Duchess' Wildlife Domain

First of all, I would like to thank my friend and neighbor, Duchess, for letting me take over domain this week. The last week's temperatures around here ranged in the mid-forties as us bucks, deers and elk grazed in this San Juan valley and mountains. Four to five elk were spotted crossing the county road 501, around the curve, near the dam at Vallecito Lake yesterday evening. NW Okie had to slow to a stop to watch and keep from running into to this small herd in the evening hours. It was too dark to snap a photo, though.

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Kemper Military School Class of '38

For those family genealogists searching proof of their ancestors that went to Kemper Military school, high school and junior college, in Boonsville, Missouri during the 1938 time period, you might want to run down the list of students that we have transcribed of the Class of 1938, 1939 thru 1943 classes.

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December 1926 - Frisco Western Division

According to The Frisco Employes' Magazine, page 50, December, 1926, the Transportation Department, Western Division - Enid, written by Cambell and Campbell, reporters, were reporting on the Western Division for the towns along the Western Division of the Frisco Line.

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1937-38 Student Directory NSTC

1937-38 NSTC Student & Faculty Directory -- Have you ever wondered what businesses were around the square, on College Avenue and along the street (Normal Street) that ran in front of the Castle on the Hill, in the small, rural community of Alva, Oklahoma back in the mid-1930s?

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Kemper Military School - Class of 1938 & 1939

Here is more of the Class of 1938 & 1939 (Mehew to Wyche & Adams to Bell, NE, respectively)

Top Row:
Fred Mehew, Kingfisher, OK;
Max Earl Meyer, Alliance, NE;
Harold Frederick Monson, St. Joseph, MO;
Robert Max Montagomery, Clay Center, KS:
Lester Taylor Mooney, Norman, OK;
Homer Gail Moore, Benton, IL;
Brady Lee Mootz, Gallipolis, OH;
Carl Edwin Morgan, Jasper, TX;
Russell Dale Mott, Des Moines, IA;

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Whittet Family Origin & Connections

Rowland Whittet, email: whittet@midcoast.com says, " So far as I can tell all Whittets originate either in Scotland or England. The earliest in Scotland seem to go back to Dundee on the Firth of Tay east of Perth c. 1500 but not long after that. -- whittet family txt file. They are in Kintillo and Kin fauns and elsewhere around Perth and Lord Greys estate.

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1938 NSTC Ranger Album

We have been sharing a scanned copy of the 1938 Ranger Album with family genealogists for awhile and thought perhaps some others might be interested in downloading a PDF file of the 1938 Ranger Album. It is a large file. You can either open it up in your web browser and save a copy to your computer -- OR -- right click on the link and "save as" to a folder on your computer for further genealogy research.

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1937 Kemper Yellowjacket Grid Squad Championship Team

In 1937 the yellowjacket Grid Squad of Kemper Military School were Champions of the Missouri Junior College Conference [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe