----- Original Message ----- From: "Carroll Clark" <[email protected]> To: "WASNOHOM-" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:17 AM Subject: Carroll Reports : Everett Massacre; flotsam, jetsam : > History: Steamer Verona carrying Wobblies (worker's rights advocates) + > Industrial Workers of the World + constabilry= > Nov 5, 1916 Bloody Sunday, Massacre. Read on: > > Ref The HERALD, Everett WA Date: Thurs Nov 8, 2001 > Page(s) Local section pp. B1, B6 > by Julie Muhlstein > http://heraldnet.com/search/ > Article: The Massacre > Everett's darkest day still proves to be haunting > > COMMENT: 85 yrs. later Julie Muhlstein, Herald Staff writer, extraorinaire, > recalls to us this history, and she captures the > comments of David Dilgard, at the helm of the NWRoom, > Everett Library who recalls that when he was a > kid at Everett's Cascade High School, there were 2 > books off limits as too "racy" (verbotten!): "Peyton Place" > & "The Everett Massacre published by the IWW in 1918, > written by Walker C. Smith. > If you enjoy reading history, or historical accounts > about our area, read Julie's article from the Herald. > The growth of cities was rough and tough in those > early days of development. Lead could sometimes fly! > * * > * 30 * * * > DariLee (my spelling!) of Marysville's d i n o f i n i q u i t y , 3rd > Street Book Store located on 3rd St., of course, about a block East of the > famous Dutch Bakery has a Gen. Class on Thurs. 10 a.m. at Marysville Sr > Center near the Watertower. > Dari didn't show last Thurs.as a consequence of her husband, whom she > lovingly calls Bednar suddenly had to have what became an angioplast. We > hear by the grapevine (e-mail) that he is recuperating at home. > Then, another concern is a daughter of the Bednars who expected to have > their grandchild circa Nov. 13th. > Our 10 a.m. group carried on our meeting with general discussions of our > genealogy. > At one point I inquired to see how many of the group subscribed to PSRoots, > and WASNOHOM. > Those who had computers said they weren't aware of the sites, so I proceeded > to explain about the Rootsweb System (the > blind leading the blind!) & very carefully explained how they could > subscribe to the two sites to view them, and perhaps > contribute to the sites if they wished. Also, I explained how they could > try the Surname sites of the System to try those. > I explained the automated subscribe, or unsubscribe feature of the > system. > I mentioned that presently WASNOHOM has a whole lot of Obit info from the > Snohomish Tribune from the early days > of SC residency that is being made of record and archived. I explained > that they are free to make inquiries of their own > if they wish & not to be intimidated by the many obits. Personally, I found > the Obits listed there very interesting as they > were of families of Snohomish and environs that I grew up with and whose > descendants I knew commonly. > Anyway, I hope that the group benefitted by the rootsweb sites that I > presented and will try some of them out. > I will check on their success at future meetings. > > Beside the 10 a.m. group of gen enthusiasts which is a group of more > experienced persons, DariLee has an 11:30 a.m. > group the same Thursdays which is a Beginner's Group. I have sat in on > both groups and find both stimulating and > interesting. > > Among our 10 a.m. group, I met Elaine Swan, and after getting acquainted > with her, she introduced me to her husband, > Lyle Swan. Elaine is pastmaster of gen. in their home, but Lyle has become > inoculated, and it looks as if the gen bug > "has him". The funny part, thought, was when Lyle & I began talking, > suddenly I was to find that Lyle Swan was a > grandson of Ole Swan who lived on Ave. A in Snohomish and I knew his > grandfather and grandmother back in the > mid 1930s. They lived right next door to my childhood sweetheart, when I > was 11 & 12 yrs young - a far cry from the > 77th. coming up! Elaine has kept the articles that I have contributed at > various times, somthing that I have not done. > Lyle is eager to know all he can about his grandparents, so he was elated > when I'd recall things back from those times in the > Post Depression years - the streets were graveled, providing rocks to throw, > or for slingshot ammunition. > My foot struck a piece of metal in the middle of the street, Ave A. It > turned out to be a silver dollar - it was so defaced > as to look like an old milk cap. I still have that silver dollar (defaced > as it is ) among my keepsakes from kid days. > That dollar would have taken me to ten movies at Brown's Theatre , or ten > quart bottles of milk, or > 10 large loaves of bread (unsliced!), in 1935. Grand Coulee Dam was being > built in about that era. > My grandfather, in Kent, WA hated Pres. Roosevelt; he did not know that > Roosevelt was his distant ancestral cousin > via the Lathrop Family genealogy. I had to discover that among the Lathrop > gen. I found at Seattle Public Library 1984. > His wife Elaine has CT ties, especially Fairfield, CT which is a stones > throw from Stratford where my immigrant ancestor > of 1637 London to MA, 1638 New Haven moved in the 166Os. > Elaine and I have already begun to find ancestral tie possibilities in the > Edwards, Burr, & other surnames outstanding in the > region's historical persons. > > DariLee is a great gen instructor & has been teaching gen for many years. I > ran into her at her former store which was right across from the Dutch > Bakery (handy!). The din of iniquity at 3rd St Books, however, is a > goldmine of gen in addition to being a books-of-all-kinds general store. > She is a maverick, she loves history, has scooled in it, & she knows where & > how to find things very quickly. And if you need to see an Annual or Year > Book, she has a collection that you cannot imagine and > from a very wide spread coverage, and vintage of the subject. > And she contributes a great deal of time to archiving cemetery records and > obit info to further the accessibility of such info > for gens. to access more quickly. > She deserves these accolades and a lot more. > We wish her, and her family improved health, and enjoyment of the new > grandchild who is to add to the Tree ! > > Carroll in Snohomish > [email protected] (newer e-mail addr.) > > > & >