Mom used to make those but she pealed, cored and sliced the apples about 1/4 - 3/8 inch thick before she cooked them. In the fall, when apples were best, she canned enough to last the year. But then she pickled, canned or jellied anything that didn't move fast enough! She passed away in 1993 at 87 years of age and she still had her 'billfold' and 'icebox' or 'Fridgedaire' (even though it was a GE) and got very insulted if anyone made a remark about the color of her hair. After all, she never 'blondeened' her hair! Why - the very idea! I walked in the house once to show Daddy my latest 'find' at an antique store - he couldn't believe I had found an old ice chart. I recognized it from his many descriptions over the years even though I had never seen one. It was in the window of the shop and I walked in, took it from the window and told the man I wanted it. The owner even remarked that he was surprised I knew what it was because he knew I was not old enough to remember it. These charts had a different color on each quadrant, each representing a different size block. You hung the appropriate side up in the window so the iceman could tell what size block you wanted without walking all the way down to the house to ask. And I had a friend in Richmond who had a hole in her kitchen wall that an ice box once backed up to. It was open to the outside so the iceman could put the ice right into the icebox without coming in the house. Now how cool is that? I have a picture of Mom and Daddy when they were 'courting' in the back of an old pick up truck. My sister used to get furious that they didn't take her along! She couldn't understand that is was several years before she was even a glimmer in Daddy's eye! Bev In a message dated 12/11/2007 9:52:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: In a message dated 12/10/2007 9:38:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks. I am going to try your apples. Sounds soooo good! The whole family comes to my house for Christmas eve so the apples will be an extra treat. Thanks Again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBT W AMES" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > My mother also made cinnamon apples, her's went like this: core apples, > leave skins on, put red hots, simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water > bring to boil and cook 5 minutes) pour on apples and bake till apples are > tender in a 350 degrees. Last 5 minutes put marshmellows on top, bake > about 5 minutes more or until marshmellows are melted. This made 6 large > apples > > In my old age I still call the refridgerator the ice box and my kids do it > sometimes also. What about " washateria" instead of Laundromat? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CA HACKER > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > I remember "oleo". I was born during the depression and was a kid during > WWII. > We bought this mixture at the store. It consisted of a pound of lard(?) > and > a button that contained yellow stuff (must have been food coloring). My > job > was to mix the two together to make it look like butter. (no butter during > the war) Then we called it oleo. Anyone else remember this? > We had a refigerator but also had an ice box for "extras". We loved it in > the summer when the ice man came and we could get bits of ice off of his > wagon.. > We got presents twice a year - birthday and Christmas. Nothing in between > Not like today's kids. > Christmas was a religious holiday for us. We had an advent wreath which > marked the weeks until the baby Jesus came. The nativity was put up early > in > December with every one arranged except the baby Jesus. If we were good > all > day we got to put straw in the manger so He would have a soft bed when He > arrived on Christmas eve night. Jesus always left us a book Christmas > morning. I still have a few a these books that I received. > We had one exciting trip during the holidays. The whole family got dressed > up and off we'd go. It seemed like it took forever although it was only 25 > miles. A large, upscale department store in a near by city had wonderful > window displays that moved and were pure magic. Santa was there too to > hold > us on his lap and listen to our wish list. There was a special store > within > the store for "kids only". Parents had to wait out side. For a dollar you > could get four gifts for your family. It took us forever to pick just the > right presents!Then we got to eat out - a rare treat for us. > On Christmas eve we went to mid-night mass and then fell sound asleep even > though we had planned to stay awake to see Santa have our milk and > cookies. > Most of our gifts were clothes but our parents always made sure we got a > few > toys. > My mom always made cinnamon apples for Christmas. > Does anyone know how to make these? She cooked a syrup of water, sugar and > red hots (and maybe something else?) and put peeled whole apples in this > syrup and cooked the apples. They came out a pretty red color and had a > cinnamon taste. She served them cold on a lettuce leaf on a salad plate. > Wish I knew how to make them. Any ideas? You can tell I am not a very good > cook. :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:04 PM > Subject: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > >> my grandfather called margarine, Oleo - he was born in Wisconsin, and >> grew >> up in Iowa, and eventually moved to Chicago. >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! >> Search. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 My sister in law used to make these for our Christmas get togethers. She always used a very firm apple like "Yorks". She served them cold (no marshmallows) She also peeled her apples and I believe she cooked them on the top of the stove not in the oven. Haven't had them for many years now but I still remember having them almost every year, **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ------------------------------- 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 **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

In a message dated 12/10/2007 9:38:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks. I am going to try your apples. Sounds soooo good! The whole family comes to my house for Christmas eve so the apples will be an extra treat. Thanks Again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBT W AMES" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > My mother also made cinnamon apples, her's went like this: core apples, > leave skins on, put red hots, simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water > bring to boil and cook 5 minutes) pour on apples and bake till apples are > tender in a 350 degrees. Last 5 minutes put marshmellows on top, bake > about 5 minutes more or until marshmellows are melted. This made 6 large > apples > > In my old age I still call the refridgerator the ice box and my kids do it > sometimes also. What about " washateria" instead of Laundromat? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CA HACKER > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > I remember "oleo". I was born during the depression and was a kid during > WWII. > We bought this mixture at the store. It consisted of a pound of lard(?) > and > a button that contained yellow stuff (must have been food coloring). My > job > was to mix the two together to make it look like butter. (no butter during > the war) Then we called it oleo. Anyone else remember this? > We had a refigerator but also had an ice box for "extras". We loved it in > the summer when the ice man came and we could get bits of ice off of his > wagon.. > We got presents twice a year - birthday and Christmas. Nothing in between > Not like today's kids. > Christmas was a religious holiday for us. We had an advent wreath which > marked the weeks until the baby Jesus came. The nativity was put up early > in > December with every one arranged except the baby Jesus. If we were good > all > day we got to put straw in the manger so He would have a soft bed when He > arrived on Christmas eve night. Jesus always left us a book Christmas > morning. I still have a few a these books that I received. > We had one exciting trip during the holidays. The whole family got dressed > up and off we'd go. It seemed like it took forever although it was only 25 > miles. A large, upscale department store in a near by city had wonderful > window displays that moved and were pure magic. Santa was there too to > hold > us on his lap and listen to our wish list. There was a special store > within > the store for "kids only". Parents had to wait out side. For a dollar you > could get four gifts for your family. It took us forever to pick just the > right presents!Then we got to eat out - a rare treat for us. > On Christmas eve we went to mid-night mass and then fell sound asleep even > though we had planned to stay awake to see Santa have our milk and > cookies. > Most of our gifts were clothes but our parents always made sure we got a > few > toys. > My mom always made cinnamon apples for Christmas. > Does anyone know how to make these? She cooked a syrup of water, sugar and > red hots (and maybe something else?) and put peeled whole apples in this > syrup and cooked the apples. They came out a pretty red color and had a > cinnamon taste. She served them cold on a lettuce leaf on a salad plate. > Wish I knew how to make them. Any ideas? You can tell I am not a very good > cook. :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:04 PM > Subject: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > >> my grandfather called margarine, Oleo - he was born in Wisconsin, and >> grew >> up in Iowa, and eventually moved to Chicago. >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! >> Search. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 My sister in law used to make these for our Christmas get togethers. She always used a very firm apple like "Yorks". She served them cold (no marshmallows) She also peeled her apples and I believe she cooked them on the top of the stove not in the oven. Haven't had them for many years now but I still remember having them almost every year, **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you who have shared your memories. My father grew up in and around that area. Some of you probably even knew some of my family or could even be related. I love to hear how things were used to be. When he was living he told some stories but not alot. Things just seemed so pure and so simple not like things are today. Thanks again for letting me share your memories. Kris (Richardson) King **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

they can easily be found in many stores during valentines holiday big bags full!!! so get them and store them in a moisture free tin or seal tight plastic http://www.geocities.com/pifox1/index.html http://www.myspace.com/pifox D.L.M.F ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Attn: Robt Ames and CA Hacker - Re: Grandma'sCinnamon apples > there a candy think you may be able to find them still > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > ------------------------------- > 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

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A note about the Chancery records on the LVA site - and what I found (so far). In the documents from an 1844 case involving my 4th great-grandfather, Frederick R. Mowery, born 1788 - there is an image of a document with his signature, and it was dated 1844. When I mentioned in a previous email using photos in genealogy and genealogical documents, an image of a signature is an example of what I meant. Frederick R. Mowery died in 1866, so chances are he never had his photograph taken, but there is a photograph of his signature. Maybe not much to get excited about, but another piece to add to that puzzle. Don

Thanks. I am going to try your apples. Sounds soooo good! The whole family comes to my house for Christmas eve so the apples will be an extra treat. Thanks Again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBT W AMES" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > My mother also made cinnamon apples, her's went like this: core apples, > leave skins on, put red hots, simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water > bring to boil and cook 5 minutes) pour on apples and bake till apples are > tender in a 350 degrees. Last 5 minutes put marshmellows on top, bake > about 5 minutes more or until marshmellows are melted. This made 6 large > apples > > In my old age I still call the refridgerator the ice box and my kids do it > sometimes also. What about " washateria" instead of Laundromat? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CA HACKER > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > I remember "oleo". I was born during the depression and was a kid during > WWII. > We bought this mixture at the store. It consisted of a pound of lard(?) > and > a button that contained yellow stuff (must have been food coloring). My > job > was to mix the two together to make it look like butter. (no butter during > the war) Then we called it oleo. Anyone else remember this? > We had a refigerator but also had an ice box for "extras". We loved it in > the summer when the ice man came and we could get bits of ice off of his > wagon.. > We got presents twice a year - birthday and Christmas. Nothing in between > Not like today's kids. > Christmas was a religious holiday for us. We had an advent wreath which > marked the weeks until the baby Jesus came. The nativity was put up early > in > December with every one arranged except the baby Jesus. If we were good > all > day we got to put straw in the manger so He would have a soft bed when He > arrived on Christmas eve night. Jesus always left us a book Christmas > morning. I still have a few a these books that I received. > We had one exciting trip during the holidays. The whole family got dressed > up and off we'd go. It seemed like it took forever although it was only 25 > miles. A large, upscale department store in a near by city had wonderful > window displays that moved and were pure magic. Santa was there too to > hold > us on his lap and listen to our wish list. There was a special store > within > the store for "kids only". Parents had to wait out side. For a dollar you > could get four gifts for your family. It took us forever to pick just the > right presents!Then we got to eat out - a rare treat for us. > On Christmas eve we went to mid-night mass and then fell sound asleep even > though we had planned to stay awake to see Santa have our milk and > cookies. > Most of our gifts were clothes but our parents always made sure we got a > few > toys. > My mom always made cinnamon apples for Christmas. > Does anyone know how to make these? She cooked a syrup of water, sugar and > red hots (and maybe something else?) and put peeled whole apples in this > syrup and cooked the apples. They came out a pretty red color and had a > cinnamon taste. She served them cold on a lettuce leaf on a salad plate. > Wish I knew how to make them. Any ideas? You can tell I am not a very good > cook. :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:04 PM > Subject: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > >> my grandfather called margarine, Oleo - he was born in Wisconsin, and >> grew >> up in Iowa, and eventually moved to Chicago. >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! >> Search. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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

Another idea for the red hots is to sprinkle a few on top of a sweet potato cassarole. Not too many, just a few. My family loves them that way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBT W AMES" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Attn: Robt Ames and CA Hacker - Re: Grandma'sCinnamonapples > Red Hots are cinnamon candies, you can still get them at the grocery > stores. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DRKessinger > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VASHENAN] Attn: Robt Ames and CA Hacker - Re: Grandma's > Cinnamonapples > > I've been hoping someone would come up with the recipe for those cinnamon > apples - sounded soooooo delicious - but, what are "red hots"? Please let > me know. Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of ROBT W AMES > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Cinnamon > > My mother also made cinnamon apples, her's went like this: core apples, > leave skins on, put red hots, simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water > bring > to boil and cook 5 minutes) pour on apples and bake till apples are tender > in a 350 degrees. Last 5 minutes put marshmellows on top, bake about 5 > minutes more or until marshmellows are melted. This made 6 large apples > > In my old age I still call the refridgerator the ice box and my kids do it > sometimes also. What about " washateria" instead of Laundromat? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CA HACKER > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > I remember "oleo". I was born during the depression and was a kid during > WWII. > We bought this mixture at the store. It consisted of a pound of lard(?) > and > > a button that contained yellow stuff (must have been food coloring). My > job > > was to mix the two together to make it look like butter. (no butter during > the war) Then we called it oleo. Anyone else remember this? > We had a refigerator but also had an ice box for "extras". We loved it in > the summer when the ice man came and we could get bits of ice off of his > wagon.. > We got presents twice a year - birthday and Christmas. Nothing in between > Not like today's kids. > Christmas was a religious holiday for us. We had an advent wreath which > marked the weeks until the baby Jesus came. The nativity was put up early > in > > December with every one arranged except the baby Jesus. If we were good > all > > day we got to put straw in the manger so He would have a soft bed when He > arrived on Christmas eve night. Jesus always left us a book Christmas > morning. I still have a few a these books that I received. > We had one exciting trip during the holidays. The whole family got dressed > up and off we'd go. It seemed like it took forever although it was only 25 > miles. A large, upscale department store in a near by city had wonderful > window displays that moved and were pure magic. Santa was there too to > hold > > us on his lap and listen to our wish list. There was a special store > within > > the store for "kids only". Parents had to wait out side. For a dollar you > could get four gifts for your family. It took us forever to pick just the > right presents!Then we got to eat out - a rare treat for us. > On Christmas eve we went to mid-night mass and then fell sound asleep even > though we had planned to stay awake to see Santa have our milk and > cookies. > Most of our gifts were clothes but our parents always made sure we got a > few > > toys. > My mom always made cinnamon apples for Christmas. > Does anyone know how to make these? She cooked a syrup of water, sugar and > red hots (and maybe something else?) and put peeled whole apples in this > syrup and cooked the apples. They came out a pretty red color and had a > cinnamon taste. She served them cold on a lettuce leaf on a salad plate. > Wish I knew how to make them. Any ideas? You can tell I am not a very good > cook. :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:04 PM > Subject: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > >> my grandfather called margarine, Oleo - he was born in Wisconsin, and >> grew > >> up in Iowa, and eventually moved to Chicago. >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? 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Don, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I'm not sure how long it would have taken me to find these records without your mentioning them on this message board. I found a case relating directly to my ancestors - (William and Susannah Good) I haven't read the complete case yet but it looks to be twelve pages of interesting reading. Thanks for the heads up! Teresa Snyder -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Silvius Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VASHENAN] LVA digital is working again Something new from the folks at the Library of Virginia in the Digital Collection - and it's searchable. A warning though. If you use a dial-up connection this is probably going to be slow and if you don't already have it, install the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader - which will be slow over dial-up. Shenandoah County Chancery records are now searchable and viewable. go to http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm ------------------------------- 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

Sorry Bea - I would but my Frederick book stops in 1850. Bev In a message dated 12/10/2007 8:03:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, Is there anyone on the list that would do a look up for me? I am in search of information on a Weaver man who married a DOWNS women between 1860 - 1870.....and, this was in Frederick County, Virginia. Noah Weaver married Jeanet / Jeanette/Jennie Downs. Thank you Kindly Bea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Shrum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 215 > Hi there, and thanks for the info about the book. > Thanks, too, for the website (dmkheritage.com). > > The Shenandoah County Library has a copy of the book in the > Shenandoah > Room. What a wealth of knowledge in that room!!! > > Shenandaoh Pioneers and their Descendants > A History of Frederick County, Virginia > T.K. Cartmell > > Imprint: Winchester, VA: Eddy Press Corporation 1909 > Subject: History -- Frederick County, VA. > Subject: History -- Shenandoah County, VA. > Subject: Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History. > Subject: Shenandoah County -- Genealogy > > Shen. Rm Nonfiction AR 975.59 CAR Non-Checkout > > > > This info made me think about THE FAMILY TREE WORKSHOP which was > taught at the county library in October. Archivist, Jean Martin, gave us > a > printout entitled WHAT COUNTY IS THIS? > > It shows that Shenandoah County is located in the Shenandoah Valley > which is part of The Great Valley of Virginia. > > Shenandoah County began as part of Orange County. > > Augusta County was created in 1738. (Frederick County was formed at > the same time. Together they included all the land west of the Blue Ridge > Mountains.) > > Dunmore County, created in 1772. > Name changed to Shenandoah County in 1777. > > You probably knew that information. Just adding as a refresher. > > > > Going Ons at the County Library this week: > > 1. Join the Shenandoah County Library and Shenandoah County Parks and > Recreation in welcoming Mrs. Santa Claus to the library on Wednesday, > December 12th at 10:30 a.m. > > 2. Quilt Show and Demonstration on Thursday 13 4-7 pm. Come out to > the library and see the work of the "Loose Threads" quilting club! Club > members will be displaying their work and will answer questions about > their > quilts or quilting techniques. Check out a book on quilting while you're > here! (I don't think I belong to this quilting club even though I have a > few things LOOSE!!!) > > > Hope to see some of you there!!! > Nancy Shrum, a FRIEND of the library > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 3:02 AM > Subject: VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 215 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Brown Inquiry (RUTH HENRY) >> 2. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers (Doris Christian) >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:12:37 -0600 >> From: Doris Christian <[email protected]> >> Subject: [VASHENAN] Shenandoah Valley Pioneers >> To: [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected] >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed >> >> Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants >> >> A History of Frederick County, Virginia >> >> From its Formation in 1738 to 1908 >> >> Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old >> >> Frederick County, now Hampshire, Berkeley, >> >> Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, >> >> Warren, Morgan and Frederick >> >> >> T. K. Cartmell >> >> Clerk of the Old County Court >> >> Here is the information on the book. If your local library does not >> have it and you cannot borrow it from the loaning library, you might >> want to check into this website. dmkheritage.com we have it on >> CD. with the Table of Contents and INDEXES listed. >> >> for the surname index go to: >> >> This 568 page (25 page index) history of old Frederick County >> contains information on the pioneers of the upper Shenandoah Valley. >> >> >> Table of Contents (abridged) >> >> Shenandoah Valley Settled, Flow and by Whom >> >> The Minor Grants >> Van Meter and Hite Grants >> Old Frederick County, Organization of; Gleanings from Old Courts >> Boundaries of Old Frederick County >> Frederick County, Physical Features of >> Frederick County, Typography of >> Frederick County, Natural Points of Interest of >> The Lower Valley; Old Frederick in the Early Days >> Old County Roads and Turnpikes >> >> Railroads, Their Charters, etc >> Public Ferries >> Mills and Other Developments >> Gleanings from Old Courts, Continued >> The Indian and French War >> Gleanings from Old Courts, Succeeding Revolutionary War >> County Roads, List of, and Overseers, 1788-89, and Gleanings from Courts >> Revolutionary War, Officers and Enlisted Men of >> Morgan and his Men; George Rogers Clark Expedition; List of Old Justices >> The War of 1812-14 >> Old Courts, Justices', District and Circuit; Notable Trials; >> Naturalized Aliens >> Valley Banks Old and New >> Revolutionary War Heroes; Court Gleanings Continued up to Civil War >> Justices' Courts, from 1862 to Underwood Constitution; County Court >> Judges and >> Officers; Criminal Trials >> The County Court, Continued; Lynching of Wm. Shorter >> End of County Court System; Beginning of New >> City of Winchester, 1743-1850 >> Winchester, Water Supply of, Gas, Electricity and Manufactures; >> Criminal Trials. >> Newspapers of Winchester, 1787-1908 >> Winchester, Educational Developments, Fire Companies >> Winchester Old Taverns and Streets, Mayors from 1804 >> The Churches in the Lower Valley >> Presbyterian Church, Episcopal Church, Parish of Hampshire >> Lutheran Church, German Reformed Church,Methodist Episcopal Church >> Baptist Church, Society of Friends , Roman Catholic Church >> The Cemeteries of Winchester >> Town and City Government; The Market Square Suit >> Towns in Old Frederick County >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, Fairfax >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, George Washington >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, Joist Hite Pioneer >> Daniel Morgan Life of >> Homesteads, Colonial and Others >> Homesteads of Frederick County >> Homesteads and Biographical Notices >> The John Brown Raid >> The Civil War; >> Emancipation Proclamation, Effect on Both Armies; The Campaign in >> Spring of ?63; Death of Stonewall Jackson >> The Valley Army After Jackson?s Death >> Gettysburg >> Fall of Richmond; Appomattox and Surrender >> Biographical Sketches >> The Pioneers of the Upper Valley >> Frederick County at this Writing >> Appendix No. I-8 >> >> for the surname index go to: >> http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=53 >> >> >> >> **************************** >> Visit: http://www.dmkheritage.com >> To check on the latest County Histories and Parish Records on CDs >> Indexed and searchable >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the VASHENAN list administrator, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> To post a message to the VASHENAN mailing list, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 215 >> **************************************** >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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 **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Hi, Is there anyone on the list that would do a look up for me? I am in search of information on a Weaver man who married a DOWNS women between 1860 - 1870.....and, this was in Frederick County, Virginia. Noah Weaver married Jeanet / Jeanette/Jennie Downs. Thank you Kindly Bea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Shrum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 215 > Hi there, and thanks for the info about the book. > Thanks, too, for the website (dmkheritage.com). > > The Shenandoah County Library has a copy of the book in the > Shenandoah > Room. What a wealth of knowledge in that room!!! > > Shenandaoh Pioneers and their Descendants > A History of Frederick County, Virginia > T.K. Cartmell > > Imprint: Winchester, VA: Eddy Press Corporation 1909 > Subject: History -- Frederick County, VA. > Subject: History -- Shenandoah County, VA. > Subject: Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History. > Subject: Shenandoah County -- Genealogy > > Shen. Rm Nonfiction AR 975.59 CAR Non-Checkout > > > > This info made me think about THE FAMILY TREE WORKSHOP which was > taught at the county library in October. Archivist, Jean Martin, gave us > a > printout entitled WHAT COUNTY IS THIS? > > It shows that Shenandoah County is located in the Shenandoah Valley > which is part of The Great Valley of Virginia. > > Shenandoah County began as part of Orange County. > > Augusta County was created in 1738. (Frederick County was formed at > the same time. Together they included all the land west of the Blue Ridge > Mountains.) > > Dunmore County, created in 1772. > Name changed to Shenandoah County in 1777. > > You probably knew that information. Just adding as a refresher. > > > > Going Ons at the County Library this week: > > 1. Join the Shenandoah County Library and Shenandoah County Parks and > Recreation in welcoming Mrs. Santa Claus to the library on Wednesday, > December 12th at 10:30 a.m. > > 2. Quilt Show and Demonstration on Thursday 13 4-7 pm. Come out to > the library and see the work of the "Loose Threads" quilting club! Club > members will be displaying their work and will answer questions about > their > quilts or quilting techniques. Check out a book on quilting while you're > here! (I don't think I belong to this quilting club even though I have a > few things LOOSE!!!) > > > Hope to see some of you there!!! > Nancy Shrum, a FRIEND of the library > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 3:02 AM > Subject: VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 215 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Brown Inquiry (RUTH HENRY) >> 2. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers (Doris Christian) >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:12:37 -0600 >> From: Doris Christian <[email protected]> >> Subject: [VASHENAN] Shenandoah Valley Pioneers >> To: [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected] >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed >> >> Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants >> >> A History of Frederick County, Virginia >> >> From its Formation in 1738 to 1908 >> >> Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old >> >> Frederick County, now Hampshire, Berkeley, >> >> Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, >> >> Warren, Morgan and Frederick >> >> >> T. K. Cartmell >> >> Clerk of the Old County Court >> >> Here is the information on the book. If your local library does not >> have it and you cannot borrow it from the loaning library, you might >> want to check into this website. dmkheritage.com we have it on >> CD. with the Table of Contents and INDEXES listed. >> >> for the surname index go to: >> >> This 568 page (25 page index) history of old Frederick County >> contains information on the pioneers of the upper Shenandoah Valley. >> >> >> Table of Contents (abridged) >> >> Shenandoah Valley Settled, Flow and by Whom >> >> The Minor Grants >> Van Meter and Hite Grants >> Old Frederick County, Organization of; Gleanings from Old Courts >> Boundaries of Old Frederick County >> Frederick County, Physical Features of >> Frederick County, Typography of >> Frederick County, Natural Points of Interest of >> The Lower Valley; Old Frederick in the Early Days >> Old County Roads and Turnpikes >> >> Railroads, Their Charters, etc >> Public Ferries >> Mills and Other Developments >> Gleanings from Old Courts, Continued >> The Indian and French War >> Gleanings from Old Courts, Succeeding Revolutionary War >> County Roads, List of, and Overseers, 1788-89, and Gleanings from Courts >> Revolutionary War, Officers and Enlisted Men of >> Morgan and his Men; George Rogers Clark Expedition; List of Old Justices >> The War of 1812-14 >> Old Courts, Justices', District and Circuit; Notable Trials; >> Naturalized Aliens >> Valley Banks Old and New >> Revolutionary War Heroes; Court Gleanings Continued up to Civil War >> Justices' Courts, from 1862 to Underwood Constitution; County Court >> Judges and >> Officers; Criminal Trials >> The County Court, Continued; Lynching of Wm. Shorter >> End of County Court System; Beginning of New >> City of Winchester, 1743-1850 >> Winchester, Water Supply of, Gas, Electricity and Manufactures; >> Criminal Trials. >> Newspapers of Winchester, 1787-1908 >> Winchester, Educational Developments, Fire Companies >> Winchester Old Taverns and Streets, Mayors from 1804 >> The Churches in the Lower Valley >> Presbyterian Church, Episcopal Church, Parish of Hampshire >> Lutheran Church, German Reformed Church,Methodist Episcopal Church >> Baptist Church, Society of Friends , Roman Catholic Church >> The Cemeteries of Winchester >> Town and City Government; The Market Square Suit >> Towns in Old Frederick County >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, Fairfax >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, George Washington >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, Joist Hite Pioneer >> Daniel Morgan Life of >> Homesteads, Colonial and Others >> Homesteads of Frederick County >> Homesteads and Biographical Notices >> The John Brown Raid >> The Civil War; >> Emancipation Proclamation, Effect on Both Armies; The Campaign in >> Spring of ?63; Death of Stonewall Jackson >> The Valley Army After Jackson?s Death >> Gettysburg >> Fall of Richmond; Appomattox and Surrender >> Biographical Sketches >> The Pioneers of the Upper Valley >> Frederick County at this Writing >> Appendix No. I-8 >> >> for the surname index go to: >> http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=53 >> >> >> >> **************************** >> Visit: http://www.dmkheritage.com >> To check on the latest County Histories and Parish Records on CDs >> Indexed and searchable >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the VASHENAN list administrator, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> To post a message to the VASHENAN mailing list, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 215 >> **************************************** >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Wonderful photos and music. Thanks for the trip down memory lane -- kids, dogs, geese and lots of snow. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Shrum" <[email protected]> To: "VASHENAN group" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:58 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] AWESOME Site...Winters of Long Ago > http://www.greatdanepro.com/Winters%20Long%20Ago/index.htm > > I can't find the name of the artist who painted these pictures, but they > could almost have been scenes from here in Shenandoah County...until you > see the polar bear and the Alps type mtns. Music is great, too. > > "Shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life......." > Phil 2:15, 16 NIV > > ------------------------------- > 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

Something new from the folks at the Library of Virginia in the Digital Collection - and it's searchable. A warning though. If you use a dial-up connection this is probably going to be slow and if you don't already have it, install the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader - which will be slow over dial-up. Shenandoah County Chancery records are now searchable and viewable. go to http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm The list of options looks like this. WHAT'S AVAILABLE What is a Chancery Cause? What makes up a Chancery Cause? What Information is recorded in the database? How to Cite a Chancery Cause How to Search Helpful Search Hints Searching Difficult Names and Data Viewing the Record How can I obtain copies from a Chancery Cause? Glossary Map of Virginia Start Searching CLICK ON "Start Searching" . . .Locality: scroll down to Sheandoah County This information was forwarded to me indirectly, from Sandra Yelton, who has been researching in Shenandoah County for a long time - thanks to Sandra for the info. Don

I suppose I should have been more specific about where the archives are located. It is not on the VASHENAN site, but at Rootsweb. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/VA/shenandoah.html Is the site for VASHENAN - from here you can subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives or browse the archives. >From here you can search the list's archives back to its beginnings in January 1998 - almost ten years ago! Don -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Shrum Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:52 PM To: VASHENAN group Subject: [VASHENAN] Question for Don How do I find the archives which are searchable? I've looked and looked on the site. Thanks. Nancy Don said: Thanks for your contributions to the thread, it all goes to the list's archives, which are searchable. "Shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life......." Phil 2:15, 16 NIV ------------------------------- 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

http://www.greatdanepro.com/Winters%20Long%20Ago/index.htm I can't find the name of the artist who painted these pictures, but they could almost have been scenes from here in Shenandoah County...until you see the polar bear and the Alps type mtns. Music is great, too. "Shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life......." Phil 2:15, 16 NIV

How do I find the archives which are searchable? I've looked and looked on the site. Thanks. Nancy Don said: Thanks for your contributions to the thread, it all goes to the list's archives, which are searchable. "Shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life......." Phil 2:15, 16 NIV

Don Silvius, There is a picture posted of Paul Franklin Funkhouser under the Album section that was contributed by Rick and Tina Thomas. Could you please let me know how to get in contact with Rick and Tina Thomas, or please request them to contact me. Their names are not in blue like the others on the Album web pages who have contributed photos, so I couldn't contact them. Thank you, Jan Hood -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 625 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.0/1180 - Release Date: 12/10/2007 2:51 PM

I was too young to remember "The War", but I remember playing my three brothers when the doctor came, carrying a little black bag with a baby in it for my mother. We had to stay outside for some reason. The baby was a girl and is today my best friend, though we used to tussle over who got to squeeze the color dot through the white "oleo". I remember the summer day when my sister and I were playing with Laurie, the older girl next door, and her brother Stanley came up the hill from Newman's Five and Dime store with a small brown bag. He opened it and introduced us to a new treat called bubble gum. Wow! What a novelty! My older brothers remembered bubble gum from before the war, but it had become a casualty of sugar rationing, and my sister and I had never tried it before. I must have been about five years old. A boy named Bill's backyard and ours abutted each other through the block, and his dad had come home from the war with a neat gizmo that had been part of his army gear. It was a shovel, but if you twisted this ring near the shovel blade, the blade would swing down and the gizmo turned into a hoe. I'm sure it had a name, but it escapes me after 60 years, more or less. Anyway, we kids thought it was cool, and we dug up Bill's backyard, putting foxholes here and there so that we could play soldiers and hurl dirt clod hand grenades at each other. We didn't have any toy guns, but fingers pointed in the right direction could drop a playmate in his or her tracks, though more likely such action brought forth the exchange, "I got you!" followed by, "No you didn't, you missed!" Of course, we all went home covered in the red Roanoke County dirt. We couldn't dig up our backyard because Dad planted a large garden there every spring, and we ate from its bounty all year. I do so miss the real tomatoes he grew and Mother canned for later use, both as tomatoes and juice. My mouth waters just at the thought of the hot summer days when my sister and I would take a salt shaker and head to the rows of tomato plants and the big fire-engine red globes that were so deliciously warmed by the sun. There was a word that was used during The War that aptly applies to today's so-called "tomatoes". Ersatz. Remember? For those too young to remember the term, it means: bogus, phony, synthetic... fake. Like the phony, rock-hard, pale, tasteless and juiceless tomatoes on the store shelves today. I've almost given them up altogether. We five kids were so fortunate to have parents who loved us enough to put all that extra effort into feeding us. Dad was a brakeman on the N&W, and worked the garden when on the home end of his run to Winston-Salem, NC. All the neighbors supported each other, too. Mrs. Jones had wax cherry trees (Mother canned some of the luscious fruit as "Queen Anne cherries", and we enjoyed them all winter), the Dysarts had grape vines (juice and jelly) and red and black raspberry bushes (fresh berry cobblers and jam), and shared them with us. When Dad bought bushels of apples, several of the neighbor ladies and mother's sister Myrtle would come to help peel and core and slice them the night before the cooking. Bright and early the next morning the fifty-gallon copper "kittle" went over the fire in the yard, after Mother cleaned it out with soda and salt and the garden hose. Apples went in, all the way to the top of the "kittle", along with cold water from the hose. Once the apples started cooking down, the spices were added, and all day long (it seemed), someone had to stand and stir the concoction with a long handled (to keep the hot applebutter from popping out onto the person stirring) L-shaped wooden paddle so that it didn't scorch or stick to the bottom. Finally, Mother would bring out half-gallon and quart jars, and fill and seal them while the applebutter was bubbling hot. She would then set them on newspapers she had set on the back porch to cool a while before taking them down the basement steps to store them on deep shelves beneath the stairs. Of course, some went to the ladies who helped prepare the apples. I can taste it right now, with butter melting on hot homemade shortning bread that Mother used to make. Ah, precious memories... Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!)

I've been hoping someone would come up with the recipe for those cinnamon apples - sounded soooooo delicious - but, what are "red hots"? Please let me know. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ROBT W AMES Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Cinnamon My mother also made cinnamon apples, her's went like this: core apples, leave skins on, put red hots, simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water bring to boil and cook 5 minutes) pour on apples and bake till apples are tender in a 350 degrees. Last 5 minutes put marshmellows on top, bake about 5 minutes more or until marshmellows are melted. This made 6 large apples In my old age I still call the refridgerator the ice box and my kids do it sometimes also. What about " washateria" instead of Laundromat? ----- Original Message ----- From: CA HACKER Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things I remember "oleo". I was born during the depression and was a kid during WWII. We bought this mixture at the store. It consisted of a pound of lard(?) and a button that contained yellow stuff (must have been food coloring). My job was to mix the two together to make it look like butter. (no butter during the war) Then we called it oleo. Anyone else remember this? We had a refigerator but also had an ice box for "extras". We loved it in the summer when the ice man came and we could get bits of ice off of his wagon.. We got presents twice a year - birthday and Christmas. Nothing in between Not like today's kids. Christmas was a religious holiday for us. We had an advent wreath which marked the weeks until the baby Jesus came. The nativity was put up early in December with every one arranged except the baby Jesus. If we were good all day we got to put straw in the manger so He would have a soft bed when He arrived on Christmas eve night. Jesus always left us a book Christmas morning. I still have a few a these books that I received. We had one exciting trip during the holidays. The whole family got dressed up and off we'd go. It seemed like it took forever although it was only 25 miles. A large, upscale department store in a near by city had wonderful window displays that moved and were pure magic. Santa was there too to hold us on his lap and listen to our wish list. There was a special store within the store for "kids only". Parents had to wait out side. For a dollar you could get four gifts for your family. It took us forever to pick just the right presents!Then we got to eat out - a rare treat for us. On Christmas eve we went to mid-night mass and then fell sound asleep even though we had planned to stay awake to see Santa have our milk and cookies. Most of our gifts were clothes but our parents always made sure we got a few toys. My mom always made cinnamon apples for Christmas. Does anyone know how to make these? She cooked a syrup of water, sugar and red hots (and maybe something else?) and put peeled whole apples in this syrup and cooked the apples. They came out a pretty red color and had a cinnamon taste. She served them cold on a lettuce leaf on a salad plate. Wish I knew how to make them. Any ideas? You can tell I am not a very good cook. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:04 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > my grandfather called margarine, Oleo - he was born in Wisconsin, and grew > up in Iowa, and eventually moved to Chicago. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! > Search. > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

Red Hots are cinnamon candies, you can still get them at the grocery stores. ----- Original Message ----- From: DRKessinger Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VASHENAN] Attn: Robt Ames and CA Hacker - Re: Grandma's Cinnamonapples I've been hoping someone would come up with the recipe for those cinnamon apples - sounded soooooo delicious - but, what are "red hots"? Please let me know. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ROBT W AMES Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Cinnamon My mother also made cinnamon apples, her's went like this: core apples, leave skins on, put red hots, simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water bring to boil and cook 5 minutes) pour on apples and bake till apples are tender in a 350 degrees. Last 5 minutes put marshmellows on top, bake about 5 minutes more or until marshmellows are melted. This made 6 large apples In my old age I still call the refridgerator the ice box and my kids do it sometimes also. What about " washateria" instead of Laundromat? ----- Original Message ----- From: CA HACKER Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things I remember "oleo". I was born during the depression and was a kid during WWII. We bought this mixture at the store. It consisted of a pound of lard(?) and a button that contained yellow stuff (must have been food coloring). My job was to mix the two together to make it look like butter. (no butter during the war) Then we called it oleo. Anyone else remember this? We had a refigerator but also had an ice box for "extras". We loved it in the summer when the ice man came and we could get bits of ice off of his wagon.. We got presents twice a year - birthday and Christmas. Nothing in between Not like today's kids. Christmas was a religious holiday for us. We had an advent wreath which marked the weeks until the baby Jesus came. The nativity was put up early in December with every one arranged except the baby Jesus. If we were good all day we got to put straw in the manger so He would have a soft bed when He arrived on Christmas eve night. Jesus always left us a book Christmas morning. I still have a few a these books that I received. We had one exciting trip during the holidays. The whole family got dressed up and off we'd go. It seemed like it took forever although it was only 25 miles. A large, upscale department store in a near by city had wonderful window displays that moved and were pure magic. Santa was there too to hold us on his lap and listen to our wish list. There was a special store within the store for "kids only". Parents had to wait out side. For a dollar you could get four gifts for your family. It took us forever to pick just the right presents!Then we got to eat out - a rare treat for us. On Christmas eve we went to mid-night mass and then fell sound asleep even though we had planned to stay awake to see Santa have our milk and cookies. Most of our gifts were clothes but our parents always made sure we got a few toys. My mom always made cinnamon apples for Christmas. Does anyone know how to make these? She cooked a syrup of water, sugar and red hots (and maybe something else?) and put peeled whole apples in this syrup and cooked the apples. They came out a pretty red color and had a cinnamon taste. She served them cold on a lettuce leaf on a salad plate. Wish I knew how to make them. Any ideas? You can tell I am not a very good cook. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:04 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > my grandfather called margarine, Oleo - he was born in Wisconsin, and grew > up in Iowa, and eventually moved to Chicago. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! > Search. > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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