Brandon's Cousin Died From Complications of an Accident

AnnMarie wrote: FYI

Brandon's cousin died Friday morning from complications sustained during the accident with his dad. Marianne took him to the emergency room Thursday night because he was not breathing so they stablilized him and then sent him home. She begged for them to keep him overnight but they said there was nothing wrong. Friday morning he stopped breathing again, and we are told he died en route to the hospital. The funeral will be Tuesday. Truly this is a great tragedy in the Howard family. It is really very overwhelming for Marianne, we hope she can make it through all of this. We saw Brady at his dad's funeral and he looked very weak, but we expected him to pull through.

Myrna wrote: Oh, no! By the time I read this, it was all over. Dad and i went to Pioneer Village yesterday to celebrate our anniversary. Then, today, I had to write, write, write to make up for missing Monday. Another funeral and another tragedy. What on earth do they think it was--damaged lungs or internal bleeding? I cannot believe it. How are Grandma and Grandpa taking it? They must also feel crushed. Of course, it is hardest for Marianne. I wish a medical person would ever listen. If they had kept my Dad overnight at the hospital they may have figured out that he wasn't doing that well. The same in this case. They should have kept him there, at least under observation. I am so sorry. Love, M

I told Melanie that I was "the Mother of Comptons."‏

I guessed, that since all of this happened long before any of you, you probably didn't know that the mom was awarded a doctorate just for being the mom of a successful family. Love, M

Monday, Feb. 12, 1945
First Family

The last of the Compton brothers has finally caved in and become an educator.

With a pat on the back from his good friend Henry Wallace, big, buoyant Wilson Martindale ("Doc") Compton last December ended his profitable career as a respected Washington, D.C. lumber lobbyist, breezed across the continent to settle in the red brick presidential mansion of Washington State College at Pullman.

Last week President Compton was moving into high gear. He named a committee of 40 facultymen to "mobilize the wits, wisdom, and judgment" of the faculty in a thorough review of their program. To Governor Mon C. Wallgren he proposed a whopping $1,750,000 state grant to create new technical and agricultural schools at W.S.C., shake the whole state out of the lethargy of its "raw-materials economy." Thus, with characteristic Compton vigor, Wilson Compton, 54, at last took his place beside his famed brothers Karl and Arthur in the First Family of U.S. education.

The Bible and Common Sense. The Comptons' hunger for knowledge is congenital if not hereditary. Karl, Wilson and Arthur were born, in that order, between 1887 and 1892 to Elias Compton, B.A., M.A., D.D., Ph.D., and Otelia, B.A., LL.D. (awarded in 1932 by Western College for Women for "outstanding achievement as wife and mother of Comptons"). Mother Compton raised her children on "the Bible and common sense."

All three boys had to earn money to get through Wooster (Ohio) College, where their father served for more than 40 years as professor of philosophy, for 22 doubling as dean. No bookworms, all three were multi-lettered sportsmen, good enough to turn pro. But each quickly moved onward & upward to a Ph.D.

In his doctoral thesis, Wilson plotted his idea of the best possible future for the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. It made so much sense that the Association hired him as secretary and manager. While teaching on the side at George Washington University, Wilson served as consultant to both Government and industry, became a ranking U.S. economist. While advising Government and industry on the side, Karl and Arthur, became two of the nation's top physicists.

Conserve, Develop, Utilize. In their swift rise, the three filled increasingly bigger jobs in 13 different schools, collected a total of 44 degrees. In 1930, Karl was named president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1940, Nobel Prizewinner Arthur became dean of the University of Chicago's Division of Physical Sciences. (In 1913, their sister Mary married the president of Forman College in Lahore, India.)

Wilson shares the practical Compton philosophy: conserve, develop, utilize. His postwar prospectus: the Northwest will become to Pacific trade even more than New England ever was to Atlantic trade, and W.S.C. will be one of its prime spark plugs. His educational plans are aimed directly at more diversified industry, more jobs, a "scientific spirit" for the State of Washington.

I have a friend named Silent E

I have a friend named Silent E,
He is not like the “e” in me or she.
He does not walk. He does not talk.
He takes a bit and makes a bite.
He uses a kit to make a kite
And when we sit it becomes a site.

When two vowels go walking, the first does the talking.


Merilyn Jorgensen wrote: Unless there's no consonant between? Then the second may speak? Thanx, I'm loving your 'mails'. Me

Dad's Favorite French Bread

Dad’s Favorite French Bread (which we all know he uses for everything—including cinnamon rolls and scones)
2 1/4 c water (115 degrees)
2 Tbsp sugar
2 pkg (1 Tbsp each) active dry yeast
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp cooking oil
6 c flour, stirred and measured
In large mixing bowl, combine warm water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast over top; allow to soften. Add salt, cooking oil, and 3 c flour; beat well. Add remaining flour, stirring well with heavy spoon until dough gets too stiff. Then knead well with hands. Allow dough to rest 10 min. Knead down and allow to rest 10 min again. Knead. Repeat this process until dough has been kneaded five times. Turn dough out onto floured board. Knead two or three times to coat dough with light tough of four so it can be handled. Divide into two parts. Roll each part of dough into rectangle 9X12-inches. Roll dough up, starting from long side; pinch edge of loaf to seal. Arrange seam side down on large baking sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal or light sift of flour. Allow room for both loaves on the baking sheet. Repeat with the second part of dough. Cover lightly; allow to rise for 30 min. With very sharp knife, cut three gashes at an angle in top of each loaf; brush entire surface with egg wash (1 egg beaten slightly with 1 Tbsp water). If desired, sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds. Bake at 400 for 30 min or until brown. Cool on racks. Makes 2 loaves. Note: For crustier loaf, a pan of hot water may be set on bottom of oven while bread is baking.

Still Waiting

Melanie wrote: Still waiting for the results. The tests were done so late in the afternoon, that it will be Monday afternoon before my doctor is given the results and it might be Tuesday morning before she calls me. I still am having double vision, but only the left eye is affected by the palsy. If it is nerve damage, it should repair itself--maybe taking six months to fully heal. The numbness and other problems are unknowns at this time. I gave seven vials of blood and they will help the doctor to rule out a number of things such as Lyme disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, vitamin B12 deficiency, proteins, other wild antibodies, etc. So...waiting is the name of the game for now. If these tests are inconclusive, there will be a spinal tap in the next few weeks. 

Love you all. Thanks for your prayers. 
Melanie

We used these in speech when I was in high school.

Black bug's blood.

Crisp crusts crackle and crunch.

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, "Let us fly!"
Said the fly, "Let us flee!"
So they flew through a flap in the flue.

Freshly-fried fat flying fish

Rubber baby-buggy bumpers.

Jolly juggling jesters jauntily juggled jingling jacks.

Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the king's kitchen.

Leaping lizards like to lick lovely lemon lollipops for lunch.

She sells sea shells by the seashore.

Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets shortly.

Six sick slick slim sycamore saplings.

Six slippery snails, slid slowly seaward.

Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick.

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

Soldier's shoulders.

Swan swam over the sea,
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again
Well swum, swan!

A Tudor who tooted a flute
tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to their tutor,
"Is it harder to toot
or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

We surely shall see the sun shine shortly.

What type of noise annoys an oyster?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.

Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.

Which witch is which?

Which witch wished which wicked wish?

Betty Botter bought some butter,
But, she said, the butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
It will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter
Is sure to make my batter better.
So she bought a bit of butter
Better than her bitter butter,
And she put it in her batter
And the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.


How much wood
would a woodchuck chuck,
if a woodchuck
could chuck wood?
As much wood
As a woodchuck would,
if a woodchuck
could chuck wood.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where are the pickled peppers Peter Piper picked/

She sells seashells,
By the seashore.
The shells she sells,
Are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells,
On the seashore,
I'm sure she sells,
Seashore shells.


Shawn wrote: What about the ones you taught us:

I saw Esau sitting on a see-saw, I saw Esau, he saw me.

or

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?

Myrna wrote: Oops! I forgot to add those and they are my favorites. Thanks for pointing them out. Of course, you knew they were my favorites or else I wouldn't have taught them to all of you.

Gordon Smith wrote: How about:  "I slit a sheet and a sheet slip me." 

Don's Fexer's address from Toni Jackson

Toni wrote:

Hi Myrna,

    Don's current email address is donfexer@comcast.net  I noticed you had the old one.  I can't open the newsletter for some reason.  Craig 'updated' something on my computer & I have not been able to open any files like this since.  I need to make him fix it, but never think of it at a good time.  Who is Melanie?  Hopefully whatever is wrong with her can be fixed somehow.

    Gotta run, having a bridal shower here tonight and another one on Tues.  After never being in a wedding before, other than my own, I am now Matron of Honor for 2 girlfriends, 2 weeks in a row!  Has been a lot of stress because they don't like each other much & theres always a competition of some sort it seems. 

    Anyway, Hope your summer has been good otherwise...... hugs, Toni

Sixth Nerve Palsy and Melanie

Melanie will need more tests and is scheduled for more on Friday at 3 p.m. She may not have the answers to her problem right away but the nurologist she saw thought she may have something known as "Sixth Nerve Palsy." She did hit her head on the swing set while she was here. She didn't hit it hard enough to cause a bruise but it may have been just enough to cause the problem. 

I hade never heard of Sixth Nerve Palsy before. It is also referred to as Cranial Nerve Palsy or Abducens Nerve Palsy

If an eye fails to move properly in all directions of gaze, a nerve palsy may be present, especially if the condition presents spontaneously in adulthood. 

Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy presents with horizontal double vision, that is, the two images are horizontally misaligned. The double vision resolves when one eye is closed. In adults, the cause is usually a vascular infarct (diminished blood flow) of the nerve secondary to underlying diabetes or high blood pressure. Head trauma may also result in sixth cranial nerve palsy. In children, the condition usually follows a viral syndrome, though more serious intracranial inflammatory conditions and tumors must be considered. The diagnosis is usually easily confirmed by an ophthalmologist after observation of the eye movements in all fields of gaze. The affected eye will be unable to abduct (turn outwards beyond the midline). 

In adults with diabetes or high blood pressure and the sixth nerve palsy is the only other abnormal finding, a CT scan is usually not necessary. If there are any other concomitant neurological findings, pain, or a history of cancer, however, a CT scan will usually be obtained. In children, a CT scan is usually obtained to rule-out intracranial pathology. 

The prognosis for a full recovery in adults with diabetes or high blood pressure is good. However, recovery usually takes 3 to 6 months. Adults may elect to patch the eye to avoid double vision. In many cases, however, a temporary prism applied to the glasses may help restore single vision. The prism power may need changing every few weeks as the condition improves. For both children and adults in whom the condition fails to resolve, strabismus surgery may be considered.

Correction for August Newsletter‏

Myrna wrote: LHT pointed out this morning that I had a typo in my writing. I typed the word "mine" instead of "mind" in the second to last sentence of the following paragraph. Please fix it before printing, or after, with a pen. Thanks, Mom.

Delora Nebekker had to sell her home and move in with her son. She can no longer take care of herself. I work with her sister, Leta Jensen, at the temple and she said Delora was sad that she had to leave. I want to keep my mind as I age but I guess not knowing anything could, at times, be a blessing. Delora kept her mind. We have had a lot of changes in our ward in the last couple of years. 

Between You and Me!

I have a confession. I have a problem knowing when to use the word "I" or "me."

"You and me are going to win," is grammatically incorrect, I know. "I" is going to win. Likewise, "In the future, clearance for lunches over $100 must be obtained from Max or I," is improper usage.

The word "I" is used when "you" is the subject of a sentence.

"I" does things. "I like that," you say. You don't say, "Me like that," unless you are Tarzan. "Me" makes an appearance when things are done to "You." "He really beat me on that deal," is correct usage.

"I" is the nominative form of the pronoun and "me" is the accusative form.

"Between you and me" is the correct form. Using "me" in the sentence is correct because it is the object of the preposition "between." Objects of a preposition should be in accusative form. Likewise, it is incorrect to say: "Me like that", and correct to say "I like that" because "I" is the nominative form and the nominative form is the correct form to use since "I" is the subject of the sentence.

We don't say give the ball to I. Thus: give the ball to John and me. If John
were left out, me would stand as the correct usage.

The formula is simple: take the other out of the sentence and you will know immediately which is correct.

None of this really makes sense to me because I learned it long ago and I still make mistakes. It is easier to just rewrite the sentence so that it is not a problem. If you notice that I have used the words "me" or "I" incorrectly in the newsletter, don't tell me.

I misused it a couple of months ago and I am sorry.

Shawn:I usually decide which is right (in the more questionable cases) byseeing if I would use 'we' or 'us' when substituted. If 'we' then I use 'I', if 'us' then I use 'me'. So in your first case, I would say "we are going to win", which means I would also say "you and I are going to win". If I were to say that "the decision is up to us", I would then say that "the decision is up to you and me", similarly I would say, "Give the ball to us." For some reason, we have an easier time correctly using 'we' and 'us',even though the rule is the same. Perhaps it is because there are so many that try to improperly correct first person references to 'I', which has jumbled the synaptic connections in the language center of our brains. For example, most people would try to correct "banish you and me" to "banish you and I" although the latter is incorrect, because we all understand that they would "banish us" you know.

Especially if we were Emily Dickinson, right? 

I’m nobody! Who are you?	

Are you nobody, too?	

Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell!	

They ’d banish us, you know.	

How dreary to be somebody!	

How public, like a frog	

To tell your name the livelong day	

To an admiring bog! 

M: Thanks, that did help. Maybe I finally understand. 

Love, M

Shawn: Oh yes, you pick up every subtle aspect.