Letterhead crossed entire top of sheet. Was designed by W. T. Farley's daughter, Volga around 1948.. William Thomas continued to use the letterhead,  changing  the color to a dark blue and changing the address to  Portsmouth, Virginia in 1954.

                      Daughters of W.T. and Lucy Alice: Glattrus and Volga

W. T (Tom) Farley with trusty mule, Betsy. Ten year old grandson, Neale being of not much use here, is the spectator in the foreground. Picture by Buford Clifton 1948.

Tom had been mining and hauling his coal to the house by man power, harnessing himself up and pulling the loaded sled slightly down hill to his abode and  the empty back up to the mine until he reached the age of 70. Then his daughters and sons-in-law  purchased Betsy  The mule made his many hauling chores easier.  Of course he had to raise a lot of corn for Betsy. That's about the time he was bitten by an unfriendly copperhead snake. But, that's another story, which had a good ending. He had many more years to talk about it if one could  just get him to do it..