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January 22, 2000
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"When
you go into a new place, stay by the door for about five minutes ... until
you determine where you sit on the food chain." -- Louis Edward
Mauget Sr: advice to nephew David Mauget, now of Fairbanks, Alaska. David
says he follows that advice today.
This Month's News
- The Web master of J. J. Mauget
Co sent me a picture of their late founder, Jim Mauget. I'll
put it up here after I massage it a bit. He put my pronunciation
of "Mauget" on their site.
- Linda (Machado ) Ogden
contacted me and signed the guest book.
She's my cousin that I last saw in 1966! Her mother was the late
Jeanette Mauget, my father's sister. Her father was Jack
Machado, a great guy to know and a friend of my father's.
- Linda's brother, James
B. Thomas, signed the guest book. I
last saw him when I was about 11. I'm almost 58 now.
- Aunt Bonnie
Sparks, my father's sister, is moving from Boise, ID, to Cheney,
WA (greater Spokane). That brings her into the orbit of my Spokane
cousins. This is good, since Aunt Bonnie is an octogenarian.
Neoma is making one more trip to Boise to pack up Aunt Bonnie.
- Neoma Mauget's mother Irene was earlier diagnosed with a variant
of ALS -- Lou Gerhig's Disease. Wait! The latest news is that she definitely
doesn't have it. It may be Lyme Disease or "treatable"
MS. This is good news by comparison.
1999 Fall
- I traveled to Spokane, WA, for an impromptu mini-family reunion.
Attendees: David Mauget (Fairbanks, AL), Milton Mauget (Fairbanks,
AL), Dr. Steve Mauget (Lubbock, TX and hating it), Rich Mauget
(Spokane), Neoma Mauget (Spokane), Jules Mauget IV (Spokane), Mike
Mauget (Spokane), Luanne Mauget (Billings, MT), and Ed Mauget
(Durham, NC -- me) where there. Aunt Peg, Christy Bowls (Spokane -
Neoma's sister), and her parents attended. I'm probably
omitting somebody -- sorry, don't mean to -- it was quite a crowd.
David, Milton, and Steve are Uncle Joe and Aunt Peg's boys. I
jumped at the chance to see them, since I don't pass through
Fairbanks and Lubbock much (never, so far).
- Had e-contact with two lost (to me) cousins, Jay and Harold
Kershner (last name is a long story), sons of my Uncle Jules. I
ate lunch with Harold and his wife, Bev, in Spokane. I visited
Harold and Bev at their home near Moses Lake, WA.
- My sister Luanne Oakland's (Billings, MT) daughter, Monica Zyph
moved from Billings, MT, to Raleigh, NC. I live in Raleigh/Durham
so I just picked up a local niece.
- I traveled quite a bit in my job. I had dinner with Jeannette
Carlin Mahoney and her husband in Boulder, Colorado. She's one
of us, descended from our common Davenport relative, Mary
Carlin. She knows more about Mauget genealogy then anybody I
know! She gave me some to-do's about birth dates and such that I
need to finish.
Second Half of 1999
- We fixed up our 22-year-old house and cajoled some young people into
buying it. That, plus, moving at work, working on a book, and
customizing the brand-new house put a dent in this Web site.
- Aunt Bonnie Sparks, my father's sister, had a couple of trips to
the hospital. All went well. Cousin Neoma
traveled to Boise to be with her.
- Uncle Joe, my father's
brother, took a trip to Wyoming -- or thereabouts -- and back to
home in Sacramento.
- I had several email exchanges with cousin Jim
Payne, Aunt Neoma's son.
Moving
Our six-mile move from our big house of 22 years to a cozy little tract
house was probably like most moves. We still have things in storage.
The new house wasn't ready, even after we closed. Things didn't work such as
the air conditioning -- it was 100 degrees outside most of the time after we
moved. Some problems still arise. It was 15 degrees last night. Now some of
the pipes have shown us that they can freeze. We like the new house anyway.
It's four miles from work and on a little lake that has partially frozen
now. Doesn't it know it's in a semi-tropical climate? What happened
to that 100 degree stuff?
Hurricanes
We live inland in North Carolina. We used to feel safe from hurricanes
because they would always fizzle when they hit land. Since 1996, we've come
to feel differently. This year alone, we've had brushes with three since we
moved. The flooding is the worst part. Having trees falling isn't a great
honor either. We sold our RV just two days before Danny hit. We'd had it
parked in a definite hurricane flood zone 120 miles east of here. Six feet
above sea level with a 20' surge is the norm for that area. Danny is
the 'cane that missed and then came back for another crack at NC. Floyd
didn't do much to us except scare us half to death, but Eastern NC is
still in bad shape from its flooding. The climatologists say we should get
used to it. They all give different reasons: global warming ... no its a
periodic oscillation. Either way, they agree that it will last until I die.
I like it here, but maybe we should head for the mountains.
One hurricane was named Irene, but not after Neoma's mother. Now we have
a professional hockey team named -- Hurricanes.
Close
I'm co-authoring a computer book and hope to start another
soon. No money in it, but it makes a good epitaph.
My travel is about to start again. I've worked some of my
travel to great advantage in seeing new relatives. I hope to see Linda Odgen
Machado and her brother, Jim Thomas soon.
January
22, 1999
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