THE F.W. WAKEFIELD FAMILY @ MAIN STREET BEACH
FROM MY DESTOP TO YOURS: Ho, everyone ‘tis been a busy week. But first, the desktop pic: The Rick Copeland family provided this great portrait. (I’m not going to guess the year – yet.) On the beach behind F.W. Wakefield’s Harborview home at the foot of Main Street are:
Sitting at the Front – Albert F. Wakefield. Then, from L-R are – Alice, Mrs. F.W. Wakefield, William, Clara Hofricter, Ruth Stuz, and F.W. Wakefield.
What a wonderful Vermilion pic.
TWO MORE VERMILION AREA CIVIL WAR CASUALTIES:
18-year-old Private Michael Delker from Brownhelm enlisted in the Union Army on 26 February 1864. He was the second oldest son in a family of nine. His father, Jacob, was born in Baden, Germany and was a farmer. His older brother, Henry (see last week’s Views), also joined the Army. Michael never lived to be 19. He was killed at Pickett’s Mills, Georgia on 27 May 1864.
Enlisted in the Union Army as a Private on 11 June 1861 at the age of 20 years. He was killed on 14 September 1862 at South Mountain, Maryland. The Battle of South Mountain was fought on the mountain at Crampton's, Fox and Turner's gaps during the Maryland Campaign in 1862. Wells was generally believed killed at the Battle of Antietam. However, the Antietam campaign didn’t begin until April 16th of 1862 two days after his death.
THEN CAME WW1:
Private Archie F. Burch enlisted in the U.S. Army, Co. G. 5th Infantry ONG (Co. G. 145th Infantry) in Norwalk, Ohio on 20 June 1916. While fighting in the Meuse-Argonne Ypre-Lyys; Defensive Sector with the American Expeditionary Forces he was killed on the very last day of that Campaign on 29 September 1918.
Private First Class George H. Feiszli enlisted in the U.S. Army on 20 September 1917. Until 1 March 1918 he served with Co. K 329 Infantry. On 1 August 1918 he was assigned to Co. A., 3rd Machine Gun Battalion. While participating in the St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector Campaign with the American Expeditionary Forces (starting on 11 June 1918) he was killed sometime around 10 October 1918. He was 22 years old. Some folks may well remember his younger brother Amos Feiszli, as well as his sister Grace Roberts.
MY WORK: This week the bulk of my computer work has been researching Vermilion’s war casualties from the Civil War through Iraq. Though you’ve seen the results of some of this work in the last two editions there’s a great deal more to come.
Though I started this task at the behest of Vermilionite John Vargo, who heads up Vermilion’s Veteran’s Council, the further I got into the research the more interesting and important I found it to be. A record of these casualties [at least in my view] should have been collected and kept a long time ago. If you take the time to read these little snippets you will come to understand the reason.
Historically,
NANCY & CAROL'S BIRTHDAY
GRAPE SODA: Carol Schmidt (I can't remember he married name at the moment) let me scan this snap one afternoon a few months ago while I was visiting with the Schmidt family. I was amazed to see this pictures because I remember this party.
It was the twin's (Carol and Nancy) birthday. It was probably around 1952 or '53. We were in the basement of the Schmidt house on State Street. Picture in the above (L-R) are: Buddy Clark, Frank Szeckly, Stu White, Rich Tarrant, and Patty Parsons. All but Buddy (I believe he moved) graduated from Vermilion High School.
It must have been a real good party if I can remember it 60 years after the fact. I do not, however, remember what kind of pop I was drinking. But it was probably grape soda.
MORRIS “JIB” SNYDER (AGAIN): It doesn’t really seem that long ago (at least it doesn’t to me) that I wrote some about Vermilion’s Morris “Jib” Snyder. But nearly five years have passed us by since he first appeared in Yesteryear (PJ 11/16/06). At that time I described him as “an old sailor / fisherman about town that most everyone knew.” Because he was apparently known by some to occasionally favor spirits of the un-heavenly kind it is probably safe to say that he was never nominated Vermilion citizen of the year. Nonetheless, it is said by those who knew him that among those who had an interest in sailing and / or fishing on the Great Lakes he was held in very high regard.
The proper spellings of both Mr. Snyder’s last name and nickname are historically ambiguous. His family name has been spelled in official documents as “Snyder”, “Snider”, and “Sneider”. And his nickname has been spelled by various persons as “Jib” and “Gib”. But however one spells these names they are all, generally speaking, pronounced alike.
Jib was born in Cleveland, Ohio around the year 1860. When he was eight years old the family moved to Vermilion. By then his mother, Johanna had married a man named Jacob Stickart / Stickaratte. Mr. Stickaratte was a shoemaker. By 1880 Mr. Stickaratte, however, had either departed Vermilion or, perhaps, the world altogether, and Jib and his brother John were supporting their mother and two younger sisters as laborers on the docks along the river.
Living in what some have come to call “the Village of Lake Captains” it wasn’t long before young Jib found employment on the lake boats as a cook. But by 1920 he was back in Vermilion working on a fish tug and living on Jackson Street.
The accompanying snapshot was taken in 1942 near his home (inset photo) on Jackson Street on the west side of Vermilion, O. At the time he was in his early 80s and owned five lots on the street. His tiny abode sat on the east side of the street about half way down the block from Center Street. The house may have been one of only two or three on the street. During those years the village had not yet extended water and sewer lines to that part of the village. Ergo, Jackson Street – as it appears in the photo – might as well have been located in the farthest reaches of rural America. The house photo was taken in August of 1943 after a killer tornado had swept through the area. Though the house was still standing it was in shambles.
Although Jib looks rather happy in the concomitant snapshot he had been ailing for several years prior. In the final months of 1943 he entered the Marine Hospital in Cleveland where he died the following September at the age of 86. [As a footnote it may be of some interest for persons who’ve lived in Vermilion for some years to know that late Vermilionites Ethel and Warren “Red” Brooks were his niece and nephew.] Vermilion may certainly have been “the Village of Lake Captains” in a yesteryear, but it was also the home of some wonderful, wonderful homespun folks.
SHOPTALK: This week’s shop desktop is actually a reproduction of a calling card for a Vermilion Hot Rod club c.1960 called the Piston Pushers. They were, as one might surmise, about spreading good will amongst all the old folks in town whilst the burned up the pavement.
NOW & THEN: My book, “Now & Then” has been inked and can be purchased at the museum along with the new VAAS calendar. It’s not a great book. But it sure is pretty.
VISITING HOURS: Starting Monday June 25th the museum will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sundays from 1 to 4 PM. On Saturday the museum will be open from 11 AM to 2 PM. A small admission donation of $3 (for adults) is requested. Children under the age of 11 will be admitted for free.
POST OFFICE BOX: Please note that the MUSEUM has a post office box now. Now we won’t have to use our home address, nor the one at the shop for mail.
MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships to the VERMILION NEWS PRINT SHOP MUSEUM are now available. Funds generated will go toward the aforementioned renovations and maintenance of the shop.
If you would like to become a member the VNPSM you can send a check or money order to:
Vermilion Print Shop Museum P.O. Box 792 Vermilion, Ohio 44089
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AGAIN - ANOTHER NEW (NOW OLD) THING: Initially I said that "This will not take the place of the "Macabre" stuff all the time - but will supplement whilst I search for more macabre stories to tell." But methinks that it's carved out a niche for itself and the "Macabre stuff" with have to find another.
So stay tuned...
VOL. VII. NO. 11. – September 1, 1904
Is the remark several persons made when they learned the result of the trial of Henry Fieback Wednesday afternoon before Justice Williams for assault and battery.
Friday night he and Gus Kuhlman of Axtel became involved in a row which, resulted in Fieback assaulting Kuhlman beating him severely and it is alleged until he became unconscious. In fact he was in such a bad condition that a physician was called to attend him. His nose is broken and he is otherwise severely injured.
Wednesday, Kuhlman’s wife swore out a warrant for Fieback for assault and battery and Marshal Delker went out and broubht [sic]him before Justice of the Peace, H.R. Williams. He plead guilty but claimed that he was very much under the influence of liquor at the time of the assault.
The Justice sentenced him to six months in jail and $100 fine.
Frank Minchel, John Cooley and Fred Long, the men charged with assaulting Jackson Spahr on a Nickel Plate freight train near Vermilion and arrested at Bellevue, were given a preliminary hearing before Mayor Molter Monday morning. They pleaded not guilty to the charge of manslaughter and their cases were continued until Friday morning.
After hearing chief Weingates had Minchel in the sweatbox, He admitted, it is claimed, that he had a hand in the assault, and that Long was the leader of the gang. He stated that Long held a club over Spahr’s head while he and Cooley rifled his pockets. Minchel further admitted that he was the perpretrator [sic] of another crime – one too revolting to be given more than mention.
County treasurer elect Goodsite has secured bond in the sum of $100,000 as required by law and will assume the duties of his office Monday.
A drilling machine was unloaded here Monday from the L.S. & M. S. Ry. and removed to the flats east of town where wells are to be sunk in search of oil. A fine grade of lubricating oil has been found in several gas wells and it is in hopes that oil will be found in paying quantities that the drilling is to be done.
Monday, the yachts of the Lakewood Yacht Club, of Cleveland will hold their annual Labor Day regatta off Vermilion. A large number of yachts are expected to compete.
Sunday a long distance race will be run with Vermilion piers as the goal. Some of the crack yachts of the lake will be in port and compete in the races.
Several yachtsmen have been in Vermilion lately looking over the harbor with the view of laying up a fleet of these small craft here.
They have had such back luck at Rocky River of late years during the floods that some are in favor of securing amore favorable location.
We know of no better location than Vermilion. We know of a piece of property which, would make an ideal location for a club house and there is plenty of room in the river for the yachts also places where they could be drawn out and repaired.
There is little danger from flood in the spring and the river is not navigated by larger craft than the fishing tugs. The harbor is easy of access both by land and water and a party from Cleveland can reach here at almost any time of day or night.
Another thing, another endeavor must be made to secure an appropriation to place the piers in better condition and with the yacht men to assist perhaps enough pressure can be brought to bear to secure at least enough for repair purposes.
Letter boxes are being put in place at some of the residences for free delivery.
Mr. Ebenezer Hopkins is building a new house, Mr. Lord is doing the carpenter work.
Elon Hales had two sheep killed by dogs one morning last wee. He was fortunate enough to shoot one of the dogs thus cutting short one mischievious [sic] dogs career. There were three others.
Monday is Labor Day.
School begins Tuesday.
Squirrel season opens today.
The closing picnic and dance will be held at Shadduck’s Lake Park Labor Day.
If the young lady who picked up the roll of bills near the powerhouse will return it to the News Office she may retain two dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Blakeman entertained Mrs. B.F. Bond, Mrs. S.C. Myers, Mrs. Mary Childs and Earl Childs at tea last Friday evening at “Mitawanga” where they had been spending the week.
B.O. Crosier has been improving his premises west of town this summer by building a second story and adding a porch which, greatly enhances its appearance and convenience.
Marshal Delker too Nick Young to the Cleveland Workhouse Tuesday to work out a sentence of $1 and costs and ten days, imposed by acting Mayor H.L. Minium.
Wanted – Correspondent from Axtel.
The Duplex Stamping Works will have one of the finest and most substantial building in town. It is being built of hollow cement blocks and wall is now ready for the window frames.
Bertha Holl is spending the week in Amherst.
Mrs.A.L.Irey was reported very sick this week.
Manager Roth of Shadduck’s Park reports a fair season this year. The last picnic will be held Labor Day.
Farewell dance and ice cream social Saturday evening, Sept. 3 in the West Vermilion Grange hall. Having sold the building, I will give one more good time to all who may come. – J.A. Nuhn, Mgr.
Capt. L.W. Stone has accepted command of the Stmr. Neptune of the Gilchrist fleet.
Henry Fieback was taken to the county jail last evening to serve out his sentence.
Mr. Wilber is enjoying a two-week’s vacation from his duties at the bank. Miss Leah Burrows is assisting in the work during his absence.
C.L. Whitlesey attended the G.A.R. encampment at Lake-Side last week.
N. Rothfuss has moved his household goods into a house on the lakeshore.
Frank Leimbach has moved temporarily to an old house opposite his residence, which will be entirely remodeled and repaired. It is to have a new slate roof and other improvements.
Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Fanny Perry to John Miller on Aug. 31.
S. bacon is having his house remodeled the work being done by contractor Gegenheimer of Vermilion.
A man by the name of William Sweeney who was recently arrested and brought before Mayor Williams and bound over to Probate for an assault on Conductor Baumeister on the L.S.E. has been unable to secure the $100 bonds and will languish in jail.
Minnie, the 3-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Knowlton, who reside southwest of Oberlin, was attacked by a game rooster Friday and severely bitten. Mr. Knowlton had gone into the rear of the yard to feed the chickens and the child followed unnoticed. He has in his possession several game roosters and one which is noted for being very savage saw the child and flew at her face, picking a large hole in her face and knocking her to the ground. The bird then made a second attack on the child. He screams brought her father who had to kill the bird to drive it away. Medical attendance was at once secured and besides the holes in her face and back of the head, many other minor injuries were received. The child suffered a great deal from the pain but it is thought nothing serious will occur. The rooster had often attacked people before.
Hmmmmmm....
"...that yesteryear really seems like ‘twas only yesterday..."
‘TWAS BUT YESTERYEAR: It seems like ‘twas but yesterday. But, no, it was more than a half century back when someone - perhaps one of the local photographers, Paul Ludlow or Dick Koontz - forever captured the accompanying shadows behind the American Legion Hall on Liberty avenue. I was ten - going on sixteen - and in a daydream running my Cleveland News / Cleveland Press paper route in a shiny aqua colored Thunderbird. In reality I was more than likely riding my shiny red bicycle by the hall the moment this picture was being taken. It was Thursday, August 25, 1955 and the Lions Club was preparing for their 24th annual Clambake.
The four men standing to the right of the steamer are (L-R) Dick Macklin, Woody Wheeler, Mr. Meckle, and Charlie Solomon. The fellow standing next to the building in the background is Lloyd Owen. Of all the men I knew Mr. Owen the best. Lloyd served as Chaplain for the legion post, and was also a very active member of the Congregational church as well as the local Boy Scouts. He was, to say the very least, “quite a (good) character” who had more metal in his body than most modern automobiles have in theirs. His, however, was souvenir shrapnel from the war in the Pacific. He was a Navy man.
Dick Macklin was also a Navy guy. If you look closely you’ll note that Dick was “well tattooed”. Unlike today tattoos were then relatively uncommon among the general population - except for a few men (not women) who had served in the armed forces. Dick owned and operated a “beer-joint” on Division / Main street. When he first assumed ownership of the place it was a blue-collar bar called Eland’s Cafe / “Lefty’s”. In the late 1950’s or early 1960’s he “classed” it up some; installed a curved bar; put a brick face on the place; and gave it a new name - the Lemon Tree Lounge.
Across the street from the lounge was a department store (currently Brummer’s candy store) owned and operated by Woody Wheeler and his wife. Through the years the store went by several different names; Englebry’s; Fishers; and Mayer’s. So it’s hard to say what it was called when Woody and his wife, Fran, owned it. The Wheelers had two sons who were fair athletes. Consequently, Mr. Wheeler was real active with the local sports boosters as well as the legion.
Charlie Solomon, along with his son, Eddie, owned and operated Vermilion’s celebrated McGarvey’s Nautical Restaurant just below the river bridge. They purchased the restaurant from its namesake, Charlie McGarvey, in 1945 and worked very hard to earn an esteemed place among the top eateries in northern Ohio.
Sometime in the mid 1960’s Macklin sold his bar, packed his family into a nice houseboat and sailed off into the sunset to Florida. After the Wheeler boys graduated from high school the family left Vermilion and essentially disappeared from the business and social landscape. Charlie Solomon died in 1963, and his son Eddie took over operation of the restaurant. And Lloyd Owen stayed in town, never too busy to help a fellow veteran. In the early 1990’s, though up in years, he finally moved to Michigan with his second wife, Ida, where he eventually went to his final reward.
And, yes, that yesteryear really seems like ‘twas only yesterday to me. Even though I never got an aqua Thunderbird it’s hard to look back at these smiling faces from August 25, 1955 without smiling back. Surely - a good time was had by all.
Imagine a building material that is indestructible, fire-proof and non-toxic. Sounds like something you'd find in a work of science fiction, but actually it's a very-real invention called Geobond<®:>, designed by female inventor Patricia Billings.
Patty Billings, a sculptor, initially sought to create a cement additive to prevent her sculptures from shattering in the 1970s. After years of experimenting, she finally achieved her goal of making an indestructible plaster. Soon after, she discovered the material was also amazingly resistant to heat – which opened the door to a larger number of applications. Because the Geobond<®:>, invention is non-toxic as well as indestructible and fire-proof, it is the world's first workable replacement for asbestos.
While Patricia Billings has two patents on her work, she continues to keep the exact recipe of Geobond<®:>, a secret. The inventor and great-grandmother hopes to see her invention used to revolutionize the construction industry, and she even turned down millions of dollars from a company she thought would try to bury her new technology.
THE FIRE-LANDS: I found the following information re: the early inhabitants of our area to be extremely informative. Methinks you will also.
I am getting better at transcribing these passages so there are fewer mistakes. But I like to read as I go - and sometimes I fill in the blanks. So tread carefully this trail through yesteryear.
The following series will take thee to the townships south of Vermilion. Methinks you'll find this history quite fascinating.
The subject of this brief biographical sketch was born in Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June 23, 1823. His father, Silas J. Skellenger, was born at Little Egg Harbor, N. J. Feb. 3, 1784. He was a man of great energy and decision of character. "Was a carpenter and ship-joiner by trade. Served five years as an apprentice with his brother-in law, Gideon Moorehouse, in Ludlowville, Tompkins Co., N. Y. In 1805 he married Deborah Close, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Close, of Genoa, by whom he had two daughters, — Hannah (Mrs. George Kellogg, whose children live near Reedsburg, in Wisconsin) and Sarah (Mrs. Rev. James Saxby, whose children live in Iowa). Deborah died in 1815, and for his second wife (the mother of Dr. Skellenger) he married Mary King, daughter of Benjamin King, of Genoa, Dec. 19, 1818, who was born Nov. 1, 1790, at Sag Harbor, Long Island, N. Y., and who, with her father's family, came to Genoa about 1800.
There were born of this marriage: Mary K. (Mrs. A. H. Messenger), Anson D., Samuel B., who died in Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y., November, 1847, Emeline A. (Mrs. W. W. Fuller, of Illinois, who died Sept. 15, 1874), and Silas J., who died Feb. 24, 1807, in New London, Ohio. His father and family moved to Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y., November 1834, and died May 26, 1835. His mother then had the care of five young children, the youngest, Silas J., being only three years of age. She managed, by much hard toil, great frugality, untiring industry, and extreme economy, to support and educate them all until they could care for themselves. Dec. 1, 1842, she married A. Winegar, who died April 8, 1853, and Mrs. Mary Winegar died in New London, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1878. Dr. Skellenger acquired the habit of reading when a small boy from the standing injunction of his father, which was, "If you are tired and need rest, take a book in your hand and study," and his habits of industry and economy from the daily life of his mother. After acquiring a common school education, his love for study led him, by the effects of his own labor on a farm, and the savings of wages as a teacher (for he began to teach winter schools when seventeen years of age), to study at Gaines and Yates Academies, and Brockport Collegiate Institute.
June 12, 1844, he married Miss Harriet I. Goold, of Albany, then of Lyndonville, N. Y. She died June 11, 1848, leaving a daughter, Sarah E., now living in New London.
After the death of his wife he resumed his studies, particularly medicine, with Dr. (afterward Prof.) L. C. Dolley, of Rochester, N. Y. March 6, 1850, he graduated with the honors of his class at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati. During the season of 1850 he was a partner of Prof. W. W. Hadley, M.D., in the practice of medicine and surgery, in the city of Rochester, N. Y. During the winter of 1850-51 the fame of Prof. Ackley as a surgeon caused him to attend the Medical College in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1851, 1852, and 1853 he practiced in Buggies, Ashland Co., Ohio. Upon his thirtieth birthday, June 23, 1853, he removed to New London, where he still resides.
In the fall of 1874, attracted by the fame of Dr. D. W. Yandell and his colleagues, of the Medical Department of the University of Louisville, Ky., he attended lectures at that institution and the City Hospital. Surgery, for the past twenty-five years, has been his favorite practice, though not neglecting the other branches of his chosen profession. He is considered a peer in surgery in Huron County by the members of the profession. For his second wife he married, Sept. 25, 1854, in Buffalo, Mrs. Sarah Jane Belding, daughter of (Honest) Joseph Washburn, of Fitchville, Ohio, with whom he still happily lives. They have no children.
He has been honored by his neighbors with several offices, — twice township clerk, recorder, and councilman in the village. In 1862-63 was assistant assessor of United States internal revenue. Aug. 14, 1866, he was appointed a delegate to the National Peace Convention at Philadelphia, and in 1872 an alternate delegate to the Baltimore Convention which nominated Horace Greeley for the Presidency. For many years he was an active member of the Whig and Republican parties; frequently a delegate to the county, district, and State conventions. Being naturally conservative, he, in 1867, associated himself politically with the Democrats. Has often been a candidate for county office; member of the House of Representatives; twice candidate for probate judge; a justice of the peace from 1876 to 1879, and is now (1879) in his eighth year as mayor of New London. He never sought office; "he believes in the maxim, "The office should find the man, and not the man the office." Among his neighbors he is not a politician. There are three things in his political creed, — more integrity, more industry, and more economy; and three that should never be in politics — religion, education, and money. He is a lover of good society and good government. In business the doctor is energetic, to the poor sympathetic, and ever ready to aid the needy as far as his duty leads. Ge us regarded as modest, honest, kind, and capable.
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 - Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
A LINE O'TYPE: This is an example of a line of type created by Mr. Merganthaler's invention, the "Linotype". This miraculous machine revolutionized the newspaper business across the world. Prior to Merganthaler's invention no newspaper in the world ran more than eight pages.
Oddly enough, he sold his patent for a pittance. Though he was never impoverished one certainly has to wonder why he turned his back on the fortune that might have come to him had he kept it. Dying at the relatively young age of 41 - I guess we'll never know.
1. Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose.
Said by: Queen Marie Antoinette after she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner as she went to the guillotine.
2. I can’t sleep.
Said by: J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
3. I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
Said by: Humphrey Bogart
4. I am about to — or I am going to — die: either expression is correct.
Said by: Dominique Bouhours, famous French grammarian
5. I live!
Said by Roman Emperor, as he was being murdered by his own soldiers.
6. Dammit…Don’t you dare ask God to help me.
Said by: Joan Crawford to her housekeeper who began to pray aloud.
7. I am perplexed. Satan Get Out.
Said by: Aleister Crowley – famous occultist
8. Now why did I do that?
Said by: General William Erskine, after he jumped from a window in Lisbon, Portugal in 1813.
9. Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries’!
Said by: James French, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair. He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution.
NADA AGAIN THIS WEEK: This week no podcast again. God is still talking and I continue to think about this section of Views - looking for a better way to present these videos.
Persons interested in the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (which was the subject of a recent past podcast series) - "the greatest electaric railway system on the planet" may want to go to Amazon.com and purchase a book called "Images of Rail - Lake Shore Electric Railway". It was put together by Thomas J. Patton with the help of my friends Dennis Lamont and Albert Doane. It'd make a nice gift.
I need add here another great book with Vermilion Roots called, "Grandmas’ Favorites: A Compilation of Recipes from Margaret Sanders Buell" by Amy O’Neal, Elizabeth Thompson and Meg Walter (May 2, 2012). This book very literally will provide one with the flavor of old Vermilion. And ye can also find it at Amazon.com. Take a look.
Also, please note that all the video (MP4 and MOV) podcasts (when used) are done in the "Quicktime MP4 / MOV" formats. If you don't have a "Quicktime" it's easy to find and free to download.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: After giving it much thought this link has been "put-down". During the last year most of the folks who used to use this page as a bulletin board have acquired their own and, consequently, no longer need this forum from "Views". I have, however, kept links (in the links section) to Larry Hohler's "Hope Homes" in Kenya - and to Bette Lou Higgins' Eden Valley Enterprises sites. They are historically and socially relevant projects. I suggest that you visit these sites on a regular basis to see "what's shakin'".
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Vol.10, Issue 21 - August 4, 2012
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