles and here at The Homeplace Series Blog.

Starting in July 2011, the stories of the Bevins family, the Bevins Trust, Oak Springs and all related story elements will continue in a variety of formats (some currently unimaginable) based here including (possibly):

1) regular blog posts

2) local newspaper stories (Oak Springs Enterprise, including a Years Gone By column) in excerpts

3) short stories and novellas

4) graphic novels

5) television series

6) multi-media or simulation, such as Second LIfe

7) videos

8) (what would you like to see) - come to our FACEBOOK page and tell us. Or, visit the blog and leave a comment.

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"May each of us have a Homeplace to hold onto, if only in our minds."

Bill ;-)