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Genealogical Society – September 2014
LACASA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Submitted by Leona Farris
It’s been a fun summer. We’ve had lots of family time to enjoy especially the grandkids. Sorry daughters and son-in-law but that’s the way it is. Our grand-nephew, aged six, won the “mutton bustin” contest at a small town rodeo. In case you don’t know what this is, he rode a sheep. His mother won as a child so no surprise I guess. His sister rode once but she’s more interested in the theater these days. We saw her in a production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in June. She’s quite an actress at age 9. Don’t we all have interesting families? My family reunion is this month with lots of cousins and a couple of aunts and an uncle. Always fun to get together.
I was persuaded to play Words with Friends on my iPad this summer. I’m still trying to learn all the tricks. In the meantime I’ve had time to ponder a few questions. Why do people run over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance? Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over? Whose cruel idea was it to put an “s” in the word “lisp”? It’s nice to be retired so I have time to think about important things.
Top Movie Songs of the 1960’s
Mrs. Robinson – The Graduate
The Sound of Music – The Sound of Music
People – Funny Girl
I Could Have Danced all Night – My Fair Lady
Somewhere – West Side Story
Everybody’s Talkin’ – Midnight Cowboy
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Born to be Wild – Easy Rider
America – West Side Story
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Mary Poppins
Days of Wine and Roses – Days of Wine and Roses
Don’t Rain on my Parade – Funny Girl
Goldfinger – Goldfinger
The Windmills of Your Mind – The Thomas Crown Affair
Tonight – West Side Story
My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music
The Shadow of Your Smile – The Sandpiper
Springtime for Hitler – The Producers
Do Re Mi – The Sound of Music
I hope you had a wonderful summer. I always look forward to fall and returning to my home and friends in LaCasa. See you soon.
Genealogical Society News – August 2014
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Genealogical Society News – July 2014
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La Casa Genealogical Society — July 2014
Submitted by Leona Farris
Dotty Benson gave a presentation about the Underground Railroad Quilts. We all enjoyed her talk. Most of us have ancestors who fought in the Civil War or are familiar with that time period. I hope you are lucky enough to have a quilt made by one of your ancestors. What a wonderful gift. According to Family Tree Magazine the earliest-known quilt dates to 1704; it was made by Sarah Sedgwick Leverett and her daughter in Massachusetts. Quilting bees became an established tradition by 1820. Tradition dictated that a young woman should complete 12 quilt tops before her engagement. No silliness for the teenage girls of that time period, they were busy.
Susan B. Anthony reputedly made her first speech about suffrage at a Cleveland quilting bee. After a late 19th-century decline, quilting regained popularity in the lean times after the 1929 stock market crash. I remember my mother buying flour in sacks with bright prints to use for clothes. Clothes were recycled into quilt tops. I guess the LaCasa Quilters have a quilting bee each Monday morning. We have many talented women in LaCasa.
Why do men’s clothes have buttons on the right while women’s clothes have buttons on the left? When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes to holes on the left. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid’s right. And that’s where women’s buttons have remained since. So we’re stuck with buttons on the left side and we have to dance backwards. It’s a good thing we can adapt.
Why are many coin collection jar banks shaped like pigs? Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of dense orange clay called pygg. When people saved coins in a jar made of this clay, the jars because known as pygg banks. When an English and potter misunderstood the word, he made a container that resembled a pig. And it caught on. Is that right LaCasa Potters?
La Casa Genealogical Society
Minutes – Regular Meeting – April 9, 2014
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La Casa Genealogical Society April 2014
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NEXT MEETING April 9th.
Wow had this season gone by in a hurry. We’ve had some really good speakers this year and learned a lot. I can’t believe it’s time to talk about what we’re doing for research this summer. [Read more…]
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