I like that and I remember those times WELL. And have you noticed when a group of kids at school have a "dress up day" they all want to dress like we did in the 50's? Wish I still had my poodle skirt!!!! Mary

Were you a kid in the Fifties or earlier? Everybody makes fun of our childhood! Comedians joke. Grandkids snicker. Twenty-something's shudder and say "Eeeew!" But was our childhood really all that bad? Judge for yourself: In 1953 The US population was less than 150 million... Yet you knew more people then, and knew them better... And that was good. The average annual salary was under $3,000...Yet our parents could put some of it away for a rainy day and still live a decent life... And that was good. A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents... But it was safe for a five-year-old to skate to the store and buy one... And that was good. Prime-time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Gunsmoke and Lassie...So nobody ever heard of ratings or filters... And that was good. We didn't have air-conditioning... So the windows stayed up and half a dozen mothers ran outside when you fell off your bike... And that was good. Your teacher was either Miss Matthews or Mrs. Logan or Mr. Adkins...But not Ms Becky or Mr. Dan... And that was good. The only hazardous material you knew about...Was a patch of grassburrs around the light pole at the corner... And that was good. You loved to climb into a fresh bed... Because sheets were dried on the clothesline... And that was good. People generally lived in the same hometown with their relatives... So "child care" meant grandparents or aunts and uncles... And that was good. Parents were respected and their rules were law.... Children did not talk back..... and that was good. TV was in black-and-white... But all outdoors was in glorious color....And that was certainly good. Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody's carburetor... And the Dad next door knew how to adjust all the TV knobs... And that was very good. Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard...And chickens behind the garage... And that was definitely good. And just when you were about to do something really bad... Chances were you'd run into your Dad's high school coach... Or the nosy old lady from up the street... Or your little sister's piano teacher... Or somebody from Church... ALL of whom knew your parents' phone number...And YOUR first name...And even THAT was good! REMEMBER.... Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda Starr, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk as well as the sound of a real mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled with bike rides, playing in cowboy land, playing hide and seek and kick-the-can and Simon Says, baseball games, amateur shows at the local theater before the Saturday matinee, bowling and visits to the pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar, and wax lips and bubble gum cigars Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! And was it really that long ago? If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it WAS a great time!!

In a message dated 10/31/02 2:45:44 PM, mistamar2u@buckeye-express.com writes: << http://home.attbi.com/~n9ivo/whatswrong.swf >> Hee, hee, hee! HAPPY HOWL-OWEEN!

Subject: Find the ghost This was passed on to me..hope you are a good shock aborber! Not for the squeemish! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This is good. But much better if you have sound. Be sure and look real hard. At least for 50 seconds. This is pretty neat. Apparently the owners of this house had been seeing images and hearing voices for quite a while. They did some research and found that a lady once lived in the house who lost her husband during the civil war. Legend says that she used to sit at the table and look across the fields in anticipation of her loved one returning home. He never came. So, they say she still waits. They caught this photo of what they claim to be her. This one was wild and a little spooky once you find the ghost in the picture. It took me a few seconds to find it, but when you do it just stands out. Like one of those optical illusions. To save you some time, concentrate around the table. Best not to focus to much on one spot. Look around the table and toward the window. Click on the link below for the picture. Best to enlarge. For an added touch turn up the volume, it's faint but you can hear the ghost talking sometimes in a low murmur. http://home.attbi.com/~n9ivo/whatswrong.swf

SAndi, He is doing better, they have to adjust his cancer med's. He has two types of cancer, along with Heart & End stage renal failure. He has been through so much since 1994, These small problems can turn fast into something much worse. As for the Candy, we have a sweet tooth late at night like right now lol, Gotta go find something :) Take care, Lana > I sure hope your hubby is okay now. I know about that! Last year I almost > lost my husband. And, he is a diabetic and SHOULD NOT EAT CANDY! I have > to > watch him and I do buy the diabetic candies for him. I'm not a real sweet > eater. Now and then I want something but not that often. > > Cuz Sandi >

In a message dated 10/30/02 9:03:09 PM, SOLITAREJUNKIE@aol.com writes: << Hi Sandi, sorry I have not been active, My husband was in the hospital. Out & doing better now. AS far as candy just buy what you like then if you have left overs you can always freeze it for a later date :) Lana >> Lana: I sure hope your hubby is okay now. I know about that! Last year I almost lost my husband. And, he is a diabetic and SHOULD NOT EAT CANDY! I have to watch him and I do buy the diabetic candies for him. I'm not a real sweet eater. Now and then I want something but not that often. Cuz Sandi

Here's hoping you begin your Holloween day with a good laugh. Have a good one...... I needed this one - I laughed till the end and had to blow my nose. Funny!!!!!!!!!! cf This is a good one read it all,,,,,,, This one is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan. Wait till you read this guy's response.......but read the letter before you get to the response........ *************************** Mr. Ryan DeVries 2088 Dagget Pierson, MI 49339 SUBJECT: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County Dear Mr. DeVries: It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity: Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the outlet stream of Spring Pond. A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of activity. A review of the Department's files shows that no permits have been issued. Therefore, the Department has determined that this activity is in violation ofPart 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated. The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at downstream locations. We find that dams of this nature are inherently hazardous and cannot be permitted. The Department therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel. All restoration work shall be completed no later than January 31, 2002. Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff. Failure to comply with this request or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result in this case being referred for elevated enforcement action. We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this matter. Please feel free to contact me at this office if you have any questions. Sincerely, David L. Price District Representative Land and Water Management Division ******************* This is the actual response sent back........ Dear Mr. Price, Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County. Your certified letter dated 12/17/01 has been handed to me to respond to. First of all, Mr. Ryan DeVries is not the legal Landowner and/or Contractor at 2088 Dagget, Pierson, Michigan. I am the legal owner and a couple of beavers are in the (State unauthorized) process of constructing and intaining two wood "debris" dams across the outlet stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for, authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of natures building materials "debris." I would like to challenge your department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you could ever match their dam skills, their dam sourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic. As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type of dam activity. My first dam question to you is: (1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers or (2) do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform to said dam request? If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act, I request completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam permits that have been issued. Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated. I have several concerns. My first concern is - aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable to pay for said representation - so the State will have to provide them with a dam lawyer. The Department's dam concern that either one or both of the dams failed during a recent rain event causing flooding is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which the Department is required to protect. In other words, we should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than harassing them and calling their dam names. If you want the tream restored" to a dam free- flow condition please contact the beavers - but if you are going to arrest them, they obviously did not pay any attention to your dam letter, they being unable to read English. In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the natural resources (Beavers) and the environment (Beavers' Dams.). So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can be referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why wait until 1/31/2002? The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam ice then and there will be no way for you or your dam staff to contact/harass them then. In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention to a real environmental quality (health) problem in the area. It is the bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave the beavers alone. If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step! (The bears are not careful where they dump!) Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am sending this response to your dam office. Sincerely, Stephen L.Tvedten

Hi Sandi, sorry I have not been active, My husband was in the hospital. Out & doing better now. AS far as candy just buy what you like then if you have left overs you can always freeze it for a later date :) Lana > Hi All: > > Tomorrow is Halloween and I'm trying to decide if I'm getting candy for the > > kids, or not. In recent years I've bought too much or not enough! I do > enjoy seeing the kids in their costumes. Actually, if I had young children > > now I'd have a home party that they could invite friends to just to keep > them > off the streets. > > And, since we have two black cats, one that goes outside at night, we've > got > to keep her in the house and she won't be happy! > > Sandi >

Hi All: Tomorrow is Halloween and I'm trying to decide if I'm getting candy for the kids, or not. In recent years I've bought too much or not enough! I do enjoy seeing the kids in their costumes. Actually, if I had young children now I'd have a home party that they could invite friends to just to keep them off the streets. And, since we have two black cats, one that goes outside at night, we've got to keep her in the house and she won't be happy! Sandi

In a message dated 10/30/02 8:09:38 PM, cafarmer@houston.rr.com writes: << This is all I know right now. Didn't have time to talk to much because it was a working dinner meeting putting a Surname Database book together for the Texas Genealogical Society meeting Fri and Sat in Galveston. She had put "Maupin --- AL-OK 1914 to Present. On the Edwards ----GA-OK 1800 to Present. She even has Hollingsworth in GA but no date. Need to check this out. >> Carolyn: I have some Edwards in my Maupin FTM but need names. I don't have places for the Edwards. Sandi

In a message dated 10/30/02 7:38:59 PM, cafarmer@houston.rr.com writes: << Met another person tonite who has Maupin family from Oklahoma. Sandi - anyone have any Edwards in their Maupin lineage. >> Carolyn: Which part of Oklahoma? When did the family go there? When did the Edwards show up? Questions, questions, questions! LOL Sandi

The only Edwards in Dorothy's book were in Oregon. I will find out more later. cf ----- Original Message ----- From: <SandKatC@aol.com> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] Re: Another Maupin? > > In a message dated 10/30/02 8:09:38 PM, cafarmer@houston.rr.com writes: > > << This is all I know right now. Didn't have time to talk to much because it > > was a working dinner meeting putting a Surname Database book together for > > the Texas Genealogical Society meeting Fri and Sat in Galveston. She > > had put "Maupin --- AL-OK 1914 to Present. On the Edwards ----GA-OK 1800 to Present. She even has Hollingsworth in GA but no date. Need to check this out. >> Carolyn: > > I have some Edwards in my Maupin FTM but need names. I don't have places for > the Edwards. > Sandi

This is all I know right now. Didn't have time to talk to much because it was a working dinner meeting putting a Surname Database book together for the Texas Genealogical Society meeting Fri and Sat in Galveston. She had put "Maupin --- AL-OK 1914 to Present. On the Edwards ----GA-OK 1800 to Present. She even has Hollingsworth in GA but no date. Need to check this out. cf > > In a message dated 10/30/02 7:38:59 PM, cafarmer@houston.rr.com writes: > > << Met another person tonite who has Maupin family from Oklahoma. Sandi - > anyone have any Edwards in their Maupin lineage. >> > > Carolyn: > > Which part of Oklahoma? When did the family go there? When did the Edwards > show up? Questions, questions, questions! LOL > Sandi >

Met another person tonite who has Maupin family from Oklahoma. Sandi - anyone have any Edwards in their Maupin lineage. Carolyn F

I sent this earlier but Rootsweb will not accept it: Sign up on this government site and send your name to Mars in 2003 and print out a colored certificate. http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/nameform They want several million names going to Mars. Have fun. Carolyn F

This is a neat site. Enjoy! http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm Sandi

Subj: Comments 1957 [ relative to the economy] Thought you might like to see these!!! Comments made in the year 1957: "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20." "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one." "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous." "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?" "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store." "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage." "Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls." "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in it. "I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas." "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president." "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now." "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet." "It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work." "Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat." "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business." "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress." "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on." "There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel." "No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood." "If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it." Know friends who would get a kick out of these? Pass it on!

Folks: If you have a black cat, we have two, t'is the season to be extra watchful over them. Here in California they have announced, as they do annually, that black cats can not be adopted or bought until after Halloween. Sandi =^. .^=

Gang: Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight before you go to bed! Sandi

Ghost Story An extremely modest man was in the hospital for a series of tests, the last of which had left his bodily systems extremely upset. Upon making several false alarm trips to the bathroom, he decided the latest episode was another and stayed put.   He suddenly filled his bed with diarrhea and was embarrassed beyond his ability to remain rational. In a complete loss of composure he jumped out of bed, gathered up the bed sheets, and threw them out the hospital window. A drunk was walking by the hospital when the sheets landed on him. He started yelling, cursing, and swinging his arms violently trying to get the unknown things off, and ended up with the soiled sheets in a tangled pile at his feet. As the drunk stood there, unsteady on his feet, staring down at the sheets, a hospital security guard (barely containing his laughter) who had watched the whole incident walked up and asked, "What the heck is going on here?" The drunk, still staring down replied: "I think I just beat the crap out of a ghost." Happy Halloween