Gary–
We are finally getting this info to you. We contacted Sister Sharon Houle. She verified that those identified as Shirley Houle and Sharon Houle are correct. She also agreed with with your recollection that the Winthrop Smith family was not Catholic. Her last info to me was that “Shirley was a flower girl and I (Sharon) was an angel because we had already made our first communion at Notre Dame Academy in Willow City where we went to school.” Sharon did not know any of the other people in the picture.
Not much help but we did contact Sister Sharon.
Gary(63) and Roberta Houle unionsparky@q.com Champlin, MN
Thank you Gary and Roberta
Janet (Ron 71) Houle’s mother
Bill, As you are well aware of, this same thing happen to us here in Cebu several years ago. Not once but twice. I was without phone and internet service about 6 days the first time and the next week when it happen again I was only without service for about 3 days. Gary
| The Birmingham News 08/11/2011, Page A01 |
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Copper thieves leave hundreds without phone, Internet service
By KENT FAULK News staff writer Copper thieves left hundreds of AT&T customers in western Birmingham without phone and Internet service most of Wednesday, adding to Alabama’s reputation with the company as the worst state in the nation for theft of its copper lines. “We have had more incidents in Alabama than in any other state this year,” said Sue Sperry, a spokeswoman for AT&T. “We don’t know why that is.”AT&T phone and Internet service was interrupted early Wednesday morning to about 600 customers in the area around Baptist Princeton Hospital in Birmingham after thieves — for the second time in a week — stole copper telephone wir es, a spokeswoman for the communications company said.The theft of copper wire in the alley behind 1232 Princeton Ave. affected clinics and doctors’ offices around the hospital, Sperry said. The hospital’s phone service was not interrupted. Glyn Agnew, regional director for external affairs for AT&T in Alabama, said about 165 pounds of copper wire was taken Wednesday. See COPPER Page 4AArticle Continued Below
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COPPER: AT&T hard hit by thieves From Page 1A Officials had planned to have it replaced by late Wednesday evening. Sperry s a i d copper thieves have become a major problem in Alabama, and particularly in Jefferson County with more than 100 copper thefts alone from AT&T in the county since January. As a result of the thefts, Sperry said the company is offering a $5,000 reward to the person who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the copper thefts. Anyone with information about the thefts is asked to call local police or go th rough Crimestoppers to provide information anonymously. AT&T officials urged residents to call 911 if they see someone who looks like they may be trying to steal copper wires. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Randy Christian said deputies are seeing the bulk of the copper thefts in western Jefferson County. “It has become a serious problem,” he said. According to a report filed Tuesday, an AT&T representative reported the theft of 300 feet of copper conductor wire from the 5800 block of Rock Mountain Lake Road in the Bessemer area sometime during the night. The sheriff’s department’s street crime unit is concentrating on the western area to cut down on copper thefts, Christian said. Sperry said thieves cut the wires hanging between poles, many times by driving a truck under the wire s, pulling the wires down so the thieves can cut them. The thieves then burn off the rubber sheathing of the wires before selling the copper to scrap dealers. Christian said thieves are melting down the copper wire to make it hard for AT&T to identify it as their copper. |
Keith (66)