INCOMING MAIL - this may stay here for a while, then
 get trimmed from the bottom. New stuff on top.
Don't want it to come here? Say so. This is manual email
manipulation by Tom . ==============================

Subject:UW    Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 
  From:  davey 
    To:    [email protected]
    CC:   [email protected]

Now lets see:
    NFT:  He was a Plant Pathologist, which probably came from a Plant
Pathology Dept, not from Horticulture.  Did he ever have a degree from
UW?  He was working on an advanced one slowly but did not finish that.
    Ruth Bitterman:  Plant Pathology
    Charles B. Davey:  MS in Soi1 Science in 1952: PhD in Soil Science
in 1955
    E. A. T. Davey:  BS in Home Economics, major in Child Development in
1954.

The Rodmans lived at 1717 Chadbourne for quite some time, then they
moved to Nakoma.  I believe Matt knew one of them, so he may be able to
fill in there.  The name of the next family escapes me at this Senior
Moment, but I had it in mind last week, so it will probably show up
again, some night about 2 am-----which might be a good time to call you
since you might be up anyway at that hour.  Now THAT is an April Fool
joke, because I couldn't even see to dial(?) you up at 2 am!  Hey---the
Senior Moment passed!  It was the Newkirks who were living there when 
Grandfather sold the house to Mother.                     Love, Beth
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 10:38:54 +0000
From: davey 

I am confused.  I thought Tom was going to complain about something.
How can I complain about that if he doesn't fulfil the promise.

I had a grad student one time who was a constant worrier.  He developed
an ulcer.  The doctor told him that he shouldn't worry so much.  That
just made it worse.  When the student reported this to me, he told me
that he was sure that the doctor was right and he was worried about
that.

Your kid sister has some thoughts on 1717 between J. Calvin moving out
and Grace V. moving in.  I'll get her here on line one of these days.
		Cheers.  Chuck
=======22 Feb 1999==================================
ANNIE LETTERS ARE NOW LOADED.   Read them!    TOM
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Subject:     web page/annie
        Mon, 08 Mar 1999 15:10:46 -0600
      From:       Sharon Phillips 
 Organization:      CSSRL Harvard
        To: Thompson 
BarTom,

Must confess to not having read all the Annie letters but I loved what I
have read on the occasions that I sat down with them.  Christine and I
used them for her heritage day last year.  I'm very fond Annie's
willingness to state her religious views differing from her husband's.
I enjoy picking out times in history like the '29  crash and seeing what
was on her mind then.  But I think my favorite date is March 30, 1925.
Four days before my father's birth here are my great-grandparents
excited about radio.  That's great and personal too.  Annie is a person
who is so familiar, I feel as if she were among us in the family today.

Wondering if there are plans to put the civil-war diary on The Web.
C and I also used parts of it (and also the family history moving from
Kentucky to Illinois to parallel Abraham Lincoln's family) for the
heritage timeline.  The diary seems so precious it seems as though it
ought to be published somehow.  (Or is it and it has slipped my mind.)

Thanks for being on top of the web geneology.  I hope you both are doing
well in spite of the health interruptions in life.
Love, Sharon
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Subject:  Annie Letters    Mon, 08 Mar 1999 12:07:38 -0800
    From:   "Thompson" 
      To:
         Sharon & Eleanor ANDERSON ,
         Roger & Margaret ANGELL ,
         Alice WILLIAMS ,
         Sharon&Jim PHILLIPS ,
         Thompson Noel&Barbara ,
         Jen2 Elaine Phillips ,
         Beth & Chuck DAVEY ,
         Ellen & Matt CHAMPION 

There is progress on the  http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bartom site.
Barbara and I have converted all the ANNIE LETTERS (over 300 of them)
to HTML. They are all posted on the site.
I highly recommend that Annies Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren
read her letters - or reread her letters.

Lets pass around your questions.
1) Who lived in 1717 between 1936 when JC and Annie moved to 718
and 1945 or so when Grace sold 722 after Noel F died and moved to
1717?
I remember hauling JC junk to the dumpster at 1717 - I think that
would have been 1946.
===Cheers=======TOM==========

====================================================

Hello again,

    I gave you an incorrect date on my mother's
(Constance Maclean Champion) graduation from the U. of Wisconsin.
 It should have been June, 1925 instead of 1926.
  Also, her wedding was August 21, 1925, instead of 1926.

    Hope all's well with you there.  We have been having some beautiful sun
breaks for the last couple of days.  Hope you have too.
        ======TOM SAYS NAHH. RAIN RAINRAIN. Expect SUN in MARCH=======
    Love,  Sandy
========================================

Dear Tom and Bar,

    Thank you for sending the account of Tom's surgery.  I can't say that
 we enjoyed reading it, but really did appreciate having a
detailed account of what went on.  We hope that the days that followed
brought good healing and are allowing you both to do some
of the things you love to do again.  You are both great role models for us
 all, with your wonderful positive attitudes toward life and all
that it brings.  Thanks for keeping in touch while you are in the midst of
 these medical trials...

    We went into your new URL website, and it's very nice looking.  I was
 going to put in my U. of Wisconsin info, but found that
that's not how it's done, (or else I didn't know how to do it.)  Anyway,
 if you want to put me in as a graduate, I was a June 15, 1956
grad, with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics.  (My real name is
Carol Alexandra Champion Godsey.)

    Our mother also graduated from there in 1926 with a degree from the
 College of Letters and Science, with a major in Music,
specifically Piano.  Her thesis was a piano recital.  (She did her first
 year at Oregon Agricultural College, O.A.C., later O.S.U.)


    That's it for now.  Hope you have not blown or floated away down
there.  It has been a wet windy one, hasn't it?  Fortunately, we
have lots of things we enjoy doing indoors, and so there are not enough
hours in the day to do them all.

    Take care and know that we are thinking of you both.     Sandy and
Robert

P.S.  Forgot to list Mom's name, at her graduation, which was Constance
 Maclean (Champion.)  She and Dad were married later
that summer, August 21, 1926, in Portland, and went back to live in
Madison after their honeymoon.
     Your forgetful relative,  Sandy
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     Reply to:   RE>NEW THOMPSON PAGE  Well, how about a BITTERMAN page

OOPS!  I forgot to tell you that my degree was a B.M. (sounds lovely,
doesn't it?)  which is short for Bachelor of Music.  Actually,
 Music Education was my major.
Alice

===================19 Feb 1999===================
Well, I finally had a chance to look at your new page.  I'm glad you're
feeling better!
I graduated from the UW in 12/74. (Chip in 5/75 in case you're interested.)  I
will let my sisters speak for themselves so I don't make any mistakes.
The Round Robin sounds good.  I wouldn't mind giving it another try in a
 venue
where one person can't hold it up for months.  I'll leave the logistics to
you, the WebMaster!
Alice
==============18 Feb 1998=============================
Tomsays_ here are the first three replies.
So I upgraded Eleanor, Alice & Sharon dates . Who else?
	I propose to put the RADIOMAN RECOLLECTS series under the THOMPSON box
when this gets going.
	I dont have a way for you to upload or edit stuff yourselves yet.
I use  WS-FTP for managing web pages ( we manage perhaps a dozen pages)
and it involves a free program and having the passwords to reach the
directories.   Should we give out the password to each of us? To only
a few of us?	Or keep on uuploading thru me?
There are query systems that let message be uploaded by anyone - I'm
not running any of them yet.
	My cancer of the face deal is progressing. We may have gotten
all the cancer out. Only today am I beginning to feel human again.
Still have no hearing in right ear. That started to come back tonight
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BARBARA has many concerns about privacy - and we have heard a hundred
comments on the Genealogy web pages.
First: We expect we should leave out all facts about people not yet dead.
That means family trees go backwards onlyl
Second: For now, say so if you send me an email that you want left out
or edited. I handle each with cut and paste - easy to cut out sections.
She expects that since this is a REGULAR URL, the name of which we wont
post but machines and searchers can find, anybody can read this page.
OK with you if I put up the CIVIL WAR DIARY?
OK with you if I put up the ANNIE LETTERS? - may take reading first.
   I think they are very wonderful for family to read.
OK with you if I put up the Grace Vivian Diary? I expect Beth will say NO.
What about past round robins?
=AND HOW DO THESE ANSWERS CHANGE if we come up with more secure
methods?
========Bedtime ====cheeers ====TOM 18Feb 1999, late.=-

=================================
Neat!  Complaint is I got my degree from the UW not the U of W (you've
been living near Washington too long!)  My BSEE was granted to me in
(May?) 1981.  My husband doesn't belong on that page exactly.  His BSEE
was from Georgia Institute of Technology, the envy of MIT.  Both our
MSEE's come from IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology). Unless they
correct me Eleanor's  UW Bachelor of Music was granted in Jan. 1972 and
Alice's UW Bachelor of Music was granted in Jan. 1975.  Both of them
have Masters Degrees now but I can't quote dates or institutions.

On another historical note, have you recorded your life esp. work
history.  You gave me a wonderful accounting last time I visited.  I
wished I had had a tape recorder.  I don't know that it belongs on an
unrestricted web page but it would be nice to have a record of your
recollections (maybe on audio tape).  I especially remember the fondness
with which you spoke of working at WHA and how the advent of television
changed the radio experience.  Just a thought if you have time on your
hands.

Sharon

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Dear B&T-

     This is just to let you know (via regular e-mail) that I tried to
send a reply to your new URL.  I sent myself a CC and I got that.
Consequently, I have hope that yours made it too.  If you did receive
it, I would appreciate a brief acknowledgement and an answer to my
querry.

     Beth and I each got new glasses yesterday.  She has had a bit of
trouble getting used to hers.  First she misjudged how close she was to
a brick wall and bumped it very lightly with the car bumper.  No damage
to anything except her pride.  Then she misjudged a curb and tripped
over it.  This resulted in a skinned knee.  I hope today is better.

     Cheers.

                     Chuck
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Tom and Bar -

     Now that this page is 13 hours old, it is ready for comment(s).
1).  Great idea.  2.)  I'll get your young sister to provide stuff from
this piece of the family.  3.)  I looked at the U of W part but couldn't
figure out whether I am to edit directly or e-mail stuff so you can
enter it.  I made a very tentative try, but nothing happened.

     Next I'll find out whether my server will handle this message
directly or whether even it has to go be regular e-mail.  Stand by,; one
way or the other, here it comes.

Chuck
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Here is a NEW URL FOR YOU:  (says TOM)
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bartom/

This URL is OUR PAGE, or my page, if you prefer.
I dont know what to use it for, but I have many megabytes for family
things, and am pretending I know what might be useful

PLEASE RECORD THIS URL,   again that is
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bartom/

TO BEGIN WITH, PLEASE HELP ME IMPROVE on the file called U of
Wisconsin.
There is a U of W click place on the top row menu.
TELL ME WHEN PEOPLE GRADUATED. TELL ME WHO ELSE IN THE FAMILY WENT
TO WISCONSIN.

I propose, for example to have  The Annie letters and the RADIOMAN
RECALLS letters
and the CIVIL WAR DIARY. What else? Online version of the ROUND ROBIN
for our kids?
From TOM   17 Feb 1999