from grandmother West's scrapbook Feb. 13, 1936 Journal-Reporter Barry West Marie Deemer, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Deemer, who live thirteen miles southwest of here, was badly frozen Saturday afternoon when she attempted to return home from a neighbor's home a mile distant. Marie had spent Friday night with school friends at a neighbor's home. She was force to stop at the home of Charles Gibbons which was two-thirds of her way home. First aid had to be administered as she was nearly exhausted from wading in the deep drifts and suffering from frozen arms, face and feet. After she had rested for a few hours she resumed her trek home. Although her arms, face and feet were badly frozen and swollen, the blisters are healing nicely now.

from grandmother West's scrapbook Feb. 13, 1936 Journal-Reproter Barry West Mrs. Margaret Lamoree 82, died at her home in Van Wert Monday. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Van Wert Wednesday afternoon. Internment was made in the Van Wert cemeter.

From grandmother West's scrapbook Feb. 13, 1986 Journal-Reporter Barry West Notice of Probating Will To all whom it may concern: You are hereby notified that there is now on the file in the office of the clerk of the District Court of Iowa, in and for Decatur county, an instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of George D. Tallman______

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa Volume IV 1931 SPENCER H. AMOS was one of the veteran and honored members of the bar of Decatur County at the time of his death, which occurred June 22, 1923. Here he had been continuously established in the practice of his profession at Garden Grove during a period of nearly half a century, and he not only achieved success and prestige in his profession but was also known and valued as a sterling citizen of marked loyalty and public spirit. Mr. Amos was born in Ohio, February 2, 1850, and thus was seventy-three years of age at the time of his death. He was a son of William and Elizabeth (Bramble) Amos, and was a child when the family came to Iowa and established residence on a farm in Wayne County, his parents having passed the remainder of their lives in this state. Mr. Amos received the advantages of the Iowa public schools and also those of higher educational institutions of this state. He gave effective service a number of years as a teacher in the public schools, and in the meanwhile he initiated the study of law. He made rapid advancement in the absorption and assimilation of the science of jurisprudence, was in due course admitted to the Iowa bar, and from 1877 until his death he was engaged in the practice of law at Garden Grove, where he long controlled a substantial and representative law business that indicated popular appreciation of his professional ability and also his secure place in the confidence and esteem of the community. He was for many years a director and the attorney for the Garden Grove Bank, and for a time was editor and publisher of the Garden Grove Express. Mr. Amos was a stalwart and well fortified advocate and supporter of the cause of the Republican party, was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow, and was influential in the Iowa circles of the Masonic fraternity, in which he was a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He was one of the old and honored members of the Decatur County Bar Association at the time of his death, and held membership also in the Iowa State Bar Association. In Decatur County was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Amos to Miss Josephine Amos, who was born in Virginia, she having been a child when her parents, Albert and Caroline Amos, established their home in Iowa. Mrs. Amos received excellent educational advantages and prior to her marriage she had been a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of Iowa, Montana and Kansas. She was one of the organizers and charter members of the Garden Grove chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and served as its first worthy matron. She has continued influential in this branch of the Masonic fraternity and now resides in the Iowa Eastern Star Home at Boone. She has long been a gracious figure in church, cultural and social affairs in the Hawkeye State, and in her old home community at Garden Grove her circle of friends is limited only by that of her acquaintance. Florence, first born of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Amos, died in childhood. Daisy, the second child, is the wife of Robert G. Bennett, of Garden Grove, and they have four children: Mrs. Amy Rushing, of Rockford, Iowa; Miss Greta E., a popular teacher in the Marcus, Iowa, public schools; Lucille, a graduate nurse who is doing admirable service in her profession; and Roberta O., who remains at the parental home. The third daughter, Mrs. Nan E. Raleigh, resides in the City of Seattle, Washington, and she has one child, Eva G. http://www.iagenweb.org posted at this site with Debbie's permission

BARRY, thanks. my dad worked in a coal mine west of Davis City about 1936 = altho, I believe there were 4 or 5 of them? thanks for the memories, marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: BRWest@aol.com [mailto:BRWest@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:10 PM To: IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IADECATU] Feb. 13, 1936 more articles from Reporter-Journal from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Coal Available In A Short Time Work Resumed on Decatur County Coal Co. Shaft Near Davis City Due to the sub zero weather the men have been unable to work during the past month. Actual sinking of the shaft to a 465 foot depth is now under way. With fair weather it should be completed within another week or ten days, Charles Pennisten one of the promoters announced yesterday. After the shaft is constructed the workmen will immediately drive the entry ways and actual digging of coal will then get under way. _____________________________________________________________ ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Home on a Furlough Gale Bright, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bright of near Decatur, arrived Tuesday from the San Diego training station for a thirty-day visit. Gale, who enlisted some time ago in the navy with be attached to the U. S. Raleigh. ____________________________________________________________________ Coal Available In A Short Time Work Resumed on Decatur County Coal Co. Shaft Near Davis City Due to the sub zero weather the men have been unable to work during the past month. Actual sinking of the shaft to a 465 foot depth is now under way. With fair weather it should be completed within another week or ten days, Charles Pennisten one of the promoters announced yesterday. After the shaft is constructed the workmen will immediately drive the entry ways and actual digging of coal will then get under way. _____________________________________________________________

from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West George Allen Dies in Colorado Frank Allen of Lamoni received a message Tuesday stating that his brother, George Allen, had passed away that morning at Greeley, Colo. Burial followed at Greeley. He was born at Garden Grove in this county February 13, 1874. In 1879 he came to Leon with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Allen. He had lived in Colorado for the past twenty years. He is survived by three children, three boys and one girl. His wife passed away twenty-three years ago. ________________________________________________________________ Dr. W. C. Boone Very Ill Dr. W. C. Boone, formerly of Leon, is reported as critically ill at his home in Ottumwa with double pneumonia. He is a member of the Iowa Conservation commission. Dr. Boone has practiced dentistry in Ottumwa for many years. ______________________________________________________________ Well Known Corydon Attorney Dead Attorney Harley Bracewell, well known to many Decatur county people, died suddenly at his home in Corydon last Sunday. Funeral services will be held at Corydon today. ________________________________________________________________ Mrs. Akers Operated Upon Mrs. Elmer Akers was brought from her home in Decatur Friday evening in the Stewart ambulance to the Decatur county hospital where she was operated upon for appendicitis. ______________________________________________________________ Taken Home From Hospital Mrs. Casey Smith and little son were removed to their home Friday from the Decatur county hospital in the Stewart ambulance.

Hi all, I just got off of the phone with my father (who is 55 and has lived in the Decatur Co. area all of his life). After my maternal grandparents sold their land around the old Dekalb area, another "cemetery" was "found" by surveyers. It is suppost to be across the road from where the old school house sat and is in state hunting land now. Dad said he heard that there are gravestones, but who know what kind of condition they are in. I will be going home this Sunday, but my little sister is graduating from high school. I will be home for Memorial Day and Dad and I plan on donning on the Deep Woods Off, jeans, and hiking boots for the sake of history. Anyone interested in knowing more about this mysterious cemetery, please email me at cy_hick@yahoo.com. If I have time, I may be able to check out some other cemeteries in the area for anyone also. I am currently about 90 miles away at college, but I do go home often so I can scope out cemeteries for anyone if needed (provided that I have the time). I can take pictures, but would have to charge a small fee to reimburst my costs. I also have access to old census records via the Iowa State University library and I have the Weldon Centennial book (1880 to 1980), so I can do some research for you. Thanks and take care! Tracie McBroom :) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West (This is about my father) Wm Raymond West, S 1/c pictured above, is a cook on a Dutch troop transport in the southwest Pacific. He has been across several times. His wife Marie lives at Leon and works at Graham's Department store. Seaman West is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton West of this city. He received his boot training at Farragut, Idaho. ***** ****** ****** First Lieutenant Clayton P. Scott, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl A. Scott of Van Wert is currently assigned to the AAF redistribution station number four at Santa Ana Army base. Lt. Scott, a B-17 bomzardier in the 8th air force with 39 combat missions to his credit entered the service March 29, 1944 and went overseas in July 1944. He has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the European theatre ribbon with three battle stars. ******* ******** ******** pfc. Francis M. Cox of Leon is a patient at Camp Carson Convalescent hospital after serving five months overseas in Germany with the 102 infantry division. Camp Carson is one of nine such units in the United States. This recently established center consists of a general hospital and a ********** *********** *********** Staff Sergeant Darrell Kendall of the marine air corps who is stationed at Santa Barbara California arrived in Leon Thursday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kendall of Des Moines for a visit with friends. The Kendalls are former Leon residents. Sgt. Kendall is enjoying a fifteen day furlough in Iowa. ************* ********** ********* Charles W. McKern, 19 signalman, third class of the navy of Weldon who served aboard an escort destroyer with the Atlantic fleet as he hunted Nazi U-boats through the Atlantic, got a close look at his former prey recently. After V-E day, German submarines flying the black flag of surrender , pulled into an Atlantic port. He was one of the crew members from this ship merited to board the subs for an inspection tour. Signalman McKern is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McKern. He is a graduate of the Garden Grove high school and was employed at he Hyde Service store in Leon before entering the navy ********* ************* ********** Sgt. Deqayne Showers, just back from Germany, is enjoying a thirty day furlough visiting his wife. Baby and his parents, of Lineville. Sgt. Showers was with the 95th infantry in Germany. He reports to Camp Grant, Illinois at the close of his furlough.

from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Move to Leon From Marion Mr. and Mrs. Louis shaner moved to this city Wednesday of last week. Mr. shaner will be employed by the Tinsley Hatchery and Mrs. shaner, a registered nurse, will be added to the staff at the Decatur county hospital ________________________________________________________________________ Goes to Rochester Miss Virginia smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight L. Smith left Sunday for Rochester, Minnesota, where she is beginning her internship in St. Mary's hospital as a dietitian. Miss Smith went by plane from Des Moines to Rochester. _________________________________________________________________________ Baby Buried at Terre Haute Donella, born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Williams, dead at birth, was buried in the Terre Haute cemetery Tuesday with the Stewart Funeral Home in charge. ____________________________________________________________________ Sweet Clover Climbs to New Heights A stalk of clover brought to this office is 100 inches high. The sweet clover was raised on the F. M. Miller farm 13 miles northwest of Leon. ______________________________________________________________________ Remodeling Property C. A. Fisher who recently bought the Mary Flynn property at the corner of church and Eighth streets, is remodeling the residence completely throughout. Carpenters started on the work some days ago.

from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West The Leon Journal-Reporter July 19, 1945 Willard, Willis and Wilbur Stanford are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stanford The only triplets to register from Decatur county in World War II registered yesterday at the Selective Service office in Leon. Teh youths who were eighteen are Willard, Willis and Wilbur Stanford. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stanford of Leon. Wilbur and Willis look alike and are difficult to tell apart but Willard doesn't look so much like them. Wilbur and Willis are the same height. Willard isn't quite so tall. The trio are all blonds with fair skin and brown eyes. They all weight just about the same. The triplets are exceptionally healthy and always have been according to their mother. Each of them prefer service in the army. No particular branch of the service is preferred.

I will venture into realm of "not minding my own business." Most computers (recent vintage) allow you to set/change time, month, etc. I do so by clicking onto START, CONTROL PANEL, DATE AND TIME. This takes you (me) to your (my) calendar and clock; then, set/change year, month, day, time, including "zone" time (PST. EST, etc). Also, some software allows an option to choose pre-setting automatic change when daylight savings starts/stops, and leap year. Note that when e-mail is forwarded, the original and succeeding forwards will retain their own forwarding date, and they will not change. As to Norton. I have used for years and have found Norton quality to exceed most virus protection software for "us small-time users" as compared to the "big-time pro user" software protection. (At a much less cost.). I cannot understand Norton changing your time. Some virus protection software will place time screened and certified "clean" prior to sending/forwarding, at the bottom of the transmitted e-mail. I keep my virus protection up-dated by using Norton's "Live Up-Date" almost daily. Actually, you can keep your original Anti Virus Protection indefinitely by paying the annual fee. However, all this does is keep your original version up-to-date, and you do not get the benefit of "new stuff." For example, Norton 2005 added much more in the worm protection area. Hope I have not up-set anyone!! Carroll, Virginia Beach, Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: Stacy Smith<mailto:slsmith@grm.net> To: IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook Hi Clif My clock time is correct, but the date is a year off. There is a reason for this... I buy Norton Anti-virus for my computer, to keep my computer protected. BUT it expires 365 days after you install it, so I was going out every year and buying a new one to install. And I have found that when I buy the new one and install it as the other expires, for some reason it doesn't "take" (If for example, Norton was to expire tomorrow, and I go out and buy a new one and install it, it says that Norton will expire in one day. So, I just blew $30+ and my computer is no longer protected) but I have found that if, for example, Norton expires tomorrow, then I can set my computer clock back a year, and still be "safe" from viruses. Then NEXT year when it expires Norton WILL work on my computer. Don't have a clue as to why that is. Aren't computers wonderful? So, every other year I buy Norton, and the other year I have to "live in the past". I am sorry for the inconveniences, but I don't know of another way to do it so that my computer is virus protected. (Someone once mentioned that I could buy it on line...but using a credit card on line is not 100% safe~I have a story about that too~I went on line to a "very secure site" and spent about $20. (This was the ONLY time this credit card was ever used) Then about 2-3 months later I got a bill in the mail saying that I was in Paris and used the credit card 3 times to buy books, a surf board and another couple items. ) Wow, Paris! Which was kind of interesting, since I have never even been close to an ocean, let alone fly over one. The "good thing" was that when these items were purchased, the surf board was purchased on our anniversary. :-) I dont know if they ever caught the surfing-bookreader, but I do know that the credit card company fixed the problem. So, I no longer trust any website~even if they are "very secure") Gotta love computers! Any ideas how I can keep Norton and my date correct? Stacy (I wonder what our ggggreat grandparents would have thought about the kinds of "problems" we have today?) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clif Hinds" <hindsclif@yahoo.com<mailto:hindsclif@yahoo.com>> To: "Stacy Smith" <slsmith@grm.net<mailto:slsmith@grm.net>>; <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > Stacy, > Is the clock set right on your computer. When you send an email to > the list, it posts as a last year's message. Basically embedded way down > in my messages. I see that it's "snuck" in deep and I suspect spyware or > some such. > > Have a good day. > > Clif Hinds > > --- Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net<mailto:slsmith@grm.net>> wrote: > > > You said "this was implemented after 9/11." I think that actually, this > > was > > implemented for 911 (911~a faster way to get ahold of the police or > > ambulance~to know exactly where you were, and they needed all the roads > > clearly marked. During this time alot of house numbers AND street > > numbers > > changed around the area. Our 911 number was given to us in ?1999? And > > my > > mom's in Leon was changed around the same time. We finally got new > > country > > road signs put up just a couple years ago. I know that they changed > > all > > the RR numbers to longer addresses (From "R1 Box XX" to "00000 West US > > Highway 69". Bethany's switched before the 9/11 attacks, and Lamoni's > > just > > switched ?2? years ago. So, I think that instead of being implemented > > "after 9/11" I think that it is just coinsicdence that they changed for > > the > > 911 system around the time that 9/11 attacks happened. > > Stacy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sherry Balow" <balowmsg@earthlink.net<mailto:balowmsg@earthlink.net>> > > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>> > > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:45 PM > > Subject: RE: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > > > > Hey Barry (& others)-- > > > > > > I'm probably enjoying this as much as your mom! > > > > > > I thought I'd take advantage of the quiet and relate a recent Van Wert > > > story---I have to laugh out loud every time I think of it, if I don't > > cry. > > > > > > I visited the area last year -- the first time since the 1960's. > > Since > > Van > > > Wert is EXTREMELY rural, I would have been hopelessly lost without > > help > > > from a local cousin. My 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Price, was an > > > early settler, very near the farm that I was born at, a couple of > > miles > > > south of Van Wert. My cousin showed us the area, an old barn on the > > > property, and he pointed in the direction other families connected to > > ours > > > had their farms---Roberts to the north, the Bullards toward the west > > if I > > > remember correctly. He showed us where my first home had been---the > > area > > > and the road to it completely overgrown. I remember Mom talking about > > > it---an old converted shed, fixed and painted, the windows covered > > with > > > blue curtains that she and my great-grandmother, Mae Price, had sewn. > > Mom > > > called it "My Blue Heaven" and "remembered", on certain occasions, > > events > > > that took place there. When she made our "farm dinners" in later > > years, > > > and in California, she reflected on what it had been like on the > > > farm---field hands breaking for lunch---"lunch" being piles of fried > > > chicken, killed, cleaned and cooked that morning. (I do have a memory > > of > > > those headless chickens "chasing" me around the yard!) Mountains of > > mashed > > > potatoes & gravy, biscuits, and of course, corn-on-the-cob. I don't > > > remember THAT farm fare, but certainly remember it as California > > feasts, > > > once Mom got used to the "blue chickens" they sold in San Diego! I > > think > > > those meals were Sunday traditions back then, but are only enjoyed a > > > couple of times a year these days. (We BBQ in CA!) > > > > > > Anyway, back to visiting my first home. It's gone. Well, the > > converted > > > shed is gone. All that's there now are the trees & shrubs where the > > road > > > used to be, cornfields--lots of them-- and a street sign. Just when I > > was > > > getting my mind around "being born out in the middle of nowhere", I > > saw > > the > > > sign. And, it may very well be OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, > > (actually, > > > it's still a couple of miles south of Van Wert), but it is a VERY well > > > marked area. Anyone asking where I was born will, from now on, get, > > "Near > > > the corner of 140th Street and 230th Ave" in Van Wert, IA. Fifty five > > > years ago my mom would have laughed her head off if she'd passed this > > > street sign while on her way to Popcorn School to pick up her > > > kindergardner---just as I do every time I look at the picture that I > > took > > > of it. From a "Californians perspective", it looks like a relic from > > what > > > would have been a once thriving CITY neighborhood, the sign surviving > > after > > > any homes had disappeared. > > > > > > For those that didn't know, (and I was one of them), this was > > implemented > > > after 9/11. I'm not sure, but I do believe that NOW it would be > > virtually > > > impossible to get lost in a cornfield! The times, they are still a > > > changin', but the area, (except for the street signs & highway), has > > to > > > look VERY MUCH like it did 100 years ago--or at least, 50 years ago. > > > > > > Sherry > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: <BRWest@aol.com<mailto:BRWest@aol.com>> > > > > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>> > > > > Date: 5/15/2005 3:30:10 PM > > > > Subject: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > note from mom on responses to the list > > > > Barry > > > > > > > > > > > > Barry, I am enjoying the response you are getting back from > > grandmas > > > > scrapbook so much. and she would be happy, also. It is truly a > > small > > > world when you > > > > can hear from Calif , Mo, Iowa and all other places .about these > > > articles. > > > > Ray did go to school with Buddy Price and Rays folks knew all the > > Prices > > > at > > > > Van wet, I use to wait on them when they came into Grahams Dept > > store > > to > > > shop > > > > and I also, worked with Gladys Binning in Grahams for a while,. I > > kept > > > Books > > > > for Grahams for three years while Ray was in service. We went to > > school > > > with > > > > young Vernons wife Glendola, We knew the Turpens from Davis City > > and > > > went to > > > > school with Darrel and Duane, don't remember any Turpin girl. 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Speaking of computers -- my Mother who is nearly 83, thinks they are evil... Sherry, I got a 'kick' out of your remark about your grandmother doing 8 loads of clothes, etc.. None of our ancestors would give these new-fangled computers any of their precious time.. Too much to do. Admittedly, it has been a great tool for finding ancestor information and communicating with others at the touch of a button.. Thanks for the humor. Regards, Nancee ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sherry Balow Date: 05/17/05 12:49:19 To: IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook Hey Stacy---For whatever reason, MY e-mail program recognized your mailing in the current year. Notice--> Date: 5/17/2005 10:31:09 AM. I had dropped a note to Clif regarding this, then wondered why, going THRU the IADECATU site, it wouldn't automatically be updated. Looks like it just depends on the computer. Regarding what our grand-parents would think....I'll just bet mine would prefer washing 8 loads of clothes on a washboard to trying to "communicate" through a machine that KNOWS it's smarter than you are. :-) -Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/17/2005 10:31:09 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > Hi Clif > My clock time is correct, but the date is a year off. There is a reason for > this... I buy Norton Anti-virus for my computer, to keep my computer > protected. BUT it expires 365 days after you install it, so I was going out > every year and buying a new one to install. And I have found that when I > buy the new one and install it as the other expires, for some reason it > doesn't "take" (If for example, Norton was to expire tomorrow, and I go out > and buy a new one and install it, it says that Norton will expire in one > day. So, I just blew $30+ and my computer is no longer protected) but I > have found that if, for example, Norton expires tomorrow, then I can set my > computer clock back a year, and still be "safe" from viruses. Then NEXT > year when it expires Norton WILL work on my computer. Don't have a clue as > to why that is. Aren't computers wonderful? So, every other year I buy > Norton, and the other year I have to "live in the past". > I am sorry for the inconveniences, but I don't know of another way to do it > so that my computer is virus protected. (Someone once mentioned that I > could buy it on line...but using a credit card on line is not 100% safe~I > have a story about that too~I went on line to a "very secure site" and spent > about $20. (This was the ONLY time this credit card was ever used) Then > about 2-3 months later I got a bill in the mail saying that I was in Paris > and used the credit card 3 times to buy books, a surf board and another > couple items. ) Wow, Paris! Which was kind of interesting, since I have > never even been close to an ocean, let alone fly over one. The "good thing" > was that when these items were purchased, the surf board was purchased on > our anniversary. :-) > I dont know if they ever caught the surfing-bookreader, but I do know that > the credit card company fixed the problem. So, I no longer trust any > website~even if they are "very secure") > Gotta love computers! > Any ideas how I can keep Norton and my date correct? > Stacy > (I wonder what our ggggreat grandparents would have thought about the kinds > of "problems" we have today?) > >

Stacy: When you send the message, the rootsweb date is 2005 but when I open your e-mail, the date (see below) is 2004. You can click on your "time" in lower right hand corner and it opens the "DATE AND TIME" properties. Then just click the year up to 2005. As for renewing Norton online, I wouldn't recommend it anyway.......I tried once, they took my money but I never got the update and couldn't reach them by phone. I contacted my credit card company and they took the charge off. Good luck! Jan genhelp@att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacy Smith" <slsmith@grm.net> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook

Hey Stacy---For whatever reason, MY e-mail program recognized your mailing in the current year. Notice--> Date: 5/17/2005 10:31:09 AM. I had dropped a note to Clif regarding this, then wondered why, going THRU the IADECATU site, it wouldn't automatically be updated. Looks like it just depends on the computer. Regarding what our grand-parents would think....I'll just bet mine would prefer washing 8 loads of clothes on a washboard to trying to "communicate" through a machine that KNOWS it's smarter than you are. :-) -Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/17/2005 10:31:09 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > Hi Clif > My clock time is correct, but the date is a year off. There is a reason for > this... I buy Norton Anti-virus for my computer, to keep my computer > protected. BUT it expires 365 days after you install it, so I was going out > every year and buying a new one to install. And I have found that when I > buy the new one and install it as the other expires, for some reason it > doesn't "take" (If for example, Norton was to expire tomorrow, and I go out > and buy a new one and install it, it says that Norton will expire in one > day. So, I just blew $30+ and my computer is no longer protected) but I > have found that if, for example, Norton expires tomorrow, then I can set my > computer clock back a year, and still be "safe" from viruses. Then NEXT > year when it expires Norton WILL work on my computer. Don't have a clue as > to why that is. Aren't computers wonderful? So, every other year I buy > Norton, and the other year I have to "live in the past". > I am sorry for the inconveniences, but I don't know of another way to do it > so that my computer is virus protected. (Someone once mentioned that I > could buy it on line...but using a credit card on line is not 100% safe~I > have a story about that too~I went on line to a "very secure site" and spent > about $20. (This was the ONLY time this credit card was ever used) Then > about 2-3 months later I got a bill in the mail saying that I was in Paris > and used the credit card 3 times to buy books, a surf board and another > couple items. ) Wow, Paris! Which was kind of interesting, since I have > never even been close to an ocean, let alone fly over one. The "good thing" > was that when these items were purchased, the surf board was purchased on > our anniversary. :-) > I dont know if they ever caught the surfing-bookreader, but I do know that > the credit card company fixed the problem. So, I no longer trust any > website~even if they are "very secure") > Gotta love computers! > Any ideas how I can keep Norton and my date correct? > Stacy > (I wonder what our ggggreat grandparents would have thought about the kinds > of "problems" we have today?) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clif Hinds" <hindsclif@yahoo.com> > To: "Stacy Smith" <slsmith@grm.net>; <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > Stacy, > > Is the clock set right on your computer. When you send an email to > > the list, it posts as a last year's message. Basically embedded way down > > in my messages. I see that it's "snuck" in deep and I suspect spyware or > > some such. > > > > Have a good day. > > > > Clif Hinds > > > > --- Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> wrote: > > > > > You said "this was implemented after 9/11." I think that actually, this > > > was > > > implemented for 911 (911~a faster way to get ahold of the police or > > > ambulance~to know exactly where you were, and they needed all the roads > > > clearly marked. During this time alot of house numbers AND street > > > numbers > > > changed around the area. Our 911 number was given to us in ?1999? And > > > my > > > mom's in Leon was changed around the same time. We finally got new > > > country > > > road signs put up just a couple years ago. I know that they changed > > > all > > > the RR numbers to longer addresses (From "R1 Box XX" to "00000 West US > > > Highway 69". Bethany's switched before the 9/11 attacks, and Lamoni's > > > just > > > switched ?2? years ago. So, I think that instead of being implemented > > > "after 9/11" I think that it is just coinsicdence that they changed for > > > the > > > 911 system around the time that 9/11 attacks happened. > > > Stacy > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sherry Balow" <balowmsg@earthlink.net> > > > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:45 PM > > > Subject: RE: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > > > > > > > Hey Barry (& others)-- > > > > > > > > I'm probably enjoying this as much as your mom! > > > > > > > > I thought I'd take advantage of the quiet and relate a recent Van Wert > > > > > story---I have to laugh out loud every time I think of it, if I don't > > > cry. > > > > > > > > I visited the area last year -- the first time since the 1960's. > > > Since > > > Van > > > > Wert is EXTREMELY rural, I would have been hopelessly lost without > > > help > > > > from a local cousin. My 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Price, was an > > > > early settler, very near the farm that I was born at, a couple of > > > miles > > > > south of Van Wert. My cousin showed us the area, an old barn on the > > > > property, and he pointed in the direction other families connected to > > > ours > > > > had their farms---Roberts to the north, the Bullards toward the west > > > if I > > > > remember correctly. He showed us where my first home had been---the > > > area > > > > and the road to it completely overgrown. I remember Mom talking about > > > > it---an old converted shed, fixed and painted, the windows covered > > > with > > > > blue curtains that she and my great-grandmother, Mae Price, had sewn. > > > Mom > > > > called it "My Blue Heaven" and "remembered", on certain occasions, > > > events > > > > that took place there. When she made our "farm dinners" in later > > > years, > > > > and in California, she reflected on what it had been like on the > > > > farm---field hands breaking for lunch---"lunch" being piles of fried > > > > chicken, killed, cleaned and cooked that morning. (I do have a memory > > > of > > > > those headless chickens "chasing" me around the yard!) Mountains of > > > mashed > > > > potatoes & gravy, biscuits, and of course, corn-on-the-cob. I don't > > > > remember THAT farm fare, but certainly remember it as California > > > feasts, > > > > once Mom got used to the "blue chickens" they sold in San Diego! I > > > think > > > > those meals were Sunday traditions back then, but are only enjoyed a > > > > couple of times a year these days. (We BBQ in CA!) > > > > > > > > Anyway, back to visiting my first home. It's gone. Well, the > > > converted > > > > shed is gone. All that's there now are the trees & shrubs where the > > > road > > > > used to be, cornfields--lots of them-- and a street sign. Just when I > > > was > > > > getting my mind around "being born out in the middle of nowhere", I > > > saw > > > the > > > > sign. And, it may very well be OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, > > > (actually, > > > > it's still a couple of miles south of Van Wert), but it is a VERY well > > > > marked area. Anyone asking where I was born will, from now on, get, > > > "Near > > > > the corner of 140th Street and 230th Ave" in Van Wert, IA. Fifty five > > > > years ago my mom would have laughed her head off if she'd passed this > > > > street sign while on her way to Popcorn School to pick up her > > > > kindergardner---just as I do every time I look at the picture that I > > > took > > > > of it. From a "Californians perspective", it looks like a relic from > > > what > > > > would have been a once thriving CITY neighborhood, the sign surviving > > > after > > > > any homes had disappeared. > > > > > > > > For those that didn't know, (and I was one of them), this was > > > implemented > > > > after 9/11. I'm not sure, but I do believe that NOW it would be > > > virtually > > > > impossible to get lost in a cornfield! The times, they are still a > > > > changin', but the area, (except for the street signs & highway), has > > > to > > > > look VERY MUCH like it did 100 years ago--or at least, 50 years ago. > > > > > > > > Sherry > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > > From: <BRWest@aol.com> > > > > > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Date: 5/15/2005 3:30:10 PM > > > > > Subject: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > note from mom on responses to the list > > > > > Barry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Barry, I am enjoying the response you are getting back from > > > grandmas > > > > > scrapbook so much. and she would be happy, also. It is truly a > > > small > > > > world when you > > > > > can hear from Calif , Mo, Iowa and all other places .about these > > > > articles. > > > > > Ray did go to school with Buddy Price and Rays folks knew all the > > > Prices > > > > at > > > > > Van wet, I use to wait on them when they came into Grahams Dept > > > store > > > to > > > > shop > > > > > and I also, worked with Gladys Binning in Grahams for a while,. I > > > kept > > > > Books > > > > > for Grahams for three years while Ray was in service. We went to > > > school > > > > with > > > > > young Vernons wife Glendola, We knew the Turpens from Davis City > > > and > > > > went to > > > > > school with Darrel and Duane, don't remember any Turpin girl. I am > > > so > > > > glad > > > > > you are doing this Barry, it brings back a lot of lost memories, > > > Love > > > Mom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > > > > > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > > > > > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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Stacy, Is the clock set right on your computer. When you send an email to the list, it posts as a last year's message. Basically embedded way down in my messages. I see that it's "snuck" in deep and I suspect spyware or some such. Have a good day. Clif Hinds --- Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> wrote: > You said "this was implemented after 9/11." I think that actually, this > was > implemented for 911 (911~a faster way to get ahold of the police or > ambulance~to know exactly where you were, and they needed all the roads > clearly marked. During this time alot of house numbers AND street > numbers > changed around the area. Our 911 number was given to us in ?1999? And > my > mom's in Leon was changed around the same time. We finally got new > country > road signs put up just a couple years ago. I know that they changed > all > the RR numbers to longer addresses (From "R1 Box XX" to "00000 West US > Highway 69". Bethany's switched before the 9/11 attacks, and Lamoni's > just > switched ?2? years ago. So, I think that instead of being implemented > "after 9/11" I think that it is just coinsicdence that they changed for > the > 911 system around the time that 9/11 attacks happened. > Stacy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sherry Balow" <balowmsg@earthlink.net> > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:45 PM > Subject: RE: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > Hey Barry (& others)-- > > > > I'm probably enjoying this as much as your mom! > > > > I thought I'd take advantage of the quiet and relate a recent Van Wert > > story---I have to laugh out loud every time I think of it, if I don't > cry. > > > > I visited the area last year -- the first time since the 1960's. > Since > Van > > Wert is EXTREMELY rural, I would have been hopelessly lost without > help > > from a local cousin. My 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Price, was an > > early settler, very near the farm that I was born at, a couple of > miles > > south of Van Wert. My cousin showed us the area, an old barn on the > > property, and he pointed in the direction other families connected to > ours > > had their farms---Roberts to the north, the Bullards toward the west > if I > > remember correctly. He showed us where my first home had been---the > area > > and the road to it completely overgrown. I remember Mom talking about > > it---an old converted shed, fixed and painted, the windows covered > with > > blue curtains that she and my great-grandmother, Mae Price, had sewn. > Mom > > called it "My Blue Heaven" and "remembered", on certain occasions, > events > > that took place there. When she made our "farm dinners" in later > years, > > and in California, she reflected on what it had been like on the > > farm---field hands breaking for lunch---"lunch" being piles of fried > > chicken, killed, cleaned and cooked that morning. (I do have a memory > of > > those headless chickens "chasing" me around the yard!) Mountains of > mashed > > potatoes & gravy, biscuits, and of course, corn-on-the-cob. I don't > > remember THAT farm fare, but certainly remember it as California > feasts, > > once Mom got used to the "blue chickens" they sold in San Diego! I > think > > those meals were Sunday traditions back then, but are only enjoyed a > > couple of times a year these days. (We BBQ in CA!) > > > > Anyway, back to visiting my first home. It's gone. Well, the > converted > > shed is gone. All that's there now are the trees & shrubs where the > road > > used to be, cornfields--lots of them-- and a street sign. Just when I > was > > getting my mind around "being born out in the middle of nowhere", I > saw > the > > sign. And, it may very well be OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, > (actually, > > it's still a couple of miles south of Van Wert), but it is a VERY well > > marked area. Anyone asking where I was born will, from now on, get, > "Near > > the corner of 140th Street and 230th Ave" in Van Wert, IA. Fifty five > > years ago my mom would have laughed her head off if she'd passed this > > street sign while on her way to Popcorn School to pick up her > > kindergardner---just as I do every time I look at the picture that I > took > > of it. From a "Californians perspective", it looks like a relic from > what > > would have been a once thriving CITY neighborhood, the sign surviving > after > > any homes had disappeared. > > > > For those that didn't know, (and I was one of them), this was > implemented > > after 9/11. I'm not sure, but I do believe that NOW it would be > virtually > > impossible to get lost in a cornfield! The times, they are still a > > changin', but the area, (except for the street signs & highway), has > to > > look VERY MUCH like it did 100 years ago--or at least, 50 years ago. > > > > Sherry > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: <BRWest@aol.com> > > > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: 5/15/2005 3:30:10 PM > > > Subject: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > > > > > > > > > note from mom on responses to the list > > > Barry > > > > > > > > > Barry, I am enjoying the response you are getting back from > grandmas > > > scrapbook so much. and she would be happy, also. It is truly a > small > > world when you > > > can hear from Calif , Mo, Iowa and all other places .about these > > articles. > > > Ray did go to school with Buddy Price and Rays folks knew all the > Prices > > at > > > Van wet, I use to wait on them when they came into Grahams Dept > store > to > > shop > > > and I also, worked with Gladys Binning in Grahams for a while,. I > kept > > Books > > > for Grahams for three years while Ray was in service. We went to > school > > with > > > young Vernons wife Glendola, We knew the Turpens from Davis City > and > > went to > > > school with Darrel and Duane, don't remember any Turpin girl. I am > so > > glad > > > you are doing this Barry, it brings back a lot of lost memories, > Love > Mom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > > > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > > > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > > > > > ============================== > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. 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from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West The Leon Journal-Reporter July 19, 1945 Mrs. Steve Short Dies Mrs. Steve Short, 70, of Leon, died suddenly at the Decatur county hospital Sunday afternood after a few days' illness. Funeral services were held at the Slade Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Burial was made in the Mount Ayr cemetery. Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Roy and Gerald.

from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Hospital News In patients: Dorothy Clay, Garden Grove, and baby boy born July 12. Janice Rohde, Decatur. Norm Boswell, Davis City. Luella Kelly, Van Wert, and baby girl born July 10. Merrill Sheldon, Truro Barbara Argo, Leon Angie Emary, Osceola. Mabel Schlichter, Humeston Beverly Wilson, Van Wert. Millie McLain, Davis city. Cora Short, Leon. Donna Campbell, Lamoni, and baby boy born July 15 Lillie Forsythe, Leon Ive Opp, Cambria Roberta Pearson, Leon, and baby girl born July 16th. Mae Williams, Davis City. Out Patients: Raymond Spencer, Weldon Roy R. Hall, Lamoni. Jim Watson, Leon. Pearl Clark, Garden Grove Vernon Binning, Van Wert. Glendola Binning, Van Wert Gladys Johnson, Kellerton. Mrs. Leo Dingman and Daughter of Portland, Oregon are visiting at Decatur, with relatives.

from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Leon Journal-Reporter July 19, 1945 Weldon Farmer Injured Monday by a Cultivator Raymond Spencer Knocked Down by Tractor Dragged by Cultivator; in Hospital Raymond Spencer, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spencer who live south of Weldon was badly injured at 5:00 p.m. Monday when a tractor knocked him down, ran over him and the cultivator attached to the tractor dragged him several feet. The farm youth was attempting to start the tractor when the accident occurred. The tractor had stalled and he jumped off the machine to start it. As he cranked the tractor the machine started moving as it was in gear. The tractor knocked him down and ran over his left arm. The cultivator dragged him for quite a distance before he was able to free himself. Although the tractor wheel with lugs had badly lacerated his body and he had suffered bruises he jumped up and turned the switch off on the tractor stopping it before it reached a deep ditch just a few feet ahead. Spencer was able by stopping to rest a few times to walk one-fourth mile to the house. He was taken to the Decatur County hospital for treatment.

from grandmother West's scrapbook The Leon Journal-Reporter July 19, 1945 Ray Knight, who lives on the Saints' Home farm near Lamoni, went out to his potato file to see if the potatoes were going to amount to anything this year. He dug from the first hill 48 good ones in the one hill.