The Season's Greetings

Mrs. Clarence Stuber

Spencerville, Ohio

R.R # 5

Portland, Ind.

Feb. 19, 1918

Dear Sister -

This card will be a little late for Xmas but it is the best one I have.  Galen and I are alone his folks went to Silos Morehouses funeral.  It is today at 10 o'clock at Bellefontaine.  I received those patterns yesterday.  We both have bad colds. Hope you folks are well. I was up home yesterday they are well.

Mary

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This card was sent to my paternal greataunt, Vera (HALEY) STUBER, by her sister, Mary (HALEY) MILLER.  Postmarked February 19, 1918 Portland, Ind.

Jay County Men Respond

Source: Indianapolis Star, Friday, May 4, 1917, page 11


JAY COUNTY MEN RESPOND


Portland, Ind. May 3 - Jay County sent eight more recruits to Fort Wayne this afternoon to join the army.  All are from Salamonia, a town of less than 200 population.  They are Forest and Orville Chew, brothers; John F. and Guy F. Kantner, cousins; John M. Bischoff, Ray C. McKinley, Gerard W. LeMaster, David Clyde Andrews.  Daniel Shaneyfelt and Isaac J. Garringer, both of Boundary, accompanied them, expecting to enlist.  Four new enlistments were recorded in Company G, I.N.G., this city, today.  They are Orville Upp and Frank Fiekle, this city, Oscar Shafer and Frank Sientz, both of Pennville.  Fred Chronister, private in the local company, has been elected second lieutenant of the new guard company being formed at Decatur.


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Many of these names are familiar to my family research:


Gerald W. LeMASTER (name misspelled as "Gerard"), was my paternal granduncle, son of Luman and Barbara (WEHRLY) LeMASTER.


John M. BISCHOFF, was a foster child of my great-granduncle, Arthur R. LeMASTER.


Forest and Orville CHEW, were my paternal 1st cousins, 3 times removed, sons of Dr. William and Emma (STRAIGHT) CHEW.

GeneaLeaks

I'm waiting for the latest release of the secret documents. No, not the latest from WikiLeaks, but instead from GeneaLeaks, the masterminds of exposing family secrets.


What I'm hoping they'll release :

• The parentage of my maternal great-grandmother, June Kirk (GILLILAND) LAMBERTSON.  

• The truth about what happened to Albert MOULTON, my paternal 3rd-great grandfather, who supposedly disappeared during the California Gold Rush (and abandoned his family back East).

• Documents relating to the Swiss origins of my HALEY family, including the original spelling of the surname.

• Positive proof that Jacob LEMASTERS (1770-1852) of Mason County, Virginia and Shelby County, Ohio was a descendant of Abraham LEMASTER (bef1639-1722) of Charles County, Maryland.

These are just a few of the most highly anticipated documents expected to be exposed soon.

Rumor has it that all of these documents, and many more, have been stored away in an unknown location.  Undisclosed sources have mentioned Washington, D.C., Salt Lake City and the North Pole as possible locations.