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December 8, 1924. "Samuel Cletus Slemp, Senate page. Nephew of C. Bascom Slemp." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Another relation of C. Bascom Slemp was his grand-nephew George C. Scott, the actor. Born in 1927, Scott was some sort of cousin to young Samuel Cletus. Scott's mother was Helena Agnes Slemp. The "C" in Scott's name is for Campbell, not Cletus.
According to the 1977 obituary of S. Cletus Slemp in the Kingsport (Tennessee) News, he became known as "Hoss," worked as a miner, joined the UMWA Local, and for 10 years played the sheriff in "Trail of the Lonesome Pine." At age 67, his trail ended, suitably, at Lonesome Pine Hospital.
The C. Bascom Slemp Student Center is at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. The Slemps must have made quite a name for themselves.
Don in Va
...I guess he lost his comb?
The Post's caption:
WASHINGTON POST PICTORIAL SECTION I SAMUEL CLETUS SLEMP, JR., 15, nephew of C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, who has been appointed as page in the Senate by Senator Charles Curtis.
"Cletus Slemp." Has kind of a ring, doesn't it?
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