From: Frank WHITESIDE ('63)

Sandstorm Extra that might be political

Re: Political ? Extra

To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)

Good article, Pete. I, too, wonder why some articles and subjects
totally escape scrutiny while others seem to set off a firestorm
of controversy. I guess it just depends who happens to be reading
the Sandstorm on any given day and what political leanings they
are inclined to follow. Personally, I don’t search for or
"cherry-pick" certain words and apply my own personal view of
what the author "really meant." Words can mean whatever people
want them to mean. I have no objections to any kind of healthy
discussion, but then, again, it depends what "healthy discussion"
means in the context of the reader, so I don’t think that we will
ever satisfy 100% of all the readers. Today, all it takes is one
person to object to an article even if no one else has an
objection to it. Hope I didn’t use any "politically incorrect"
terms that will upset anyone. I think it has gotten to the point
where we almost have to apologize in advance just to make sure
that no one individual is offended. I'm pretty sure this will end
up with the "may be political" items. But that's okay, because at
least I know what I meant.

To: Carol CONVERSE  Maurer ('64)

It's great to know that someone else shares my passion for
genealogy. I've been collecting family information and historic
items since I was 10 years old in 1955 when my paternal
grandmother died.

I have her Georgetown, CO high school graduation picture from
1886 along with the graduation program and her report card. She
was the top student in her class and was the first graduate of
the high school. Her dad, Isaac Wallace, went to Colorado in 
1868 to hopefully get rich in the mining business. He didn't get
rich, but did get a distinctive burn on his face in a mining
accident!

On my grandfather's side, the family settled near Cambridge, NY
where there is a Whiteside church and cemetery where most of the
original family is buried. The family owned about 1500 acres of
farm land in that area not far from the Vermont border by the
1760s or so. They lived not too far from the area where British
General Burgoyne led his troops through Saratoga, "The Three Way
Plan", where his troops met disaster in what was called "the
turning point of the Revolutionary War." All of the Whiteside 
men were involved in the fighting, but more in the Battle of
Bennington (VT) where they fought along with Ethan Allen and the
"Green Mountain Boys." Anyway, interesting stuff, but more fun
when it's your own family history.

-Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
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