Thankful Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!

All seven of the Brown and Williams grandkids were home for Thanksgiving last year (2018), so they decided to re-create a picture taken of them 13+ years earlier:

Above:  November 22, 2018.  Below:  March 12, 2005.

From left:  Adam, Lindsay, Jennifer, Drew, Holly, and Luke, with Heidi in front.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: My Aunt and the Foreign Study League

My maternal aunt, Jo Ann (Sister Jean Marie) Guokas, had the opportunity to travel with the Foreign Study League (FSL) for many years.  Her first trip was in 1969.  She started out as a counselor, recruiting 8 to 15 students to participate in this early study-abroad program.  In exchange for supervising them on the trip, all her expenses were paid.  She traveled with FSL the next three summers, all four years (1969-1972) under the leadership of Father William Kidwell, a priest and instructor at Houston's Strake Jesuit College Prep (where my brothers went to high school).

She didn't travel with the FSL in the summer of 1973, but the following year, she became an FSL leader, where she served the next nine summers.  Below is her ID card from the summer of 1975:

As a leader, my aunt was responsible for recruiting the counselors for her group, and (as I previously posted), in 1977, she recruited her sister - my mother - as a counselor (plus the 8-15 students my mother supervised).  In the summer of 1982, she managed to arrange for my youngest sister Mary to accompany the group - for free!  Here they are in Rome:




I thought this next picture was pretty cool - patches from different cities and countries she visited pinned or sewn onto my aunt's nun veil!

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Those Places Thursday: Sometimes It's NOT Online

A while back, my friend and fellow librarian Natalie posted this picture of her mother on Facebook, and asked for help finding the location. She wrote, "This is a picture of my mother when she was 3 years old in 1939. The back of the photo says she's at Mrs. Bell's in Glen Rose, Texas. Does anyone recognize this place?" Natalie tagged me, since Glen Rose is close both to where I live and where I worked (Tarleton State University's library in Stephenville).

photo courtesy Natalie Hunt Morgan

The first thing I did was search the 1940 Census in my university's HeritageQuest database - available at any library that has TexShare databases.  I looked for the last name Bell in Glen Rose:

Sure enough, a James M. Bell and his wife Clyde E. Bell were shown as owners/partners/operators of a tourist camp within the Glen Rose city limits of the time, and had been in the same house in 1935 (click on the image below to make it larger).  This fit with the information Natalie had provided - and the buildings in the background looked like they could have been part of a camp or motel.

However, Google searches on "Glen Rose" and "Bell," the latter combined with "tourist," "camp," etc. weren't turning up anything.  Nor was I having any luck with any of my university library's newspaper databases, nor with the Portal to Texas History.

Then I remembered that we had a few books on Somerville County history in our Local History collection, in the Special Collections Suite on the lower level of the Dick Smith Library.  In a book called Somerville: Story of a Texas County, by W. C. Nunn, published in 1975, the name Jim Bell appeared in the index . On page 110, the book had this to say:

"Just around the bend from Glen Lake Camp, Jim Bell opened Bell's Park some years ago and operated it until 1962 when he sold the area to J. D. Spinks. Spinks then began maintaining not only his home there but an office and seven rental units for tourists. The front of the camp was adorned by a star of native stone in which bluebonnets were planted."

The Glen Lake Camp still exists in Glen Rose, so I knew approximately where this was.  The passage from the book gave me another clue.  A Google search on Spinks brought up a July 2018 article on the Spinks and Green Garage and Auto business, at 1416 NE Barnard Street in Glen Rose.  When I found that on Google Maps and started moving down Barnard Street (using Google Maps Street View) towards the Glen Lake Camp - there was the star-shaped planter!  Here's a photo I took in November 2019:

And here are the 1939 and 2019 photographs together, Dear Photograph style, lined up as best I could given the glare on my smartphone:

The house in the background appears to be the original (just with a screened-in porch), as does the brick wall around it, although the urns are gone.

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Military Monday: Asotin County Memorial Bridge, Asotin, Washington

In honor of Veterans Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War I Honor Rolls on the Asotin County Memorial Bridge in Asotin, Washington.

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, looking east, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

The Asotin County Memorial Bridge, in the county seat of Asotin, Washington, on the border with Idaho, spans the short distance over Asotin Creek, which empties into the Snake River.  Each corner of the bridge has a pillar with an honor roll plaque with the inscription:

SERVICE ROLL

ASOTIN COUNTY

MEMORIAL BRIDGE

DEDICATED IN HONOR AND

MEMORY OF THOSE WHO

SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR

In this case, World War I, as each plaque also has "1914 - 1918" near the bottom.

Here are the four plaques, in alphabetical order, with their transcriptions following.  All those listed resided in mostly-rural Asotin County, Washington - which apparently had an impressive 334 service members in World War I, including at least one woman.  An asterisk before a name indicates that the service member died during the war.  Links to FindAGrave memorials have been added when a connection to Asotin County could be found.

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 1, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

James W. Abbott John Abbott Calvin Addison Francis Ahalt Ernest J. Anderson E. Cliff Aplington R. L. Appleford Tracy Appleford Wm. Ashley Lawrence Autrey *Perry W. Baldwin Willis Baldwin Jesse F. Bales Marion Bales Alfred Bauch Chester Beaudry Lawrence Beaudry D. R. Beckman Vern Beckman Harold Beckmann Arthur Benedict Elmer Biddison Casper Bilyeu *Merle C. Bingham Henry G. Bishop Theodore Bishop Joe Bittle Walter C. Bly

Charlie V. Boggan Henry N. Bonson Albert Born John Bottomly Everett Brantner Orval Brantner Charles Brogger Harry N. Brown Walter S. Brown Herbert Bucholz Claude F. Buechner Leo Buescher Fred Bulfinch Kale Bulfinch Alva A. Butler Albert B. Campbell Earl Campbell George Campbell David W. Carpenter Clay Cate Carl E. Chandler Samuel G. Chandler Daniel Clark Geo. W. Clark Carl B. Clear Roland Cleary Wm. C. Clemens Frank H. Chandler Richard H. Chandler

Clyde Cook Jack E. Columbus Wm. E. Colwell Earl Cooper Dennis Costello Joseph Coulter Dale Crowser Albert Davis Chester A. Davis Dent Davis Lillian M. Davis Melvin S. Davis Raymond L. Davis Wayne Davis Ralph De Beaumont Lloyd B. De Lore Robt. De Lore Wm. T. Delp Arthur Diebel George Diebel Robert Diebel Earl Duncan B. Dustan Clarence Earl Clarence Everson Wm. E. Farnham Chas. Fehr Ray Ferguson

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 2, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Charles Fields Glen Fields Dell Finch Thomas Finch Byron Fine Ralph W. Fite *Roy Fite G. W. Fitzsimmons Wm. H. Flatt Chelsea Floch Robert Floch Louis Florence Clarence E. Forbes Dell Forgey Claude G. Franklin Everett W. Fraser S. T. Fuller J. H. Fulton Glen Gano Samuel J. Gatherer Leslie Garrison Virgil Grant George S. Graves Clyde J. Greene Jesse H. Greene Morgan Gregory *Levi L. Griffin Wm. J. Griffin

*Fred Gruver Harry Gruver Frank Guenkel *Archie M. Halsey Burt C. Halsey Coy Halsey Wm. Hames Earl Hamill Jack Hamill Wilbur Hardy Roy Harmon William Harmon Arthur Harris H. M. Harrison Howard Harwick Harry Henderson Wiltse Henderson Elmer Herndon John Hickenbottom Ed. Hodge Enoch R. Holland Lester Hoobler *August Hopkins Frank Z. Horak C. H. Houchens Lester B. Houchens Charles O. Howard

Ernest E. Hulse Delbert Hunt Carl L. Ingram Mancel R. Ingram Walter Jackson Monte Jacobson Ben Johnson Edgar Johnson Mark Johnson Lillian Johnston Ernest Johnston Clarence Jones Estyn Jones M. A. Jones Roger Jones Hartzel Jurgens Wenzel Jurgens Fred Kennedy Robert Kidwell Arthur Kiele John S. Kimball Allan King Earl King Elton King Leo King Homer Knapp *Thomas Knapp George Knopes

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 3, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Loyd Kuehl Morris Lang Glen Langdon Harry L. Langdon John L. Larson Emory Lathrop Wm. F. Lathrop Leslie Latta Hugh Laufer Frank Ledford Earl Russel Lee *Fred Le Francis Wm. A. Le Francis Carl J. Lehfeldt Fritz A. Lehfeldt Lawrence Leininger Edgar A. Leland Elmer Leland Richard Ray Lile Harvey Longfellow Wm. Longfellow Annette Lorer John Lotte Robert Lusk Emmet Lynch Jonathan McAssey Allen McCracken Floyd McCracken

Oren McCracken Lance McCready Allen McCredie Lynn S. McCredie Gilson A. McNeill Oscar McNeill Ivan McPherson Henry Madison Roy Madison Hugh Malcom Chas. S. Malcom Ben B. Mallory Lloyd Marker Calvin Martin Elwin Matheny Wm. Mattoon L. R. Michael Forest Miller *Earl Millsap Everett Millsap Leslie Millsap Russell Millsap Hubert Mohundro Charles Moore *John Moore Wm. L. Morgan *John C. Morris

Oval Morrow *Henry D. Moses Ernest A. Mosier Jesse Naftzinger R. E. Newbill Dale Nobles Estyn R. Old Oscar W. Olson Frank Osborne Harry Palmer Albert Parsons Eugene Parsons *John Partridge Elwood Pearson George Pelton Harvey C. Pelton Julius I. Perrin George Persons August Peterson Edward H. Peterson Wilbur Petty Harry C. Phillips Ed. Pitman John Plummer Robert Plunkett W. W. Porter Alva Powell Neal Prichard

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 4, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Henry Pruitt Leo Raaberg Elmer Ralston *Wm. H. Ramey Thomas Rimmelspacher Clarence B. Roberts Edwin Roberts Elveus A. Roberts Clarence Robison Guy Rogers Clarence Rognstad Louis Rognstad Kenneth Ross Wm. Ross Gerald Rummel Charles Rusher Reid Sangster James Sarro Walter Savage Paul Schurman James Scott Wallace Scott Dewey Settles *Lester Sexton Levi W. Sexton J. Louis Shapley Homer B. Shaw Gerald Sigel

Richard Sill Harold Singleton Lawrence Sittkus Ray Smiley David W. Smith Francis J. Smith Walter Smith John Standley Thomas Stanfill Wm. A. Steele Hubert Stephens Carleton Stewart Norman A. Stewart Ed. W. St. John Geo. A. Stout H. Boyd Talbott Harry C. Talbott Walter Talbott Arthur Taplin Oscar Taplin Gray M. Taylor Lyle C. Taylor Marion Tedford John G. Tervooren P. H. Tervooren John Thormahlen James G. Tierney

Raymond True Walter Trueblood Alex J. Unruh L. Valtz Maurice D. Van Arsdol Elmer Van Slyke *Howard Van Voris W. T. Van Voris Julius Vebres Frank Votaw Darrell Walls Martin Ward John K. Warren *Roy Watson Thomas Watson Harry A. Whitney Lee Whitney Lloyd Whiton *John Wm. Whittaker Morris Williams Grant E. Wilson Harry Windus Earl E. Wiseman Einar Wold Frank J. Wolf Louis E. Wolford Willard A. Wyatt Wm. R. Yeoman

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, under bridge, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

According to Bridgehunter.com, a website about "historic and notable" bridges in the United States,

The town of Asotin was prepared to replace the wooden bridge carrying Meador Street across the Asotin Creek in the summer of 1919. That span, built in 1902 by the Caywood brothers, was badly deteriorated after twenty years heavy traffic and the effects of several floods. The town council and the county commission budgeted $10,500 for it to be torn down and replaced by a steel bridge spanning the creek at Second Street.

A Fourth of July editorial in the Asotin County Sentinal led to the adoption of a proposal by Doctor S.D. Brazeau to scrap the plan for a new steel bridge and in its place erect an eye catching concrete arch to memorialize the local men who lost their lives in the recently ended Great War. The more elaborate span would cost $6,000 more than the sum allocated for the original project and this amount was raised through a private donation campaign. The first pledge was made by J.C. Halsey, whose son [Archie M. Halsey] was the last of seven Asotin County residents killed in the conflict.

The finished bridge is a wide elliptical concrete arch topped by an ornamental balustrade. Four pillars with hammer brushed insets adorned with brass plaques listing the names of the area’s veterans and topped by Victorian street lamps mark its approaches. A spiral staircase at the north end leads to a small creekside park.

The United States World War I Centennial Commission adds that "A smaller version of the bridge was constructed for pedestrians entering the community park south of the Memorial Bridge," and notes that it was built in 1920 by the Security Bridge Company of nearby Lewiston, Idaho, designed by R.F. Lorino of Lewiston, and dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 1922.

An old photo of the bridge from the 1920s-1930s is here.


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Wordless Wednesday: It's Been Two Years

Frederick Henry Pape, February 4, 1929 - November 6, 2017.

Photos taken in 1953.  Not sure who the little black dog belongs to.

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