Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/06/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), Duane LEE ('63)
Pat DORISS ('65)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lora HOMME ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia REDISKE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Allyson SMITH ('67)
BOMBER LUNCH Today: John Ball "Kids", noon, Sterling's Queensgate
(every other Tuesday)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Genealogy
All this talk about genealogy makes me realize how fortunate my
wife and I are. Our ancestry has been trace all the way back to
Charlemagne. That being said; we are distant cousins... very
distant cousins. Very close relatives did all the "leg work"
for this and it has been very appreciated. Prior to this effort,
my ancestry had been traced back to the mid-1700s on both sides
of my family. Along the way there was a Union soldier and a
Revolutionary soldier, which were interesting items to know. And,
of course, to get all the way to Charlemagne, there were several
royals involved; kings and queens of a number of countries. It
was interesting to see how the royals intermarried from one
country to another so that many of them were related to each
other, which accounted for both comradeship and jealous enemies.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ warm Pasco (52°)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: family histories, genealogy
Reading about genealogies made me think how lucky I was to have
the photograph album that my aunt, on my dad's side, gave to my
dad and then left to me. There are pictures and commentaries of
aunts, uncles, grandparents, great grandparents , etc. that were
put together by my aunt (dad's older sister) made for each of the
families. Most had dates and identification on the back of the
old photographs. I scanned each one and put them in order and
then made CD's of the everything for each of my children. I often
wish I had such a history of my mother's side of the family,
and perhaps with the suggestions made by fellow classmates, I'll
entice my brother to help me search that out. Thank you for
the suggestions. On top of that someone in our family has the
documents and train tickets my great grandparents had when they
left Russia (now the Ukraine of which half is written in French
and the other half in Russian) as they prepared to come to the
United States. As a side note, they were Jewish and fled Odessa
from the pogroms in the late 1800s.
Re: Skydiving
Breathtaking skydiving-WOW! Wonder if I could do that on my 80th
BD! NAAAAAAAAAAAH.
http://www.wimp.com/extremeskydiving/
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Genealogy
I wish I lived near Richland so I could go to the Historical
Genealogical Society meetings with great speakers.
I also have to read fellow Bomber Bill SCOTT's ('64) books. I did
read the blog which gave a positive and interesting account of
his book, "The Rail Queen", and history about The Harvey Girls;
I'm surprised I haven't seen reference to the Harvey Girls woven
into some of the TV shows about the Old West over the years.
I'm trying to remember where I saw a display about the Harvey
Girls, although it wasn't as detailed as the blog, they did
display a Harvey Girl in uniform. it might have been at the
Grand Canyon, as I think it was originally a Harvey stop on that
railroad.
To: Linda REINING ('64)
My brother Roy CROSS ('65) and I are half Norwegian, as our mom
was a Dokken before she married our dad in 1940.
Anyway, we went to Norway to try to trace our Norwegian roots in
1998; the old homestead is no longer standing, but we did stop at
the town on our wonderful trip to experience Norway by boat,
rail, and train, all in 5 days on our "Norway in a Nutshell" Tour.
We loved seeing the land of our roots, and even got to spend an
evening in a Norwegian home, but we didn't meet any actual
relatives there. I did meet a 2nd cousin on my mother's side in
Townersi, ND where both my parents were born, and my Buffalo,
NY born Cross grandfather I'd buried. (My dad was one of 12
children, but he is the only Cross in that little graveyard...
most of the rest of the family lived and died in the Eugene, OR
area.
Anyway, these relatives also gave a geneology booklet done on the
Dokken family. I saw the only picture of my maternal grandmother
in that booklet, as she had died before my mom had graduated from
high school.
Geneology is interesting and addictive.
I am off to see Carol RICE Forister ('62) for a short visit as
soon as we get in our church meeting for the week. The cold is
bad enough, but the snow is what bothers me. Carol is excited we
are coming, we are bringing her a tin man we made, as she is
always giving me hand made projects from wood she and her husband
have done over the years.
Please pray for her, as she sounds very weak.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it is predicted to get
down to -2° on Wednesday night, so we are waiting to start
our drive to Kansas City early Thursday morning.
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
The erection of the new big R and cloud has been postponed. Not
for any political reason, just some problem getting it mounted
onto the bricks. It will be on the south wall of the cafeteria so
it is visible from the entrance to Art Dawald Gym and also from
the entrance to the auditorium.
I LIKE IKE!! Who remembers chanting that slogan heard from your
parents? How about you, Maren?
[Yes, Duane, I remember I LIKE IKE. My dad made the
kids say that on Halloween BEFORE he'd give them any
candy. -Maren]
-Duane LEE ('63)
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: '65 Ladies January lunch
WHEN: Friday, January 9th, 2014
TIME: 12noon - 2pm
WHERE: Country Gentleman Restaurant
9221 W Clearwater Ave, Kennewick
The January Ladies of '65 Lunch will be held this Friday,
January 9th, at the Country Gentleman Restaurant in Kennewick.
Ladies: if you graduated from Columbia High School in 1965,
please mark your Calendar and plan to join us!
If you have any questions/concerns, please contact me!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Jerry Kay MILLAR ~ Class of 1957 ~ 1939 - 2014
Bomber Memorials
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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