Pollock.Samuel.Baker.1971.Hopkins.OBIT Samuel Baker Pollock Feb 1971 22 February 1971 Madisonville Messenger He Will Be Missed Forty-seven years ago last month, a young school teacher from Pewee Valley, Ky., came into Madisonville with but one goal in mind--to be a good basketball coach and teacher. Samuel Baker Pollock achieved that goal and much, much more over that span of years in Madisonville and Hopkins County--as an educator, as an athletic coach, as a well-known leader in the medical field and as a prominent figure in civic and church activities. He was a handsome young man, whose hair was to become prematurely gray, in fact almost silver. Early in his career he coached both boys and girls' basketball teams at Madisonville High School...that being in the 1920's before girls' teams were discontinued in Kentucky. He not only coached basketball teams, but he also doubled as football coach at MHS. During his thirty years in the educational field, Pollock became principal of Madisonville High School, and later as superintendant of schools, a post he relinquished in September of 1956. Leaving the educational profession after thirty years of distinguished service, Pollock became associated with Trover Clinic in the fall of 1956 as the clinic's business manager. He was with the clinic for eleven years, retiring in November of 1967. Still desiring to serve, even though now retired, Pollock went ahead to join Hopkins County Hospital's staff in the in-service educational department, which produced video tapes. He joined HCH in April of 1968 and remained in that capacity there until a few weeks ago. Pollock for several years was a member of the Board of Control of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, and for many years was the official scorer at Kentucky's biggest high school athletic event--the annual high school basketball tournament. To list all of Pollock's participation in events of civic nature would be impossible without considerable research. He had that great capacity for remembering people, their names and faces, as well events of years gone by. Sam Pollock died Monday. He leaves a devoted wife, two fine sons, two grandchildren and the friendship and love of hundreds and thousands of people with whom he came into contact over the years. It is hard to believe that this man, this familiar figure on our streets, is gone. He will be missed. Contributed by: Dick Pollock