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Comment on Jen Bowen … a Fox (or three or four) … Rolfe’s 1960 Senior Class Play … Chicago by cghoover

cghoover — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:20:21 +0000

What a fun post! I’m sure the pieces just fell together yesterday, especially when you realized you had two fox stoles at your house, and then you were on a roll putting together this post. For anyone reading, be sure to click on the fox photos to enlarge them. You’ll get a much better idea of the eyes, claws and mouths.

How interesting to read about the Stevens Hotel and the Chas. A. Stevens Department Store. I didn’t do much research to discover if James W. Stevens and Charles A. Stevens were related; however, in articles about each of them I discovered both were originally from Colchester, a small coal mining town in western Illinois, about 40 miles southeast of Burlington, Iowa. Colchester’s current population is 1,400.

Did you realize that John Paul Stevens (retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice, currently age 93) is the grandson of James W. Stevens, the founder of the Stevens Hotel? We played against J.P.S. once at a duplicate bridge tournament. The Stevens Hotel eventually became the Chigao Hilton and Towers, and eventually just called Hilton Chicago. We have been there when we were in Chicago for library conferences.

The Stevens Department Store was just north of the Palmer House and surrounded by Carson Pirie Scott and Marshall Field.

Comment on Jen Bowen … a Fox (or three or four) … Rolfe’s 1960 Senior Class Play … Chicago by Peg (Gunderson) Moore

Peg (Gunderson) Moore — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:44:35 +0000

Yes, all the interwoven stories here! GREAT sleuthing, collaboration, and reporting, everyone!

On a partial note: Grandma looks so pretty. <3 And Aunt Cora looks *nothing* like I thought! Perhaps there are photos of her older, in which she's bigger and broader? Or perhaps I'd just heard stories and attached my own imagined image?

Btw, creepy stoles!

Comment on Jen Bowen … a Fox (or three or four) … Rolfe’s 1960 Senior Class Play … Chicago by Jeff Moore

Jeff Moore — Sun, 05 May 2013 04:07:26 +0000

Lots of interesting history and connections. My grandmother (in Davenport, IA) had a fox like that in her house or attic somewhere. It provided some fascination because of how cool it was that the mouth worked as a clip. Seems kind of weird to wear it like that, doesn’t it?

Comment on Crazy April weather needs a Burrometer, don’t you think?! by Louise Gunderson Shimon

Louise Gunderson Shimon — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:08:13 +0000

Mona, yes, I’d say this one would be hard to beat as far as accuracy goes!

Comment on Crazy April weather needs a Burrometer, don’t you think?! by Mona

Mona — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:55:41 +0000

I totally need one of these. I’d say it looks to be an accurate measure to boot.

Comment on Crazy April weather needs a Burrometer, don’t you think?! by Louise Gunderson Shimon

Louise Gunderson Shimon — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:40:16 +0000

I’m glad you and Hal are howling, Clara. Knowing you are howling makes me think it is even funnier! I wonder how the idea came about for such a … clever … item!

Comment on Crazy April weather needs a Burrometer, don’t you think?! by cghoover

cghoover — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:30:17 +0000

Hal and I are howling!!!!!!!! Who would guess how handy Bill’s weather-forecasting talents would become?! Now that we know the science behind Bill’s system, we’ll definitely contact him for future forecasts. Perhaps the burrometer should be patented.

Comment on Costa Rica: Crocodiles at the Tarcoles River by Jeff Moore

Jeff Moore — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:17:08 +0000

Nice crocodile photos! Too bad you didn’t go down to the river like that guy in the video!

Comment on Costa Rica: Crocodiles at the Tarcoles River by Jeff Moore

Jeff Moore — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:14:19 +0000

Louise, the link at “read more of this post” doesn’t seem to be quite accurate.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Marion Gunderson Art (and the Farmer’s

Comment on Costa Rica: Crocodiles at the Tarcoles River by Marti

Marti — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:35:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing. On both the ride to and from the airport to the hotel, my driver offered to stop at the tourist location to look at the crocs. Wish I had stopped. At least we get to see alligators all the time here in Florida. As a matter of fact, there is a pond right by our offices around which employees frequently take walks and see them up close as they sun on the bank.