What a wonderful Christmas! Lots of presents! Loved the old ancestor photos! Thanks to everyone! And merry Christmas! Barbara Bower Yorktown,VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 9:13 AM Subject: [BOWER] WAKE UP!...WAKE UP! > Cousins ... cousins!! > > WAKE UP! ... WAKE UP! > > Looka, looka ... looka !!! In the parlor ... at the Homestead! > > Santa's been here! He's been here and left us a bunch of presents! > Look!! > > ...the smell of brewing coffee, tea or hot chocolate; Christmas music on > the stereo or radio; stockings hanging and filled with gifts, fruits and > candy; a fireplace with a warming fire; and those you care about and > care about you ... > > A perfectly, wonderful Christmas ... > > Isn't our tree beautiful? ... We are such a special family. *sigh* > > Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and happy holidays to each of you. > > Colleen > > P.S. Are you a new cousin and wondering what all this about? Do we have > a surprise for you! > > Go go http://bowercommunity.com/homestead and, once inside our home, go > to the parlor. In the parlor you'll see a blinking tree; click on it > and you'll be taken to another page (our family's Christmas tree) where > there are gifts for you to "open." This is our online-family's > cyberspace Christmas ~ a way for all of us to be closer to one another, > even on the Net. It's something we do every year. We enjoy it and hope > you do, too. > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- > http://bowercommunity.com/homestead > >

Cousins ... cousins!! WAKE UP! ... WAKE UP! Looka, looka ... looka !!! In the parlor ... at the Homestead! Santa's been here! He's been here and left us a bunch of presents! Look!! ...the smell of brewing coffee, tea or hot chocolate; Christmas music on the stereo or radio; stockings hanging and filled with gifts, fruits and candy; a fireplace with a warming fire; and those you care about and care about you ... A perfectly, wonderful Christmas ... Isn't our tree beautiful? ... We are such a special family. *sigh* Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and happy holidays to each of you. Colleen P.S. Are you a new cousin and wondering what all this about? Do we have a surprise for you! Go go http://bowercommunity.com/homestead and, once inside our home, go to the parlor. In the parlor you'll see a blinking tree; click on it and you'll be taken to another page (our family's Christmas tree) where there are gifts for you to "open." This is our online-family's cyberspace Christmas ~ a way for all of us to be closer to one another, even on the Net. It's something we do every year. We enjoy it and hope you do, too.

Since my husband and I just sorta bought for each other this year I had no gifts to unwrap (that doesn't mean I am lacking in gifts! Just didn't get to unwrap them!) so it was a blast to be able to dive under the tree and tear into the gifts at the Homestead! Thanks, Colleen, for the beautiful tree and the use of the parlor! I'll be back to investigate them in more depth later when all the family leaves here. Lita I have gone to find myself. If I get back before I return, please ask me to wait! See some of my accomplishments! <A HREF="http://pages.ivillage.com/pux4/">Click here: Pux's Page</A> http://pages.ivillage.com/pux4/ <A HREF="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=89621">My PhotoPoint Album</A> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=89621

Just to let everyone know, I changed my e-mail address. Because netzero is free & the ad's weren't coming up, I lost my other e-mail address. That's okay, I was getting far to much junk mail from other places. Elaine _____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______ http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Colleen thank you; I was trying to think what it was I could share with all our Bower/Bauer cousins here. Apple Sauce and Cider. (This is not alcohol and so can be given to children) Cook washed apples whole for about two hours with 1 ground nutmeg nut 3 ground sticks of cinnamon 10 whole cloves water to cover apples without them floating. When cooked drain liquid and serve as cider hot. remove skin from apples in segments and serve with hot carameled sugar or brown maple sugar melted. now for the Apple sauce; Mash the pulp through a strainer so as to remove the core, stem and all the other hard bits in apples. Add a little sugar more spices if necessary to taste, and serve in bowls garnished with mint. I hope you will all have a wonderful Yule tide season and that this is a sweet treat that all will enjoy. Vicky Bowers-Gielau Kelowna, Canada

) ( ) Good Morning Family! .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . \| |// ...and we even have decaf, | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! \ / ------ Today's topics include: 1. Welcome to new cousins 2. A medieval Christmas 3. A scant medieval Christmas quiz 4. Christmas potpourri: Did you know ...? If you've been with the family for at least three weeks, you'll probably want to skip the following paragraph… TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ On behalf of the entire family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send in your Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur lines so we can all see how we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur ancestors or any of the 81+ variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. If you haven't visited the homesite of this list yet, you are encouraged to do so. Our home is Bower Community, located at <http://bowercommunity.com>. There, we currently have two sites: The Bower Family Homestead [a.k.a., the Homestead] is our primary homesite and the gathering place for much of our information. It waits to join us all in welcoming you into the family at <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Smaller and just opened this year, our sister site, the Bower Cottage, houses most of our projects including an online GEDCOM fed by quite a few cousins from our lists. The Cottage is still small as far as material goes, however give us time and we'll have it filled really soon. The Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. A MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS Most of you know my penchant for the Middle Ages, (noticed my e-mail address, did you?) :) so this particular piece should come as no surprise to anyone. We've seen over the past three weeks how many of our modern day Christmas evolved from ancient to Victorian customs and traditions. But, let's step back in time to learn a little more. Most of the customs discussed below are from England, however, some were common throughout Europe. It was not until the late middle ages that the celebration of the birth of Christ began to receive any major amount of recognition. Until then, the more popular festival was the celebration of the Twelfth Night, originally a pagan observance which persisted into the Christian era. In the 12th century, the focus changed from local saints to the Holy Family. Over the period of several centuries, emphasis on the nativity in the cycle plays lead to a rise in interest in Christmas itself. Fourteenth and fifteenth century cycle plays, presented in English towns by local guilds on or about Corpus Christi day (a movable feast sometime between May 21 and June 24) focused on the life of Christ and sometimes included elaborate stagings of the nativity. Thus began the first widespread popularization of the Christmas story in England. The first Christmas carols were also connected to the performance of these plays. We don't normally think of Christmas as a midsummer tradition, but this, indeed, was its roots. Yule became synonymous with Christmas, and customs such the Yule log and decorating with evergreens, despite their non-Christian origins, became associated with this holiday as well. Holly, ivy, laurel, and other evergreens began to be used as metaphors for the infant Christ. Gifts were given between neighbors and families. Wreaths were used as decor. In the 16th century, garlands of evergreens were sometimes placed around wire hoops; three of these would then be placed together to form a sort of ball, which was then hung. However, decorated trees were not included in the tradition until much later. Throughout the Christmas season there was an innate sense of good cheer and well being. Houses were opened to friends and neighbors and various celebratory customs occurred. One of the most popular customs being "mumming," in which revelers put on masks and accompanied minstrels traveling from house to house. Another custom (practiced particularly in the universities) during this time was the appointment of the Lord of Misrule. This appointment seemed to follow earlier pagan rituals. The Lord of Misrule dressed ostentatiously and led revelers on wild nighttime processions through the town. However, churchmen had their own form of this custom--the appointment of a young boy as bishop for the holiday season. As you may have noticed, the holiday season was well-known for role reversal. In fact, the custom of lords serving their servants for a day was quite common. Christmas conjures up images of a host of culinary delights and treats to everyone and it wasn't much different during the Middle Ages. There was no specific and detailed menu on what should or should not be eaten at Christmas. Much of the festivity that revolved around food was not in what was being offered, but in how it was offered, the quantities that were available, and in the act of sharing a meal and eating together. The two longest and most important fasts were Advent and Lent, which ushered in the greatest feasts of the year ~ Christmas and Easter. The season of Advent covered a span of about four weeks and always contained four Sundays. Advent begins on the first of these, Advent Sunday, and this day marks the start of the ecclesiastical year. It is a period of preparation for Christmas, a time when man tries to turn over a new leaf and start again. One 15th sermon writer points the parallel between the Church and the individual: just as the Church makes a fresh beginning on Advent Sunday, "so owe ye to begynne and renewe youre lfyy." The Advent fast, prohibiting meat, chicken, milk, cheese, butter (virtually all animal products) was THE primary motivation for the festal consumption of food during a Medieval Christmas. Christmas itself ran from Christmas Day up through Epiphany, or Twelfth Day (January 6). Those days leading up to Christmas were the fast, or fish-days of Advent. Fish was eaten in great quantities up to and including Christmas Eve. The rules and standards of food at Christmas time lasted for this entire 12 day period. Medieval cooks came up with a variety of ways to circumvent the restrictions of a fast-day: mock cheese was made out of fish and almond milk, fish was made to taste like meat, etc. And some people relied on extremes in common food beliefs to see them through their fast: beaver tail (a high source of fat & protein) was acceptable as the beaver lived in water, like a fish; ordinary geese were often identified as being the mythical Barnacle Goose by both sellers and consumers alike. The Barnacle Goose, being a product of the ocean, was not a true land-goose and therefore was not restricted. After the round of fast days, the Christmas feast was a virtual explosion of tasty delicacies and treats. As turkey does for us today, a boar's head led every large dinner with accompaniments such as plum pudding, mincemeat pie (with real meat), and such treats as gingerbread, spiced wines, etc. According to household records of the time, venison was a popular meat at Christmas, and possibly represented about 1/4 of all meat eaten. Goose, duck, hen, and an enormous range of fowl and poultry served in or with a variety of sauces; dishes of beef, pork, and rabbit prepared in numerous ways; rich soups and thick pottages and stews; followed by a plethora of sweets and desserts. By Medieval times, the game of the Bean King or Mock King was old enough to be considered "ancient." This was a cake or a loaf of bread which had hidden in it a small object, such as a bean. Whoever found the bean in their portion was proclaimed the Bean King, and presided as a humorous ruler over the Christmas festivities. In some cultures the Bean cake was shaped like a crown and was associated with the Three Wise Kings. The lord was expected to give his tenants a meal, for example bread, cheese, pottage and two dishes of meat. The tenant might be directed to bring his own plate, mug and napkin if he wished there to be a cloth on the table, and a faggot of brushwood of cook his food, unless he wished to have it raw. Lords usually chose this time to bestow gifts upon their servants. A common gift was a new suit of clothes. Several dishes of healthy, tasty food and ale to last a day, along with fuel for cooking and warmth, and candles to light the long evening, was an honored and acceptable gift from the lord to his villeins. At Christmas in 1314 in North Curry, Somerset, three privileged tenants of the manor received two white loaves, a mess of beef and bacon with mustard, thick chicken soup, a cheese and as much ale as they could drink in the day. It is apparent that the emphasis was placed on celebrations and happiness, just as we do today. A SCANT MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS QUIZ Below are four multiple choice questions guaranteed to test your knowledge and pick your brain. No fair cheating, but you'll find the answers at the end of the Coffee: 1. If you were given frumenty at a medieval Christmas party, you would probably: a. burn it c. eat it b. drink it d. put it in your hair 2. "Mumming plays" with traditional plots have been enjoyed at Christmas time in Europe since the Middle Ages. In England, the central character is usually: a. Robin Hood c. King Arthur b. St. George d. Sir Lancelot 3. At lavish Christmas feasts in the Middle Ages, swans and peacocks were sometimes served "endored." This means: a. The feet and beaks were coated with gold b. The guests knelt in adoration as the birds were brought in c. The birds had been raised on grain soaked in brandy d. The flesh was painted with saffron dissolved in melted butter 4. "Hot cockles" was popular at Chrismas in medieval times. It was: a. A dish of oysters and mussels b. A game in which a blindfolded person was struck c. The title of a popular drinking song d. A hot, spiced drink CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI: DID YOU KNOW...? .... long before it was used as a "kiss encourager" during the Christmas season, mistletoe had long been considered to have magic powers by Celtic and Teutonic peoples? It was said to have the ability to heal wounds and increase fertility. Celts hung mistletoe in their homes in order to bring themselves good luck and ward off evil spirits. .... Christmas trees are edible? Many parts of pines, spruces and firs can be eaten. The needles are a good source of vitamin C. Pine nuts, or pine cones, are also a good source of nutrition. .... the modern Christmas custom of displaying a wreath on the front door of your ome is borrow from ancient Rome's New Year's celebrations? Romans wished each other "good health" by exchanging branches of evergreens. They called these gifts strenae after Strenia, the goddess of health. It became the custom to bend these branches into a ring and display them on doorways. .... there are 364 gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas?" .... the words of the carol, "Silent Night" were written on Christmas Eve in 1818 by Joseph Mohr, an Austrian priest? Franz Gruber, the organist of Mohr's church, composed the music that same night, and the carol was sung at midnight Mass. .... in a contract drawn up for masons and carpenters in Calais, in 1474, feast days were graded according to their importance? The time at which work finished dpeneded on the dignity of the day. Thus, a minor feast, like New Year's Day, was not recognized as a holiday and work ended at the usual time, 5:00 p.m. On a more important day, like St. Thomas of Canterbury's, work stopped at 3:00 p.m., while on Christmas Day, the most important holiday of all, tools were downed at 11:00 a.m. Although tis particular group of men was expected to work a few hours even on Christmas Day, it was the general custom to talke a holiday lasting several days in the Christmas week. At York in 1327, all work stopped from 24-28 December while at Westminster in 1331, the vacation ran from 23-30 December. Family and knowing our rich heritage ... it's what we're all about. Thank you for allowing me to spend this time with you. I hope your upcoming week is filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all, filled with love. Merry Christmas, everyone! ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.' Medieval quiz: 1. C) Eat it. Frumenty was a spiced porridge, enjoyed by boh rich and poor. It is thought to be the forerunner of modern Christmas puddings. It has its origins in a Celtic legend of the harvest god, Dagda, who stirred a porridge made up of all the good things of the earth. 2. B) St. George. Mumming plays were passed down through generations. Some bits seems to have nothing to do with the overall plot but are demanded by tradition. In England, St. George fights a Turk, who defeats him, to much booing and hissing from the audience. A Good Doctor then comes and saves St. George, to wild cheering. 3. D) The flesh was painted with saffron dissolved in melted butter. In addition to their painted flesh, endored birds were served wrapped in their own skin and feathers, which had been removed and set aside prior to roasting. 4. B) A game in which a blindfolded person was struck. "Hot cockles" was still a Christmas pastime until the Victorian era. The other players took turns striking the blindfolded one, who had to guess the name of the person delivering each blow.

This was sent to from another list, had to pass it along Merry Christmas, Gloria A Christmas Incident 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the charts The lines that were empty would sure break your heart. The pedigree chart was laid out with care, In hopes that St Nicholas would know who or where. As searcher I nestled all snug in my bed While visions of ancestors danced through my head. Others sound asleep both upstairs and down All in a nightcap and ankle length gown. when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I jumped from my bed to see what was the matter. When much to my wonderment there did appear Good old St Nicholas with a grin to each ear. His bulk was tremendous, his eyes full of glee He laughed as he picked up the sad pedigree. He shouted and roared and ripped it to bits While I swallowed my heart and went into fits. "Dash it all, dash it all," I heard him then say, "This clutter and mess is just in my way." He said not a word as he started his job He sat down at once and his pencil did jog. A new pedigree he filled out in two winks Giving names, dates, and places and all missing links. Clear back to Adam, and down to the last... For ageless was he, having served in the past. I thought, "Oh, how wonderful it would all be If he did for others what he did for me!!: As he finished and blotted the ink not quite dry A sadness came over me and then I did cry! He gave me the details and seemed to have such fun But now all my ancestor chasing was done!!! He bounced out the window and I heard him say, "For others I'll do the same any old day, Just tell them my number and be good and kind," But then, a sure thought came into my mind... Nobody wants ancestors that fast and so good I'll let everyone else do the job just as they should.

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Merry Christmas to all Bower families and variations!!! This came to me from a non-genealogist (obviously) with a great sense of humor!! Barbara Bower Yorktown, VA Spilling the Beans Sometimes we get too serious about our own research. Maybe this will give you a smile and lighten your day. We were working on our family tree when our visitors arrived. "On my mother's side," I explained, "we're tracing the McNeills, Scots, who came to Carolina in the 1700's." "Fascinating," said the visitor. "I have Scots in my family, too, the MacBeans. They dropped the Mac and were just known as the BEANS." "How interesting," I said. "From Scotland," he said, sipping a scotch, "the Beans migrated all over the world and became quite famous." "Well" I said, somewhat miffed, "the McNeils were pretty hot stuff. There was..." "I recollect," he interrupted, "hearing about an ancestpr who fled to Peru after being persecuted by the British. Family's still there. The LIMA BEANS. "Fascinating" I said, "but the McNeils..." "Then there was John Paul Bean, who commanded a frigate in the war of 1812. His male descendants have all been Annapolis graduates. A patriotic bunch, those NAVY BEANS." "Now listen here," I protested "There was McTavish Bean," he persisted, "a mercenary for a Polish Count in 1774. Stayed in Warsaw and started a line that exists to this day. Perhaps you've heard of them, the POLE BEANS." "Then, of course," he went on "there was the German bunch, industrialists, famed for their elegant automobiles, the MERCEDES BEANS." "I don't believe this," I said. "You just don't know BEANS," he said. "Lady Flora Dora Bean is immortalized in Madame Toussaud's London Wax Museum. She's known as the WAX BEAN. Great Uncle Amos settled in Mexico, where he perfected chili con carne. But he hated the Mexican heat and moved his family to icy Alaska. We call them..." "The CHILLY BEANS?" I guessed. "Of course. I might add that BEANS have always integrated fully with native cultures. A branch of the BEANS intermarried with a fine Cuban family...the famed GARBANZO BEANS...and with a Mandarin line in China...the SOY BEANS. Then there are the BLACK BEANS in Swaziland...all of noble birth...and the Scots-Sioux line descending directly from Crazy Horse...the RED BEANS." "You're trying to tell me that every last Bean was a paragon of virtue and nobility?" I asked. "Well," he said sheepishly, "there was Machine Gun Bean, a gangster. He got the electric chair. Odd thing, though, the power failed just as they threw the switch. They had to make repairs before electrocuting him. We have a little joke in the family about him. The REFRIED BEAN" "This is going too far". "No, I could tell you stories." he said. "The Swazaland Beans still stalk lions with spears...the BEANSTALK, we call it. Then there is my idiot brother, the BEAN DIP, and his ugly wife the BEAN BAG, and his maddening children, the BEAN SPROUTS, and the annual family dance, the BEAN BAll..." "Stop, stop", I cried "I'll never mention the McNeills again" "Oh" he said, downing his whisky and rising to depart, "I nearly forgot the French beans of the family". "I never heard of any French Beans" I said. "Of course not" he said, "They've changed their name to LEGUME."

Hello, I'm new to the list. I'm hoping somebody out there can link to my husbands family. His Grandfather was Fritz/Frederick Bauer born in New Jersey in 1912 settled in CT. His father was Fritz Bauer also. The family was orginially from Bern Switzerland area. Unfortunately I don't know who or when the first Bauer of his family arrived in the US. Does anyone know of anyone in this link. Lisa Bauer

Yep that's the stuff - its great - but make sure that you make it thick. Jak -----Original Message----- From: Donna Hinson [mailto:dhinson@kellnet.com] Sent: 21 December 2000 21:11 To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOWER] Chat: Bread & Butter Pudding custard sauce In Cleveland, OH, Top's Grocery store has "Bird's" (famous since 1837) Imported English Custard Pudding & Sauce mix...box of 6 envelopes. ______________________________

> >I'm a BILLMEYER researcher and I'm looking for missing data on the >following >BOWERS family. CHRISTIANA BILLMEYER; b. 1 March 1832; d. 3 May 1903; >married on "DATE UNKNOWN" JOHN BOWERS (dates of birth and death >UNKNOWN). >They had the following children: CHARLES BOWERS; b. @ 1854 in Michigan, >HENRY BOWERS; b. @ 1859 in Iowa, CYRUS BOWERS; b. @ 1862 in Iowa, and >INA M >BOWERS; b. @ 1870 in Iowa. If any of these BOWERS are a part of your >family, please let me know. I will share my BILLMEYER data if you'd >like >it. > >Harold Robinson >Gettysburg, Pennsylvania >robbie4244@hotmail.com Harold ------------- This Bowers family is in my line. If you can wait until after Christmas, I'll send you the data you want. Jean R. Legried, CGRS Norwegian-American research specialty <jrl@smig.net> Freeborn Co. MNGenWeb Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnfreebo Beginning Genealogy lessons: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie Co-editor, VESTLANDET

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWERS] John Bowers married to Christiana Billmeyer Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:36:03 -0800 Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:35:57 -0500 From: "Harold Robinson" <robbie4244@hotmail.com> Reply-To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com I’m a BILLMEYER researcher and I’m looking for missing data on the following BOWERS family. CHRISTIANA BILLMEYER; b. 1 March 1832; d. 3 May 1903; married on “DATE UNKNOWN” JOHN BOWERS (dates of birth and death UNKNOWN). They had the following children: CHARLES BOWERS; b. @ 1854 in Michigan, HENRY BOWERS; b. @ 1859 in Iowa, CYRUS BOWERS; b. @ 1862 in Iowa, and INA M BOWERS; b. @ 1870 in Iowa. If any of these BOWERS are a part of your family, please let me know. I will share my BILLMEYER data if you’d like it. Harold Robinson Gettysburg, Pennsylvania robbie4244@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ==== BOWERS Mailing List ==== Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you. ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Hi list, These two obituaries came to me on another list which posts obituaries (current ones) from a newspaper in Washington Co, PA. Since the first two were Bowers, I thought I'd forward them to see if they can help someone on our list. Merry Christmas!! Barbara Bower Yorktown, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: <JWal648310@aol.com> To: <PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:39 AM Subject: [PAWASHIN-L] Tribune Review Obits for December 18, 2000 > Rev. Seth Paul Bower > > The Rev. Seth BOWER was the eldest of seven brothers, a son of Florence and > Earl Bower. He received his license as a Methodist minister in 1951 and > attended West Virginia Wesleyan College where he met Jean Lillian KOON, who > would become his wife. Seth and Jean had a daughter, Deborah, and a son, > Daniel, born in 1959 and 1960. His wife, Jean, passed away in 1967, but in > 1970 he met and married the Rev. Patricia DORE, who had three grown children, > Francis, Elizabeth and Edward. Seth and Pat served their parishes together > until their retirement. Seth is survived by five brothers, David, Carl, > Fred, James and Ivan (his brother, Donald, passed away in 1997). He is also > survived by his children, Deborah and Daniel; stepchildren, Francis, > Elizabeth and Edward; Viewing will be at the WILLIAM G. NEAL FUNERAL HOMES > LTD., 925 Allison Ave., Washington, Pa., Funeral service will be held in the > Jefferson Avenue United Methodist Church with the Rev. John Hoffman, the Rev. > Neal Rogers and the Rev. Richard Markle co-officiating. Friends will be > received at the church Burial will be at the Mars Hill Cemetery, Rillton. > ====================================================== > Keith D. Bowers > Avalon > > Keith D. BOWERS, 41, of Avalon, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000. He is survived by > his wife, Gail O'MALLEY Bowers; three daughters, Jamie and Ashley Bowers of > Avalon and Savannah Bowers of Oakdale; two brothers, Lester C. Bowers Jr. of > Moon and Kent C. Bowers of Cranberry; his stepmother, June Bowers of Avalon; > four stepsisters, Diana HAMMEL , Janet HICKEY , Patricia ROBINSON and Kathy > BECKER. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dreta G. (McKERAHAN) and > Lester C. Bowers Jr.; and a brother, William K. Bowers. Friends invited in > the ORION C. PINKERTON FUNERAL HOME INC., A Golden Rule Member Firm, 1014 > California Ave., Avalon (North Boros). Interment will be in Union Dale > Cemetery, North Side. > ====================================================== .

In Cleveland, OH, Top's Grocery store has "Bird's" (famous since 1837) Imported English Custard Pudding & Sauce mix...box of 6 envelopes.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BAUER] Have you got family in Argentina ? Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:28:49 -0800 Resent-From: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:16:19 -0300 From: Gastón Giacobbe <ggiacob@fi.uba.ar> Reply-To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com Please, if you have got family in Argentina, contact me !! I´m looking for Bauers from the Volga-Deutche (Germans in Russia). Thanks, Gastón Giacobbe Buenos Aires - Argentina ggiacob@fi.uba.ar PD: Hay algún Argentino acá ?? ==== BAUER Mailing List ==== The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bauer mailing list -- http://bowercommunity.com/homestead ============================== The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

I was searching the egroups for genealogy and came aross this site SurnameSearchDaily@egroups.com It is free to subscribe and they send out a daily "surname search" list. I have found it very useful and they also list the harder to find web pages where people post data to. Example would be like a small area in a county where as Rootsweb would do the whole county. On todays list was the link below. It was helpful to my cousin and I thought someone else might want to check it out. You might also want to do a search on the egroup site to see if anyone is researching the area or name your looking for. http://genealogysearch.org/index.html#surnames

Merry Ann Simmons wrote: > . . . On todays list was the link below. It was helpful . . . > > http://genealogysearch.org/index.html#surnames This version works better, at least on my Netscape browser .. added "www." http://www.genealogysearch.org/index.html#surnames Ron Myers

? - It is a British Christmas tradition that a wish made while mixing the Christmas pudding will come true only if the ingredients are stirred in a clockwise direction. ? - The tradition of Christmas lights dates back to when Christians were persecuted for saying Mass. A simple candle in the window meant that Mass would be celebrated there that night. ? - Yuletide-named towns in the United States include Santa Claus, located in Arizona and Indiana, Noel in Missouri, and Christmas in both Arizona and Florida. ? - The classic animal crackers box is designed with a string handle because the animal-shaped cookie treats, introduced in 1902 as a Christmas novelty, were packaged so they could be hung from Christmas trees. ? - Sending red Christmas cards to anyone in Japan constitutes bad etiquette, since funeral notices there are customarily printed in red. ? - When distributing gifts in Holland, St. Nicholas is accompanied by his servant, Black Peter; who is responsible for actually dropping the presents down the chimneys. However, legend claims that Peter also punishes bad children by putting them in a bag and carrying them away to Spain. ? - Theodore Roosevelt, a staunch conservationist, banned Christmas trees in his home, even when he lived in the White House. His children, however, smuggled them into their bedrooms. ? - Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of England, was credited with introducing the German custom of the Christmas tree into the English home in 1841. ? - In the British armed forces it is traditional that officers wait on the men and serve them their Christmas dinner. This dates back to a custom from the Middle Ages.

I do not know about what is in the U.S.A. Safeway but in Canada you go to the bake good department and look for little packets of all the good baking needs. Or go to your local German Speciality or European speciality stores and ask they are available all over the place here in Canada. Vicky Jak Daniels wrote: > > I've decided to send the recipe to the whole list - everyone seems to want a > copy of it - so here it is. Plus I missed out an important ingrediant when > I sent it out - I forgot the milk ! Opps. No wonder I can't cook! > > Bread & Butter Pudding > > 3-4 thin slices of bread and butter > 50g (2oz) currants or sultanas (raisins are fine, but soak them in water for > about 1/2 an hour to make them plump) > 15ml (2 tablespoons) caster sugar (normal sugar is fine - we use caster > sugar in baking that's all) > 3/4 pint of milk > 2 eggs > ground nutmeg > > Cut the bread and butter into strips and arrange, buttered side up, in > layers in a greased ovenproof dish. Sprinkling the layers with the fruit > and sugar. Heat the milk, but do not allow it to boil. Whisk the eggs > lightly and pour the milk on to them, stiring all the time. Strain the > mixture over the bread, sprinkle some nutmeg on top and let the pudding > stand for 1/2 hour. Bake in the oven at 180 C (150 C) or gas mark 4 for > 30-40 minutes, until set and lightly browned. > > Eat while hot with lashing of hot creamy custard. Comfort food or what :)! > If anyone would like some Custard Powder, please let me know and I'll post a > packet of it to you. > Regards and happy eating > > Jak > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- > http://bowercommunity.com/homestead