As a result of the LOVE & Appreciation article which I quoted, and which I responded to on these bulletins, I rec'd a response from about 3000 mi. away - Central City, FLORIDA - Carl Nissen, Jr. wrote to me and enlarged on a story that captured my interest since his ancestry had touched our Puget Sound, our Snohomish County and even our little town of Snohomish. That and the fact that he was KE4KWP which to clarify, tells me that he is a ham radio operator. The KE tells me that he is a US citizen and that he a one of the more recent hams because the KE is well down the alphabet from just the K prefix. The 4 tells me that he is from a Southern state and he confirmed that by telling me that he is now in Sun City, FLORIDA. The KWP is made up alphabetically same as car license plates are made up. Carl Nissen via his 3 e-mails to me let me know the many ties that his Dad, Carl Andrew Nissen with Everett, WA and environs, such as having grad from Snohomish High School with the Class of 1915, after he had attended school at Lake Stevens school district, nearby. This intrigued me enough to want to see if I could see a picture of his father at Snohomish Historical Society Archives. Sure enough I was successful to find his picture - some enterprising soul had written on the back of the Snohomish High Class of 1915 the names of the persons pictured. They had misspelled Carl A. Nissen's surname but it was close as the person could recall who wrote it. Then I learned that Carl A. Nissen's Dad was Jens Carl Nissen and at one time he'd come originally from what is Denmark today, and had worked at Rucker Mill in Everett. He worked with Mr. Rucker who was connected to the Hartford Eastern Railroad. All this information intrigued me and at Snoh. Hist Soc. I requested that a copy be made of Carl A. Nissen's Snohomish High School Class of 1915 be made. I was able to get a very good picture of the whole class photo + a blow up of the individual picture 4 X 6" excellent print on photographic paper. I think Carl Nissen, Jr. will enjoy having both the class PIX and the individual blow up of his Dad, who was a very successful, intelligent man of which he can be proud. He mentioned in his e-mail to me of his Mother's side coming from Old New England heritage, and that he is a member of SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) and with Mayflow affiliate. So, now Carl, I would like to know the Surname of your Mother, as I have a lot of ties with New England early history and I am always curious about any possible ties, or even of names that have become familiar to me over the many years of doing New England research. So, Carl, please give me her Surname and any other surnames she may be tied to so that I can check my Info. I love to play clues, and I have been rather successful with it so far - and my reason for thinking : They Want to be Found ! So, I will await Carl's reply and I will need his mailing address so that I can send these PIX to him asap. Father's Day is coming up June 15th, and he will have a picture of his Dad from Good Ol' Snohomish High - 1915, which was the Ol' Snohomish County Courthouse Building. When it was torn down in 1938/9 to build the "new" high school they found the bricked up county jail cells, complete with scaffolds for hangings ( don't know if anyone was hung there, but it was prepared and ready to go !) when the foundation was torn apart for the new 1939 version of SHS. I had my 7th Grade in the old courthouse building - it looked like a haunted mansion at night with ivy growing in abundance up its various brick walls. Carroll in Snohomish, WA * * * 30 * * * Cousin Margaret Summitt - I have looked for the article you wanted that I wrote about the Navy Radio Station in the 1960s across from Edmonds Senior High School which was brand new in the year 1957. I recall my writing the article, but I can't recall the Subject name at the time I wrote about it. I wrote about it because there had been an article about that station in one of the publications, The Herald, perhaps, not sure. Anyway, in the article I mention about the ham station W7USA being a part of the Navy Radio Station and it was their ham radio station of 1000 watts right across the street from Edmonds Sr. High. Our ham station was K7GRJ (15 watts!) the Tiger Radio Club at that time. That Navy complex eventually became a part of the campus location of the Edmonds Community College. If anyone happens to run across that article, I would greatly appreciate knowing of it as Cousin Margaret Summitt of Everett (& guru at Sno-Isle Gen. Soc., 164th. & I5, aka Martha Lake Community Center). I've tried looking for it but haven't located the article so far. Can't remember the Subject, date, etc. of when I submitted it. It isn't a Sr. Moment, it's Ongoing ! LOL!! * * * 30 * * * would like to see that article that I wrote sometime back.