Dear Folks, For some reason tonight I felt that I really needed to touch base with my new Deputy Town of Porter Historian, Rosanne. You see, even though she was appointed to the position this past January, no one ever told me about it on an official basis. I had to hear about her on an informal basis. I've been waiting for her to call me and introduce herself but it never happened. I didn't have a clue what she knew about Town of Porter history or her interest in it. As I said, for some reason tonight I thought that it was about time I gave her a call and get to know her somewhat. I called her at the late hour of 10:15 but she was wide awake and only too willing to have a good conversation with me. How did the conversation go? We had a ball! She told me that she had always lived in Ransomville (she was born in 1954) and knew the hamlet well if only from her memories. I asked her about her personal family surnames and that brought on an onslaught when I pulled up my genealogy program and searched on the names she mentioned. I even found that she's included in my records. The more we talked, the more excited we became. Not only did her many family connections excite me but she owns the site of the old basket factory in Ransomville that used to manufacture bushel baskets for the enormous shipments of fruit on freight trains out of Ransomville. In addition, her daughter owns the old house of Dr. Plain who was the only doctor there in the early 1900s. By the time we hung up after 11:00, I knew that if I had a question about the families or history of Ransomville, I could call her or email her and by the same token if she had any questions about the families and history of the overall Town of Porter, she knows my phone number and email address. In addition, we're excited to get together face to face and talk our heads off. Such a good feeling. vee

It really wasn't very nice of them not to tell you that they had appointed her and not to introduce the two of you. Ruth At 12:55 AM -0400 6/14/05, Vee L. Housman wrote: >Dear Folks, > >For some reason tonight I felt that I really needed to touch base with my >new Deputy Town of Porter Historian, Rosanne. You see, even though she was >appointed to the position this past January, no one ever told me about it on >an official basis. I had to hear about her on an informal basis. -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT