Does anyone connect to the Eldon LANDES mentioned in Barry's e-mail? I have LANDES in Decatur and Clarke County but don't remember an Eldon. Where would his farm have been? HELP! Jan >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> > Subject: [IADECATU] Feb. 13, 1936 Mr. and Mrs. Callaway birth during >> > blizzard >> > ( from grandmother West's scrapbook ~Barry West) >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Doctor and Nurse race through blizzard to win from stork >> >> >> >> A physician and registered nurse raced the stork in Monday night's >> > blizzard >> >> and won. They beat the old bird despite the fact that they had to >> >> travel >> >> roads that were thought to be impassable until the emergency arose. >> >> >> >> Monday evening Moss Callaway, who lives a mile north of Mahaska >> >> school >> >> house, called Dr. D. G. Reid, asking him to come to his home as > quickly >> > as >> >> possible. Dr. Reid, accompanied by Miss Velma Baker, R. N., drove to >> > McDougal's >> >> corner, seven miles north of town, leaving their car at Ric Kemp's >> >> place. >> >> >> >> Robert Frame, Mrs. Callaway's father, driving a team hitched to a > sled, >> > met >> >> them at the corner and took them to Eldon Landes' place where they >> > changed >> >> sleds, getting one with a box on it to offer them better protection >> > against >> >> driving snow and bitter cold winds. >> >> >> >> Finally they reached the Robert Frame place where Mr. and Mrs. > Callaway >> >> live. It took them more than two hours to travel the four miles in >> >> the >> > sleds. >> >> >> >> Br midnight Mr. and Mrs. Callaway could announce the birth of a seven >> >> and >> > a >> >> half pound daughter, infant and mother getting along as well as could > be >> >> expected. >> >> >> >> The doctor and nurse started back to Bethany. Snow had been falling > all >> >> evening with strong winds piling it into drifts. Mr. Frame's young > team >> > had >> >> rested but after fighting their way through neck deep snow drifts as > far >> > as the >> >> Landes place were unable to go farther. >> >> >> >> The party sopped at Landes' where they had borrowed blankets on the > way >> > to >> >> Callaway's. Hot coffee and a roaring fire in the heating stove >> >> thawed >> > them >> >> out. >> >> >> >> At three o'clock Dr. reid and Miss Baker left Landes' cutting across >> > fields >> >> and over fences to reach their car at the Kemp place. After getting > the >> > car >> >> started and bucking snow drifts back to town, they reached the > hospital >> > at >> >> four o'clock. >> >> >> >> Dr. reid said that they encountered drifts eight feet deep; that if >> >> it >> >> hadn't been for Callaway's young team of horses, and the Landes' >> >> kindness >> > they >> >> would never have reached the farm home in time for important event. >> >> Harrison County Times. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >