As promised after yesterdays overflow of "Nuptial News", here's some Altoona Sports stories! Hope you guys like these front page news items! >From the Altoona Tribune, Thursday, 22 January 1942: Rails Defeat Elk Mound 32 - 15 Altoona's Rails, won their eighth straight victory by downing a stubborn Elk Mound five at Elk Mound Tuesday night by the score of 32 to 15. Outscrapped in the first few minutes of play, the Railroaders found themselves on the short end of a 4 to 1 first quarter count. The entrance of Underwood into the game at the start of the second quarter seemed to spark the Rails. Quick baskets by Thompson and Radawitz together with the heavy rebound work of Underwood gave Altoona a 11 to 6 advantage at the half. The third and fourth quarters were all Altoona's as they scored 10 points in each quarter, to run up a score which was never threatened. The Rails missed many easy setup shots but hit consistently enough to maintain a comfortable margin. Thompson led Altoona with 10 points, followed by Radawitz with 8, Underwood 7, and Vindal 5. Halvorson had 4 counters for the Elks. The Railroaders made 4 out of 9 charity tosses while Elk Mound only made one out of six. In the preliminary game the Altoona B's tipped the Mound B's 9 to 7. +++++ Two Basketball Games Sunday Through the efforts of Mayor Gloede and Frank Jones and former high school basketball players the basketball fans of Altoona will have an opportunity of seeing a double-header basketball game at the City Auditorium Sunday afternoon, Jan. 25th at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. The proceeds of these games is for the benefit of the Red Cross. Being for a good cause everybody can get their money's worth, as the price of admissions are only adults 25 cents and all school students 10 cents. The personel of the Altoona team is as follows: Dan Sturz, Brack Sturz, Sam Gorrell, Abby Cass, Pud Woodington, "Leatherneck" Don Woodington, Slug Sires, Bill Kersten, Arvith Vindall, and Ham Kersten. The opposition are Coca Cola and Book Store Teams of the Y.M.C.A. League of Eau Claire. Remember Pearl Harbor and Don't Forget the Basketball Games Sunday. +++++++++++++++++ This last article has a note of sadness. Don "Leatherneck" Woodington passed away this week in Arizona. Well, you all have a nice weekend. Get out and do some sightseeing. I think we're reaching a peak in the colors and you don't want to miss it -- it's a whole 'nother year till it happens again! -- Nance

It seems there were lots of weddings and wedding plans being made in Altoona in the early months of 1942. Here's some more news from the Altoona Tribune, dated 22 January 1942: Shower for Teacher A bridal shower was held at the Wm. Bellesbach home, Hayden Ave., Monday evening in honor of Mrs. A. Weisnegger of Eau Claire, nee Miss Muriel Norrish, a local teacher, who was married Dec. 27, 1941. Bingo was enjoyed by those present and handkerchiefs were given as prizes. Miss Raine, of the public school faculty, received the door prize. The guest of honor was presented with many lovely gifts after which the hostess, Mrs. Wm. Bellesbach, served a very tasty lunch. Guests present for the party were Misses Turney, Raine, Thompson, Roycraft, Merrick, and Watson, all members of the staff of the local public school, where the guest of honor is a primary teacher; Mesdames D. E. Neill and Vic Kliest of this city and Miss Marvel Nassett and Mrs. Harry Schendel of Eau Claire. +++++ Announce Marriage Mr. and Mrs. George Rock, First St. East announce the marriage of their daughter, katherine, to Mr. Glenn Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gilbert, Hayden Ave., on Saturday, January 17, in a simple but impressive wedding ceremony at the St. Mary Church with Rev. Father Dies officiating. +++++ Wedding Shower A wedding shower was held Friday evening at the Harry Miller residence, Sixth St. West, in honor of Mrs. George Teitz, who was married December 25 (1941). Bunco was enjoyed by those present with Miss Verna Larson receiving first prize. Miss Doris Sveen was awarded the door prize. The guest of honor recieved many lovely and useful gifts after which a tasty lunch was served by the hostesses, Misses Beverly and Carol Walker. +++++ Bridal Shower A bridal shower was held at the L. R. Beach home, Hayden Av., in honor of Mrs. Bud Wold, formerly Miss Hazel Beach who was married Saturday (see yesterday's Old News!). "500" was played at five tables with prizes being awarded to Mrs. Marie Decker and Mrs. George Williamson. The door prize was received by Mrs. A. Kluth. A very tasty lunch was served by the hostesses, Mesdames George Reedle and Olaf Olseth, and Miss Ruth Jacobson. The guest of honor was presented with a beautiful electric iron. +++++ Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Gloede, Daniels Ave., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marion H. Gloede, now employed in Anoka, Minn., to Mr. Paul N. Marschall of that city, to take place int he city of Eau Claire, Feb. 14. (1942). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sorry, guys, for all this "Nuptial News". How about I make up for it by posting some good old sports stories? Will that make it better? Let me know! -- Nance

...for the web pages and mail list, that is! Well, it's October 1st and a prime time to tell you all what's been happening on the Eau Claire Co. GenWeb page and mail list! We've been busy! And it couldn't have been done without you all! As of 7 a.m. today, we have had 2696 hits on the GenWeb page. There were 426 hits just in September alone! Which equates to 14.2 hits per day! These pages were first put online on 29 January 1998 -- 244 days ago. Which means so far for the year we're averaging 11.05 hits per day! Not bad for the northwoods, huh? On the mail list, the 'L' and the 'D' versions, we have 33 participants -- up by 6 this past month! We're growing! On our GenConnect boards we've had the following amounts posted during the month of September: Queries -- 3 Biographies -- 2 Obituaries -- 20 BTW, many, many thanks go to Jim Tellstrom for his contributions to the Eau Claire Co. GenWeb cause! Each and everyone of you is encouraged to also contribute to the GenWeb project. Let's strive to be the best and most informative county in Wisconsin, shall we?! This is really an encouragement for me and I hope it sheds some light on how things are progressing for you too. Thanks, again, go to each and every one of you for making this all possible! And it's fun too! -- Nance

It's a bright, but cold day today and the pumpkins definitely got frosted last night if they were living in low-lying areas! Wanna know how cold it is? Check out the new feature on the Eau Claire Co. GenWeb page ( http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/eauclair.htm )! Yup, we have an instant weather forecast set up there for you -- just click on the weather symbols. There's even a ten day forecast! So if you're planning to make a visit to the Eau Claire area you will know just what to expect. Now, on to the old news... >From the Altoona Tribune, 22 January 1942: Hazel Beach marries B. V. Wold, Eau Claire Miss Hazel Ruth Beach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Beach, Hayden Ave., became the bride of Mr. Bud Vernon Wold, son of Mr. Edw. Wold, Sr., of Eau Claire at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, Jan. 17 (1942) at the Lake Street Methodist church in Eau Claire. Rev. Fred J. Jordan performed the ceremony. The bride was attired in a lovely powder rose gown with brown accessories and a corsage of white gardenias. The maid of honor, Miss Josephine Olseth, was attractive in a fitted black dress with white trim. She wore a corsage of roses and yellow baby breath. The groom wore a dark brown suit with a white gardenia boutonniere, while the best man, Mr. Norman Anderson, was dressed in a dark blue suit with a rose boutonniere. A dinner was served at the home of the bride's parents immediately after the wedding ceremony to eighteen guests. The center piece was a beautifully decorated, teired wedding cake baked for the occasion by Mrs. Olaf Olseth, who also aided Mrs. George Reedle in serving the dinner. Out of town guests at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Beach of Fairchild, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wold, Edward Wold, Sr., and Edward Wold, Jr., of Eau Claire. A charivari was given in honor of the bride and groom before the wedding dinner, and following it a wedding dance was enjoyed. The couple received many lovely gifts from their many friends and relatives. They are now at home at 517 Gibson St. in Eau Claire, where the groom is employed by the Northwestern Motor Co. +++++++++++++++++++ Anybody ever been to a charivari? Boy, are they fun! I just never knew how to spell it until now! Have a good day! -- Nance

After being on the phone for almost an hour last night to my tech support fellow, I got my email woes taken care of. Funny, I had to wait on hold for him for 50 minutes, but once he got on the phone with me, it only took 3 minutes to fix the problem. So I should be able to chug out some more of these good old news stories to you once again. Speaking of chugging -- here's the next installment of the Old Railroad News! >From the Altoona Tribune, Thursday, 22 January 1942: The fund for the B. of R. T., Iron Eagle, a war plane to be presented to Uncle Sam, has been started. Those who have donated so far are Conductors McLaughlin, McHugh,Milne, Brakeman Stayberg and Yard Foreman, L. B. Schultz. Anyone going to Marshfield with a train of pulp wood will be interested in the fact that C. N. W. 109 is due at Marshfield at 11:45 p.m. There is no change in the leaving time. Mr. Becker who has just retired from railroad service has worked nights so long he can't sleep when its dark. "Have to have daylight before I can sleep," said Emil, and that makes a long evening for me. Its always hard to form new habits but cheer up, I am sure you will soon be enjoying your pension as the others who have retired. John Duncan, Jr. was killed 25 years ago Jan 19th 1942. Pensioned passenger conductor J. D. Condit died in Minneapolis on Sunday morning, Dec. 12, 1937, not Dec. 12, 1934, as was tated in last week's issue of the Tribune, also pensioned fireman Dennis O'Gardy, who died in Minnapolis Saturday nigh, Dec. 11, 1937, fired engine for pensioned engineer John Clune, Sr., not John Cline, Sr. Engineer John Clune retired from service in 1929 and resides in Merrillan. He was born on April 30, 1856. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I may be switching gears here for a while. There's lots of Altoona news that may be of interest to someone, so for the next few days I'm gonna be posting that news. I hope it will be a help to someone. -- Nance

Hello all, I keep finding names of Irishmen who came to this area, including Chippewa Falls, Black River Falls, Eau Clare, Rice Lake and Menomone in the 1860's and 1870's. There is an area of Quebec called Mayo, Quebec where many people came from. Some surnames include MURPHY, O'NEILL, MC DONNELL, DUNNIGAN and KELLY. Does anybody know about this happening? I would very much like to know about those who came to Wisconsin. Can you help? Thanks, Nancy Murphy Baldwin

>From the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, 31 March 1942: >From Our Files: 10 Years Ago (1932) A five-room, completely equipped home will occupy the stage as a special feature of the Home and Flower Show to be held at the city auditorium April 20 to 23. The Altoona city basketball team and DeMars quint will play the preliminary contest preceding the Minnesota All-Stars, House of David game at the high school Thursday night. 15 Years Ago (1927) The Eau Claire high school basketball team defeated the Athens, Texas, quint, 19 to 17, in the first game of the national cage tourney at Chicago yesterday. A.F.T. Lauritzen has resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. 25 Years Ago (1917) The Carson Park and Lake club will sponsor a big Fourth of July celebration here. State Senator Roy P. Wilcox has introduced a "state aid" armory bill on which he urges immediate, favorable action. Many national guard units are poorly housed, he declares. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ My mail is not running right today. It's coming in but I can't send anything out! So if you get this at a later time, that's why! Enjoy it anyway! (I hope) -- Nance

Opening a new paper today, this one from Tuesday, 31 March 1942: Personals Staff Seargeant Francis Neumauer of Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, is here on a 10 day furlough, visiting his mother, Mrs. Harry Martinson. Miss Mabel Peterson left Thursday to visit at Stockton, Cal., with Capt. and Mrs. J. C. Hancock. Joyce and Marshall Nogle, Eau Claire; Mrs. F. Wethern, Menomonie and Harold Dahl, Eau Claire, are visiting relatives and friends in Washington and Arlinton, Va., this week. Mrs. Mary Wagner is ill at Luther hospital. Mrs. J. R. Nixson, R.N.A. district deputy, and Miss Ruth Stein, duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stein are spending Easter week in Chicago as the guests of Mrs. Nixson's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Teker. Amy Arnold will arrive home from Milwaukee-Downer college this weekend to spend the spring vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Arnold, Oakwood Place. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Hey! Have you checked the Obituary board lately? Jim has been a busy guy, sending several a day! Take a look! There might be some information that you need on someone there! I found the other day that Jim's cousin may be connected to a branch of my family. It could happen to you too! So, if you have any old obits that you would like to submit, just mailto:[email protected] and I will get them online for you! Thanks! -- Nance

>From the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, Thursday, 26 March 1942: >From Our Files: 10 Years Ago (1932) A. E. Krammes, 1914 Birch St., has resigned as manager of the Dells Lake Ice company to become affiliated with the Consumers Service Company. He was active in the former post since 1919. An ordinance outlining bus routes in the city of Eau Claire has been adopted by the city council and consenting to abandonment of street car service. 15 Years Ago (1927) The Eau Claire high quint will meet Kenosha high in semi-finals of the state cage tourney at Madison tonight. 25 Years Ago (1917) The Eau Claire high cage team defeated the Oshkosh five, 29 to 11, in the state meet at Menomonie yesterday. The state senate yesterday turned down a resolution denouncing Sen. Robert M. LaFollette for his stand against arming U.S. merchant chips and is now considering a substitute measure. Now, back to my nap! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -- Nance

To Genealogical Researcher in the Chippewa Valley: I just thought that I would let everyone know that the Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire is sponsoring a bus trip to Madison, to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library, on the 7 November 1998 (Saturday). The bus will leave Chippewa Falls at 5:00 AM, Eau Claire at 5:15 AM, Osseo at 5:45 AM, and thereafter will stop in Black River Falls. If you would like more information, you can contact me at this email address, or you can call Kathy HERFEL at (715) 926-5205. On the way TO Madison the bus makes a brief stop to grab food/pit stop, for those who are interested. You can bring a sack lunch, take advantage of the numerous restaurants on State Street and the surrounding area, OR just keep researching. The bus will LEAVE Madison at 4:30 PM (when they close the microforms room) and will make a stop for dinner at the Portage exit. This is NOT just for members of the GRS or other local societies. Sponsorship of these trips usually go back and forth between the GRS and the Chippewa County Genealogical Society. If you have never been to the WSHS Library to do genealogical research, you are missing out on an excellent resource. Taking the bus leaves the driving (and parking) to someone else. Coincidently, you're on a bus where EVERYONE talks about genealogy (and doesn't fall asleep; but if you can pass up the opportunity to TALK genealogy, you CAN sleep, if you want to)! Wyn Jonas

It's a busy day in the Sampson household, so here's a short-but-sweet article from the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, 26 March 1942: Miss Freda Binzer, Red Cross nurse and former Eau claire school nurse, left Wednesday for Denver, Colo., where she will enter Fitzsimmons hospital as an army nurse. Miss Binzer, whose parents live in Black River Falls, is a graduate of the Luther hospital and served here as school nurse for eight years. She spent four years on the staff of the State Sanitorium near Milwaukee following her public health work in this city. She has been in Eau Claire during the past six months having come back from California where she spent a year. +++++++++++++++++ Gotta run! But you all have a great day! And if you get a chance, check out the new obituaries that Jim Tellstrom has been faithfully sending to me every day! The URL is: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits There's alot of information there for the right person -- is it you? -- Nance

It's a gloomy day in northern Wisconsin. The type of day to just close your shades and sit and type! Here's a little longer article from the Daily Telegram, Eau Claire, WI on Thursday, 26 March 1942: Larson-Marten Nuptials Held at Epiphany Lutheran Church Double Ring Ceremony, Reception Held Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Larson, announce the marriage of their daughter, Carrol Josephine, to Frank Marten, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marten, Sr. of Eau Claire Monday afternoon March 16, at 2 o'clock. The double-ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. G. Werth at the Epiphany Lutheran church in Eau Claire. The bride was attired in a navy blue street length dress with white lace collar and cuffs, and a corsage of deep red roses and pink sweet peas. The bride's only jewelry was a gold pin, which was first worn by her great granmother Enerson. The maid of honor, Miss Verna Larson, sister of the bride, wore a powder blue dress with matchining accessories and a corsage of deep red roses and lavender sweet peas. Each wore a carnation in her hair. The groom was dressed in a dark brown suit with a carnation boutonniere while the best man, Vernon Marten, a brother of the groom wore a dark green suit with a carnation boutonniere. The groom's mother, Mrs. Frank Marten, Sr., played the wedding march and sang a selection. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents for the bridal party and immediate relatives and friends. The house was decorated with pink and blue streamers and white bells. A three-tier wedding cake topped by a miniature bride and groom baked by the bride's mother formed the centerpiece for the table. Out-of-town guests for the occasion were the groom's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marten, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marten, Sr., Mrs. Harvey Marten, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marten and children, Beverly and Junior, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ring, E. B. Robins, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hughes, Mrs. Paul King, Mrs. Geo. Zobroswiki, Miss Billie Englesby, Lorraine Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. John Stallard, all of Eau Claire; Mrs. Clara Larson, grandmother of the bride, Miss Mavis Larson and Laurel Larson of York, Miss Ethel Larson of Superior, a sister of the bride, and Mrs. Robert Speilman and son, Eddie, of Elk Mound. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marten, Jr., are making their home at 417 Jones st., Eau Claire. They received several gifts at the reception. A miscellaneous wedding shower was held Thursday eveing, March 12, at the home of the bride's parents by friends and neighbors. Games were enjoyed. A tasty lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. Earl Coss, after which the bride was presented with many lovely and useful gifts. Mrs. Arthur Rude, Whipple St., entertained at a kitchen shower at her home in honor of the bride-to-be on March 10. Many lovely gifts were received. +++++++++++++++++++++ Whew! Well the typing's done...think I'll go take a nap and rest my fingers! teehee! Have a good day, everyone! -- Nance

Wyn Jonas wrote: > Nance: > > I made the _drive_, too, and enjoyed the Tri-County Meeting, last > Saturday. Even for someone whose been into genealogy a long time, I > found a few _new_ ideas on how to tackle information on immigration > records for one of my ancestors from Larry Lynch's presentation. > > I'm also _in love_ with a different computer genealogy program so I have > to figure out how I can get it (moneywise). > > It's too bad you couldn't be there. > > Wyn JONAS Hi Wyn! Thanks for sending us your impressions of the meeting of last Saturday. The more I hear, the more I regret not having been able to be there! It's good to know there's always something to learn though! So, tell me, what new computer program are you interested in? Is this one that was demonstrated on Saturday? Tell us more about it (the program)! Maybe someone has some ideas for you! -- Nance Sampson mailto:[email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SURF MY PAGES!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Personal webpages - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2337 WashburnCo.GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwashbu EauClaireCo.GenWeb - http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/eauclair.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MAIL LISTS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WashburnCo. Mail List -- [email protected] EauClaireCo. Mail List -- [email protected] Type subscribe or unsubscribe in message body with signature file turned off! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Everyone, I'm getting a really late start today! Time flies when you're having fun, you know. Either I'm having way too much fun, or the sun is just going wacko on me (where is the sun anyway?). So besides me, here's some more old news: >From the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, Thursday, 26 March 1942: Society Briefs Twin sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. John Berg of Rock Falls on Monday, March 23. The following births have been reported at Sacred Heart hospital: A son was born on March 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Riekemann, Fall Creek, route 4. Sons were born on March 24 to Mr. and Mrs. George Denson, 511 Wisconsin St., and to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Zielsdorf, 1039 1/2 Emery Street, this city. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rosenberg of Allen at Luther hospital on Wednesday morning, March 25. Sons were born on March 25 at Sacred Heart Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. John Hoepner, route 4, Eau Claire, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wathke, route 1, Fall Creek. The 45th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Sorenson, 311 N. Ninth street, will be celebrated with an open house on Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Welch of Gilman announce the marriage of their only daughter, Carole Corrine, to Sgt. Robert E. S. Moloney, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Moloney, 606 1/2 Menomonie st., Eau Claire, at Esler Field Weather Station, Camp Beauregard, La. on March 19. Mrs. Lawrence Evenson, 1213 Emery Street, underwent an operation for appendicitis at Sacred Heart hospital Wednesday. +++++++++++++ Are you having a good day? Sure hope so! -- Nance

[email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > WIEAUCLA-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 40 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [WIEAUCLA-L] Old News, 19 Septembe [Nance Sampson <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from WIEAUCLA-D, send a message to > > [email protected]sweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [WIEAUCLA-L] Old News, 19 September 1998 > Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 11:11:19 -0500 > From: Nance Sampson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > I'm opening up a new "old" edition of the Daily Telegram of Eau Claire, > WI. This one is from Thursday, 26 March 1942. For some reason, this > particular paper is much more aged than the others -- a deeper shade of > brown and much more crumbly. But I will carefully open it and see what > treasures are inside. Just by glancing at the first several pages, I > see there are some obituaries that will need to be posted. Speaking of > which, William Ager has very graciously contributed to the obituary fund > by sending an obituary of his great-great-grandmother, Gurolle B. AGER. > There are quite a few surnames connected to this obituary, so you might > want to check it out at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits. If > you find something that is useful in this obit, then you'll want to > check out the biography of William's great-great-grandfather, Waldemar > AGER at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireBios for > even MORE information. Thanks again, William, for your help! > > Now the old news: > > $1,200 Damage Caused by Fire > Blaze Originates in Partition Near Chimney > > Damage estimated at about $1200 was caused by a fire at the home of Mrs. > Ella Matson, 2509 Peebles street, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. > > The blaze, which started during absence of members of the family, > originated in a partition near a chimney, Fire Chief Lawrence Smith > said. Mrs. Matson left home about 7 a.m. and had a fire in a heating > stove. Damage to contents is about $700 with damage to the house about > $500. A relative living near saw smoke seeping out and called firemen. > The blaze spread to the attic and roof. > > A chimney fire was extinguished at the Frank Ausman home, 315 Ninth > Avenue, at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. No damage resulted. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Well, by now the Tri-County Genealogy meeting is in full swing. Sure > wish I could've been there, but there's just too many irons in the fire > here at home! I'm hoping for a good report from one of our members > though! Hope you all have a great weekend planned. > -- > Nance Nance: I made the _drive_, too, and enjoyed the Tri-County Meeting, last Saturday. Even for someone whose been into genealogy a long time, I found a few _new_ ideas on how to tackle information on immigration records for one of my ancestors from Larry Lynch's presentation. I'm also _in love_ with a different computer genealogy program so I have to figure out how I can get it (moneywise). It's too bad you couldn't be there. Wyn JONAS

Laurie Nelson wrote: > Hi all, > You know I made the drive, Nance. I will dig out my info and fill you in > on the 3 sections. Cheryl also attended -- not sure if she is watching the > list now. Sounds like she has been very busy! > It was nice to hear from the archivists themselves about what info they > have and to ask questions, related to the topic or otherwise. > > Did you know that the cause of death in young adulthood was 'lumbering' for > men and 'childbirth' for women? I don't remember if it was Larry Lynch from > EC or Kevin T. from Dunn Co. who thought that the women's stats were strange > until consulting a nutritionist who told him the average birth weight 'back > then' was 10-14 pounds (!) due to all the starchy foods our ancestors ate. > > Between the young adult years and about 45 years old, the main cause of > death was T.B. If a person made it over the 45, they usually lived longer > than we do now! > > Interesting stuff, > > Happy hunting, > Laurie > [email protected] > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7898/genindex.htm Hey Laurie, It sounds like we missed some really good stuff! Larry Lynch has always been very helpful when I've been down to the ARC. This is pretty interesting info. Thanks for passing it on. And thanks for letting me nag at you <g> ! We are looking forward to more reports. Did anyone else from this list get to the meeting? If so, what did you find out? -- Nance

>From the Altoona Tribune, Thursday, 22 January 1942: The CNW train crew that was in East End Chain gang has been sent back to Adams. The miles are equalized but with business the way it is they will be back soon. We don't want to get very far ahead or behind in this exchange of miles because after we have licked the Axis powers, railroads will be back to normal business and it would be hard to pay back a lot of miles that were accumulated during a heavy movement of war supplies. Talking about the CNW, most of you know Bill Sweeney. He is back in the hospital again. Bill has had a lot of hard luck during the last year and we sincerely hope that he is back on the job soon. During the past two weeks I seem to miss something around the depot. I did not realize just what it was until I saw Ben Kallis back on the job. Ben does his work with a gesture of efficiency that is a pleasure to watch and his sickness failed to take the snap out of his movements. Glad to see you back to work Ben. Some of the Railroad workers are up in arms because they can't layoff. Better be careful or you may be armed in the army. Nobody lays off there. Maybe you don't know it but there's a war going on and every man should work or fight. When there is lots of work everyone wants to lay off. During the depression nobody would lay off. During a state of war your government can tell you what to do so remember that the next time you feel bad because you can't stay home for a day or two. +++++++++++++++++++ All I can say is "Whew!" They don't write like that anymore! Speaking of writing, I got the nicest message from one of our members today. Jim Tellstrom is a busy, busy guy, but is willing to send me the obituaries that he has on file. According to the message, he'll be sending one per day until he's done! Thanks so much, Jim, for your willingness to contribute! It is so appreciated! And folks, there's lots of surnames connected to today's obituary. The URL for this page is: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits Have you bookmarked this page? I have a feeling you're going to be visiting it quite a bit! Jim does a very thorough job! And: Tomorrow is the first day of autumn and this old lady is another year older! No wonder the time is flying by! Have a good day everybody! -- Nance

>I'd like to see a show of hands (well, you know what I mean) as to >how many made it to the Tri-County Genealogy Meeting this past >Saturday at the UW-EC campus. Hi all, You know I made the drive, Nance. I will dig out my info and fill you in on the 3 sections. Cheryl also attended -- not sure if she is watching the list now. Sounds like she has been very busy! It was nice to hear from the archivists themselves about what info they have and to ask questions, related to the topic or otherwise. Did you know that the cause of death in young adulthood was 'lumbering' for men and 'childbirth' for women? I don't remember if it was Larry Lynch from EC or Kevin T. from Dunn Co. who thought that the women's stats were strange until consulting a nutritionist who told him the average birth weight 'back then' was 10-14 pounds (!) due to all the starchy foods our ancestors ate. Between the young adult years and about 45 years old, the main cause of death was T.B. If a person made it over the 45, they usually lived longer than we do now! Interesting stuff, Happy hunting, Laurie [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7898/genindex.htm

Somebody once said that once the summer was over and the weather cooled down, things slow down. I am finding out that this view is wwwwrrrrroooonnnngggg!!!!! Either that, or I have too many acorns saved up for the winter! If anyone is trying to contact me with questions, I WILL get to you. I'm sorry I am so slow, but I hope to be able to answer questions, etc. before the end of this week. Thanks for your patience and your support. >From the Thursday, 26 March 1942 edition of the Daily Telegram from Eau Claire WI: Chippewa River Rising; Gates at Wissota Opened No Flood Danger Unless Heavy Rains Occur With the start of the spring run-off on the headwaters of the stream augmented by fairly heavy rains upriver, the level of the Chippewa River was well up today and rising slowly here. Two of the automatic gates at Wissota opened during the night, according to the load dispatcher's office of the Northern States Power company. As one gate had previously been opened, there are three gates now open. There is little snow in the woods on the headwaters and tributaries of the Chippewa River, so officials of the Northern States Power company are not looking for any great amount of water int he spring run-off unless there are heavy rains. ++++++++++++ I'd like to see a show of hands (well, you know what I mean) as to how many made it to the Tri-County Genealogy Meeting this past Saturday at the UW-EC campus. I bet it was good! -- Nance

I'm opening up a new "old" edition of the Daily Telegram of Eau Claire, WI. This one is from Thursday, 26 March 1942. For some reason, this particular paper is much more aged than the others -- a deeper shade of brown and much more crumbly. But I will carefully open it and see what treasures are inside. Just by glancing at the first several pages, I see there are some obituaries that will need to be posted. Speaking of which, William Ager has very graciously contributed to the obituary fund by sending an obituary of his great-great-grandmother, Gurolle B. AGER. There are quite a few surnames connected to this obituary, so you might want to check it out at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits. If you find something that is useful in this obit, then you'll want to check out the biography of William's great-great-grandfather, Waldemar AGER at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireBios for even MORE information. Thanks again, William, for your help! Now the old news: $1,200 Damage Caused by Fire Blaze Originates in Partition Near Chimney Damage estimated at about $1200 was caused by a fire at the home of Mrs. Ella Matson, 2509 Peebles street, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The blaze, which started during absence of members of the family, originated in a partition near a chimney, Fire Chief Lawrence Smith said. Mrs. Matson left home about 7 a.m. and had a fire in a heating stove. Damage to contents is about $700 with damage to the house about $500. A relative living near saw smoke seeping out and called firemen. The blaze spread to the attic and roof. A chimney fire was extinguished at the Frank Ausman home, 315 Ninth Avenue, at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. No damage resulted. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Well, by now the Tri-County Genealogy meeting is in full swing. Sure wish I could've been there, but there's just too many irons in the fire here at home! I'm hoping for a good report from one of our members though! Hope you all have a great weekend planned. -- Nance