I was going through a box of Hawaiian books I bought including ,
Today is Here, signed Oct 1946 with a seperate photo B& W also signed and glued
inside the front cover. Floridays signed Dec 25, 1941. But, the real find, I
think, is a printed story. "this is a pass along story" <A Talisman> signed at
the bottom, can anyone tell me more about this pass along and his books.
Thank You
New Memeber
Jay

I HOPE SO TOO, TJ!   KAREN COTTER

FYI for Blanding fans everywhere.  There is a current exhibition of Don's
collected works at the Great Plains Museum in Lawton OK.  It goes through Nov.
2009.  When I was there a few months ago I knew they were going to have one but
it surprised me that it came up so quickly.  I haven't gone on line to view it
and I'm not sure you can do that.  The exhibit is combined with another local
writer and is not devoted purely to Don's work.  I viewed all of the Museums
collection and will say they have a comprehensive collection worth viewing if
you want to see a broad spectrum of Don's work.  I have decided that my entire
collection will be given to the Great Plains Museum.  I hope that is a long time
in the future though!  tj

When I visited Oahu, I loved those banyan trees.

When I visited Maui and Uncle Bill Boyd, I got so carried away, I gave the
Resort one of the 3 LPs I had - it was a sort of "messy" signature because the
pen didn't write well on the front of the LP, and the other two were great. 
When I got home, I realized the 2 LPs I had were printed; not written.  The
Reed-dustjacketed "Flowers of the Rainbow" also went - I only paid $20 for it.
Bill later wrote the Resort would not give up the poor copy of the book mine
replaced in "exchange" for the LP and reed bound book. You happily sold me the
one in good shape, but no DJ.

I have been fighting Parkinson's since retirement (March 2005).  I hope I can
make my DB books available through this site.

I did not "finalize" my membership because I read the part of the agreement
where YAHOO listed it's fees, without saying how much my  YAHOO site would cost.

If YAHOO charges, I don't want it - I have a server (My Fair Point) which bought
out Verizon in Northern New England and ever since, there is problem after
problem.  When my FairPoint comes up for renewal, I want to go with a GOOD site.
Also, I get 100+ SPAM messages every day, which I do NOT appreciate.

If you, with your wisdom, might suggest a low-costs server, I'd like to check it
out to be ready to switch and lose all that SPAM.  I laugh at the word SPAM -
the canned meat is used everywhere in Hawaii.

Cheers and all that sort of thing to you m'friend.

Fred the incurable optometrist.  (Did ya see thru that pun?)  I sent a list of
10 puns to a pun contest.  Sad to say no prize - no pun in 10 did ! ! ! ! ! ! !
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Fred
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: keith2draw
   To: aloha-donblanding@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:11 AM
   Subject: [aloha-donblanding] Don Blanding pencil sketch


     Hi all,

   Long time no see/hear! I hope everyone is fine.

   There's a Don Blanding pencil sketch for sale on eBay:

  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390094485566&_rdc=1#ht_3197wt

   and if that link doesn't work, the item number is 390094485566

   Don't miss this rarity!

   Keith





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Hi all,

Long time no see/hear! I hope everyone is fine.

There's a Don Blanding pencil sketch for sale on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390094485566&_rdc=1#ht_3197wt

and if that link doesn't work, the item number is 390094485566

Don't miss this rarity!

Keith

Hi Cadia I forgot to mention that I don't know much about Helen Hudson's
siblings, never asked when I was a kid, though I met one of Pope's brothers one
time, he came through Saint Louis, I think he was about 65.

 
Hi Cadia, I actually lived with Ada ( Aunty) when she lived with Helen (
Mamoo) and at that time, I never even knew her name, it was always just "Aunty",
just as I never called my grandfather Loren "Grandfather", we always called him
'Pope', including his own son Alan (Buddy), although his four daughters always
called him 'daddy', I do, however remember that DON B. never forgot my
grandmother, and every so often would write her a letter or send a postcard with
a sketch or doodle on it, and she'd show me.  By the way Helen ( Mamoo) was the
greatest scrabble player I'd ever seen, she had the highest score of anybody I'd
ever seen , she scored "504', to my "316", and as I mentioned before, she had
great literary ability, which was never used, because she was basically a
housewife, and almost deaf, so we all had to shout at her, all her kids, my
aunts and uncle, grew up with powerful resonating voices, including myself if I
need to, although I speak with
  a low drawl naturally.
 
To bad, when We are kids, we don't think to ask questions about certain things
that we would like to know later. It's fun recalling a few of these things for
the forum.

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Cadia Los <duchess@...> wrote:


From: Cadia Los <duchess@...>
Subject: [aloha-donblanding] Re: New Member
To: aloha-donblanding@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 6:05 PM








Hi, Jack ...

Thanks for adding your remembrance of your Aunt Ada and Uncle Joe. Do you know
what year they married?

In the past year or so I've added quite a bit of genealogical information to the
Files. Based on the 1900 census, and the fact that Louis P. and Sarah were
married in 1869, Ada was born in April 1871, not in 1867. Here's what I have:

1900 Census: Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Series: T623 Roll: 499 Page: 66
Enumeration: June 1
Page 66, A & B

Household: 423 North Walnut Street

Smith, D. W., b. Jan. 1832, age 68, married 38 years, widowed?, b. New York,
dentist

Champion, A. S., daughter, b. June 1864, married 6 years, divorced?, b. Ohio

Champion, P. C., grandson, b. Aug. 1891, age 8, b. Kansas or Ohio, parents b.
Ohio

Hudson, Sarah, roomer, b. July 1849, age 51, married 31 years, 4 children, all
living; b. WI, father b. PA, mother b. WI, dressmaker

Hudson, Ada, roomer [daughter], b. April 1871, age 29, married, b. MN, father b.
MI, mother b. WI, stenographer

Hudson, Louis, roomer, [son], b. April 1882, age 18, single, b. Dakota
Territory, father b. MI, mother b. WI, news agt. on RR

Hudson, Helen, roomer [daughter], b. October 1888, age 11, single, b. KS, father
b. MI, mother b. WI, at school
**********
My questions are:

Where is Louis P. in 1900? Why is Ada listed as "Hudson" but married? Where is
her husband? Where is her brother Charles S.?

I do know that Charles (b. 2/5/1874) married Gertrude Elsie McCormick in 1902
and they were living in Tishomingo, OK, in 1905 when their son Donald M. was
born. About 1906 or 1907, the family removed to Bend, OR, where they remained
about 25 years. They later surfaced in Southern California, where Charles S.
died on 11/9/1953.

Any clues you can provide?

By the way, folks, let's not confuse our Ada's here. Ada Hudson is Sarah
Kimble's daughter married to Joseph Burbank; Ada Kimble Philley is Sarah's
younger sister married to Issaac L. Philley; Ada Martin supposedly is Elizza A.,
1878 bride of Albert Kimble, Sarah's elder brother.

Then there's DB's aunt Emma Blanding, whose husband was J. Q. Burbank. Probably
no connection to Joseph Burbank, but you never know with these families!

Are we confused yet?

~Cadia
















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Hi, Jack ...

Thanks for adding your remembrance of your Aunt Ada and Uncle Joe.  Do you know
what year they married?

In the past year or so I've added quite a bit of genealogical information to the
Files.  Based on the 1900 census, and the fact that Louis P. and Sarah were
married in 1869, Ada was born in April 1871, not in 1867.  Here's what I have:

1900 Census:  Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Series: T623  Roll: 499  Page: 66
Enumeration:  June 1
Page 66, A & B

Household: 423 North Walnut Street

Smith, D. W., b. Jan. 1832, age 68, married 38 years, widowed?, b. New York,
dentist

Champion, A. S., daughter, b. June 1864, married 6 years, divorced?, b. Ohio

Champion, P. C., grandson, b. Aug. 1891, age 8, b. Kansas or Ohio, parents b.
Ohio

Hudson, Sarah, roomer, b. July 1849, age 51, married 31 years, 4 children, all
living; b. WI, father b. PA, mother b. WI, dressmaker

Hudson, Ada, roomer [daughter], b. April 1871, age 29, married, b. MN, father b.
MI, mother b. WI, stenographer

Hudson, Louis, roomer, [son], b. April 1882, age 18, single, b. Dakota
Territory, father b. MI, mother b. WI, news agt. on RR

Hudson, Helen, roomer [daughter], b. October 1888, age 11, single, b. KS, father
b. MI, mother b. WI, at school
**********
My questions are:

Where is Louis P. in 1900?  Why is Ada listed as "Hudson" but married?  Where is
her husband?  Where is her brother Charles S.?

I do know that Charles (b. 2/5/1874) married Gertrude Elsie McCormick in 1902
and they were living in Tishomingo, OK, in 1905 when their son Donald M. was
born.  About 1906 or 1907, the family removed to Bend, OR, where they remained
about 25 years.  They later surfaced in Southern California, where Charles S.
died on 11/9/1953.

Any clues you can provide?

By the way, folks, let's not confuse our Ada's here.   Ada Hudson is Sarah
Kimble's daughter married to Joseph Burbank; Ada Kimble Philley is Sarah's
younger sister married to Issaac L. Philley; Ada Martin supposedly is Elizza A.,
1878 bride of Albert Kimble, Sarah's elder brother.

Then there's DB's aunt Emma Blanding, whose husband was J. Q. Burbank.  Probably
no connection to Joseph Burbank, but you never know with these families!

Are we confused yet?

~Cadia

Hi , Ada was Who all of us Popes Called "Aunty", she was born in 1867 and passed
in the late fifties? at about 90, she married Joseph Burbank, never had any
children, Joe and Aunty lived in Jacksonville, Ill., and later she Lived with
Helen "Mamoo" in Saint Louis, we visited Aunty and Uncle Joe in Jacksonville
when I was a kid (12 or 13), uncle Joe was driving a model "T", this was in
1955, Mom was afraid to ride with him, as he was about 90, and couldn't see very
well.
 
I remember playing in their attic, it was like going back to 1900, there were
many antiques and relics in there.
 
                                                                                \
                                             Thanx Cadia

 

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Cadia Los <duchess@...> wrote:


From: Cadia Los <duchess@...>
Subject: [aloha-donblanding] Re: New Member
To: aloha-donblanding@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 12:04 PM








Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:36 pm
From: John Hudson Hertzog, jaxico99

Hi Lora, received your letter, and my Grandmother Helen Pope
(Hudson) was Don's first cousin. My Grandmaw (Momoo) was born in Garden City,
Kansas in 1888, and was one of Sarah's children in Wichita in 1900. I remember
"Momoo" had a picture of "Mammy" on her dresser; it was the same one as in
Lawton. I don't know how
you are related to Don, through Pope or Hudson. Mammy was born in 1849 and died
in 1933. I think she lived with "Momoo and "Pope" Loren Pope, my Grandfather in
Louisiana, where "Pope" owned a lumber mill in Hammond, La.

I don't have that picture, but my aunt Barbara ( Bobbins) might have it, you can
call her and ask her, she's given permission [phone number deleted].
----------

Hello, Jack, and welcome back to the group! With the help of some correspondence
we exchanged back in 2003, I was able to put Lora in touch with you. You are
both Hudsons, through different lines which I'll try to explain in a moment.

First, however, I want to caution everyone in the group that this message board
is PUBLIC -- that is, anyone on the internet has access to the content. (The
rest of the group website is private and available only to members.) So that's
why I have deleted your initial response and am copying it here, sans your
aunt's phone number.

As Lora [Hudson Treadwell] mentioned in her first message, your
great-grandfather, Louis Pope Hudson, is her 1st cousin twice removed.

In the past couple of weeks, Lora and I have exchanged considerable e-mail with
information and tips on how to find more. She obtained an e-mailed photo of DB
from the museum in Lawton, which supposedly is of DB and Aunt Sarah in Bend, OR,
in 1912. The photo, however, was taken in 1930 or later, as evidenced by the
copy of Hula Moons on the table before Don! I challenged the identity of the
woman in the photo, who certainly does not look 80-something or 45 years older
than a very mature-looking DB. However, if the photo is, indeed, of DB and Sarah
... hooray!

With Lora's help and by pure chance, I discovered that Aunt Sarah died on
October 15, 1933, in Hammond, LA, which you have confirmed. She is not listed on
the 1930 census, however, with your grandparents and their children.

Although Louis Pope Hudson is of interest mainly because he was the husband of
Sarah Kimble [Ida Blanding's older sister and DB's much beloved aunt], it has
been great to learn a bit more about his heritage. Lora has tracked her Hudsons
back to Polydore Hudson and his first wife, Harriet Morehouse. Polydore grew
apples in Saratoga County, NY, until about 1832 when crops failed and he removed
to Calhoun County, Michigan, near Battle Creek. The county seat is Marshall,
where coincidentally James L. Kimble and his wife Maria Benson [Sarah and Ida'
parents] settled after their marriage in 1836. James, from PA, had been in the
area about 1832 during the Black Hawk war. It is quite possible that Polydore
and James knew each other!

It is not clear when Harriet died, but Polydore is listed on the 1860 census
with his 2nd wife Barbara [unknown] and died in either 1866 or 1868.

Polydore and Harriet Hudson had 9 children, 6 sons and 3 daughters. Lora and I
have identified 4 sons, several of whom were prominent in Michigan or Minnesota
politics. They are Aaron Guy, Bradley Polydore, Hiram B. and James S.

Aaron Guy Hudson and Hannah Sutherland were the parents of Louis Pope Hudson,
and therefore your great-grandparents. Lora is descended from Aaron's brother,
James S., who was her great-great- grandfather. Aaron and Hannah settled in
Minnesota; he helped write the state constitution in 1857-58.

Please note the name Sutherland. At long last we have discovered the middle name
of Charles S. Hudson, son of Louis Pope Hudson. Charles S. was your grandmother
Helen's elder brother. He was the cousin for whom DB worked in 1912-1913 at the
bank in Bend, OR. Charles S. died in 1953 in the San Diego, CA, area; shortly
before Lora joined the group I found his full name on the California death
index, on which his mother Sarah's maiden name is misspelled Kimball.

Doris, second daughter of Charles S., may still be alive at 95 in California.
Lora is hoping to contact her.

So, Jack, it looks like you and Lora are at least "kissin' cousins"!
And be sure to take a look at the photo Lora has provided of Louis P. Your
great-grandfather Hudson is in the Files in the Blanding Genealogy section under
Kimble.

Of Louis P. and Sarah's 4 children, we have a pretty good handle on Charles and
Helen. Now does anyone know anything about daughter Ada and son Louis? They are
listed on the 1900 census in Wichita, KS, with their mother. Ada was 29 and a
stenographer at the time; Louis was about 18. After that, nothing.

We are also trying to find out when and where Louis P. died. Lora has tracked
him possibly to MO and OK about 1910-1913. All we know for sure is that Sarah
was a widow by 1920, when she was living in Shelby County, TN, with Helen and
Loren Pope. By 1923, the family removed to Hammond, LA, where younger daughters
Barbara and Helen were born.

The research goes on ... thanks to all for their help.

~~Cadia
















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Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:36 pm
From:  John Hudson Hertzog, jaxico99

Hi Lora, received your letter, and my Grandmother Helen Pope
(Hudson) was Don's first cousin.  My Grandmaw (Momoo) was born in Garden City,
Kansas in 1888, and was one of Sarah's children in Wichita in 1900. I remember
"Momoo" had a picture of "Mammy" on her dresser; it was the same one as in
Lawton. I don't know how
you are related to Don, through Pope or Hudson. Mammy was born in 1849 and died
in 1933. I think she lived with "Momoo and "Pope" Loren Pope, my Grandfather in
Louisiana, where "Pope" owned a lumber mill in Hammond, La.

I don't have that picture, but my aunt Barbara ( Bobbins) might have it, you can
call her and ask her, she's given permission [phone number deleted].
----------

Hello, Jack, and welcome back to the group!  With the help of some
correspondence we exchanged back in 2003, I was able to put Lora in touch with
you.  You are both Hudsons, through different lines which I'll try to explain in
a moment.

First, however, I want to caution everyone in the group that this message board
is PUBLIC -- that is, anyone on the internet has access to the content.  (The
rest of the group website is private and available only to members.)  So that's
why I have deleted your initial response and am copying it here, sans your
aunt's phone number.

As Lora [Hudson Treadwell] mentioned in her first message, your
great-grandfather, Louis Pope Hudson, is her 1st cousin twice removed.

In the past couple of weeks, Lora and I have exchanged considerable e-mail with
information and tips on how to find more.   She obtained an e-mailed photo of DB
from the museum in Lawton, which supposedly is of DB and Aunt Sarah in Bend, OR,
in 1912.  The photo, however, was taken in 1930 or later, as evidenced by the
copy of Hula Moons on the table before Don!  I challenged the identity of the
woman in the photo, who certainly does not look 80-something or 45 years older
than a very mature-looking DB.   However, if the photo is, indeed, of DB and
Sarah ... hooray!

With Lora's help and by pure chance, I discovered that Aunt Sarah died on
October 15, 1933, in Hammond, LA, which you have confirmed.  She is not listed
on the 1930 census, however, with your grandparents and their children.

Although Louis Pope Hudson is of interest mainly because he was the husband of
Sarah Kimble [Ida Blanding's older sister and DB's much beloved aunt], it has
been great to learn a bit more about his heritage.   Lora has tracked her
Hudsons back to Polydore Hudson and his first wife, Harriet Morehouse.  Polydore
grew apples in Saratoga County, NY, until about 1832 when crops failed and he
removed to Calhoun County, Michigan, near Battle Creek.   The county seat is
Marshall, where coincidentally James L. Kimble and his wife Maria Benson [Sarah
and Ida' parents] settled after their marriage in 1836.  James, from PA, had
been in the area about 1832 during the Black Hawk war.  It is quite possible
that Polydore and James knew each other!

It is not clear when Harriet died, but Polydore is listed on the 1860 census
with his 2nd wife Barbara [unknown] and died in either 1866 or 1868.

Polydore and Harriet Hudson had 9 children, 6 sons and 3 daughters.  Lora and I
have identified 4 sons, several of whom were prominent in Michigan or Minnesota
politics.  They are Aaron Guy, Bradley Polydore, Hiram B. and James S.

Aaron Guy Hudson and Hannah Sutherland were the parents of Louis Pope Hudson,
and therefore your great-grandparents.  Lora is descended from Aaron's brother,
James S., who was her great-great-grandfather.  Aaron and Hannah settled in
Minnesota; he helped write the state constitution in 1857-58.

Please note the name Sutherland.  At long last we have discovered the middle
name of Charles S. Hudson, son of Louis Pope Hudson. Charles S. was your
grandmother Helen's elder brother.  He was the cousin for whom DB worked in
1912-1913 at the bank in Bend, OR.  Charles S. died in 1953 in the San Diego,
CA, area; shortly before Lora joined the group I found his full name on the
California death index, on which his mother Sarah's maiden name is misspelled
Kimball.

Doris, second daughter of Charles S., may still be alive at 95 in California. 
Lora is hoping to contact her.

So, Jack, it looks like you and Lora are at least "kissin' cousins"!
And be sure to take a look at the photo Lora has provided of Louis P.  Your
great-grandfather Hudson is in the Files in the Blanding Genealogy section under
Kimble.

Of Louis P. and Sarah's 4 children, we have a pretty good handle on Charles and
Helen.  Now does anyone know anything about daughter Ada and son Louis?  They
are listed on the 1900 census in Wichita, KS, with their mother.  Ada was 29 and
a stenographer at the time; Louis was about 18.  After that, nothing.

We are also trying to find out when and where Louis P. died.  Lora has tracked
him possibly to MO and OK about 1910-1913.  All we know for sure is that Sarah
was a widow by 1920, when she was living in Shelby County, TN, with Helen and
Loren Pope.  By 1923, the family removed to Hammond, LA, where younger daughters
Barbara and Helen were born.

The research goes on ... thanks to all for their help.

~~Cadia

Hello, Lora, and welcome to the group.  I gather that your Grandfather Hudson
(name?) is a 1st cousin to Louis Pope Hudson?  Pope is a family surname,
possibly his mother or grandmother's maiden name.  Oddly enough, Louis and
Sarah's younger daughter Helen married into the Pope family.  I found them on
the 1920 census in Tennessee -- and Sarah is living with the family!

As promised in a private e-mail, I have added more information to the Files
about the family of Louis Pope Hudson and Sarah Kimble.

I think you've already seen the entry for Sarah Kimble in the Blanding genealogy
file.  I have added more about her children and grandchildren at

Files > Blanding Genealogy > Kimble > Biographical Notes > Related Kimble Family
Lines

You may wish to look at the actual 1900 census entry for Sarah and her 3 younger
children, who were "roomers" in Wichita, KS.  I believe it says she was widowed
at that time, but I can't be certain.  The "married 31 years" might indicate
that Louis P. died only shortly before the census was taken.  (They were married
in 1869.)  Or it might indicate that Louis P. was still alive and living or
traveling elsewhere.  I have not located him or elder son Charles S. on the 1900
census.

Charles S. was married in 1902 (where?) and his and Gertrude's first son, Donald
M., was born in Oklahoma in 1905.  The family relocated to Bend, Oregon about
1906.   They were prominent in the community and remained in Bend for about 25
years before removing to California.

Daughter Dorotha was born in Bend in 1909 (d. 1910, buried in Pilot Butte
Cemetery); daughter Doris was born there in 1913.  A possible fourth child, D.
E. Hudson, is buried (1917) in Pilot Butte Cemetery, age under 1 year.

Given the "D" names of the other 3 children, and the fact that there were no
other Hudsons in Bend at that time, I believe this infant to be a sibling.  So
far, in reading microfilm of the Bend Bulletin, I have not come across
references to the births or deaths of any of these children.  Were it not for
finding Dorotha at findagrave.com, including a photo of her headstone, I would
not have known where to start researching the Hudsons! (I sponsor Dorotha's
listing at findagrave.com.  Her maternal grandmother, Ella Gates Bell, is also
listed.)

Hope these details will give you some new leads to follow.  It would be great if
you can obtain some photos to share!

~~Cadia

Hello to all....I'm a new member...thanks to the owner for approval.  I found
your group thru a Google search.  I was and am looking for more family
information on Louis P. Hudson who was married to Sarah Kimble whose sister Ida
was Don Blandings mother.  I see from the posted messages that some have found
the family in Minnesota, and the Dakota Territory in the 1880 census and then
Sarah with the children in Kansas in 1900....where was Louis at that time?  I
also saw a message that said there was a photo of Sarah in the Lawton Museum and
I have sent them an email asking for a copy.  Another cousin has a photo of
Louis that he promised to send. Any additional genealogical information anyone
may have is greatly appreciated....thank you....Lora Hudson Treadwell...(Louis
Hudson is my 1st cousin twice removed)

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Aloha to all,



   Just found this on the internet. The Von Tempsky Wall



http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/getdoc/1b1a322a-6355-4594-88cf-8dd6fc37da
7a/Von-Tempsky-Wall--Page-1.aspx



   We had talked about this wall before and wondered if Don had signed it and
thought some of you might like to take a look.

Bev.





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Guess the Texas Play writer is not a member of our group?


In a message dated 5/18/2009 6:22:57 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,
tjmarkle@... writes:

Charles  Lovell's son Kirk emailed me back and stated that at his Dad's
request he send  what writing he had on Blanding to a playwright in Texas and
he doesn't  remember who that was.  He also said he only had about 2 chapters
of the  book sketched out.   tj



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Charles Lovell's son Kirk emailed me back and stated that at his Dad's request
he send what writing he had on Blanding to a playwright in Texas and he doesn't
remember who that was.  He also said he only had about 2 chapters of the book
sketched out.  tj

Yes, Charles Lovell had a son.  But he is not a museum director in Taos.  He is
a professional magician in Seattle whose stage name is Kirk Charles.  Here's his
website:

http://www.kirkcharles.net/

I met him some years ago when he purchased a piece of Lei Lani dinnerware from
me to give to his father.

~~Cadia

It is too bad but this contact did not pan out.  Charles Lovell from the
Harwood Museum has since moved to Tulane Univ. Museum.  He emailed me back
detailing that his father died in 1960 and he did not think he knew of Don
Blanding.  So, it is just one of those funny coincidences that did not pan out. 
Too bad.....tj

Don't remember if Mr Lovell ever mentioned having a son.  Sorry

alohaTom


In a message dated 5/12/2009 3:39:41 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,
tjmarkle@... writes:

Maui Tom  and others;  Some years ago we were tracking Charles Lovell who
was to  write a biography about Don.  I reviewed all names of museum
Directors in  Taos and guess what name I came up with?  The Harwood Museum's
Director  is Charles Lovell.  I know that the original Charles Lovell died and
we
lost contact with the family in Washington State.  Could this be his  son?
I have phone calls and emails  into the Harwood Museum as I am  still in the
area.  I have no response yet.  So, Maui Tom, do you  remember your
conversations with Charles Lovell and did he mention having a  son?  I'll be
tracking this but anyone interested can go on line to the  Harwood Museum in
Taos
and see what they can dig up.  I just thought it  interesting.  Ain't
research fun?    tj



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Maui Tom and others;  Some years ago we were tracking Charles Lovell who was to
write a biography about Don.  I reviewed all names of museum Directors in Taos
and guess what name I came up with?  The Harwood Museum's Director is Charles
Lovell.  I know that the original Charles Lovell died and we lost contact with
the family in Washington State.  Could this be his son?  I have phone calls and
emails  into the Harwood Museum as I am still in the area.  I have no response
yet.  So, Maui Tom, do you remember your conversations with Charles Lovell and
did he mention having a son?  I'll be tracking this but anyone interested can go
on line to the Harwood Museum in Taos and see what they can dig up.  I just
thought it interesting.  Ain't research fun?   tj

Great stuff,



Looking forward to want you kind.



Bev.

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From: aloha-donblanding@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:aloha-donblanding@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Markle
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 7:30 PM
To: aloha-donblanding@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [aloha-donblanding] Footsteps








The Blandingmobile has been following the footsteps of our Vagabond Poet for
many years. Today, I sat in the town square in Taos, N. M., contemplating
where he might have been while here. I came across a sign outside of the
Taos Historical Society describing some artists (Don was not mentioned) who
helped create some murals with the help of the 1934 WPA. So, I wondered, is
that how or why Don actually got to Taos? Did he help with some of these
murals? He was bankrupted by the depression, lived in an artist colony in
Connecticut and drifted back to Lawton. Taos and Lawton are but 500 miles
apart. Did he then come to Taos and then revived his career? I don't really
know but it has possibilities. I've made some contact with Taos Historical
Society people and will pursue this a little further as information
develops. It is fun to trace the footsteps and maybe even walk in them a
little bit....tj





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The Blandingmobile has been following the footsteps of our Vagabond Poet
for many years.  Today, I sat in the town square in Taos, N. M., contemplating
where he might have been while here.  I came across a sign outside of the Taos
Historical Society describing some artists (Don was not mentioned) who helped
create some murals with the help of the 1934 WPA.  So, I wondered, is that how
or why Don actually got to Taos?  Did he help with some of these murals?  He was
bankrupted by the depression, lived in an artist colony in Connecticut and
drifted back to Lawton.  Taos and Lawton are but 500 miles apart. Did he then
come to Taos and then revived his career?  I don't really know but it has
possibilities.  I've made some contact with Taos Historical Society people and
will pursue this a little further as information develops.  It is fun to trace
the footsteps and maybe even walk in them a little bit....tj

I've just spent the day viewing, photographing and copying all that I could of
their wonderful collection.  Contrary to what I thought, the collection is a
composite of at least 6 different donors stretching back into the 70's.  It is
quite a collection with some one of a kind items that some of us would give our
eye teeth to own.  I especially liked their original Centaur piece that was
Don's centerpiece on his wall.  I've been looking for that one for years and
they had it.  I've also decided that they should be whom I will donate my
collection to.  That's a long time off but nevertheless I'll add it into my
will.  Very worthwhile seeing if anyone ever gets to Lawton Ok.  tj

Within the next ten days I will be visiting the Great Plains Museum with Jim. 
I'm looking forward to seeing all of what was sent there in 1957, upon Don's
death.  We've been on the road for nearly 3 months now with one or two more to
go.  Presently we are in Shreveport La., having just left New Orleans.  Life is
good.....aloha....tj

Hi,  My new address is  manae2008@...
I would love to hear about your new trip.
Aloha, Helen von Tempsky
On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Tom Markle wrote:

> Hello all: The Blandingmobile has been launched again. We will be on
> the road for the next 4-6 months traveling the Southern States. Our
> next State is New Mexico and I'll be spending some days in Taos in
> April. I'll be hitting Oklahoma and the Great Plains Museum sometime
> in this trip also. Otherwise, just browsing and seeing what I find, if
> anything. tj
>
>


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Hello all:  The Blandingmobile has been launched again.  We will be on the road
for the next 4-6 months traveling the Southern States.  Our next State is New
Mexico and I'll be spending some days in Taos in April.  I'll be hitting
Oklahoma and the Great Plains Museum sometime in this trip also.  Otherwise,
just browsing and seeing what I find, if anything.  tj

Hi Cadia,
This is a repeat message to you.  I have been unable to look at my old
email address until today.
You told me how to change my email address for the Society, but I
forgot the procedure.
Bev Leinbach is on Maui for 2 weeks now but returning home sometime
next week.  I didn't get over to see her.
Aloha, Helen von Tempsky
On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:44 PM, helen vT wrote:

> Hi Cadia,
>  Happy New Year.
>  I keep getting emails at my old address which was
> manae2008@...
>  My current address is  manae2008@...
>  I guess I don't know how to inform the society.
>  Aloha, Helen von Tempsky
>  On Nov 29, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Cadia Los wrote:
>
>  > Hello, all ...
>  >
>  > Hope everyone has had a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
>  >
>  > I have added more information to the Files about DB's uncle James C.
>  > Blanding, with whom DB spent time at Yellowstone National Park
>  > during his high school summers, about 1909-1911.
>  >
>  > At the time, James C. was in his mid-60s. However, I have found
>  > several newspaper items and other information about his life in the
>  > 1870s, when he was a young surveyor in Dakota Territory.
>  >
>  > You'll find the bits and pieces at
>  >
>  > Files > Blanding Genealogy > Blanding > Biographical Notes
>  >
>  > and at
>  >
>  > Files > Publications > Dakota Republican, The
>  >
>  > and
>  >
>  > Files > Publications > Sioux City [IA] Daily Journal
>  >
>  > In the Blanding Genealogy section, I have also added census
>  > information related to Joseph W. Blanding, DB's paternal
>  > grandfather. As nearly as I can determine, Joseph W. was born about
>  > 1819 in Pennsylvania and was still living at the time of the 1900
>  > census in Richland County, North Dakota. He was evidently a
>  > widower; the household includes his single sons Walter D. and Joseph
>  > S. as well as a married daughter Emma Burbank.
>  >
>  > Even though Joseph W. is not shown on the 1910 and 1920 censuses, I
>  > have included these years for continuity. Both bachelor sons and
>  > their sister Emma remained in the same county for more than 40
> years!
>  >
>  > ~~Cadia
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
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>
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Maui Tom;  I emailed the Basler's.  We'll see what becomes of it.  Must be
really nice to be able to go back to your 1850's heritage.  I'd be taking film
for sure.  FYI, as of Feb 4th, the Blandingmobile will be pulling out of the
driveway and heading East.  We plan to do all the Southern States all the way to
the Everglades in Florida and be gone for the next 6+ months.  We bought a new
Macbook with WiFi and so will be able to keep up with all the yahoo groups
gossip, as slow as it is.  I'll be stopping in Taos NM to do a little personal
DB research and also stopping at the Great Plains Museum in Oklahoma.  If I get
into the Ft. Pierce area, I'll be researching also.  Some one has to keep the
economy going...ha......tj



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To: aloha-donblanding@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:37:59 PM
Subject: Re: [aloha-donblanding] Iwalani Basler and the Jasmine House


aloha TJ
Clint Basler _Baslerclint@ aol.com_ (mailto:Baslerclint@ aol.com)


In a message dated 1/23/2009 5:27:52 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,
tjmarkle@sbcglobal. net writes:

Maybe  when you go over to Honolulu sometime you could finish the interview?
It's too good to pass up or can you/I write them?   tj

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His cousin Margo Morgan lives on the house that is on the site of where my
Great Grandfather's house was.  I hope to interview both.
I think they might have just been born in 1925.

aloha
Tom


In a message dated 1/27/2009 8:46:12 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,
duchess@... writes:

Tom,

How wonderful to find a living link to both DB and your own  family!

I would imagine that Mr. Basler could provide a sense of what  Honolulu
was like, both pre-war and post-war, and might recall DB's  sojourns
there in 1937, 1939-40 and again in the early 1950s.  Was he  even born
when Paradise Loot was published?

When the opportunity  presents itself, I hope you'll be able to obtain
an oral history to help  connect the bits of DB trivia we've collected
over the  years.

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Clint Basler  _Baslerclint@..._ (mailto:Baslerclint@...)


In a message dated 1/23/2009 5:27:52 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,
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Maybe  when you go over to Honolulu sometime you could finish the interview?
  It's too good to pass up or can you/I write them?   tj



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Tom,

How wonderful to find a living link to both DB and your own family!

I would imagine that Mr. Basler could provide a sense of what Honolulu
was like, both pre-war and post-war, and might recall DB's sojourns
there in 1937, 1939-40 and again in the early 1950s.  Was he even born
when Paradise Loot was published?

When the opportunity presents itself, I hope you'll be able to obtain
an oral history to help connect the bits of DB trivia we've collected
over the years.

~~Cadia