Ad Astra Per Aspera

     title of Maycomb County Halloween Pageant. (266) {255}

     "from the mud to the stars" (271) {260}

     [Satate Motto of Kansas, where Lee traveled with

     Truman Capote to do research for In Cold Blood]

Abbottsville

     Alabama place---fire truck came from there (78)

     {75}

Appleton, Victor

     author --- drama based on his work (14) {12}

Appomattox

     place --- "hasn't snowed since A" -- Mr. Avery (73)

     {69}

     [former village in Virginia where Robert E. Lee

     surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865]

Atkinson, Miss Maudie

     adult -- neighbor, had cow, made good cakes,

     from Finch's Landing, nearly same age as Jack

     (50) {48}

     her shoulder sloped like that because she was a

     Buford (142) {134}

Avery, Mr. Dick

     adult --- boarded across from Lafayette Dubose,

     sneezed until 9 o'clock (58) {55}

     whittled (67) {64}, Dick (77) {74}

Farrow, Gertude

     adult --- attended Missionary meeting, 2nd most devout

     woman in M (245) {235}

Finch

     surname --- Simon, Atticus, Alexandra, John Hale,

     Jeremy Atticus, Jean Louise

Finch, Alexandra

     adult --- aunt, husband: Jimmy Hancock, son: Henry,

     grandson: Francis Hancock (85) {82} *80*

Finch, Atticus

     adult --- almost 50, nickname: Ol' One-Shot (106)

     [Possibly named for Herodes Atticus, 101-177, most

     celebrated of the orators and writers of the Second

     Sophistic, a movement that revitalized the teaching

     and practice of rhetoric in Greece in the 2nd

     century AD, or for Atticus Greene Haygood, [1839-1896],

     Methodist bishop and educator was an outspoken

     opponent of lynching and a pioneer of education for

     Black, or for Atticus 'Bishop' in Mullin, a Montgomery

     Advertiser reporter working in the 1930's.]

Finch, Ike

     adult --- country's sole Confederate veteran, had

     General Hood beard, visited once a year (84) {80} *76*

Finch, Jeremy Atticus

     child --- broke arm when nearly 13 (9) {7} *3*

     four years older than Scout (13) {10} *3*

Finch, John Hale [Jack]

     adult --- uncle, 10 years younger than Atticus (11) {9} *5*

     studied medicine, lived in Nashville (50) {48}

     had cat named Rose Aylmer [named for Walter Savage

     Landor [1775-1864] poem] (86) {83} *78*

     [John Hale, 1806-1873, American lawyer, senator,

     and reformer who was prominent in the antislavery

     movement.]

Finch, Simon

     adult --- had 8 daughters, 1 son, nicknamed

     "Welcome Finch" (88) {84} *80*

Finch's Landing

     local place --- homestead of Finches (10) {8} *4*

     366 steps down bluff ending in a jetty (88) {84} *79*

First Purchase African M.E.

     place --- only church with steeple & ball, in Quarters

     outside south town limits, by old sawmill tracks,

     called First Purchase because it was paid for from

     the first earnings of freed slaves (128) {124}

Fisher, Miss Caroline

     adult --- teacher from Winston County, no more than

     21, crimson finger-nail polish (22) {20} *16*

     boarded at Miss Maudie's (22) {21}

Gates, Miss

     adult --- taught Scout's class about Hitler, overheard as

     racist hypocrite by Scout (260) {249}

geraniums

     flower --- Mayella Ewell had 6 slop jars with red,

     "cared for tenderly", Miss Maudie did not like (182)

     {173}

Gilmer, Horace

     adult --- solicitor from Abbotsville between 40 & 60

     years old, had slight cast in one eye (177) {168}

     Horace (198) {188}

Germany

     place --- mentioned by Miss Gates in school "G is

     a dictatorship" (258) {248}

Graham

     surname --- mother's maiden name, from Montgomery

     (12) {10}

Gray Ghost, the

     book --- bet by Dill (19) {17}, by Seckatary Hawkins

     (295) {283}

Green, Maxwell

     adult --- "court-appointed defenses were usually given

     to MG, Maycomb's latest addition to the bar ... should

     have had Tom Robinson's case" (228) {218}

Hancock, Francis

     child --- grandson of Alexandra, son of Jimmy H, lived

     in Mobile, 1 year older than Scout (86)

Hardy, Jim

     adult --- attended 1st Purchase, absent 5 Sundays and

     wasn't sick (132) {124}

Harris, Charles Baker [Dill]

     child --- Dill, "goin' on 7", from Meridian Mississippi

     (13) {11}

Harverford

     surname --- "name synonymous with jackass" (11) {9} *5*

Haverford, Rachel

     adult --- lived next door, Dill's aunt, owned rat terrier

     (12) {11}

     had a glass of neat whiskey every morning (149)

Hawkins, Seckatary

     author - wrote The Gray Ghost, read by Atticus (295)

     {283}

     [author of Stoner's Boy; Robert F. Schulkers,

     Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926 Illustrations by Carl B.

     Williams. Pseudonym of Robert Schulkers. The

     Seckatary Hawkins stories originally appeared

     as newspaper stories in the Cincinnati Enquirer.]

Heflin, Cotton Tom

     adult --- "You tell Cecil I'm about as radical as CTH" -

     Atticus to Scout (264) {253}

     [talented orator & Democrat Senator]

Hodge

     cat - mentioned by Uncle Jack in story to Scout (95)

     {91}

     [Samuel Johnson's cat. Johnson would go out and

     buy oysters for Hodge, so that the servants would not

     take a dislike to the animal from having to serve it

     themselves.]

Howell, Dixie

     adult --- player in football magazine, Scout said looked

     like Jem (112) {107} *103*

     [popular U of AL football player in 1930's]

Hutson, Brother

     adult --- mentioned by Gertude Farrow at Missionary

     meeting (245) {235}

     book --- read by Jem to Miss Dubose, by "Sir Walter

     Scout" (115) {110} *109*

Jackson, Andrew

     adult --- (9) {8}

     [1767-1845, U.S. Military hero and 7th President]

Jackson, Constance

     adult --- attended 1st Purchase, erected only spite fence

     in history of Quarters (132) {124}

Jackson, Stonewall

     adult --- Cousin Ike talked about (84) {81}

     [Confederate Lieutenant - General]

Jacobs, Cecil

     child --- "walked a total of one mile per school day to

     avoid the Radley Place and old Mrs. Henry Lafayette

     Dubose" (41) {39} *35*

     recounted current event involving Adolf Hitler (257)

     {247}

     cow in Halloween pageant (266) {255}

     scares Jem & Scout (269) {258}

Jamaica

     place --- Simon Finch worked his way there (9) {8} *5*

     [island in West Indies]

Jefferson, Thomas

     quoted by Atticus at trial (217) {207}

     [3rd President of the U.S., author of The Declaration

     of Independence]

Jessie

     adult --- worked for Miss Dubose (111) {107} *106*

Jingle, Mr.

     adult --- Mayella sounded like (194) {185}

     [character in The Pickwick Papers by Charles

     Dickens]

Jitney Jungle

     business --- Scout, Jem and Dill sheltered in

     door there (162) {153}

     [grocery store chain]

Johnson, Harry

     adult --- drove Mobile bus, had liver colored bird-dog

     named Tim Johnson (100) {96}

Johnson, Tim

     animal --- livered colored bird-dog, suspected of having

     rabies (100) {96}

Jones, Ruth

     adult --- the welfare lady (261) {251}

Jones, Mr. Tensaw

     adult --- voted the straight Prohibition ticket (170)

     {161}

Ken

     adult --- drove Maycomb's hearse (249) {277}

Ladies' Law

     cited by Link Deas to Bob Ewell (263) {252}

     [The "Ladies' Law" states: "Any person who enters

     into, or sufficiently near to the dwelling house of

     another, and, in the presence or hearing of the

     family of the occupant thereof, or any member of

     his family; or any person who, in the presence or

     hearing of any girl or woman, uses abusive, insulting,

     or obscene language must, or conviction, be fined not

     more than two hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned

     in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county

     for not more than six months." THE CODE OF

     ALABAMA, Vol. III --- CRIMINAL [Nashville,

     Tenn.: Marshall and Bruce Compant, 1907], p. 272.]

Levy, Sam

     adult --- Ku Klux paraded by his house one night (157)

     {149}

Little, Chuck Little

     child --- read Uncle Natchell advertisement, 100 years

     old in his knowledge of cows (257) {247}

     was a real gentleman *26*

Lula

     adult --- woman who bothered Calpurnia at church

     (129) {121} *119*

NRA

     National Recovery Act, stickers on cars and store windows,

     killed by "9 old men" (264) {254}

     [Roosevelt's measure for economic recovery, part of the

     New Deal]

Nova Scotia

     place --- Dill claimed to have visited (54) {52}

     [province on east coast of Canada, only Canadian

     place mentioned in Mockingbird]

O.K. Cafe

     business - dim organization, on north side of town

     square, Mrs. Dubose suggested Scout would end up

     waiting on tables there. (110) {106}

     trial watchers would overrun while jury was out

     (219) {210}

Old Sarum

     local place --- Cunninghams came from there (29) {27}

     [O S near Salisbury, England, an Early Iron Age fort

     taken over by the Romans.]

Optic, Oliver

     author --- drama basted on his work (14) {12}

     [pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897,

     American teacher and author of juvenile literate.]

Penfield

     surname --- Alexandra said all P women were flighty

     (140) {132}

Pensacola

     place --- Nathan Radley lived there (19) {17}

     [city in Florida, 58 miles from Mobile]

Perkins, Mrs.

     adult --- attended Missionary meeting (247) {236}

Pinkham, Lydia E.

     adult --- Grace Merriweather may have sipped gin out

     of LEP bottles (142) {134}

     [maker and manufacturer of patent medicines in late

     1800's]

Popular Mechanics

     magazine --- read by Jem (232) {222}

Radley

     surname --- Old Mr., Mrs., Nathan, Arthur (9) {7}

     foot-washing Baptists (51) {49}

Radley, Arthur [Boo]

     adult --- lived 3 doors south (12) {11}

Radley, Nathan

     adult --- older brother of Boo, "bought cotton"

     returned from Pensacola when old Mr. R. died (19)

     {17}

Raymond, Dolphus

     adult --- drank coca-cola outside courthouse, etc. (212)

     {203}

Reeves, Annette

     adult --- Missionary Society met at her place on

     Tuesday (131) {123}

Reynolds, Agnes

     child --- daughter of Dr. R (277) {266}

Reynolds, Dr.

     adult --- Physician, tended Mr. Radley (19) {16}

     accepted entailments (28) {26}

     tended Mrs. Dubose (120) {115}

     tended Jem (278) {267}

Richardson, Carlow

     adult --- slow in contributing at 1st Purchase (133)

     {125}

Robinson, Helen

     adult --- wife of Tom (131) {125}

Robinson, Sam

     child --- son of Tom & Helen (253) {242}

Robinson, Tom

     adult --- member of Calpurnia's church (83) {80}

     alleged to have raped Mayella Ewell on the night of

     November 21st (177) {168}

     35 years old, 3 children, etc. (202) {192}

Rockefeller

     mentioned by Atticus at trial (218) {208}

     [1839 - 1937, U.S. industrialist and philanthropist, founder of

     the Standard Oil Company]

Roosevelt, Mrs.

     "...lost her mind coming down to Birmingham..."

     (247) {237}

     [Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884 - 1962, wife of Franklin,

     niece of Theodore. First Lady, 1933-45]

The Rover Boys

     [Series of books written by Arthur M. Winfield,

     pseudonym of Edward Stratemeyer. The Rover Boys

     are brothers Dick, Tom, and Sam. They are the sons

     of wealthy businessman Anderson Rover and live on

     a Hudson River valley farm with their uncle and

     aunt, Randolph and Martha Rover. They go to school

     at Putnam Hall.]

Seaton, Windy

     author --- writer of sports column read by Atticus (119)

     {115}

Second Battle of Marne

     event --- how Miss Maudie swept down on nut-grass

     (49) {47}

     [1st WW offensive of allies against Germany]

Shadrach

     game --- played in Sunday School (127) {119}

     [from Daniel 3 of the Bible]

Simpson, Eunice Ann

     child --- tied to chair in Sunday School (127) {119}

St. Clair, Joshua S.

     adult --- wrote Meditations of JSStC, cousin, "went

     round the bend at University" (142) {135}

     jail was something like what JSStC might have

     designed (161) {152}

Slade, Mr. Jake

     adult --- cutting 3rd set of teeth (170) {161}

Sophy

     adult --- worked for Grace Merriweather (245) {235}

Spender

     surname --- Dolphus Raymond was supposed to marry

     one but "after the rehearsal the bride went upstairs

     and blew her head off..." (172) {163}

     song --- "associated with liking fiddling..." (247) {222}

     [Sweetly Sings the Donkey / At the break of day / If you

     do not feet him / this is what he'll say / "Oh dear, oh my,

     / Oh dear, oh my, my, my!"]

Sykes, Reverend

     adult --- Reverend at First Purchase African M.E.

     (130) {122}

     "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'."

     (224) {214}

Tarzan and the Ant Men

     book --- Scout was not to request enacting of (22) {20}

Tate, Heck

     adult --- Sheriff of Maycomb County, wore boots,

     lumber jacket, bullets in belt, etc. (102) {98}

     testified at trial (177) {168}

Taylor, Ann

     fat nondescript dog of Judge Taylor (262) {251}

Taylor, Bob

     adult --- works read by Judge, "fruity metaphors and

     florid diction" (262) {251}
     [author, orator, Governor, Senator]

Taylor, John

     adult --- judge (83) {80}

     threw Cunninghams case out of court after 9 hours of

     testimony on grounds of "Champertous connivance"

     (176) {168}

     not a Sunday-night churchgoer (261) {251}

     wife made divinity (270) {259}

Time

     magazine --- read by Scout (39) {27}

Tuscaloosa

     Alabama place --- site of asylum (17) {15}

Tyndal's Hardware

     business --- "You name it and we sell it", supplied fans at

     First Purchase African M.E. (130) {122}

Uncle Natchell

     story or advertisement read by Little Chick Little

     (257) {247}

     [spokesperson for Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda --- a

     fertilizer advertised in the 1930's in newspapers]

Underwood, Braxton Bragg

     adult --- owned local paper, christened BB by father

     "in fey fit of humor", etc. (167) {158}, refreshed

     himself from a gallon jug of cherry wine

V. J. Elmore's

     business --- Scout got twirling baton there (109) {106}

     [Chain of variety stores founded by Virgil Jackson

     Elmore. By 1942 there were 42 stores in operation.

     The first Elmore store opened in Greenville, Butler

     County, in Novmerb 1934.]

Waller, Byron

     adult --- could play the violin (170) {161}

Zeebo

     adult --- collected Tim Johnson's body (106) {102}

     son of Calpurnia, led hymns at First Purchase

     African M.E. (131) {123}