Jill, When were you in the Marshall Islands??? I lived on Kwajalein from Jan 1958 to April of 1959.. I retired from farming at the age of 17 and chose a 30 yr career in the US Navy.. Sincerely, John D A little SoWest of North Jill Johnston wrote: >Tom, >I admire anyone who can enjoy teaching middle schoolers. I tried the older >ones, but it wasn't a very productive match. :-) > > I find 3rd and 4th more my speed. They're old enough to have some >independence and todevelop abstract understandings, yet young enough to be >unabashedly curious. And most of them haven't yet discovered 'mouth.' >Younger ones are too dependent for my taste. > >College works, though. Taught an education class in the Marshall Islands (in >the central Pacific). What an experience! The government assigned 'teachers' >to be sent to the outer islands, but none had any teaching background. In >fact some were nurses, etc. So I had to design a course on >everything-you-need-to-know-to-manage-students-and-teach. Challenging, but >very satisfying! > >I'd be interested to have the Armstrong listers weigh in regarding their >chosen occupations.Any takers? > >Jill in Washington- where leaves are also beginning to change and we're >enjoying what may be our last warm autumn weather... sigh.... > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:47 PM >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Snakes are okay by me > > > > >>Dear Ben, >> >> > > > >>I wasn't exclusive enough to spend the rest of my life there. But I did >>teach school in Arcadia. It has one of the better schools districts in >>the State and the 7th graders were fun to work with. >> >>Tom >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >

Dear Jill, You just proved that teachers have an ability that excels in one age group more than others. My wife just retired from teaching math to seventh graders. That was her group. Mine, too. I had graduate and undergraduate students at Whittier University for three semesters in a management course. It was fun but too much work. After I retired from industry, I was bored and began substituting in Arcadia schools at all levels above 6th. A principal in a middle school got me confined to his school, so I spent more time with 7th grade7s where I taught math and science. It was a natural fit for me. 7th graders still have the capacity for awe. In cities near the Arcadia district, parents were doing all sorts of things legal and illegal, to enroll their kids; they would have killed their kids if they mis-behaved and were sent to other schools. The result was that we had pretty nice boys and girls who were well-behaved. Many were Asian. Our daughter-in-law is Chinese so the students looked like our grandkids; I spoiled them (after the lessons were done). When lessons were finished and there was maybe five minutes left in a class, I would tell family stories, like "The Day My Wonderful Brother Blew his Toe Off with a Shotgun." Sometimes I told family history stories in which a murder took place. Or, I told stories about wacky science. Each story had a moral and was edifying. The kids wanted copies of the stories so I put them into a book called "Four on the Floor." (My brother had only "four on the floor" on his right foot after he shot his big toe off.) My son, an artist in Florida, drew cartoons for each story. A couple years ago when I was 72 I finally quit teaching. I had broken 100% of my legs 12 years ago and my repaired legs were no longer working well. I began writing in earnest and have published 6 books. Maybe 7. I also write for "Heritage Quest" Magazine and now I write for "Genealogical Helper." I have a web page with lots of sub pages at http://www.fiskefamily.com/fiskacetics/ Tom Jill Johnston wrote: > Tom, > I admire anyone who can enjoy teaching middle schoolers. I tried the older > ones, but it wasn't a very productive match. :-) > > I find 3rd and 4th more my speed. They're old enough to have some > independence and todevelop abstract understandings, yet young enough to be > unabashedly curious. And most of them haven't yet discovered 'mouth.' > Younger ones are too dependent for my taste. > > College works, though. Taught an education class in the Marshall Islands (in > the central Pacific). What an experience! The government assigned 'teachers' > to be sent to the outer islands, but none had any teaching background. In > fact some were nurses, etc. So I had to design a course on > everything-you-need-to-know-to-manage-students-and-teach. Challenging, but > very satisfying! > > I'd be interested to have the Armstrong listers weigh in regarding their > chosen occupations.Any takers? > > Jill in Washington- where leaves are also beginning to change and we're > enjoying what may be our last warm autumn weather... sigh.... > >

Quaffing????? Never heard that one. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Armstrong<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] What we are Mary, I've never heard the term Glugging.... is it a typical GA word?? chugging, slurpin, sippin, quaffing, I've tried... how does one go about Glugging??? Perhaps I could try it when my next keg attains it's correct "born on date"..!! some people prefer to raise chickens... I prefer to brew beer...!!! Sincerely, John D [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >Ah Marilynn, > >Your procedure with your elbow invites the Armstrong response. Was it bent >while glugging on brew? No doubt, John D will have a reply for you. > >My experience with needles is too gory and too sad, so I'll not share. But >heal soon. We need your input. > >Mary in getting cooler GA > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tom, I admire anyone who can enjoy teaching middle schoolers. I tried the older ones, but it wasn't a very productive match. :-) I find 3rd and 4th more my speed. They're old enough to have some independence and todevelop abstract understandings, yet young enough to be unabashedly curious. And most of them haven't yet discovered 'mouth.' Younger ones are too dependent for my taste. College works, though. Taught an education class in the Marshall Islands (in the central Pacific). What an experience! The government assigned 'teachers' to be sent to the outer islands, but none had any teaching background. In fact some were nurses, etc. So I had to design a course on everything-you-need-to-know-to-manage-students-and-teach. Challenging, but very satisfying! I'd be interested to have the Armstrong listers weigh in regarding their chosen occupations.Any takers? Jill in Washington- where leaves are also beginning to change and we're enjoying what may be our last warm autumn weather... sigh.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Snakes are okay by me > Dear Ben, > I wasn't exclusive enough to spend the rest of my life there. But I did > teach school in Arcadia. It has one of the better schools districts in > the State and the 7th graders were fun to work with. > > Tom

Dear Ben, I have never heard of anyone eating peacock eggs. Arcadia is a semi-exclusive place. I doubt that any one in that city has ever been hungry enough. The peacocks are the descendants of two birds owned by Lucky Baldwin, a successful gold prospector and gambler who settled in the area and developed the city. His home site became the Los Angeles County Arboretum, near Santa Anita Race Track. Many movies have been made there including most of the Tarzan flics and "Creature from the Black Lagoon," Anaconda , etc. I often saw movie trucks and mobile dressing rooms in the place during the 18 years I lived there. I wasn't exclusive enough to spend the rest of my life there. But I did teach school in Arcadia. It has one of the better schools districts in the State and the 7th graders were fun to work with. Tom Ben Barr wrote: > The reference to "are they good eating" was for the peacock eggs. Wondering > if they are going to be rid of, well maybe there could be a benefical use > for them. > > Ben from North-central Maine where the leaves are changing > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Snakes are okay by me > > >

Well, here goes my brick wall. George ARNSTRONG born about 1800 in England married Mary Ellen KLINE or CLINE ( I'm inclined to believe that it starts with a K because it is told that she was a short German woman) in either England or Canada. They are my gggg grandparents. Their daughter Mary Ellen ARMSTRONG was born about 1842 in Eng. or Can. She married Charles H. HODGES born about 1842 in ME. I only know that they were married in one of 3 states, MI., WI. or MN. Their son William Henry HODGES was born in Walnut Lake, MN. In the 1870 census there are 3 children, Lord Frank, and Mary Ellen. Mary Ellen died in her teens and Frank never married (so no cousins to fine). George and Mary Ellen ARMSTRONG had three other children that I know of. Elizabeth (Betsey), Allen, Elijah and Katheryn. Elizabeth married Charles HODGES' brother Benjamin had two children both died unmarried thus no known cousins. There probably aren't any unless there was an unknown child. Nothing more is known about the other 3. So in order to find cousins that my have ARMSTRONG information I have to find them. I don't even know if they stayed in Can. or came to US. I don't know if George even came to the US but I doubt in those days he would let 2 daughters travel to another country alone. Mary Ellen ARMSTRONG that married Charles HODGES; married 2nd a man by the name of CRAWFORD. Her sons didn't like their step father so they went to CA. to live with Ben and Betsey their aunt and uncle. Mary Ellen CRAWFORD died in Grand Rapids, MI. date unknown. Now that I have confused all of you I will put this in an order that is understandable. Generation 1 George ARMSTRONG b. abt. 1800 in Eng. married Mary Ellen KLINE or CLINE in either Eng. or Can. Children of George and Mary Ellen are 1. Mary Ellen ARMSTRONG born abt. 1842 in either Eng. or Can. married Charles H. Hodges in MI., WI. or MN. 2. Elizabeth ARMSTRONG married Benjamin HODGES 3. Allen ARMSTRONG 4. Elijah ARMSTRONG 5. Katheryn ARMSTRONG Generation 2 Mary Ellen ARMSTRONG b. abt. 1842 in Eng. or Can. married Charles HODGES in WI., MI. or MN. He was born abt. 1842 in ME. He was the son of Josiah HODGES and Nancy HART. She married 2nd unknown CRAWFORD. She died unknown in Grand Rapids, MI. Charles died about 1872. Children of Charles and Mary Ellen 1. Lord Frank HODGES born abt. 1865 never married died unknown. 2. Mary Ellen HODGES born abt. 1867 died in her teens. 3. William Henry HODGES born abt. 1870 in Walnut Lake, MN. Married Lillie Mae ROBINSON in IA. So you see if I don't find any descendants from the other three children of George and Mary Ellen ARMSTRONG then I guess I am stuck with my ancestors coming out from under a rock a couple hundred years ago. Thus my brick wall. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Deloris

I am NOT a descendant, but it may be possible to figure out the first name of Margaret's husband. The 1920 census does not show any good matches for Margaret as a Hallman. But there are a couple of good matches for Armstrongs in PA. One is in Centre Co., with husband Harry Armstrong. No children. One is in Erie Co., with husband Paul. No Children. If you knew any children at all, then a search of the 1930 census could be made. And maybe they moved away from PA, too. With names of children, a better search could be made. Rhonda A. Bell [email protected] On 29 Sep 2006 20:13:06 -0600, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/3477 > > Message Board Post: > > Seeking descendants of (given name unknown) Armstrong and Margaret Lucille > Hallman, daughter of Clarence Davis Hallman (1872 - 1960) and Mary Strayer. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Mary, I've never heard the term Glugging.... is it a typical GA word?? chugging, slurpin, sippin, quaffing, I've tried... how does one go about Glugging??? Perhaps I could try it when my next keg attains it's correct "born on date"..!! some people prefer to raise chickens... I prefer to brew beer...!!! Sincerely, John D [email protected] wrote: >Ah Marilynn, > >Your procedure with your elbow invites the Armstrong response. Was it bent >while glugging on brew? No doubt, John D will have a reply for you. > >My experience with needles is too gory and too sad, so I'll not share. But >heal soon. We need your input. > >Mary in getting cooler GA > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/3478 Message Board Post: Seeking descendants of (given name unknown) Larson and Margaret Lucille Hallman, daughter of Clarence Davis Hallman (1872 - 1960) and Mary Strayer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/3477 Message Board Post: Seeking descendants of (given name unknown) Armstrong and Margaret Lucille Hallman, daughter of Clarence Davis Hallman (1872 - 1960) and Mary Strayer.

We didn't meet on ICQ, but did use it to chat. We first met on a chat list restricted to members of our religion. She was actually one of several, but she won out. Gene At 09:10 PM 9/28/2006, you wrote: >"I met my wife on the Internet too! We just had our 7th anniversary last April. " > >That's neat Gene!! :D You didn't by any chance meet on ICQ like Walter and I did, did you? Wouldn't that be a coincidence? ;D We'll have been married 7 years next August, we've just celebrated our 6th anniversary. Actually, I celebrated alone, hubby was in Kuwait at the time, sigh!! :(((( Next January he leaves yet again for Kuwait, missing MY birthday by 7 days and missing HIS birthday by about the same cause he doesn't get back till about mid April. Gotta love the US Army, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! > >Oh well, at least he can't claim to have the 7 year itch cause he's not with me! lol > >Take care, > >Rob. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear MM, I promise never to make such a blanket statement about Armstrongs. And I bet the "Armstrong funny bone" is not feeling so funny after the draining experience you just had. Oh, and happy birthday to your elbow, too. Tom Marilynn Masten wrote: > Never make the blanket statement that all Armstrongs are from one family. I wanted very badly to be related to Robyn but my Armstrongs DNA don't match the others and they came from Clones, Ireland Now I am always happy to find I have another dose of Irish blood in me, and I've got lots about the Richard Armstrong family of Westchester and points north (and south) so if anyone wants some NY State genealogy, contact me. > > However, the Armstrong funny bone extends to all Armstrongs so whoever it was that suggested that may offer closer ties than DNA results, may be on the right track. Moose track, Peacock track, whatever track we happen to be on at the moment. > > Just got my elbow drained. Now I have heard of a person with a rendency toward a bent elbow (my great-grandfather, who was sober sometimes) but I'll bet most of you have not had your elbow drained. First a big needle, then a smaller, but sharper one. Not a pleasant birthday present. > Marilynn > IBSSG >

No, too afraid he'd get in the first bite. Did eat Octopi, not bad. Prefer Snails as long as I keep my mind off what I'm eating. Marilynn IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Snakes are okay by me > Have you ever eaten alligator? Only in GA.. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Have you ever eaten alligator? Only in GA..

Ah Marilynn, Your procedure with your elbow invites the Armstrong response. Was it bent while glugging on brew? No doubt, John D will have a reply for you. My experience with needles is too gory and too sad, so I'll not share. But heal soon. We need your input. Mary in getting cooler GA

Marilynn They do taste like chicken. Deloris

You bet it was. We had a blast doing it. Deloris

The reference to "are they good eating" was for the peacock eggs. Wondering if they are going to be rid of, well maybe there could be a benefical use for them. Ben from North-central Maine where the leaves are changing ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Snakes are okay by me > The message under "Snakes are okay by me" said "Are they good eating? > Maybe > so, but I would have to be WAY under the influence to try eating a snake. > I > was told they taste like chicken. So eat chicken. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Barr" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:52 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Snakes are okay by me > > >> Would they be good eating? >> >> Ben from North-central Maine where the leaves are changing. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:47 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Snakes are okay by me >> >> >>> The unwritten rule around Arcadia is that when you find peacock eggs >>> under the bushes, you step on them. Even a conservationist suggested >>> this method of controlling the population >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> Toni Perry wrote: >>>> Tom, >>>> Have you seen Linda's pictures? How could you eat those eggs when you >>>> could hatch one and have such a pretty bird? >>>> I had never thought of birds as anything but fried chicken, roast >>>> turkey, >>>> scrambled eggs and messes on the car until I married my current husband >>>> over 25 years ago. >>>> He didn't tell me until after the wedding that he was a bird-lover. I >>>> had >>>> bird phobia and considered having it (the marriage) annulled - but >>>> decided >>>> to >>>> give it a chance - we have had one or more birds living in our house >>>> ever >>>> since - >>>> I soon got over my phobia, and once I observed how smart, cute and >>>> loving >>>> a >>>> bird >>>> could be, and that each had such a very different personalty, I have >>>> come >>>> to >>>> appreciate all birds. >>>> We have had parakeet to parrot-type birds who have favorite TV shows, >>>> talk, >>>> whistle, understand words, such as "dinner" and their names. They can >>>> tell >>>> time >>>> pretty well - they know when my husband is due home from work and start >>>> their hellos >>>> as soon as the car pulls into the driveway. They know when it's dinner >>>> and >>>> treat time, >>>> and some of them can even be house-broken. >>>> >>>> Toni Perry >>>> Huntington Beach, Calif >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Marilyn, We're in SW Washington, abt 2 hrs south of Seattle & an hour north of Portland, Oregon- genuine 4 seasons here.. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Birds > That's interesting, Jill...for some reason I thought they were southern > creatures. But I guess if there are some in Alaska, roosting in trees > surrounding John's house (scaring off the moose), then they must be hardy. > > Where are you? > > Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jill Johnston" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Birds > > >> Thanks, Marilyn. >> Yes, by the time we'd returned home, the feather was gone, but the damage >> had already been done. >> >> We've been surprised at Turkey's ability to survive. Last winter we had >> some >> horrendous winds and some really cold (for here) weather, near zero, but >> he >> fared just fine. My thought is that he must've found a more sheltered >> roost >> than his big fir tree, because that was high enough that there was no >> protection from the elements at all. >> >> Jill >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 5:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Birds >> >> >>> Oh, that's kind of a sad story about Turkey. It's too bad you can't >>> catch >>> him and get the feather out...or is it out of his eye by now? I'm >>> surprised >>> he didn't get an infection. >>> >>> I don't know where you live but do peacocks winter-over OK there? >>> Anyway, >>> hope for the best for Turkey and you, too, of course. >>> >>> Marilyn >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Happy Birthday!! Marilynn Masten wrote: > Never make the blanket statement that all Armstrongs are from one family. I wanted very badly to be related to Robyn but my Armstrongs DNA don't match the others and they came from Clones, Ireland Now I am always happy to find I have another dose of Irish blood in me, and I've got lots about the Richard Armstrong family of Westchester and points north (and south) so if anyone wants some NY State genealogy, contact me. > > However, the Armstrong funny bone extends to all Armstrongs so whoever it was that suggested that may offer closer ties than DNA results, may be on the right track. Moose track, Peacock track, whatever track we happen to be on at the moment. > > Just got my elbow drained. Now I have heard of a person with a rendency toward a bent elbow (my great-grandfather, who was sober sometimes) but I'll bet most of you have not had your elbow drained. First a big needle, then a smaller, but sharper one. Not a pleasant birthday present. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >