Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Monday, April 3, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page 5 A CLEVER INVENTION. Mr. George Schock Has a Model Stamp Cancelling Machine. True genius often wanders [in/on?] strange paths and frequently alights unexpectedly upon the head of some person gifted with sufficient perseverence and inventive ingenuity to make it win. Mr. George Schock, a machinist whose shop is located at the foot of Washington street on the west race, is just such a man. Several months ago after frequently repairing the stamp cancelling machine now in use at the postoffice, he conceived the idea of patenting a machine remedying the defects in the old one. Accordingly he set up work on his ideal, which stands to-day, as a mute but effective testimonial in his inventive genius and his scope of mechanical conception. A Tribune reporter called upon Mr. Schock this morning and was shown the machine for which only recently a patent was granted. It is an intricate looking combination of delicate springs, tiny screws and revolving cylinders, but in the performance of its monotonous duties it is simplicity exemplified. Mr. Schock took considerable pride in pointing out to the Tribune representative the points of superiority of his machine over the stamp cancellors now in use in government offices. In the first place his machine is so perfectly constructed that there is absolutely no part of it that can cause annoyance. Instead of a continuous cancelling head such as is found on other machines Mr. Schock has provided a segment head for his model. The object of this is to give accuracy to the stamp. Letters are fed through a machine and cancelled at the rate of 200 per minute and so simple is the operation, even a child, may be assigned to the duty. The device is self-feeding and self-dumping, thus leaving little work for the operator. Mr. Schock will endeavor to get his patent before the present administration. It seems that a machine so ingeniously gotten up should merit careful consideration. Mr. Schock says his invention is far in advance of what the government is now using and a close inspection of the two machines certainly bears out his statement.

In a message dated 4/3/2006 2:17:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: South Bend Tribune index, St Joseph County Public Library: My father: Richard Patrick DVORAK 1229 Blaine Ave Branch: Navy Tribune notes: Jan. 7.1951, Feb. 3, 1951, Feb 10, 1951, Apr 26, 1953, May 20, 1953 It's my dad! WOOHOOOO! He was in the Korean War conflict. Not sure if anybody on the list can locate these newspaper clippings. Just thought i'd give it a shot. sincerely John Dvorak Niles MI How about it Georgia, can you get these for John ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

This is all for today.....got to get other things done...more later.... _"B"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/b/b.htm) * Bowman, Lester _"G"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/g/g.htm) * Grew, Helen L. _"M"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/m/m.htm) * Meszaros, John F. * Meszaros, Mary K. * Meszaros, Mildred K. * Meszaros, Stephen L. _"W"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/w/w.htm) * Weinkauf, Wilfred F. * Weinzetl, Carl A. * Welsh, Thomas * Welter, Peggy * White, Walter C. * Whitfield, Lucinda M. * Whitfield, Quinton W. * Wilcox, Gene W. Jr * Wilczewski, Helen V. * Williams, Cherry Sue * Williams, Margaret * Williams, Melvin F. * Williams, Pauline * Winquist, Mary Ann * Wisniewski, Regina * Witucki, George J. * Wojtysiak, John R. * Wojtysiak, Marie J. * Wruble, Marion * Wruble, Ruth M. * Wruble, Stanley F. Sr. * Wruble, Thomas C. _"Y"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/y/y.htm) * Yanez, Frank A. _"Z"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/z/z.htm) * Zakrzewski, Evelyn M. * Zakrzewski, Rita C. * Zellers, Donald W. * Zell, Helen S. * Zgodzinski, Francis H. * Zielinski, Victor A. Sr ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

Added a note to the _Ferrisville_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemeteries/ferrisville/ferrisville.htm) Cemetery ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

There are more to come..... _"B"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/b/b.htm) * Barrows, Clayton J. * Bickel, Charles A. * Bickel, Charles W. * Bickel, Earl Jerome * Bickel, Elizabeth M. * Bickel, Frank J. * Bickel, George M. * Bickel, George N. * Bickel, Gerald Leroy * Bickel, Harriet Rose * Bickel, Hazeldeen * Bickel, Infant * Bickel, James R. * Bickel, Joseph Francis * Bickel, Joseph M. * Bickel, Mrs. Joseph M. * Bickel, Mary Frances * Bickel, Michael David * Bickel, Nancy Lea * Bickel, Nicholas * Bickel, Nicholas M. * Bickel, Paul George * Bickel, Robert C. * Bickel, Ronald H. * Bickel, Ruth A. * Bickel, Sadie * Bickel, Sarah * Bickel, Wilford G. * Bickel, William F., Jr. * Britton, Donnabelle W. * Britton, Paul _"D"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/d/d.htm) * Dylgulski, Bert M. _"E"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/e/e.htm) * Evans, Edith M. _"H"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/h/h.htm) * Hambright, John H. * Hambright, Loretta _"J"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/j/j.htm) * Joyal, Leo T. _"M"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/m/m.htm) * Maples, Lillian B. * Michels, Cleytie * Michels, Wilford A. _"R"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/r/r.htm) * Roberts, Harold C. _"S"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/s/s.htm) * Stockbarger, Frances * Stockbarger, Frederick J. * Stockbarger, James Frederick _"V"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/v/v.htm) * Vanderbosch, John L., Sr. * Vanderbosch, Margaret ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

There is still more to come...... _"S"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/s/s.htm) * Schelle, Donald R. * Schellinger, Boyd N. * Schindler, Marvin L. * Schumacher, Paul E. * Schumacher, Regis * Shafer, Daniel F. * Shearer, Velma B. * Sheets, Eldon L. * Sheets, Paul M. * Sherry, Margaret * Singler, Alta L. * Skodinski, Robert R. * Slabaugh, Billy E. * Slabaugh, Roger G. * Slabaugh, Sandra R. (Deitrich) * Smith, Ruth A. * Snook, Gladys (Grant) * Sokol, Elmer * Stayton, Harley Lauren * Stebbins, Paul D. * Stoeckinger, Henrietta H. * Stoeckinger, Ralph A. * Streich, Frances V. * Streich, Marjorie E. * Streich, Marjory J. * Strohm, Charlotte C. * Strohm, Erhart A. * Swartz, Agnes C. * Swartz, John P. * Szymanski, Tillie E. ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

More still to come..... _"B"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/b/b.htm) * Brennan, Mrs. William H. * Brennan, William H. _"C"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/c/c.htm) * Cencelewski, Sally * Cencelewski, Stanley V. * Chapla, Kathryn Ann * Chapla, Martha M. * Chapla, Mary Ann * Cherpes, Joseph Paul * Cherpes, Sophie H. * Chodzinski, Dolores M. * Chrobot, Edwin J. * Cichowicz, Chester C. * Clay, Donald M. * Clay, Helen M. * Crothers, Genevieve A. * Cuthbert, Leon Edward _"D"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/d/d.htm) * Deranek, Stanley T. * Dornbrock, Dewitt * Dornbrock, Frances M. * Dornbrock, Howard * Dornbrock, Mary Ruth * Dornbrock, Robert C. * Dornbrock, Ruth * Dornbrock, Susan Anne * Downs, Robert C., Jr. _"E"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/e/e.htm) * Ewald, Donald * Ewald, Joseph * Ewald, Lillian * Ewald, Peter * Ewald, Sylvester J. _"F"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/f/f.htm) * Fischer, Albert P. * Foldenauer, Dorothy * Foldenauer, Lawrence Michael * Fox, Agnes V. * Fox, Delbert R. * Fox, Philipina _"G"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/g/g.htm) * Gabey, Regina L. * Gillen, Alice M. * Gillen, Robert David * Gillen, Robert M. * Glon, Harry R. * Glon, Joel * Glon, Terry * Golubski, Dorothy R. * Golubski, Genevieve * Golubski, Infant * Golubski, Leo, Sr. * Golubski, Mary * Golubski, Michael * Golubski, Sophie * Golubski, Sylvester * Golupski, Carol J. * Golupski, Eleanor A. * Golupski, Frank * Gorney, Marie C. * Gorney, Zygmunt J. * Gray, Alton E. * Gray, Lawrence E. * Groth, Kenneth V. * Gruber, Robert L. * Grzegorzewski, Ignatz * Grzegorzewski, Theresa _"H"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/h/h.htm) * Halasz, Alice * Halasz, Joseph F. * Hassan, Raymond D. Sr. * Heddens, Evert Earl * Hertel, John J. * Hertel, Lenora L. * Horvath, John N. * Hudak, Eugene T. * Hudak, Margaret * Hudak, Stanley K. * Hudak, Virginia * Hullinger, Doris K. * Huys, Richard C. ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

This is all for today _"P"_ (aoldb://mail/write/"P") * Paden, Donna F. * Pajakowski, Dolores M. * Pajakowski, Donald E. * Papai, Elizabeth A. * Papai, Evelyn D. * Papai, Gertrude J. * Papai, Julius E. * Papai, Steve A. * Parks, Cynthia L. * Parshall, Dale B. * Parshall, Valerie K. * Pastorino, Angelo Pete * Pastorino, Cecilia P. * Peczkowski, Daniel A. * Peczkowski, Mary * Peltz, A. Tyndall * Peltz, Alma J. * Peltz, Olga M. * Peltz, Thomas A. * Phillips, Margaret M. * Piechowiak, Frank A., Sr. * Policinski, Eugene T. * Polonka, Ferdinand * Popielski, Adele M. * Poppe, Alphons N. ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

More to come _"G"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/g/g.htm) * Gallup, Sandra L. * Garbacz, Alexander * Garbacz, John * Garrow, Edward G. * Gassensmith, Betty W. * Gassensmith, Edward P. * Gearhart, James M. * Giacomini, Anna * Giacomini, Rapheal * Gish, Frank S. * Gish, Marian * Goddard, Philip B. * Goeller, Herman J. * Goeller, Margaret T. * Goheen, DeVere D. * Goheen, Jeanne M. * Goheen, Mary E. * Goheen, Mildred S. * Goheen, Muriel * Goheen, Roland W. * Gramenz, Bernice M. * Gramenz, Paul W. * Gropp, Wesley L. _"M"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/m/m.htm) * Maggioli, Victor L. * Mangus, Helen G. * Mangus, Robert R. * McMeel, Joan * McNeff, Dorothy J. * Mercantini, Angeline * Mercantini, Joseph * Mestach, Robert J. * Michels, Gerald U. * Michels, J. Joseph * Milslagle, Betty * Milslagle, Donald E. * Minnes, Louis C. * Mixtacki, Betty M. * Mixtacki, Leonard E. * Mize, Linda J. * Monhaut, John D. * Monhaut, Ruth K. * Mrozinski, Clementine A. * Mucha, James L. * Murphy, Rev. Joseph F. _"N"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/n/n.htm) * Nowicki, Adeline * Nowicki, Casimer R. * Nye, Esther K. * Nye, Harriet _"W"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/w/w.htm) * Waelbroeck, Theresa A. * Wagner, John M. * Walkowski, Clement * Walters, Frederick O. * Weil, Mary E. ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

Added more Photo's to _Ladewski Papers _ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/luckysworld.htm) Added Photo to _Immigrant Pioneers_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/immigration/immigrantpioneers/immigrantpioneers.htm) ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

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/Ei.2ADI/2364.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Doris, I really appreciate your help! Bill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ei.2ADI/2364.1 Message Board Post: Hi: I did some research for you and found that Howard O. Kring was in WW2. He enlisted December 4, 1942 in OH. He was born in Elkhart, IN. Enlistment city was Camp Perry Lacarne. He height was 71'' and weighed 181 lbs. Had two yrs. of high school. His Civil occupation: Installer - Repairman, Telephone and telegraph or Chirf, Clerk or Railway Shop Dispatcher or Mgr. Production or Entertainment Director. Marital Status: Separated without dependents. Since this said he was separated I searched for a divorce record and found that Mary B. Kring and Howard O. Kring divorced January 17, 1931 in Kosciusko Co. IN. If you want to order record from clerk's office the box # is 549 Case # 18238. I also found that Howard O. Kring died in Warsaw, Kosciusko Co. IN at age 50, June 26, 1955. His obit was in paper June 27, 1955, page 1. If you want to get obit you'll have to request someone who lives there to get it. (I live in Virginia. ) The only census I could find Howard and Mary in was 1930, Elkhart Co. IN Locke Twp, city of Nappanee District 36. They lived on West Walnut. He was age 25, married at age 20 born IN. She was age 23, married at age 18, b. IN. (Married about 1925.) Hope this helps some. Doris

This is all for today - been at this since 1:00 pm. Still Many more to come Added tidbits for Newspaper January 15 _1898_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/newspaperitems/1890s/1898.htm) Added Obits For: _"B"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/b/b.htm) * Bailey, Tennis E. * Bedford, Vernon O. * Bird, Evelina * Bogucki, Margaret L. * Britton, Robert W. * Burch, Ruth L. _"C"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/c/c.htm) * Chambers, Jeannette A. * Cleveland, Joe H. * Curtin, Robert J., Jr _"G"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/g/g.htm) * Garner, Doris E. * Gibson, Harry L. _"H"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/h/h.htm) * Habegger, Elizabeth M. * Have, Andrea M. * Heck, Marilou * Henry, Claire M. _"J"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/j/j.htm) * Jablonski, Donald H., Jr. * Jacobs, Angalean * Jacobs, Edward J. * Jankowski, John P. * Jankowski, Regina J. * Joyal, Evelyn G. * Joyal, Mary L. _"K"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/k/k.htm) * Kalczynski, Edwin A. * Kamm, Elmer J. * Kamm, William M. * Kazmierczak, Rita P. * Kedik, Michael * Keil, Elenora M. Denslow- * Kemble, Charles R. * Kenyon, Mary C. * Kerns, Terry Lee * Klaer, Jack P. * Kline, Elizabeth A. * Kline, William C. * Klopfenstein, Genevieve C. * Klowetter, Robert F. * Klowetter, William G. * Kolber, Justin F. * Kopczynski, Zygmunt * Kopetski, Joseph J. * Kovachevich, Elsie S. * Kozlowski, Margaret A. * Kuboske, Paul C. * Kuhl, Robert G. _"L"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/l/l.htm) * Lidecker, Doris E. * Lutzen, Chris M. _"M"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/m/m.htm) * Marshall, Mary A. * Matusiak, Wiktoria * Mergens, Sister M. Theonita * Morey, Joseph A. _"N"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/n/n.htm) * Nemeth, George J. * Nyikos, John A. _"P"_ (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20Documents/St%20Joe%20County%20files/obits/"P") * Pak, Jeanine L. * Pankiewicz, Bernice Kay _"S"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/s/s.htm) * Sellars, Rev. Golden * Sherrill, Olive J. * Szabo, Elizabeth L. _"U"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/u/u.htm) * Underly, Lillian F. _"V"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/v/v.htm) * Van Aman, Maxine * Vanden Bossche, William G. * Van de Velde, Martha * Van Goeye, Genevieve * Van Heesbeke, Arthur * Van Heesbeke, Cyril * Van Heesbeke, Ruth E. * VanHuffel, Harold E., Jr. * Van Ooteghem, David L. * Van Rie, Anna Lee * Van Rie, Harold F. * Van Tornhout, Dorothy * Van Tornhout, John * Van Tornhout, Maxine Lavo * Van Wanzeele, Eugene A. * Van Wanzeele, Magdalene * VanWynsberghe, Charles L. * Van Wynsberghe, Emery * Van Wynsberghe, Helen E. * Van Wynsberghe, Robert H. * Vargo, Louis G. * Verleye, Irene M. _"W"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/w/w.htm) * Walker, J. Edward Sr. * Washington, Dennis Carl * Willis, Evelyn * Wyrick, Hershel H. _"Z"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/z/z.htm) * Ziolkowski, Tessie M. ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ei.2ADI/316.833 Message Board Post: Hallo, for more information on the name "de C(K)o(c)ker have a look a my website : http://users.belgacom.net/bn764331

This is all for tonight.... Added Obits for: _"F"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/f/f.htm) * Ferguson, Floyd E., Jr. * Ferguson, Hattie * Filley, Charles F. * Filley, Mildred J. * Fitzmaurice, Charles C. * Flaherty, John L. * Flaherty, Joseph P. * Flaherty, William * Forsberg, Edward W. * Fox, Warren L. * Freehauf, Harold * Freitag, Louis * Freitag, Margaret A. _"H"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/h/h.htm) * Hahn, Richard H. * Hastings, Alice E. * Hastings, John * Hauteman, Terrance * Hedl, Yolanda R. * Hess, Dolores M. * Hess, Edward J. * Hillebrand, Margaret M. * Hoerstman, Gerald * Holmes, Preston Lee * Holmes, Wallace J. * Honold, Carl C. * Honold, Grace E. * Hoose, William W. * Hosler, Vera M. * Hosler, William J. * Houk, John J. * Huemmer, June * Hulecki, Dolores J. * Hulecki, John J. * Hums, Herman L. * Hunsberger, James E. * Hunsberger, Omar D. * Hunt, Lois * Hunt, Robert L., Sr. * Hunt, Velma L. * Hurst, Virginia E. ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm

Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Wednesday, March 30, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page 5 DECLARED A GOOD DIVIDEND. Healthy Condition of the A. C. Staley Manufacturing Company. The A. C. Staley Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of the famous Staley knit underwear, elected the following officers Monday for the ensuing year: M. B. Staley, president; C. B. Stevenson, vice-president; W. H. Mack, secretary; William Mack, treasurer. The company declared a comfortable dividend on the business of 1897, and has taken more orders for 1898 than for any previous corresponding period.

Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Wednesday, March 30, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page 5 MEETS WITH FAVOR. OIL WELL PROJECT SEEMS TO TAKE Several Men of Wealth Said to Have Become Interested in Propostion of Frank Reeder to Drill for Petroleum in This County. Frank Reeder, the gentleman who is endeavoring to interest South Bend capital in a project to drill for oil in St. Joseph county, says he has met with much encouragement , more in so short a time, in fact, than he had anticipated. He has interviewed some wealthy citizens and he says that a number of them seem to be perfectly willing to aid the proposition in a financial way. Some with a lesser amount of wealth have also intervewed him expressing a desire to be counted among the small stockholders in the event of a people's company being organized. Mr. Reeder appears confident that some good results might be obtained from an experimental well. At the same time he does not care to positively guarantee oil for he knows that a well would be only experiment. However, he regards the chances favorable in view of the proximity of this county to the oil field. The oil craze has fastened itself upon Walkerton, this county, according to the Walkerton Independent, of Jan. 8, which says: "The fever for gas and oil has struck Walkerton with considerable force, and a move is being made for the organization of a company to drill a well to ascertain if either, or both, of the above valuable elements are treasured up in the storehouses which lie underneath us. It is proposed to organized a company to be known as the Walkerton Gas and Oil company, for the purpose of pushing this enterprise. The capital stock is placed at $2,000, or $200 at $10 each. Much interest has already been aroused among our citizens in the matter and at present the indications semm favorable that the capital necessary for drilling a well can be secured. Fraught With Uncertainty. "While the indications for oil and gas here are as favorable as those in some localities where gas and oil have been found in paying quantities, yet such a venture is, as a matter of course fraught largely with uncertainty and the outcome at best is but problematical. It is a question that can be settled only by a trial, and should the enterprise prove a failure no one would suffer any great amount of loss. On the other hand, if successful, the shareholders would receive good returns for their investments. "The fact that the wells drilled at South Bend, Laporte, Plymouth and a few other towns near by failed to bring results should not be taken seriously into consideration, as the topographical features of those localities differ considerably from those of this locality. Booming oil and gas wells are sometimes found within a few miles of places where drilling proved unsuccessful. "Our location would seem to be geographically favorable for the existence of oil or gas deposits, and the surface indications, so far as such signs go, are sufficiently encouraging in warranting some degree of confidence in the probability of such treasures existing in this locality. "The project now on foot, while uncertain and purely speculative, is one that should receive the encouragement of the citizens of Walkerton and surrounding country, as it would settle an important question one way or the other with but little loss to any one and with a chance for considerable gain to the investors. "A subscription paper for soliciting shares is being passed around and is headed with five shares by Claus Behrens, who for several years has been strongly in favor of drilling an experimental well. J. W. Baugher, we understand, will take five shares, Grant Tank three shares and a number of others have said that they will take from one to five shares. The Kankakee Land Investment company will also take a number of shares. Now that the ball has been started in motion keep it moving."

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/Ei.2ADI/2352.1 Message Board Post: This family is found in the 1930 Census for Mishawaka IN (St. Joseph Co.) headed by Carrie Hollister, age 63, son John 20, daughter Sarah 21, and mother Sara Uline 87. An obituary for a John F. Hollister is in the South Bend Tribune 10/01/2004 according to the St. Joseph Co. Public Library obituary index. I hope this helps. (I am not researching this family) Sara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blake, Stanfield Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ei.2ADI/2255.2 Message Board Post: Charles E. Blake Private First Class United States Army 596th Signal Air Warning Battalion Service Number 35347936 South Bend – St. Joseph County – Indiana DOD - September 3, 1944 Buried in the Manila American Cemetery – Philippines Two from County Dead, Three Wounded Private First Class Charles E. Blake, age 22, of 113 Dubail Avenue died in New Guinea as a result of typhus fever September 3, 1944, his wife , Josephine, has been notified by a War Department telegram. A member of the signal corps he had been overseas since March. Private Blake was a graduate of riley high School and a former employee of the Electro-Voice Manufacturing Company before entering the service in November 1943. Also surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blake, 228 Sycamore Street, South Bend. An obit for Charles Blake appeared in the So Bend Tribune on 11 Sep 1944. It states that he died of typhus fever in New Guinea on Sep 3. Survivors included his wife, Josephine, and his parents Edward and Effie Blake. He was a member of the Signal Corps and had been overseas since March. He was a graduate of Riley High School and was employed by Electro-Voice Mfg Co. prior to entering the service in Nov of 1943. His wife died in March of 1988. She married Charles Apr 23, 1943. Her maiden name was Standfield. Her survivors included two sisters and a brother. The attachment includes pictures of Charles Blake and Paul Bailey.

Getting them done slowly but surely. Please do not think that I have forgotten to post your obits. There have been so many sent in lately that it is taking longer than I would have anticipated to get them all listed. There are still many items that others have sent in that I am trying to get to also. Will manage and thank you all for your participation in making this a web site for researching. I have gotten many compliments from other sources on how wonderful the web site is coming along or from people who are researching this county who are amazed at what they are able to find, this is all due to your diligence in submitting items and just want you all to know that many people appreciate your efforts. Added Obits for: _"R"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/r/r.htm) * Raab, Albert John * Raab, Charles W. * Ramsbey, Larry R. * Ramsbey, Richard M. * Ramsey, Merril D. * Reiter, Rolena H. * Rejer, Gizella * Renner, Charles R. * Rensberger, Robert L., Sr. * Richard, Bernard J. * Robinson, Ruth L. * Rodts, Irene M. * Roggeman, Sophia P. * Ruszkowski, Margaret T. _"T"_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/obits/t/t.htm) * Tavernier, Paul A. * Templeton, Marie * Termont, Dick * Termont, Michael * Termont, Mildred L. * Thornton, Gerald F. * Thornton, Michael D., Jr. * Toepp, Ida P. * Toepp, Martha P. * Toepp, Thomas A. * Troeger, Richard L. Sr. * Trzaskowski, Betty J. ************************************************************************ Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit - Honoring my Family Veteran's http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Take a look at our Rootsweb site it is really great - people have generously contributed, to make researching St. Joseph County, a good place to visit. Also take a look at the Wood Lake Scout Reservation 50th Anniversary Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/scouting/woodlake50.htm