Jan, I located it on genealogybank on the date after you mentioned. I sent it in PDF. Enjoy your Sunday! Penny T     'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.' ........ Thomas Jefferson ________________________________ From: Jan Strickland <[email protected]> To: LAOrleans <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, January 16, 2011 9:29:37 AM Subject: [LAORLEAN] Need an obit Need a complete obit and a death record, next time someone is at the library, thanks in advance       Linden, Mrs. Emma        Death date: 1921-06-23        Age: 62 years        Sex: F        Next of kin: Edward Linden (husband)           Obituary citation(s):      a.. Times-Picayune, 1921-06-24, Pg. 2 col. 7         a.. Item, 1921-06-24, Pg. 2 col. 7     Jan S - Orlando, FL Note: If you forward this email please delete the forwarding history, which includes my email address. It is a courtesy to me and others who may not wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world! Erasing the history helps prevent Spammers from mining addresses and viruses. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are you sure its a 17-generation chart? The Terrebonne Genealogy Society sells 15-generation charts (2-sided, about that size), but I don't remember hearing about a 17-generation chart. On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Monty Maness wrote: Hi all, I've been trying to organize my papers (what better to do when we're iced in, right?) and found an email from 2002 (no, I don't throw anything away.) from Kathy Storm regarding a 2' X 3' wall chart that could be purchased. I tried to email Ms. Storm but the email bounced back to me. Does anyone know how to contact Ms. Storm or the person from whom the chart could be ordered? His name was given as Mr. Dana J. Martin of Houma, LA. Thank you, Lisa Maness Norcross, GA NOLA Surnames: Andry, Beninato, Campo, Deogracias, McGee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL! 'In God We Trust' Sorry looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks ahead. The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits." - Roman historian Plutarch (c. 45 - 125 A. D.) A government big enough to give you all you want is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson. Don't let negative people or negative thoughts rent space in your head!

Colleen and Kathy, Thank you for the information. I'll send Mr. Martin an inquiry letter to find out the current price. When I know, I'll pass it on to the list. Lisa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ancestor chart: Dana J. Martin, P.O. Box 4382, Dept. NP98, Houma, La. 70361, not sure of the cost now. I lost mine in Hurricane Katrina so please let me know the cost of the chart now. Thanks!! Kathy

Ancestor chart: Dana J. Martin, P.O. Box 4382, Dept. NP98, Houma, La. 70361, not sure of the cost now. I lost mine in Hurricane Katrina so please let me know the cost of the chart now. Thanks!! Kathy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathy Storm Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] 17-generation chart Hi Lisa, I have just moved so I don't have that information handy right now but as soon as I find it I will get back to you with the address. Kathy Storm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Monty Maness Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LAORLEAN] 17-generation chart Hi all, I've been trying to organize my papers (what better to do when we're iced in, right?) and found an email from 2002 (no, I don't throw anything away.) from Kathy Storm regarding a 2' X 3' wall chart that could be purchased. I tried to email Ms. Storm but the email bounced back to me. Does anyone know how to contact Ms. Storm or the person from whom the chart could be ordered? His name was given as Mr. Dana J. Martin of Houma, LA. Thank you, Lisa Maness Norcross, GA NOLA Surnames: Andry, Beninato, Campo, Deogracias, McGee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Lisa, I have just moved so I don't have that information handy right now but as soon as I find it I will get back to you with the address. Kathy Storm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Monty Maness Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LAORLEAN] 17-generation chart Hi all, I've been trying to organize my papers (what better to do when we're iced in, right?) and found an email from 2002 (no, I don't throw anything away.) from Kathy Storm regarding a 2' X 3' wall chart that could be purchased. I tried to email Ms. Storm but the email bounced back to me. Does anyone know how to contact Ms. Storm or the person from whom the chart could be ordered? His name was given as Mr. Dana J. Martin of Houma, LA. Thank you, Lisa Maness Norcross, GA NOLA Surnames: Andry, Beninato, Campo, Deogracias, McGee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Try [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Colleen In a message dated 1/13/2011 10:53:37 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi all, I've been trying to organize my papers (what better to do when we're iced in, right?) and found an email from 2002 (no, I don't throw anything away.) from Kathy Storm regarding a 2' X 3' wall chart that could be purchased. I tried to email Ms. Storm but the email bounced back to me. Does anyone know how to contact Ms. Storm or the person from whom the chart could be ordered? His name was given as Mr. Dana J. Martin of Houma, LA. Thank you, Lisa Maness Norcross, GA NOLA Surnames: Andry, Beninato, Campo, Deogracias, McGee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all, I've been trying to organize my papers (what better to do when we're iced in, right?) and found an email from 2002 (no, I don't throw anything away.) from Kathy Storm regarding a 2' X 3' wall chart that could be purchased. I tried to email Ms. Storm but the email bounced back to me. Does anyone know how to contact Ms. Storm or the person from whom the chart could be ordered? His name was given as Mr. Dana J. Martin of Houma, LA. Thank you, Lisa Maness Norcross, GA NOLA Surnames: Andry, Beninato, Campo, Deogracias, McGee

Thanks for the interesting article about immigrants through the port of New Orleans. I have been searching for several years for some immigration record for my Hermann Edward/Edouard Lehmann who is found as early as 1836 in New Orleans with Cioffi as a musician at the theater. We know he was born in Berlin, Prussia as found on his tombstone. I don't know which port would be the most likely...??? I just read in my Family Tree magazine that the port of Bremen "did keep passerger lists from 1832 into the 1900s, but in 1875, record-keepers authorized the destruction of old lists to make file space available. Lists were destroyed each year until about 1909." Any suggestions as to where else I might search? Helen S. Waco, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Hix" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:30 PM Subject: [LAORLEAN] Five Things to Know About the Port of New Orleans Article from this week's Ancestry newsletter that might be of interest to you... Five Things to Know About the Port of New Orleans By Juliana Smith 06 January 2011 This week we continue our series on ports beyond New York with five facts about the Port of New Orleans. [image: http://c.mfcreative.com/email/newsletters/awj/2010/20110109PortNOLA.jpg] 1) Peak Years An estimated 550,000 immigrants passed through the Port of New Orleans between 1820 and 1860 and in 1837, it was the second leading port of entry in the United States. Of those 550,000 immigrants around 350,000 of them arrived between 1847 and 1857. In fact throughout the antebellum period, New Orleans drew more immigrants than the ports of Boston, Philadelphia, or Baltimore. 2) Return Trip Immigration The city of New Orleans quickly rose to prominence as a commercial center as exports like cotton and other agricultural products from the South left for trade centers in Europe. On the return trips captains offered a cheaper passage than some other routes. Although the trip was longer, the price was right for many Irish, German, and French immigrants. In the early 1800s, steamboat travel enabled travel upstream from New Orleans through the lower Mississippi River system, and this provided a convenient route to the fertile lands of the Mississippi valley. The steamships brought produce from the interior to New Orleans for export and return trips northward brought many of the immigrants who had arrived through New Orleans into the American heartland on the next leg of their journey. 3) Immigration Slows With the blockade of Confederate ports during the Civil War, immigration through New Orleans was halted and never regained its momentum due to the rapid expansion of railroads that made travel from Eastern ports more appealing. Also at this point, more and more shipping companies were turning to the larger steamships that couldn’t reliably get into the port of New Orleans because of sand bars that often blocked the port. In 1879 a set of parallel dikes, or jetties, designed by James Buchanan Eads, narrowed the mouth of the river which cut a deeper trench that allowed for the passage of larger ships. This helped the port regain its prominence as a world class trade center, but immigration never rebounded to its pre-Civil War levels. It did receive a small portion of the wave of eastern Europeans that began arriving in the U.S. in the 1880s, as well as a number of Italians (most notably from Sicily), and other Mediterranean immigrants. Due to its proximity to Cuban and Caribbean shipping lanes, New Orleans also drew a large number of Spanish and Latin American immigrants arriving in the U.S. 4) A Seasonal Route Travel through New Orleans wasn’t without its risks; Yellow fever and malaria were recurring visitors between the months of May and November. Immigrants with little or no immunity to these tropical diseases were especially at risk so travel guides recommended that immigrants avoid arriving in the city during those months. In 1853, the city was hit with an epidemic of yellow fever that sickened 40% per cent of the population and it’s estimated that around 8,000 people succumbed to the disease that year. Wealthier residents often fled the city during the summer months to avoid the disease. 5) Looser Restrictions Because of the lucrative nature of the port, the business community wanted an open deregulated port. This made it an attractive port of entries for those who might be detained at stricter ports. For example, after the Chinese Exclusion Acts of the 1880s, some Asians still found their way into the U.S. through New Orleans due to the looser enforcement of immigration laws. The loose restrictions were also attractive to those with physical challenges that might jeopardize entry through other ports. Resources: Antebellum Louisiana: Disease, Death, and Mourning<http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab8a.htm>(Louisiana State Museum) M. Mark Stolarik, ed. *Forgotten Doors: The Other Ports of Entry to the United States*, Chapter 3, "Immigration through the Port of New Orleans," by Joseph Logsdon (Philadelphia, Pa.: The Balch Institute Press, 1988.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Colleen, I turned over your additional requests to my "executive assistant" (my wife, Pat). She reports the following: David Lester Jenkinson - per FindAGrave.com, d. 21 Jan 1979, Lebanon, Boone Co, IN Evelyn Irene (Powell) Jenkinson - per FindAGrave.com, d. 17 Feb 1993, Lebanon David Lester Jenkinson - not found at GenealogyBank - probably too recent or not covered in Indiana newspapers. Footnote may have it. Evelyn Irene (Powell) Jenkinwon - not found at GenealogyBank - probably too recent or not covered in Indiana newspapers. Footnote may have it. Another option would be to request copies from a library in or near Lebanon, Indiana. Here are references to the newspaper where their obituaries were apparently published: http://www.bccn.boone.in.us/LPL/departments/heritage/archive/vitals/leb_rep_obits_J.pdf Obituaries from the Lebanon Reporter, Lebanon, Indiana, January 1950 through March 2010: Jenkinson, David L., Dr., date of paper Jan 22, 1979, page 12 Jenkinson, Evelyn Powell, date of paper Feb 18, 1993, no page no. given Also of possible interest - David Jenkinson apparently had an obituary published in the medical journal JAMA. Their website requires a sign-in and a subscription, but perhaps there is some other way to obtain a copy of his obituary: http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/242/2/195.citation Reference: JAMA. 1979;242(2):195 This shows up when I searched Google on David Lester Jenkinson 1979 lebanon - no quotes - some of the information appears but you can see or "get" the full obituary: JENKINSON, David L., 76, о Lebanon, Ind;. Northwestern University Medical School,. 1927; certified by the American Board of. Radiology; died Jan 21, 1979, ... jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/242/2/195.pdf Clyde Gene Moss - per FindAGrave.com - d. 22 Jul 1995 Frances Eleanor (Powell) Moss - per FindAGrave.com - d. 7 Sep 1999 Both not found at GenealogyBank.com - probably too recent or not covered in Indiana newspapers. They are both listed in the Lebanon Reporter indexes online: http://www.bccn.boone.in.us/LPL/departments/heritage/archive/vitals/leb_rep_obits_M.pdf Moss, C. Gene, July 24, 1973, no pg. no. Moss, Frances Eleanor, Sep 8, 1999, pg 14 Philip Eugene Powell d. 26 August 1984, Boone Co., Indiana Not found at GenealogyBank.com I hope all of this is of some help. Norm --- On Sun, 1/9/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Norm, > > Thanks.  Those are his parents.  I found his two > sisters and their husbands buried there too. > > His brother in law was John Lester Jenkinson, married to > Philip's sister Evelyn Powell.  John was a physician, > so he may have had a obit.  Would you mind checking > Genealogy Bank for him too?  (Can't remember if his > name was John- might have been David, but I don't think > so.) > > The other sister and brother-in-law was Frances Eleanor > Powell Moss, married to Clyde Gene Moss.  Could you > look them up in GenealogyBank too?  > > Thanks! > > They are all buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. > > Colleen > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry . . .

Hi Gang, Thanks to everyone who tried to find the obit of Philip Powell and his family from Lebanon, Boone Co., IN. Norm found the family buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon. FYI: Parents: Benjamin Oakley Powell Hazel Fern Gayer Sisters: Evelyn Powell m. Dr. David Lester Jenkinson, M.D. Frances Eleanor Powell m. Clyde Gene Powell Bye, Colleen

Hi Norm, Thanks. Those are his parents. I found his two sisters and their husbands buried there too. His brother in law was John Lester Jenkinson, married to Philip's sister Evelyn Powell. John was a physician, so he may have had a obit. Would you mind checking Genealogy Bank for him too? (Can't remember if his name was John- might have been David, but I don't think so.) The other sister and brother-in-law was Frances Eleanor Powell Moss, married to Clyde Gene Moss. Could you look them up in GenealogyBank too? Thanks! They are all buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Colleen Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Norm Hellmers <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 09:33:53 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Lookup for Philip Powell Colleen, I checked the available Indiana newspapers on GenealogyBank for Philip Powell and his parents. I did not find any references to them. I do not have a subscription to Footnote. Hopefully someone else can check it. I did find Philip on Findagrave.com. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon, Indiana. See: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=philip&GSmn=&GSln=Powell&GSby=&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1984&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=4&GSst=17&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n or http://goo.gl/uPvQT It seems likely that these people, also buried there, are his parents: Powell, Benjamin Oakley b. Aug. 10, 1887 d. Dec. 21, 1970 Powell, Hazel Fern Gayer b. Dec. 17, 1890 d. Feb. 21, 1938 See: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSiman=1&GScid=86196&GSfn=&GSln=powell Norm --- On Sat, 1/8/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gang, > > Could someone on the list with a subscription to Genealogy > Bank or Footnote > lookup Philip Eugene Powell? > > Philip Powell > b. 4 December 1913, Boone Co., IN > d. August 1984, Boone Co., IN > > He was the son of Benjaman O. Powell and Hazel Gayer. > > Thanks, > > Colleen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Colleen, No viable hits on Footnote other than his SS record. Did he use a nickname? Donna ---- [email protected] wrote: ============= Hi Gang, Could someone on the list with a subscription to Genealogy Bank or Footnote lookup Philip Eugene Powell? Philip Powell b. 4 December 1913, Boone Co., IN d. August 1984, Boone Co., IN He was the son of Benjaman O. Powell and Hazel Gayer. Thanks, Colleen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Article from this week's Ancestry newsletter that might be of interest to you... Five Things to Know About the Port of New Orleans By Juliana Smith 06 January 2011 This week we continue our series on ports beyond New York with five facts about the Port of New Orleans. [image: http://c.mfcreative.com/email/newsletters/awj/2010/20110109PortNOLA.jpg] 1) Peak Years An estimated 550,000 immigrants passed through the Port of New Orleans between 1820 and 1860 and in 1837, it was the second leading port of entry in the United States. Of those 550,000 immigrants around 350,000 of them arrived between 1847 and 1857. In fact throughout the antebellum period, New Orleans drew more immigrants than the ports of Boston, Philadelphia, or Baltimore. 2) Return Trip Immigration The city of New Orleans quickly rose to prominence as a commercial center as exports like cotton and other agricultural products from the South left for trade centers in Europe. On the return trips captains offered a cheaper passage than some other routes. Although the trip was longer, the price was right for many Irish, German, and French immigrants. In the early 1800s, steamboat travel enabled travel upstream from New Orleans through the lower Mississippi River system, and this provided a convenient route to the fertile lands of the Mississippi valley. The steamships brought produce from the interior to New Orleans for export and return trips northward brought many of the immigrants who had arrived through New Orleans into the American heartland on the next leg of their journey. 3) Immigration Slows With the blockade of Confederate ports during the Civil War, immigration through New Orleans was halted and never regained its momentum due to the rapid expansion of railroads that made travel from Eastern ports more appealing. Also at this point, more and more shipping companies were turning to the larger steamships that couldn’t reliably get into the port of New Orleans because of sand bars that often blocked the port. In 1879 a set of parallel dikes, or jetties, designed by James Buchanan Eads, narrowed the mouth of the river which cut a deeper trench that allowed for the passage of larger ships. This helped the port regain its prominence as a world class trade center, but immigration never rebounded to its pre-Civil War levels. It did receive a small portion of the wave of eastern Europeans that began arriving in the U.S. in the 1880s, as well as a number of Italians (most notably from Sicily), and other Mediterranean immigrants. Due to its proximity to Cuban and Caribbean shipping lanes, New Orleans also drew a large number of Spanish and Latin American immigrants arriving in the U.S. 4) A Seasonal Route Travel through New Orleans wasn’t without its risks; Yellow fever and malaria were recurring visitors between the months of May and November. Immigrants with little or no immunity to these tropical diseases were especially at risk so travel guides recommended that immigrants avoid arriving in the city during those months. In 1853, the city was hit with an epidemic of yellow fever that sickened 40% per cent of the population and it’s estimated that around 8,000 people succumbed to the disease that year. Wealthier residents often fled the city during the summer months to avoid the disease. 5) Looser Restrictions Because of the lucrative nature of the port, the business community wanted an open deregulated port. This made it an attractive port of entries for those who might be detained at stricter ports. For example, after the Chinese Exclusion Acts of the 1880s, some Asians still found their way into the U.S. through New Orleans due to the looser enforcement of immigration laws. The loose restrictions were also attractive to those with physical challenges that might jeopardize entry through other ports. Resources: Antebellum Louisiana: Disease, Death, and Mourning<http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab8a.htm>(Louisiana State Museum) M. Mark Stolarik, ed. *Forgotten Doors: The Other Ports of Entry to the United States*, Chapter 3, "Immigration through the Port of New Orleans," by Joseph Logsdon (Philadelphia, Pa.: The Balch Institute Press, 1988.)

Years ago, I helped transcribe New Orleans lists of births & deaths and recently found all of the originals. Weren't we supposed to send them to someone? If so, please let me know to whom they should be sent and I'll get them off ASAP. Judy

Colleen, I checked the available Indiana newspapers on GenealogyBank for Philip Powell and his parents. I did not find any references to them. I do not have a subscription to Footnote. Hopefully someone else can check it. I did find Philip on Findagrave.com. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon, Indiana. See: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=philip&GSmn=&GSln=Powell&GSby=&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1984&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=4&GSst=17&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n or http://goo.gl/uPvQT It seems likely that these people, also buried there, are his parents: Powell, Benjamin Oakley b. Aug. 10, 1887 d. Dec. 21, 1970 Powell, Hazel Fern Gayer b. Dec. 17, 1890 d. Feb. 21, 1938 See: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSiman=1&GScid=86196&GSfn=&GSln=powell Norm --- On Sat, 1/8/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gang, > > Could someone on the list with a subscription to Genealogy > Bank or Footnote > lookup Philip Eugene Powell? > > Philip Powell > b. 4 December 1913, Boone Co., IN > d. August 1984, Boone Co., IN > > He was the son of Benjaman O. Powell and Hazel Gayer. > > Thanks, > > Colleen

Hi Gang, Could someone on the list with a subscription to Genealogy Bank or Footnote lookup Philip Eugene Powell? Philip Powell b. 4 December 1913, Boone Co., IN d. August 1984, Boone Co., IN He was the son of Benjaman O. Powell and Hazel Gayer. Thanks, Colleen

For those of you who attended Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans before 1971, please see the obit for Sr. Margaret Mary, who died December 30, 2010 at the age of 96. Her service will be held tomorrow at Shoen's funeral home. See _http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-mary-landry&pid=147567491&eid=sp_shareobit_ (http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-mary-landry&pid=147567491&eid=sp_shareobit) Thank you Merle for sharing this with me. She was my French teacher. Colleen In a message dated 1/2/2011 8:35:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: FANTASTIC WORK COLLEEN. Benjaman should be eternally grateful to you for the time, energy and results you have achieved in your search of his identity. I am always so proud of you, cuz. Love ya, Merle From: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 3:28 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [LAORLEAN] Benjaman Kyle - Close Calls, Conclusion > > Hi Listers, > > I just posted the conclusion of "Benjaman Kyle - Close Calls" on my blog > at > > _http://identifinders.wordpress.com_ (http://identifinders.wordpress.com/) > > Check it out. Please register a like of a vote on the site. > > Thanks, > > Colleen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carolyn, Thanks for your vignette about your childhood in WWII. JM The Woodlands, Tx.

Carolyn, I'll be in a good mood all day after reading your response re the "war plate." I'm still laughing as I forward your response to share it with relatives. Thanks so much!!! Renee

Thank you for sharing these great stories - and the humor! Marvelous! Kathy Cochran -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 1:24 PM To: ORLEANS MESSAGE BD Subject: [LAORLEAN] War Plate OMGoodness, I can still hear the echo of my grandmother's voice in my ears. Eat all THAT dinner. Remember the Starving Armenians. I was a little kid during the war and was maybe 18 years old before I realized that starvingarmenians was NOT ONE WORD, BUT TWO. I didn't even know what an Armenian was. And I never heard the word Armenian used without Starving in front of it. My grandmother saved EVERY MORSEL of food and once a week or so somebody (usually me) had to eat what she called the "Morrison's Blue Plate Special" for supper (Morrisons for the cafeteria that used to be in New Orleans.) The MBPS might have included as many as 12 or 15 different foods. A smidgen of this and a teaspoon of that. I had three uncles in the service and we were serious about the war effort. Something else I remember (I was only 2 or 3 at the time). All my adults were always talking about thewar--once again, it was years before I realized exactly what "thewar" was. My kiddy ear heard one word. Mama said I even talked about it (wanted to get into the adult conservation). Grandpa used to ask me, "Well, how do you think the war is going?" and I would answer, "Well, you know we can count on McArthur". I must have heard that from some adult conservation and knew it was an appropriate comment. I know now that he always asked that on Sunday at the dinner table when the whole family was at Grandma's house for dinner. When he asked, at least one adult would have to excuse himself from the table to go in the kitchen and laugh his head off at my 3-year old's support of McArthur. I can remember saying that with a great deal of conviction in my voice. Mama taught me to say, There's good news tonight America"--Heather, the reporter began his broadcast with those words. I was prone to say that at any time as the congregation at St. Stephens Church may remember. I said it out loud in the middle of Mass one Sunday morning and had people for 3 pews in every direction in hysterical laughter. "The Iron Man" used to pass around with an old wagon pulled by a mule. And everyone would take their old pots, pans, flatware, etc out and put it in the truck to melt down to build battleships. My grandpa alsways said the war ended just as my grandma gave away her last pot. If the war had not ended, our family would have eaten Peanut Butter and Jelly for the duration. We had no pots to cook in. Thanks for bringing up THEWAR. I have had a few good laughs today. Carolyn Tregre ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message