Miss Fuller

One of the most remarkable people ever to be associated with Pacolet was Miss Belle Fuller. She served the community as a nurse and much more for almost 40 years.  Volume 1 of The History of Pacolet tells her amazing story. Click on this link to read  this story about Miss Fuller.  During her career as a community nurse, Miss Fuller collected Death Records related to the people of Pacolet Mills. Click on Death Records to read these. For more about Miss Fuller's background click on More About Miss Fuller.

Members of Girl Scout 17 present Miss Fuller an orchid around 1953 after her retirement.

The people of Pacolet held Miss Fuller in high regard. When she retired in 1953, the people and the Mill Company presented her a new Ford car in a public ceremony. The photo above was taken during the presentation.

(Courtesy of Lindie Wells)

Service Men's Newsletter

Miss Fuller was involved in another community project that is less known. In the early part of 1951, members of the Montgomery Memorial Methodist Church decided that they wanted to send a Newsletter to all the Pacolet boys that were in military service. They had the perfect person in their membership to head up this venture. The community nurse, Miss Belle Fuller was already involved with putting out the town newspaper, The Neigh. This monthly newspaper was sponsored and paid for by the Pacolet Mills Manufacturing Company. The Neigh had more of a standard newspaper format then the Newsletter. The Newsletter was more personal. It had all sorts of information that the boys in uniform might be interested in. It included everything from births and deaths to just plain gossip. It was certainly not politically correct. Miss Fuller did not hesitate to express her opinions about local, state, and national politics and about individual’s behavior. In many ways, it was like a family newsletter. Miss Fuller had known many of the men she was writing to since they were infants. By all accounts, the servicemen loved getting the Newsletters from the church and Miss Fuller. For more information and a link to read the Newsletters click on Pacolet Service Men's Newsletter.

 

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