Hi, Larry and Kelly, and all others who responded to my question re "F.L.T." As many of you have reminded me, it was and is the symbol for the IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows) a fraternal association of men. Though the group was, and remains vigorous, active, and open to all men of good character, it was thought to be more needed in the last half of the 19th Century. I must have had a complete loss of consciousness/memory, since my G-GFather was a member for years, and I have his lapel pin bearing that symbol, as well as a photo from 1905 showing him and the men of the group of which he was a member in Ohio. Thanks, again, to all. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry A Whinery To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:55 AM Subject: FLT Hi Paul, I certainly do enjoy your expertise. The reply[s] you already have received are right on. I am an Oddfellow {?} and those initials within the three links of a chain constitute the logo or whatever of the Order, just as the G, Compass and Square are recognized as the symbol of the Masonic Lodge. Again, Thanks for your contributions! Respectfully, Larry A. Whinery in Indiana -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 4970 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!

I enjoy so much others' accounts of 'complete loss of ....." There is another endearing quality we humans have and that is of transferring a memory into an inaccurate memory. Mine is: A family of 3 or 4 boys and their father were killed on a train track maybe 1/2 mile from my 1 room school house of 6 grades. I recall those 6 rows being quite vacant because there were only about 24 kids in 6 grades. Research years later has made it very clear that I was not even at that school that year, I had passed onto 7th grade at a completely different school. Yet, in my mind I was attending school there at that time. Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Drake" <[email protected]> To: "Larry A Whinery" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "loreda davis" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:05 Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] FLT > Hi, Larry and Kelly, and all others who responded to my question re > "F.L.T." As many of you have reminded me, it was and is the symbol for > the IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows) a fraternal association of > men. Though the group was, and remains vigorous, active, and open to all > men of good character, it was thought to be more needed in the last half > of the 19th Century. > > I must have had a complete loss of consciousness/memory, since my > G-GFather was a member for years, and I have his lapel pin bearing that > symbol, as well as a photo from 1905 showing him and the men of the group > of which he was a member in Ohio. > > Thanks, again, to all. Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry A Whinery > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:55 AM > Subject: FLT > > > Hi Paul, > I certainly do enjoy your expertise. > > The reply[s] you already have received are right on. > I am an Oddfellow {?} and those initials within the three links of a > chain constitute the logo or whatever of the Order, just as the G, > Compass and Square are recognized as the symbol of the Masonic Lodge. > > Again, Thanks for your contributions! > > Respectfully, > Larry A. Whinery > in Indiana > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/2006 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 4970 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Try SPAMfighter for free now! > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 > >