About Mother

For years I have kept this Jules Feiffer cartoon.  At the time it was sent to me, my daughter was about 3 years old.  Already then, I had an inkling of what the future would hold.  Sure enough, it happened. Now she's all grown up, and...

The Molitor Children of Melrose, Minnesota

Anton and Katherine (Wagner) Molitor lived in Melrose, Minnesota in the late 1800's and early 1900's.  They had 10 children.  This photo was taken before the last three children were born. In the top row are Adell, Rose, and Ambrose.  In the front row are Chick, Alvina, and Alex.  The siblings still to be born were Roman, Anna, Joseph and Pete.   I am told that Chick was well known in Melrose into the 1990's because he had run a boating concession,, an early version of a resort.

If you are a family member who would like to see pictures of Anton and Katherine, contact me through this blog and I will track them down.

In adulthood, Ambrose changed his name to Moliter, to avoid confusion over the multitudes of Molitors doing business at his local bank.  So, some Minnesota Molitors are now Moliters, but the DNA is still shared.

St Louis Park High School, Minnesota Yearbooks - 1950 & 51

Here I am sitting with two well preserved copies of the Senior Yearbooks of Saint Louis Park High School, in (of course) St. Louis Park, Minnesota.  Our family has enjoyed browsing the books, looking for early pictures of self and friends.  But now we're done with that, have scanned relevant photos, and are ready to chuck them.

But, wait!  If you have an ancestor who graduated from St. Louis Park High in the early 1950's, you might want to have those early photos of your guy or gal.  So, I am going to hold on to these for a year and if someone contacts me asking me to search for a specific person, I can scan the relevant pages and email them out.  No cost to me, except for a little time, and teeny more damage to my cervical spine muscles from sitting in front of this damn desktop.  Worth it to link up descendents with grandmas, grandpas, etc.

You can contact me at familyvideogirl@gmail.com

Chi Phi Class Pic: F&M 1935

Looking for an ancestor (grandpa? great-grandpa?) who was a member of Chi Phi Fraternity at Franklin and Marshall College in 1935?

 Here is a photo taken in 1935 of the entire membership.  Even better, a handwritten index of the names in the photo is available Chi Phi 1935 pic - index of names

Find someone whose picture you really want? Our own Dad (in the picture) loved his fraternity so much that when we were little girls, he made us swear "Chi Phi Honor" to the truth of any statement.  We grew up knowing that we must never-ever tell a lie and then swear "Chi Phi Honor," or we would be forever without that tool of verification.  A very big liar in my time, I never-ever did violate the Chi Phi Honor code.
My own college had a Chi Phi chapter, but I never got inside.
Find someone whose picture you really want? Chi Phi High Resolution Picture

Vehslage Masonic Lodge of Irvington NJ

Here is a pamphlet listing all members of the  Vehslage Masonic Lodge of Irvington, New Jersey in 1922.  The Lodge was new in 1921.  It was named after the Reverend Henry Vehslage, pastor of the Reformed Church of Irvington.  That's all I know.  We found this in family papers.  I scanned and put it up for anyone searching an ancestor who might have been a Mason in vicinity of Newark or Irvington, NJ.

Vehslage Lodge - Irvington NJ 1922

I am no expert on the Masons or their Lodges in America.  Wikipedia can tell you all you need to know if you aren't either.

Irvington High School "Torch" magazine, 1959

For 50 years, I held on to a copy of the "Torch" issue from December 1959. This was a general interest magazine, produced by students at Irvington High School, Irvington New Jersey. It contains pictures of football players, half-time show members, class officers, soccer team stars (our soccer team was legendary!) and poems and essays. Also, lots of advertisements of Irvington businesses at the time.
Some names from articles and masthead:
Karen Frank
Ruth Holzer
Pat Jamieson
Sharon Schlein
Barry Margolis
Inge Bass
Louise Wilkinson
Lois Charnick
Anthony Pilone
Edward Demarest
Morton Kaplan
Barbara Buhlinger
Amelia Petiti
Diane Mullin
Gail Ortland
Fran Cagno
Mary Beckman
Ann Strand
Rose Busci
Marilyn Della Valle
Carol Jacobus
Joyce Marchin
George Agalias
Janice Krampetz
Nancy Hetz
Karen Frenz
Anna Marie Iorio
Dorothy Rapp
Jo Ann Fabricatore
Barbara Cataldo
Diana Cucuzella
Gail Geyer
Carol Oncavage
Diane Sullivan
Betty Lou Schroeder
Joseph Cardillo
Marie Bagnato
Ann Greenberg
Judy ManzMarie Cieplak
Paul GeyerJohn Savicky
George Torbyck
Luciano Benassi
Myron Hura
Harold Altschuler
Roland Solchanyk
Al Fleischer
Rich Stammler
Bruce Reitz
Ronald Heitz
Wayne Jones
Augie Ernesto
Ronnie Adams
Frank Cocuzza
Bob Ruggiero
John Firuta
John deGrazio
Richard Giessuebel
Bob Gundaker
Walter Peters
Don Harmatuck
Steve Braccioforte
Norman Kiken
John Solewski
Alex Trento
Heinz Newman
Ken Sekella
Larry Perkel
George Rohowski
Bill Chisik
Brian Doyle
Robert Kuldanek
Allan Meltzer
Ron Angelo
Ron Bubnowski
Jon Frank

Here it is: Irvington HS Torch Magazine- 1959 

If you want a pdf version, contact me at jwagner@bethesda20817.net
for more details. I'm pretty sure there's no copyright on this document.