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"In this photo...Kampfgruppe Moeller moves on towards St. Elisabeth's Hospital where the bulk of the fighting is now taking place. SS grenadiers standing in the foreground display caution as they move along the tree-lined sidewalk, since the last remnants of the South Staffords have yet to be rooted out from the homes to the right on the northern edge of the Utrechtseweg. The Stug III on the right has turned back to face Arnhem in order to allow its commander to stand up in his cupola to cut away a low-hanging tram cable that could become entangled with the vehicles." Spezzano, p.114
Last night graffiti artist m&m sweetened up the sculpture Aril by Christian Moeller at the OUS/OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building, Portland, Oregon. Click here to see the suddenly now rare photos of Aril before m&m's alterations. NB24568v3 - Happy Sliders Sunday!
Portland, Oregon. Left to right across the photo: sculpture Aril by Christian Moeller, shadow of Tilikum Crossing West Tower pylons and cables on the south end of the OUS/OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building, boater on the Willamette River, shadow of crane on north end of CLSB. NB24960
Portland, Oregon. At far right is the sculpture Aril by Christian Moeller. The recently opened OUS/OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building is a treasure trove of photographic opportunities. NB24572
M. P. Moeller, Opus 8650
IV/48 1950/2007
61 Walker Technical Company digital voices
Bethlehem, PA
Built in 1950, designed by Ernest White. Renovated in 2007
Michael Moeller is a photographer from southern Germany, near the city of Munich. He started taking pictures as a teenager with a Minolta SRT-101b. He considers himself a semi-pro photographer and he has been drawn to Flickr because of the great photography. "You meet people from all over the world through your pics. That is also very inspiring!" Moeller told us.
The dragonfly picture we're featuring was taken in his garden, where there is a little pond. Moeller said he had been lying down on the ground, pointing his camera to a spot he assumed would interest the many dragonflies circling him. When the moment arrived, he clicked and said he was pleasantly surprised by the pleasing background bokeh patterns.
Be sure to view more of Michael's photos on his photostream.
Moeller Brew Barn, 214 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio. Originally the First Lutheran Church of Troy, parts of the original 1870 foundation of this building still exist. A fire burned down the structure in 1909, but the church was rebuilt and reopened in 1912. It housed the First Lutheran Church of Troy until 1998. It has had several uses since then, but Moeller Brew Barn Troy opened its doors here in August 2019.
Joseph Douglas Moeller (b. February 15, 1943 in Blue Island, Illinois, USA) is a former pitcher in MLB who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1962 to 1971. Moeller is the youngest starting pitcher in Los Angeles Dodgers history at 19 years, 2 months of age. He pitched two innings in the 1966 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.
Moeller was signed in 1960 and came to the Reno Silver Sox in 1961, where he went 12-3 with 5 shutouts in half a season. He moved up to the Greenville Spinners and the Spokane Indians the same year (Moeller would be at Spokane at various times from 1961 to 1968).
The next season, 1962, he was in the majors, making his debut on April 12th. He went 6-5 on the season but had some wildness, giving up 58 walks in 85 2/3 innings.
After spending 1963 in the minors, he came back to the Dodgers in 1964 with much better control, giving up only 31 walks in 145 1/3 innings, but he compiled a record of 7-13.
In 1966, he got his ERA down to 2.52 in 29 appearances, mostly in relief.
It would be 1970 before he pitched 100 innings in a season again, posting a record of 7-9 in 135 1/3 innings in 31 games, about half of which were starts.
He coached El Camino College in 1976. As of 2008, he was the advance scout for the Florida Marlins.
Although Moeller was never a big star with the Dodgers, he lasted a long time with them. He came up in 1962 when Duke Snider was still on the team, and lasted through 1971 when Bill Buckner was a 21-year-old prospect.
MLB debut - April 12, 1962, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance - September 29, 1971, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics:
Record 26-36
ERA - 4.01
Strikeouts - 307
Teams:
Los Angeles Dodgers (1962, 1964, 1966–1971)
Link to all of his issued baseball cards - www.tradingcarddb.com/Person.cfm/pid/4035/col/1/yea/0/Joe...
Manufacturer/Model: J.D. Moeller Wedel Tourix 6X22
Field of View: Estimate 6.8 deg = 120 m/1,000 m; APFOV 42 deg
Weight: 313 gr
Exit Pupil: 3.66 mm
Serial #/Year of Manufacture: 16250 = 1923-1925
Notes: J.D. Moeller Optical Works began the production of binoculars in the 1920’s introducing the 3.5X15 Theatis in 1920 and both the 6X22 Tourix and 8X24 Turox in 1923. These lightweight compact binoculars were made possible by utilizing roof prism designs, the Theatis having Sprenger-Leman type prisms and the Tourix and Turox having Möller type prisms (see J.D. Moeller Wedel Tourix 6X 6X22 (View 4)). During this period the company engaged in a legal battle with Zeiss over patent rights ending in 1925 with the formation of a new company, J.D. Moeller Optical Works GmdH whose stock was 52.5% owned by Zeiss which then began offering Moeller designs under their own name. Both the Zeiss Telita and Turita were influenced by the Moeller design. Moeller became independent of Zeiss in 1930 but did not manufacture binoculars again until 1950 - circa 1964.
It is interesting that Ernest Hemingway may have used a Moeller binocular during the Spanish Civil War: www.flickr.com/photos/binocwpg/7027505359/
Optical performance of binocular is reasonably sharp and bright but not as good as that of the collection’s Warner & Swasey 6X20.5, for example, which was acquired about the same time. The Moeller Tourix's great advantage, however, was that it is a great deal more compact than most other prismatic binoculars of this period including the Warner & Swasey. Collimation is by set screws located at the underside of binocular which move the prisms (see J.D. Moeller Wedel Tourix 6X 6X22 (View 3)). The names of owner and his club - “E.H. Buxton”, “Boodle’s Club” - are engraved on underside of binocular. As can be seen in the pictures the binocular lacks decorative coverings in the prism plate panels giving it an unsightly appearance. It has been reported that while some were produced with coverings many others were not. If this report is true (most examples of the Tourix and Turox I have seen lack the coverings), I would like to know why they were produced in this way. . Any information readers could provide would be appreciated.
This is a link to a power point presentation by Walter Besenmatter, "Die Möller-Zeiss Story", giving a detailed history of the company's production of binoculars including those manufactured from 1950 - circa 1964: home.europa.com/~telscope/temp/Besenmatter.2006.M%F6ller-... .
Revision January4/11 - I have recently seen another example of this type binocular which is identical to this one except: 1) It has red leather decorative coverings which look entirely original; 2) The marking "Tourix 6X" is reversed and upside down compared to this example.
Revised December 29, 2013.
Note: If you have a vintage binocular you either wish to sell or would just like some information about, I can be contacted at flagorio12@gmail.com .
The Schwarzenbach Buildings South, a 12-story loft building stretching across Park Avenue South from 31st to 32nd Streets, was constructed in 1912 and designed by Mulliken & Moeller. Built for Swiss-based silk importers Schwarzenbach, Huber & Co, who had previously been located on Broome Street since 1888. In the late 1920s, Schwarzenbach, Huber & Co. opened a salesroom on Seventh Avenue and moved their primary offices there in 1932. In 1946, they returned to this building, but left again in 1974, moving uptown on 6th Ave. The business closed in 1988.
The fanciful clock adorning the front entrance, known as the Silk Clock, was installed in 1926. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White, architects, and William Zorach, artist and manufactured by Seth Thomas Clock Co. and the Kunst Art Bronze Foundry. The terra cotta moths that flank the clock are the work of Marguerite Thompson Zorach. A New York Times account in that year wrote that a figure of Zoroaster, "the mastermind and doer of all things," is perched atop the clock. At his feet is a cocoon, and beyond sits a slave representing the "primitive forces and instincts of man." Hourly, Zoroaster waves his wand, and the slave promptly swings a hammer against the cocoon, triggering the emergence of the 'Queen of Silk', tulip in her hand, and not until the hour has ceased striking does she disappear."
1949 Bartlesville Pirates
Taken in Late Season
Back Row: Leroy Mehan, Bill Paine, Dean Jongewaard, Bob Pinard, Jerry Dahms and Bob Wheeler.
Middle Row: Trusten Scotten, Rolf Moeller, Cal Frazer, Dick Drury, Ed Wolfe, Kyle Bowers.
Front Row: Ed McLish, Bill Herring, Ted Guillic, Stan Miller, Harry Neighbors and Rufus Medford-Business Manager.
Trusten Scotten Photo: Players identified by Trusten
Note: There will be additions to this description for another week or so. Thus, you are encouraged to take another peek or two at it
First update to the July 12-18 Flash Report
All members of the 1949 Bartlesville Pirates. (last, first and middle names)
Note: All the comments regarding any player are by necessity, brief. One thing to keep in mind is that Tedd Gullic, the Bartlesville manager, had a disdain for players from California. The Pirates would sign and send them his way and he immediately was looking for a way to get rid of them. That story was told me by many former players from the Golden Gate State that covered his tenure as manager from 1949 through 1951. Gullic reasoned the California boys were soft and wouldn’t do what it took to win.
When starting to write this update segment I didn’t know that one of the members of this team died recently. Not even the “keepers” of baseball players deaths knew about it since not many people ever knew that the fellow played professional baseball. If you go to the last name on this list of names you can read of his passing in March of 2015. He was another of the former KOM leaguers who had a short career and was amazed to learn anyone knew anything about it.
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Bagley Walter George—Played basketball for UCLA in 1952. but didn’t earn a letter—Received his B. A. in Physical Education that same year. Born in 1924 and entered the military in 1943. When he went for his induction physical he weighed 114 pounds. Died in Burbank, CA in 2011. If you doubt me read this: wwii-army.mooseroots.com/l/8169475/Walter-G-Bagley
Died in Burbank, CA in 2011.
Barton Samuel Lyman—Died in 2014 in Bakersfield, CA. This is his obituary: www.bakersfield.com/obituaries/2014/01/26/samuel-lyman-ba...
Bowers Eugene Kyle—The never found guy
Boxell Robert Dale—Living in Newburgh, IN
Boyd Kenneth Lawson—Lives on farm outside Tulia, TX
Bradshaw Hugh Raney—Died in Oak Island, NC in 2001
Briggs Forrest Burton—Died in Everett, WA in 2004. Loved to either call me and talk a long time or write voluminous letters. Kind of like the bad traits possessed by Yours truly.
Catalano Salvatore Raymond—Died in 1980 in Brooklyn, NY. He loved Bartlesville and enjoyed dressing up in cowboy attire. I have photos of him. He was no cowboy.
Chandler Troy "Tom" C.—Long time coach at Texas A & M and refused to give Nolan Ryan a baseball scholarship. He also managed and played for the legendary Alpine Cowboys semi-pro team. He died in 2001 in Bryan, TX.
Closs Charles "Bud" Henry—Died in Baytown, TX in 2006. One of the top pitchers in KOM for Miami, OK in 1951. Was a close friend of big leaguer, Bob Skinner after they met during the Korean War and played for the San Diego Devil Dogs Marine team.
Comer Jr. Frank Darcey—Still living in Butler, PA when last contacted.
Craig, William Harris—Died in 1999 in Washington, PA
Cronjager William Henry—Wasn’t much of a success on the baseball front but had a distinguished career in the entertainment industry. Read this instead of taking my word for it. www.imdb.com/name/nm0188818/bio His birth and death information is in the URL
Dahms Gerald Conrad—His older brother was Tom Dahms. Read this citation: www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am... He was born and still lives in San Diego.
Drury George Richard—Was a native of Pittsburgh, PA. Signed by the Pirates and was the KOM batting champion in 1949 nosing out Mickey Mantle. He died in 2009 in S. Charleston, WVA or Dunbar—all the same difference.
Frazer Calvin Coolidge—Another guy named after a president. Cal was from Squantum, Mass. He died in Sacramento, CA in 1994.
Garner James Fred Thomas—He was born in Tulsa, OK and later lived in Shreveport, LA where he was a bail bondsman. At last check he was still living there.
Gimler William Breese—He passed away in 2012 in Monroe, LA.
Grove Donald E.—Died in 2003 in York, PA
Gullic Tedd Jasper—Gullic had a long career in baseball. Read as much of the following as it takes to get that message across. www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am...
Haines Donn Vaughn—He is one of the few men in KOM history to spend all or parts of four years with the same team. This Columbus, OH native died in 2000 in Franklin, Ohio.
Herring William Presley—He was the nephew of former big leaguer Art Herring. To learn more about Bill’s uncle than you would ever want to know check this out: www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am... Bill died in 1993 in Rancho Cordova, CA. He was born in Altus, Oklahoma.
Huff Neil Vincent—He was one of the many young men signed out of Long Beach, CA Poly High School, many of which wound up in the KOM league. He died in 2003 in Las Vegas. NV.
Iacovelli Jr. Carl J.—Died in 2010 in Glen Mills, PA
JansenUdo Helmuth—Born in Little Rock, AR he now lives in Bentonville same state. He played in the North Central Kansas Baseball League of America in early 1949 after having played with Little Rock of the Southern Association during WWII. (Actually, the year was 1944). He was one of the leading hitters in the KOM, in 1949, seeing limited playing time. He and Mickey Mantle both hit .313. Going to the 4th digit Mantle finished ahead of him.
Jongewaard Dean A.—His younger brother, Roger, stole the show in the family when it came to baseball. Here are some citations for Roger who signed some big name players such as Ken Griffey Jr.: www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am... Dean was another of the players signed out of Long Beach, CA and now resides in that state at Santa Anal.
Maropis Peter S.—He is the next to last former KOM leaguer to pay a visit to where I live. He resides Burgettstown, PA and his claim to fame was being the runner up in hitting to Mickey Mantle in 1950 while playing for the Hutchinson, KS Elks.
McLish Edward Harlan—This guy was a good pitcher in his own right but took a backseat in recognition to his older brother Calvin. Here is a link to the guy with all the names. You can spend as much time reading about Ed’s brother as you like: www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am... Ed died in Harwood, TX in 2012.
Mehan James Leroy—He lives in Artesia, CA but was born in Chandler, OK. That fact led to a conversation that he grew up going to a church there where I preached about three decades later. Mehan is the only former KOM leaguer, of whom I’m aware, who belonged to the same denomination as Yours truly.
Miller Stanley A.—He was born in Vallejo, CA but when we last spoke was living in Phoenix, Arizona and still serving as an usher for professional baseball and football games.
Moeller Jr. Rolf Harald "Sonny"—Died in 2004 in Loomis, CA.
Monteil Jr. Paul Frederick—He coached many years at Kansas City parochial high schools. He still lives in Kansas City.
Neighbors Harold Arnold—One of the best players in the history of the Bartlesville franchise. He was to have signed with the Yankees but they showed up a day late and he signed with the Pirates. When Harry Craft who was living in Waterloo, IA at the time and managing Independence when Neighbors took the field for the opposition he cried out “He is supposed to be playing for me.” I have made a lot of conjecture over the years and firmly believe that had Neighbors signed with the Yankee he would have replaced Mickey Mantle who got off to an awful start. In conversations with Neighbor’s widow she claimed her late husband had the same opinion. He passed away in 1983 in Waterloo.
NelmsJesse Cloyd—He passed away in Jonesboro, AR in 1990. He was from Brookland, AR where he was born in 1928. While at Bartlesville he was a catcher.
Paine William Irwin—He was another of the young men signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Long Beach, CA. He was born there in 1927 and died in Surprise, AZ in 2009.
Peake Ralph Eugene—He was born in Kansas City, MO in 1931 and died in Wichita, KS in 1986.
Perry Jr. Benjamin Franklin—A little confusion has arisen over the years about this guy. I believe he was born in Baltimore, MD in 1930 and died there 57 years later.
Peterson Raymond—In the words of Sgt. Schultz, on Hogan’s Heroes, “I know nothing.” All I do know is that he was called “Pete” and he was a catcher.
Pinard Robert Louis—Robert was a righthanded pitcher and outfielder born in San Francisco in 1926 and passed away in Cool, CA in 2009. I did locate and speak with him one time.
Pond William--He was listed as being from Elsmere, KY but other than him being listed as a 19-year old righthanded pitcher I’ve been stumped for two decades.
Reimold John A.—He served in the Army Air Corps during WW II . He was from Greenville, PA . He passed away in Farrell, PA in 2010.
Scott Edward Clifton—This one has bugged me for a long time. He was born on my birthday in either 1929 or 1930 in Southwest City, MO. The St. Louis Cardinals signed him for the 1949 season and he was slated to play for the Springfield, MO club. He would up at Bartlesville for a short time. He was then released and was on the Iola for the rest of the 1949 season as well as part of 1950 until the Korean War caught up with him. His last known address was in Independence, MO in 1973. He is one guy I’d love to locate or learn of his fate.
Scotten Trusten Peery—Working in Sacramento, CA in the mid-90’s I drove one evening to Grass Valley to meet Scotten and his wife Midge. After that we became great friends and they drove to every KOM reunion from California along with David Williams a member of the 1949 Ponca City Dodgers. The last reunion either attended was 2000. Scotten passed away in 2000 and Williams in 2012.
Smith John B.—He was from Monroe, LA being born there in 1928 and he remained loyal to that city, passing away there in 1982.
Stewart Albert W.—He was a native of Ft. Stewart, IA having been born there in 1923. He served in WWII and after a stint with Bartlesville he finished the 1949 season with Chanute, KS. He died in 2013 in Oskaloosa, IA.
Stock Jr. Charles—A native of Chicago, he caught for Bartlesville in 1947-48-49, off and on. Have had word from a friend of his that Stock died a number of years ago but I can find no evidence to support that claim.
Stoops William Burton—He was born in Pasadena, CA in 1931 and prior to his death, in 2005, I spoke with him from his home in LaCanada, CA. He appeared briefly as a right fielder for Bartlesville. He also played pro ball until the end of the 1951 season.
Swanson Robert Milton—He was a native of Providence, Rhode Island. During his career he pitched for Hutchinson, KS Elks three different years and wound up marrying a girl from there where he lived until his death in 2009.
Tkac Andrew V. "Panda"—He pitched for Bartlesville until he got homesick and headed back to Pennsylvania. He was from McKeesport being born there in 1927 and he died in Elizabeth, PA in 2008. His son keeps in touch through these reports.
Tond Louis Albert—He was from Toronto, Ohio and had stints with Bartlesville in 1947-48-49 & 51. He died in Toronto in 1993.
Wheeler Robert Lathrop—He was born in Rockford, Illinois in either 1925 or 1929. The documents on his life conflict. I spoke with him many years ago but didn’t discuss his birth year. Wish I had done so, now. As far as I know he is still living.
Wolfe Edward Anthony—Ed had a sip of coffee in the big leagues with the Pirates in 1952. He had two seasons in the KOM league and to boot he had a little brother, Jack, who caught for the 1951 Ponca City Dodgers and he reads these Flash Reports, once in a while. Here is the link to Edward Wolfe’s minor league career. www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=wolfe-001edw
Zugay Joseph P.—He was born in 1929 in Logstown, PA, near the Aliquippa/Monaco area. He was a pitcher signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1949 and sent to Bartlesville. He appeared in very few games before being released. In writing this section I decided to check on him again and found this bad news: www.timesonline.com/community/obituaries/joseph-yako-zuga...
This citation is a more lengthy obituary and also includes a photo of the deceased. mastrofrancescofuneralhome.com/obituary-246.aspx
Joseph "Yako" Zugay of Center Township
1/15/1929 - 3/8/2015
Joseph "Yako" Zugay, 86 of Center Township passed away on March 8, 2015.
He was born January 15, 1929 in Logstown and was the son of the late Joseph and Rose (Pavlecek) Dutkovich Zugay. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a beloved son, Joseph Paul Zugay, a daughter-in-law, Noel S. Zugay and his siblings: Mary Dutkovich Madjarevich, Sara Dutkovich and Zora Dutkovich Kirin, Ann Dutkovich Belich, Catherine Zugay Pontis, Rose Zugay Mininni, Frank, John and Tom Dutkovich and Milan Zugay.
He was a member of Saint Frances Cabrini Roman Catholic Church, Center Twp. Joseph retired from J&L Steelworks as an electrician and Center Township Water Authority as a manager.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years: Dorothy (Kenna) Zugay, Two sons and a daughter-in-law: Jack Zugay, Cleveland, Ohio and Mike and Teresa Zugay, Center Twp. Five grandchildren: Maxwell J. Zugay, Jack M. Zugay, Jacklyn Zugay Porter, Michael Zugay, Travis Zugay and great grandchildren. Joseph is also survived by two sisters Frances Miskulin and Agnes Zugay Curcio.
Remembered as a person who was trustworthy, loyal and easy going, he always put the needs of others before his own. A humble man from a large family, he took great pride in living in a home based on family values. His working career spanned that of a steelworker, electrician and Center Township Administrator. Exceptionally kind and generous, he was also a strong and valuable mentor to all of us who were privileged to know and love him. Throughout his life, he taught us the true meaning of honesty, integrity and doing the right thing. When in doubt, he always took the high road. He was a remarkable athlete in his youth, having been nationally recognized as an extraordinarily talented baseball player in the late 1940?s. His face beamed whenever he was asked to talk about his past athletic accomplishments and he never hesitated to profess great reverence for his home town of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He never took anyone or anything for granted and he always overcame the numerous obstacles that life presented him by maintaining a positive attitude no matter the odds. We will always be grateful for his patience, insight and hard-working character. A caring father, husband, and valued friend, we will never forget his loving guidance and genuinely helpful ways. Our memories of him will undoubtedly comfort us in the days ahead and for that, we are forever in his debt. He was truly a man that was ahead of his time in that he always gave more than he got. May God rest his soul.
Family and friends are being received on Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 2-5 p.m. in the ANTHONY MASTROFRANCESCO FUNERAL HOME INC. 2026 MCMINN STREET, Aliquippa (724) 375-0496. Private interment will take place in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made in his name to a charity of your choice.
I think I’ll take a few days off from the computer.
If you ever care to go back in time here is a reference so that you can see what was carried in these reports a dozen years ago: johnhall.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html There are many of those reports available by clicking on johnhall.blogspot.com/ and selecting the month and year of the report you’d like to peruse.
The KOM Flash Report
For
Week of July 12—18, 2015
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Eugene Kyle Bowers finally found?
Since the inception of my research, two decades ago, I have scoured the planet for Eugene Kyle Bowers who pitched in three different seasons with the Bartlesville, OK Pirates. He was born March 14, 1931 in Pocatello, Idaho and by 1940 the family had moved to Lomita, California. He was a high school teammate of Paul Pettit who garnered an unheard of $100,000 signing bonus. Thus, Pettit was off to the big leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bowers settled for a spot in the “lowly” Class D KOM league with the Bartlesville, Oklahoma “Baby Pirates.”
Research from 1994 to the evening of July 5, 2015 produced no tangible leads. I found traces of him on August 3, 1951 as he married Dorinne Sensenbach on that date in Los Angeles. The 1962 city directory for San Luis Obispo, California showed him and his wife living at 280 N. 18th Street and he was employed by the Union Oil Refinery.
Thus, as I piddled around on my notebook on the evening of July 5, as I laid with my head on my pillow, I rose up and exclaimed, “Eureka.” That is also to motto of the state where Bowers moved as a young man. What caused the excitement was this insert in a family genealogy. “When Eugene Kyle Bowers was born on March 14, 1931, in Idaho, his father, James, was 30 and his mother, Florence, was 22. He married Dorinne Sensenbach on August 3, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. He died on June 28, 2007, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the age of 76, and was buried there.”
Well, as my childhood hero of the airwaves, Harry Caray, would proclaim a few hundred times on a Cardinal baseball broadcast, “Holy Cow.”
Quickly I turned to the pages on Ancestry.com to see how I had missed finding Bowers for 20 years. I was acutely aware of a Eugenia K. Bowers in Greensboro, NC for most of the past 20 years, since that name popped up as I searched for the former KOM leaguer. I had always assumed that Eugenia was a she not a he. But, how could I argue with the “facts.” The ancestry proclaimed that the same Eugene K. Bowers, born March 14, 1931 was the same person buried in Greensboro on or about July 1, 2007.
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131667...
When I pulled up the Find-A-Grave site the tombstone had the name Bowers in bold letters and beneath it was an insert for Ben James Bowers born 12/27/1932 and Eugenia Bowers born March 14, 1931 and died June 28, 2007. I called upon the expertise of my wife who I stirred from the land of somnambulation (dozing). I asked her in all her many years of genealogy how this could be the same person who played in the KOM league. She surmised that I might be looking at the first case of a transgender in the annals of the KOM league. My comment to her was “There ain’t no way.”
So another avenue was taken to shoot holes in that genealogy site. Eugenia had a middle or maiden name of Korahaes and received his/her first Social Security card in the State of Virginia.
What the genealogist on that site did was take what they could find on Eugene Kyle Bowers and Eugenia Korahaes Bowers and weave them into a tidy package. In weaving the story they appeared to tie all the loose ends such as attempting to prove Kyle’s mother lived until the year 2003 and then passing away at age 94 in Poquoson, Virginia. It was a “clever” attempt at research outcome manipulation but I reject everything on that site after the 1962 information as it relates to Eugene Kyle Bowers. .
Just to make sure that Eugenia wasn’t Eugene Kyle, in a transgender role, I checked further and found that Ben James Bowers passed away during April of 2015 in Greensboro. He was a long time editor of newspapers in Roanoke, Virginia and Greensboro, North Carolina and was married even longer to one Eugenia Korahaes Bowers. When she passed, away in 2007, they had been married 54 years.
www.roanoke.com/obituaries/bowers-ben-james/article_2bc5f...
One thing I learned long ago, don’t take anyone or any websites word on any matter until you have done your best to research and verify for yourself. In short, I’m still looking for what happened to Kyle Eugene Bowers after 1962.
Ed note:
For all my hard work in unsuccessfully locating Eugene Kyle Bowers I’m posting his photo, along with seventeen or so other guys from a late season Bartlesville Pirate team photo. It is at this site: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/19605658785/
For those of you who can’t or don’t wish to pull up the site it wouldn’t do much good to list the names in the photo. If you go to the site just mentioned you’ll see the third incarnation of a Bartlesville club that had about as much turnover as algae in a farm pond. For those of you who go to that site be aware that only the names of the final bunch of guys to play for Bartlesville that year are included. I didn’t have time to elucidate on some things about that team but will during the coming week. So, this is a way to cause some readers to visit the site at least twice during the week.
Aside from Bowers being in that photo is a guy who had been to the big leagues, another who would wind up there, one member of that team had an uncle who caught for the Detroit Tigers, a pitcher on that team had a brother who made it to the big leagues and had more first and more names than anyone in baseball history, a catcher on that team had a brother who was an All-American football player in college and an All-Pro in the NFL and to close it out is the guy who beat Mickey Mantle out of the batting title that season. It’s a good picture and if you go there take a good look at Eugene Kyle Bowers. If you can copy it do so and post it at your local post office. He is a WANTED man.
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News from the Virdon family:
Bill is home from the hospital after almost a week's stay. I guess it was another "bout" of diverticulitis/diverticulosis, only this time he had to have five transfusions! He seems to feel better today----of course, he had something to eat that had some substance! Anyway, we are a bit home-bound for a few more days as He regains his strength. I hope he gets better soon. This is as long as he has ever been sick that I remember.
Hope you have a Happy 4th! Bill is still weak, but the blood count is up a little bit as of yesterday----so that is good! Watching Pirates-Cleveland this afternoon.
Hi to Noel. Blessings, Shirley Virdon—Springfield, MO
Ed reply:
Tell Bill I wish him a speedy recovery;
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The Speakes have a double celebration.
John, I haven't been on the computer a lot lately since we had a trip to FL for our g'son's White Coat ceremony. He has one more year in Physicians Assist. School but this signified his transition from books, tests, study, books, study, tests, etc. to clinicals which he is looking forward to a lot. , While there we learned of a death of a close family member and then three weeks later, last weekend, we had all our family here to celebrate our 85th birthdays and our 65th wedding anniversary! So the sad and the wonderful in a short amount of time.
I looked at your pictures back to where I last saw them, Easter, I believe, and the great grandchildren are so cute, no wonder you take so many pictures of them. She really is cruising in that little red car! So sorry to hear about the little boy being sick enough to be in the hospital. Be sure and let us know. We'll pray for the little guy. Our first little great grandbaby is a month and a half old and changing every day...he is so sweet and cute.
We're doing fine here, just trying to catch up from the last month of activities.
Hello to Noel and love to you both, Joan and Bob Speake—Topeka, Kans.
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Just musing
Having heard from Joe Stanka, Bob Speake and Bill Virdon either personally or through their wives in the past week I was about to think I had heard from a large percent of the number of ex-KOM leaguers who also had major league experience and are still around to talk about it. After thinking about it, for about thirty seconds, the remaining guys fitting that category are: Cloyd Boyer, Jim Owens, Robert Harrison, Lou Skizas, Steve Kraly, Gale Wade and Don Taussig.
So, it might be time, once again, to remind the long term readers who the fellows from the KOM league are who made it to the “400”club and to educate the short term readers of the same material.
Pittsburg—Don Lenhardt, Charlie Locke and Jim Pisoni
Carthage—Bob Habenicht, Cloyd Boyer, Bob Speake and Bob Mahoney.
Chanute—Ross Grimsley, Jake Thies and Robert Harrison.
Miami—Harry Bright (also Independence), Seth Morehead and Jim Owens.
Independence—Bob Wiesler, Steve Kraly, Don Taussig, Harry Bright (also Miami), John Gabler, Jim Finigan, Bill Virdon, Lou Skizas, Al Pilarcik and Mickey Mantle.
Iola—Bill Upton
Bartlesville—Roy Theophilus Upright, Bill Pierro, Ronnie Kline, Brandon Davis and Edward Wolfe.
Ponca City—Jim Baxes, Chris Kitsos, Joe Stanka and Gale Wade.
If I missed anyone I’m sure I’ll hear about it. Eddie Vargo caught for the Carthage Cardinals in 1947 but he and Leonard Roberts both made it to the major leagues as umpires. Jack Blaylock left Ponca City after the 1947 season to become the bullpen catcher for the 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers. George Scherger who managed Ponca City in 1951 was later hired by Sparky Anderson as the Reds first base coach in the 1970’s.
Christopher Haughey pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers during WW II and wound up on the Carthage Cardinal roster in early 1947 before being sent to St. Joseph, MO in the Western Association. Andrew Varga worked his way down to the Class D Blackwell, Oklahoma Broncos, in 1952, after appearing with the Chicago Cubs as early as 1950. He didn’t experience any cultural shock as a big city kid from Chicago for in 1949 he was in the North Central Kansas Baseball League of America and played in such towns as Abilene, Junction City, Clay Center, Manhattan etc.
I could name many former big leaguers who managed in the KOM league but I suspect this article ran out of steam a couple of paragraphs ago, assuming, it ever had any. If anyone cares to see such a list I can send along an 8 X 10 glossy print of the guys names suitable for framing.
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In the immortal words of Jack Buck “Thanks for your time, this time, until next time, so long.”
Bud Moeller brings his Williams FW08 into the pits
The Williams FW08 was a Formula One car designed by Frank Dernie, which debuted at the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix held at the Zolder circuit. An evolution of the FW07 that it replaced, the car was used by Finnish driver Keke Rosberg to win the 1982 World Drivers' Championship.
I love how in a reflection you see the scene from the reflecting object's POV; and as you walk around Aril - by Christian Moeller - each of her spherical fisheye eyes gives a different view of the OUS/OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building the building and it's surroundings. Included in this view are: the Tilikum Crossing (in both the center and upper right orbs) the Marquam Bridge, and good part of Aril herself arcing from the top down around the right side and across the bottom of the orb. NB25440
Sten Moeller made the voyage across the sea from his hometown of Jharton to Andarheim for the purpose of establishing the settlement’s first mill. It quickly became apparent that the meager amount of agricultural development around Andarheim would not be enough to support his millwork yet, so Sten expanded his enterprise by adding a merchant stand and dock. Through the sale and barter of everything from fishing tackle, to farm implements, weapons to tools, and of course seafood and crops, Moeller’s Point quickly became not only a very profitable venture for Sten, but also a great help to the rest of the residents of Andarheim.
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Built for the Lands of Roawia Global Colonization Challenge.
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Comments and critiques welcome! I'm still a a rather new AFOL who recently came out of my dark ages. :-)
1979 Ensign MN179, Masters Historic Racing, 2015 United States Grand Prix, Circuit of The Americas, IMG_0319, ©Jim Hunter 2015
The Tourix uses a Möller type roof prism which allows for a compact and very flat binocular design. It is a variation of the Abbe-Koenig roof prism but differs, in part, by producing six internal reflections instead of four. The Möller type consists of two bonded prisms as is usually seen in Porro II designs. Here, the prism transmitting the image to the eyelens is cemented to the larger roof-surfaced prism which receives the image from the objective lens. The V-shaped roof surface section of prism can be seen in the fore on the larger prism under the retaining plate screw. See View 3 for a top view of prism.
United States Military Academy at West Point Plebes march before family members during the Plebe Parent Parade at West Point, New York, March 7, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Matthew Moeller)
© Florian Moellers / Wild Wonders of Europe
38, MSc Biology.
- main focus on: long-term reportages about man and wildlife/nature relations, endangered species and animal underdogs;
- in his mind always on the prawl; curious about and amazed at nature; passionate observer;
- on tour in: Africa (Ivory Coast 2x, Uganda), China (3x), Siberia (2x), Alaska, Australia & Tasmania (2x) and almost all over Western and Northern Europe
- constantly inspired by pictures in black&white or color, with hair and skin, scales and fur;
- behind the camera open to a wide range of ideas from stomach-driven and creative to a more documentary or journalistic approach
- loves the silent tension when fly-fishing as well as the tickling one when free-climbing, loves wine, red & white, from good old Europe
Concisely:
- 1971 eye-opener in Rheine, until 1978 in Schuettorf / Grafschaft Bentheim
- primary school and 5th / 6th grade in Lingen / Emsland
- 1984-1990 Gymnasium in Bad Essen / municipality of Osnabrueck, matura
- 1991-1998 studies Biology at the TH-Darmstadt (pre-diploma) and at the University of Osnabrueck, mains: ethology, ecology, zoology thesis in Siberia and Alaska, marks: excellent photography, travels
- 1999-2003 Managing Director of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen e.V. (German Association of Wildlife Photographers) & partly freelance photo-journalist and writer
- since 2003freelance photo-journalist, writer, workshop teacher, editor
- since 2007Communications Director of Wild Wonders of Europe
- Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) since 2006
The subjects I choose for my reportages on species and habitats are a result of restricted financial resources, my passion for nature in general, my journalistic interests and my background as a behavioral ecologist.
In that respect images and words are two very powerful tools for me that I try to use best in order to make people aware of natural history phenomena, threats to eco-systems and species and the often very ambiguous relation between man and wildlife.
I like the underdogs in the animal world, missing a fine reputation that might help them in their struggle for survival (stories on wild boar, cormorants, mink, raccoon dog). A topic seems an even greater challenge to me if it has political aspects to it – although such stories are not very saleable. People play a very strong part in my pictures and I try to showcase their attitude or engagement in nature, conservation and wildlife; may they be scientists, hunters, conservationists or animal lovers/keepers. I don’t travel to shoot for stock. I prefer taking my time, years if needed, and portray a topic from as many sides as are accessible to me.
Das Urheberrecht liegt bei der Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH. Unsere Fotos stehen AUSSCHLIESSLICH für eine journalistische Verwertung im Zusammenhang mit der redaktionellen Berichterstattung über die FIBO zur Verfügung. Sollten Sie ein Foto abdrucken oder online veröffentlichen, bitten wir um die Quellenangabe. (Foto: FIBO / Behrendt und Rausch)
Spc. Ryan Moeller, from Watertown, Wis., a combat medic with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, dons his helmet to begin a day of training exercises Nov. 6, 2014, as part of Iron Sword 2014 in Pabrade, Lithuania. U.S. Army teams from the 1st BCT and 2nd Cavalry Regiment acted as opposing forces as part of training with Soldiers from eight other NATO countries, assaulting defensive positions in their Bradley and Stryker vehicles. Iron Sword 2014 is a multinational exercise organized by the Lithuanian Land Forces involving more than 2,500 military personnel from nine NATO member states including Canada, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the United States and the United Kingdom from Nov. 2-14, 2014. This year’s exercise is in conjunction with Atlantic Resolve, a multinational combined arms exercise involving the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and host nations, taking place across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to enhance multinational interoperability, to strengthen relationships among allied militaries, and to contribute to regional stability by demonstrating US commitment to NATO. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner)
The end of the set screw which is used for collimation can be seen at about 2:00 from the scratched numbers. The prism retaining plates are glued to the tops of the prisms to ensure correct positioning when a prism is re-installed.
Note: If you have a vintage binocular you either wish to sell or would just like some information about, I can be contacted at flagorio@shaw.ca .