WHO WOULD YELL FIRE IN A CROWDED ROOM?

Calumet, Michigan was a copper mining town in 1913.  In July of that year over 7,000 miners struck, and almost 6 months later no agreement had been reached.  Of course the miner's families knew that their Christmas would be bleak, so the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Western Federation of Miners gave a Christmas party on Christmas eve for the children.  Held on the second floor of Italian Hall, accessible only by a steep staircase on the left side of the building, the party saw about 500 children receiving presents and some 200 parents watched the festivities. 

About the time the party was drawing to a close, the door at the bottom of the staircase was opened and someone outside yelled "FIRE!"

As would be suspected, everyone made a run for the door, only to find it blocked from the outside. Fifty-nine children and 14 adults, most of them Finnish immigrants, were trampled and suffocated by the throng of bodies trying to escape a fire which actually did not exist. 

The youngest child killed was 2-1/2 years old.  The oldest person killed was 66.  A few families lost all of their children.

The perpetrators of this terrible disaster were never discovered, thus no one was ever prosecuted. 

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I have listed the names of those who died and the person who created this list.    I know it is a long list, but for me, it is a list of Immortal Nobodies.  I don't want them to be forgotten. 

  

1. Lempi Ala..........................12 years.........................Female.......................Finnish

2. Herman Alla......................60 years.........................Male..........................Finnish

3. Sanna L. Aaltonen..............39 years.........................Female.......................Finnish

4. Syvia Altonen.....................3 years...........................Female........................Finnish

5. Wilama Altonen..................9 years...........................Female.......................Finnish

6. Will Biri..............................7 years 11 mo................Male............................Finnish

7. Ivana Bolf...........................9 years 4mo...................Female........................Croatian

8. Katarine Bronzo................21 years.........................Female.........................Italian

9. Victoria Burcar...................9 years 4 mo..................Female.......................Croation

10. Joseph Butala...................7 years 8 mo..................Male............................Slovenian

11. Nick Cvetkovich..............33 years.........................Male.............................Croatian

12. Jenny Giacoletto...............9 years 10 mo................Female.......................Italian

13. Katarina Gregorich..........10 years 10 mo...............Female......................Croatian

14. Edwin Heikkinen..............7 years...........................Male..........................Finnish

15. Eino Felpus O. Heikkinen.10 years 5 mo................Male.........................Finnish

16. Eli Issac Heikkinen...........9 years 5 mo..................Male..........................Finnish

17. Ina Isola...........................33 years........................Female..........................Finnish

18. Tilma Isola.......................5 years 4 mo..................Female........................Finnish

19. Barbra Jesic.....................25 years.........................Female........................Croatian

20. Rosie Jesic.......................5 years 6 mo..................Female.........................Croatian

21. Uno Jokepil......................13 years.........................Male............................Finnish

22. Anna E. Kalunki................9 years 7 mo.................Female.......................Finnish

23. Brida Liisa Kalunki............42 years........................Female.......................Finnish

24. Efia P. Kulunki...................8 years.........................Female........................Finnish

25. Johan Emil Kiemaki...........7 years..........................Male..........................Finnish

26. Katarina Karich.................7 years..........................Female.......................Croatian

27. Kristina Klarich..................11 years ......................Female....................... Croatian

28. Mary Klarich.....................9 years..........................Female........................Croatian

29. Johan Hendrik Koskela......10 years........................Male..........................Finnish

30. Anna Kotajarvi...................4 years.........................Female........................Finnish

31. Anna Kotajarvi...................39 years.......................Female........................Finnish

32. Mary Krainatz....................11 years.......................Female........................Croatian

33. Hilja K Lanto......................5 years........................Female.........................Finnish

34. Maria G. Lanto...................40 years......................Female.........................Finnish

35. Sulo Rubet Lauri..................8 years.......................Male.............................Finnish

36. Mary Lesar.........................13 years......................Female..........................Slovenian

37. Rafael Lesar........................2 years 6 mo...............Male.............................Slovenian

38. Arthur Lindstrom.................12 years......................Male...........................Unknown

39. Lydia Johanna Luoma..........10 years......................Female.......................Finnish

40. Alfred J.W. Lustic................7 years 9 mo...............Male............................Finnish

41. Elina Manley........................26 years......................Female..........................Finnish

42. Wesley M. Manley...............4 years........................Male..............................Finnish

43. Ella E. Mantanen..................8 years........................Female.........................Finnish

44. Mathias E. Mantanen...........10 years......................Male.............................Finnish

45. Y.H. Mantanen....................13 years......................Male...............................Finnish

46. Agnes Mihelchich.................7 years........................Female..........................Croatian

47. Elizabeth Mihelchich............5 years........................Female..........................Croatian

48. Paul Mihelchich....................9 years........................Male..............................Croatian

49. Walter Murto.......................9 years........................Male...............................Finnish

50. Edward Emil Myllykangas....7 years.........................Male...........................Finnish

51. Johan W. Myllykangas.........10 years.......................Male.............................Finnish

52. Abram Niemela....................24 years......................Male...............................Finnish

53. Maria Elizabeth Niemela.......22 years......................Female.........................Finnish

54. Annie Papesh.......................6 years........................Female............................Slovenian

55. Mary Papesh........................14 years......................Female............................Slovenian

56. Kate Petteri..........................66 years......................Female............................Finnish

57. Saida M. Raja......................10 years......................Female............................Finnish

58. Terresa Renaldi....................12 years......................Female...........................Italian

59. Elma W. Ristel......................6 years.......................Female............................Finnish

60. Emilia Rydilahti.....................16 years..................... Female..........................Finnish

61. Heli Rydilahti........................13 years......................Female...........................Finnish

62. John Saari.............................5 years 11 mo.............Male...............................Finnish

63. Elida Saatio..........................11 years 9 mo.............Female............................Finnish

64. Mary Smuk..........................5 years........................Female............................Solvenian

65. Antonia Staudohar................7 years........................Female..........................Croat/Slov

66. Elisina J. Taipalus..................6 years........................Female.........................Finnish

67. Sandra M. Taipalus...............4 years........................Female..........................Finnish

68. Edward Richard Takola........9 years........................Female.........................Finnish

69. Lydia E. Talpaka..................10 years.......................Female..........................Finnish

70. Kaisa G. Tuippo...................45 years.......................Female...........................Finnish

71. Mamie Tuippo.....................10 years.......................Female............................Finnish

72. Hilja Wualukka ....................8 years.........................Female..........................Finnish

73. Johan Peter Westola.............48 years........................Male.............................Finnish

This list was complied by Ms. Peggy Germain. She is the author of an excellently researched book on the subject of the 1913 tragedy entitled "Tinsel & Tears" The book is available for only $5 + $1.25 postage. The address is Peggy Germain, 712 Pine Street, Calumet, Michigan

DOBBINS CEMETERY - VERMONT, FULTON CO., ILLINOIS

Robert Boyd Dobbins and the Dobbins Cemetery full of Immortal Dobbins Nobodies.

Not all cemeteries have a lock on the land they fill.  When I was a little kid growing up in Whittier California, there was a wonderful cemetery near our house that my dad often took my sis and I walking thought.  Mother did not like cemeteries, and she wasn't crazy about daddy taking us there; she always said it is sacrilegious to walk over graves.  But dad was respectful of those buried there, and the only reason he let us walk up to the headstones was he was teaching us the letters of the alphabet by having us touch the letters in the words and say what they were ' H, E, R. E.  L. I. E. S...."

and eventually we began knowing the letters and putting them together into words.

Many years later I had occasion to be in Whitter and I drove to that cemetery.....but it wasn't there anymore.  In its place was "Pioneer Park" and a single large stone with names inscribed on it.  I was SO disappointed.  

In the prairie area of Illinois not too far from the Spoon River the Dobbins Cemetery still stands.  Like many rural cemeteries, it was set aside buy Rev. Robert B. Dobbins when he bought property in Illinois after retiring as a circuit riding Presbyterian minister who covered Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.  He bought enough property to give each of his children a farm when he died.  All the people buried in this cemetery are related to Robert B. Dobbins and his wife Katy Alexander Dobbins.  And thus to me.

Just in the event that this cemetery disappears, I want to put the names of all these Immortal Dobbins Nobodies in my blog today.  There are a couple of people that I do not recognize, but I am sure there was a reason they were there.  

DOBBINS FAMILY CEMETERY

VERMONT TOWNSHIP, FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Robert B. Dobbins, b Aug 23, 1773 d in 82^nd y of his age

Catherine Alexander, wife of Robert B. Dobbins, d Nov 18, 1849 74y 6m

FAMILY OF JAMES A. DOBBINS

               Robert Gaston, son of James Alexander & Elizabeth Perkins Dobbins, d July 28, 1851 23y 1m 9d

               Emma S., dau of Levi J. & Paulina .Jane Dobbins  Sperry d Sept 13, 1852 7m 24d

               Olive Alvira Winton b June 19, 1862 d Dec. 21, 1885 (Olive is daughter of Caroline Elizabeth

                               Dobbins Winton)

FAMILY OF ELIZA DOBBINS THOMAS

               William Thomas d June 8, 1882 81y 11m 25d

Eliza Dobbins, wife of William Thomas, d Feb 25, 1894 87y 2m 4d

John F., son of William.A. & M.S. Kost Thomas d Jan 12, 1848 3y 3m 7d

FAMILY OF MARY GAGE DOBBINS MILLER

               Abram Miller d Dec. 5, 1889 85y 4m 14d

Mary Gage Dobbins., wife of Abram Miller, d Apr 16, 1891 82y 7m 13d

Addie, dau of J.C. & A.F. Cadwalader, d Apr 1, 1863 3y 3m 9d

FAMILY OF JOHN CALVIN DOBBINS

James H., son of John  C. & Harriet A. Miller Dobbins d June 20, 1842 1y 8m

Laura C., dau of John C. & Harriet A. Miller Dobbins d Nov. 22, 1858 2y 18d

William A. Dobbins  (son of John C. & Harriet A. Miller Dobbins)  Sept. 1863 age 28y

FAMILY OF ROBERT NEWTON DOBBINS

               Robert Newton Dobbins b Jan 20, 1814 d March 26, 1892

Martha J. Ewing, wife of Robert Newton Dobbins, b 19 Sept. 1819 d 22 June 1891

               Ady Clemens b May 15, 1839 d Feb 14, 1914

Mary J. Dobbins., wife of Ady Clemens, (dau of Robert Newton &

Martha Jane Ewing Dobbins)   b Aug 30, 1845 d Mar 9, 1908

               Martha L, dau of Robert.Newton & Martha Jane Ewing Dobbins d Apr 1, 1862 6y 11m 1d

Eliza M., dau of Robert Newton & Martha Jane Ewing Dobbins d Jan 23, 1860 1y 11m 23d

Catherine E., dau of Robert Newton & Martha Jane Ewing Dobbins, d Oct 9, 1854 11y 5m 7d

James Ewing d Mar 8, 1869 89y 7m 28d

Jannat, wife of James Ewing d Sept 8, 1854 70 y

Eliza Amelia Ewing d Apr 20, 1880 65y 2m 14d

Fanny J. Clemens b Dec. 22, 1892 d Mar 29, 1908

James, son of A. & M.J. Clemens d Apr 2, 1866 (age illegible)

FAMILY OF AMANDA JANE DOBBINS MILLER

Phyletus N. Miller, son of Jacob. & Amanda Miller, d Oct 21, 1863 19 yr 7m 7d

Jacob Miller, d Aug. 30, 1894 79y 8m 24d

Amanda J. Dobbins Miller, his wife, d Feb 22, 1894 76y 6m 18d

Eliza Miller, 1848-1910

Charles O. Hickson,, d Nov. 3, 1888 29y 5m 8d

Caroline J  Hickson (dau of Jacob & Amanda., wife of Charles O. Hickson,) b Jan 6, 1853

d June 19, 1915

               Clyde M. Hickson,  b June 21, 1887 d March 13, 1968

FAMILY OF WILLIAM STEVENSON DOBBINS

               William S. Dobbins d Jan 25, 1847 25y 8m 27d

UNIDENTIFIED

               Ann Eliza O’Brien d Sept 24, 1852 age 41y  ( Anne appears with Levi J. Smith family on the 1850  census – age 38.  No relationship shown.  Born in N.Y.  Also an 18 year old Ann O'Brian with her.  

WHEN IS A McVICKER NOT A McVICKER? WHEN HE'S A YORK!

Little Jack Russell McVicker was born to Paul Russell McVicker and Lucile Fulton McVicker in August of 1919.  I don't know much about Paul, because shortly after Jack's birth, Paul was sent to San Quentin for a long time on a robbery charge and was divorced by Lucile.  In due time Lucile remarried and took on the surname of York, becoming the wife of Rex York.  At some point, little Jack dropped McVicker as his name and took on York.  In fact, he married Virginia Nash as Jack York and also joined the military using that name.  I don't know if it was a legal change or not.

What I do know is that in 1948 Jack was a 1^st Lieutenant and piloted an airplane that took his life in a crash in Michigan.  He was 29.

This is the kind of plane he was piloting.  The picture above and the material below are from the website of the Michigan Aviation Archaeology website.

Ethel Popek was in the observation tower on the Wurtsmith AFB gunnery and bombing range watching her husband, Major Edward Popek, leading a flight of F-80 Shooting Stars of the 62^nd Fighter Squadron in a practice bombing run.  At about 5:30, the fourth plane in the flight of four, flown by 1^st Lt. Jack York began its bombing run.  As Ethel watched, she thought that York's dive seemed a little steeper and faster than the other planes' had been.  No doubt she was horrified when the jet leveled out at just 300 ft. and smashed into the ground just beyond the bombing target, bursting into flames and skidding to a halt after 2,000 feet.  Rescue teams responded within minutes and the remaining planes flew out over nearby Lake Huron, dropped their remaining bombs and landed to await word on their comrade.  Sadly, 1^st Lt. Jack R. York was killed on impact.  He was survived by his wife Virginia and two children.  The cause of the crash was determined to be either failure of the dive flaps to properly deploy or failure of the pilot to deploy the dive flaps prior to beginning the dive.  The 62^nd Fighter Squadron was using the first production jets in the USAF. Training SOPs in use at the time were still those written for the much slower propeller planes.

 http://www.mi-aviationarchaeology.com/index.php?p=1_28_Oscoda-F-80

At the time there was a small article shown in a local newspaper,

  

I later learned his two children were a son Allan Russell York, born 4 October 1941 in Los Angeles, CA, and a daughter Carol Louise York, born 21 Dec 1942 also in Los Angeles.  His wife later married a Mr. Saban and then a William C. Murray of Lynwood, California.

Why is Jack York of interest to me?  His grandma was Pamelia "Millie" Stevens Fulton, a sister of my great-grandmother Nellie Stevens Davis.    Millie's daughter, Lucile, (Jack's mom) was a cousin of my grandma Jessie Davis Ryland.  My mother, Virginia, was a second cousin of Jack York…. making me a fourth cousin of Jack's children.  Interestingly, at the time they were living in the area around Inglewood, California, I was in college in that same area.  Since my grandma was already long dead, I didn't have a clue that a distant relative lived nearby.  But like a good genealogist I was was interested to learn "historically" that our paths could have crossed.

In 1984 I read a letter that his mother Lucile had written in a genealogy search:  "I had three children, two boys and a girl.  My older son Jack was a pilot in WWII.  He came back from Italy - but cracked up his jet in '48."  And sad to say in all those years since, Jack is the only descendant whose whereabouts I have found.

Jack's remains were brought back to California for burial and he rests in Inglewood Cemetery.

A DOG NAMED GILLEY

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."

                                                                   - Will Rogers

This is a story about a dog named Gilley.  We would call him a Police Dog, but he was officially a Patrol, Narcotics and SWAT Canine.  On November 7, Capt. Randy DeAnda of the Rialto [California]  Police department sent out an email to all members of the Police Department.

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Last night while on duty, Canine Officer Glen Anderson noticed his K-9 partner, Gilley, was sick.  Gilley was taken to a Veterinary Hospital in Ontario.  It was discovered that Gilley had a tumor attached to his heart, which was causing fluid to surround his heart and other vital organs.  Canine Officer Glen Anderson consulted with the Veterinarian regarding Gilley's medical condition, prognosis, his age and quality of life.  Their decision was to put Gilley down to avoid further pain and suffering.

Gilley was a phenomenal Patrol, Narcotics and SWAT Canine.  He served the department, community and all of his law enforcement partners for eight years... Gilley saved the department countless man hours and will truly be missed.

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Gilley's statistics over those last 8 years are as follows:

Recovery of:   108 pounds of methamphetamine

                        380 pounds of marijuana

                        130 pounds of cocaine

                          31 pounds of heroin

                        Over a million dollars in cash

Credit for:        36 apprehensions

                         213 suspect finds and surrenders

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Capt. DeAnda encouraged the members of the Police Department to keep Gilley's handler, Canine Officer Glen Anderson, in their thoughts and prayers.

Officer Anderson reported that in the first 72 hours more than 300 local law enforcement folk that he worked with over the years called or text him - a great outpouring of support for him and a salute to Gilley's own law enforcement career.

I say that Gilley takes an important and well-earned place among my "Immortal Nobodies."

TEDLOCK OR FRENCH - TAKE YOUR PICK

A baby in my arms.  He's not mine to keep, but he did live with us – us being my first husband, me, our small son and an even smaller daughter, both under the age of 2.  Why would I have another baby living with us?

His mom and dad were college friends of ours here in California.  While I was busy having children after college, his mom started teaching school and his father – well, I don't really remember much about him, mainly because what I thought I knew turned out to be false.  While we knew them, his mom became pregnant with this first child and in due time a darling little boy was born.  Kevin, they called him.  He was born in March of 1959.  My own third child was due in early June.

When the baby was ready to come home from the hospital - in those days they stayed in the hospital for 5 days after the baby was born - the doctors released Kevin to his father but kept his mother hospitalized.  She had become very sick and tests were being done to find out what was wrong.  The father came directly to our house from the hospital, asking me if I would care for the baby until  Kevin's mom was released.  Of course I said yes; what was one more baby in the mix.

To make a long story short, things were not what they seemed.  I kept the baby for 3 months and his mother got sicker and sicker.  The father rarely appeared at our house to see his son, and my husband and I felt something was terribly awry.  We called the baby's grandmother in Kansas and told them what we were seeing with the baby and his family.  They came as quickly as they could and took their very sick daughter and her new baby to a new home in Kansas.  Kevin's mother lived less than a month after leaving California. She had been diagnosed with Lupus Erythematosus.

My husband and I had discussed the possibility of adopting Kevin if that was the way the events would turn, and we both agreed that we stood ready, if needed, to take that sweet baby as our own, but hoping, of course, that his real mom would be able to raise him. 

Over the next few years we kept in touch with Kevin's grandparents, and I still have, after all these years, pictures of them, and us and baby Kevin.  And even a few of Kevin's school pictures.  But time moves on and contact was lost.  But I never forgot that horrible time and I always wondered how Kevin fared in his life. 

My hope in writing ImmortalNobodies is to tell a story of a non-famous person that brings a moment of their being to life, even if it is for only a short moment or two.  Most of the people I write about are on my family tree, some are people I've merely been acquainted with.  Others are strangers I only know about because of a "story."  As far as I know, Kevin never knew of my role in his life.  I have no way of knowing how much he was told about his first few months of life or of his mother's death.  I also believe that he was called Christopher, not Kevin, as he grew up.  I believe he married and had children.  So I'm going to believe that he had a good life after all.  I do know that he died in 2006, young at 47.  And he did leave children.  

For me, both he and his mother Dawn will always stand high in the ranks of my Immortal Nobodies.

Dawn in high school 

Mr.and Mrs. Tedlock in Long Beach taking baby home to Kansas.

My last photo of Kevin sent to me by the Tedlocks

MRS. BIDDLE, DO YOU KNOW THE DECEASED?

~ MARY ELIZABETH STONE HUMPHREY BIDDLE ~

I first ran into Mrs. Biddle on her way to a funeral.  The newspaper report of young Rolland Humphrey Stevens' death in 1903 ended with the following:  "Mrs. Biddle of Carbondale, George Stephens of Ashton, OT, and A. H. Stephens of Kansas City arrived in the city yesterday to attend the funeral, which will be held today [Nov 1, 1903] at 3:30 o'clock from the family residence."

Roll, as he was called, was only 17 and had just started on his first job out of Business School - a "Train Butch" who walked through the cars while the train was chugging to its destination, selling travelers food or snacks, newspapers, books or whatever he carried that trip to make train travel a little more comfortable.  It was his first - and only trip - as there was an accident in Cimarron, Kansas, and he was one of the three people killed.

Roll's mom had died giving birth to a second son in 1899.  His dad's business necessitated his traveling a great deal between Oklahoma Territory and Kansas.  At various times unidentified pictures were taken by photographers in Purcell, Blackwell, Guthrie, (Oklahoma) and Hutchinson, Sterling, Carbondale and Wichita, Kansas and put in a big velvet album that was passed down in the family.  So we knew there were plenty of aunts and uncles to tend to Roll and his two younger sisters.

But there were no people with the surname of Biddle in his background.  It was a mystery: Why was Mrs. Biddle coming to Roll's funeral?

After several years of research on other family members, I came back to the Stevenses.  There were a few loose ends I wanted to wrap up.  One was getting to know Lillian Humphrey Stevens a little better.  Her children, Roll, Estelle and Helen, were my own grandma's cousins.  Grandma's mom was Nellie Stevens, a younger sister to Frank Dana Stevens.  My grandma would have played with these kids. I wanted to find out a little more about them.

In looking at some census records for Estelle Stevens, who was 9 years old in 1900 (shortly after her mother died) I found all three of these children living in Osage County, Kansas with Amos and Mary E. Biddle.  And Mary was listed as their grandmother.  I checked the cemetery and found that a John A. Humphrey had died in 1876 and his wife had later married Amos Biddle.  And I found that in 1880 Lillian May Humphrey was 17 and a school teacher.   My records showed that Lillian and Frank D. Stevens had married in 1885 and babies came fast -- and my grandma was born in 1885 and she and the girls probably played "dolls" together, like all little girls do.  Who would think that in a short period a few years down the road, Lillian, Frank D. Jr, and Roll would all be dead, way too soon.

(Estelle, Helen, and Rolland)

So when Roll died, of course his grandmother, Mrs. Biddle, came to the funeral.  One thing the obituary did not note and I found very interesting is that Lillian May Humphrey Stevens named her first child after her own brother - Rolland Humphrey.

Bits and pieces of this story have been in my mom's side of the family for years.  But we just didn't know how the pieces fit together.  Now we do.

ALAS, MARRIED AT 20, DEAD AT 25.

Wichita Mourns Popular Woman Taken in Death

An infection Claims Life of Mrs. Henry Wallenstein, Jr.

Mrs. Dana Wallenstein, 25, wife of Henry Wallenstein, Jr. of the firm of Wallenstein & Raffman, died Wednesday afternoon in Colorado Springs after a short Illness.

For the past month Mrs. Wallenstein and her two daughters, Nadine and Dana, had been in a cabin in the mountains near Colorado Springs.  About two weeks ago a pimple appeared on her chin which later developed into a carbuncle.  This became infected last week, but not until Friday was it thought serious, at which time she was taken to Blockner (sic) Glockner Hospital in Colorado Springs.  Monday and Tuesday her condition seemed improved, but Wednesday she rapidly grew worse and died at 1:30 p.m. of septic poisoning.

Mr. Wallenstein was called to Colorado Springs last week and was at her bedside when death came; as were also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Stevens, 4000 East Douglas and Henry Wallenstein, Sr.

HER FRIENDS MANY

Mrs. Wallenstein's many friends in Wichita always remarked about her devotion to her small daughters.  Although she was interested in community and other activities, being a member of Entre Nous and other organizations, her paramount concern was her home.  She was a member of Temple Emanuel, Reformed Jewish Church.  Mrs. Wallenstein had no enemies and was always the most gentile of women.  She carefully avoided petty difficulties and was usually the peacemaker in any community differences.  She was always ready to help those in distress, and her kindly spirit made her many devoted friends.

A SOCIAL LEADER

Mrs. Wallenstein was prominent in social circles in Wichita.  She was educated in the public schools here and attended Lindenwood College in Missouri.  Before her marriage to Mr. Wallenstein she was Miss Dana Stevens and their wedding five year ago last June was of much social prominence uniting, as it did, to socially prominent families.  Mr. and Mrs. Wallenstein lived at 120 North Broadway. 

Mrs. Wallenstein is survived by her husband; two daughters, Nadine and Dana, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Stevens, two brothers, Frank and Larry, both of Wichita, and one sister, Rosana, Wichita.  The body will be brought to Wichita Friday morning and the funeral will be held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon.

31 August, 1927