Retiring Guy's Digest

Friday, May 15, 2026

Global reverberations of Trump War of Whimsy (Worldwide food prices hit three-year high)

Graph: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Headline: The Poultry Site, 5/11/2026

The FAO Food Price Index, which measures changes in a basket of globally traded food commodities, rose for a third consecutive month in April to average 130.7 points, the UN agency said, up 1.6% from its revised March level and the highest since February 2023.
The index hit a peak of 160.2 in March 2022 after the start of the Ukraine war.=
The FAO's April vegetable oil price index rose 5.9% month-on-month to its highest since July 2022 as a result of increased soy, sunflower, rapeseed oil and palm oil prices, the latter, notably, underpinned by biofuels policy incentives.

May 2026

Global reverberations of Trump War of Whimsy (Firozabad India's glassmaking industry). (5/12)

Global reverberations of Trump War of Whimsy (Africa edition). (5/12)

Global reverberations of Trump War of Whimsy (Modi's India edition). (5/12)

Madolyn Amsler Elder (1934-2026) Warren High School class of 1952

1952 Dragon yearbook

Peterson Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

Elder Jack (Madolyn) 510 South Main Street Russell

1983 Warren City Directory

same as above

Madolyn, a variant spelling of Madeline, did not chart. Let's take a look at Alva.

Source: Social Security Administration

Alva was something of a carry-over from the 19th century. During the 20th century, he immediately peaked at #228 in 1901 and then experienced an increasingly bumpy downward slide until disappearing in the early 1960s.

Other class of '52 grads (39):

2025

Janice Gage Shaffer. (9/11)

Roy Lindell. (3/5)

2024

Arthur Joseph O'Connor III. (4/9)

Audrey Barr McCullough. (1/22)

2023

William Blum. (8/29)

Lois Bosin Ceriola. (7/12)

Thomas Yaegle. (1/5)

2022

Carol Andersen Bartolo. (9/19)

John Saylor. (8/9)

Velma Wohlers Funk. (1/16)

Charlotte Lemmon Maier. (1/5)

2021

Carl Nelson. (11/11/)

Patricia Lias Brown (5/3)

Richard Maurice Walchli. (4/9)

Laura Cosmano Albaugh. (2/2)

Robert Bailey. (1/28)

2020
Richard Carlson. (12/29)

Janet Blastic Carlson. (12/22)

Sally Bova Marino. (6/20)
Frances Gruttaria Culberton Bevevino. (5/23/2020)

2019
Carol Barrett Boltz. (11/28)
Marilyn Smith Miller. (8/2)
Ralph Wade. (7/8)
Dudley Donaldson. (2/8)
June Odmark Wiggins. (1/5)

2018
Richard Hansen. (1/2)

2017
Donald "Dean" Webster. (8/2)
Earl Henry Campbell.  (7/17)
Theodore Shaw. (6/7)
Richard Suppa.  (5/27)
Neil Siefert. (4/18)
Mary Anne Handest McHenry. (3/23)
Reynold Flatt.  (2/27)

2016
Donald Merkle.  (9/23)
Minnie Bonavita Miller.  (6/10)
Myra Wilson Babcock. (5/19)
Norma Pierce Nielsen. (4/6)
Santo 'Sam' Pascuzzi. (2/14)

2015
Glenn Culbertson.  (10/23)

2014
Elizabeth Eggleston Hoffman. (10/1)

Barbara Jean Landers Gelotte (1949-2026) Warren Area High School class of 1967

1967 Dragon yearbook

Peterson Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

Landers Floyd A (Betty M) employee Sylvania 449 Prospect Street

1983 Warren City Directory

Gelotte Steven A & Barbara J; electrician Bevevino Electric and Construction 208 North Irvine Street
Landers Betty M Mrs retired 305 Park Avenue

The popularity of Barbara as a baby name was previously graphed here in 2015 when she ranked #831. Let's take another look.

Source: Social Security Administration

Barbara was one of the most popular baby names for girls during the mid-20th century. She spent years in the top 10, peaking at #2 for 8 consecutive years (1937-1944). Mary kept her from reaching the top spot. She's been holding on for dear life for the past decade and a half.

Other class of 1967 graduates (22):

2026

Patricia Gibney Buvoltz. (1/8)

Ronald Grosch. (1/4)

2025

Cheryl Johnson Bloom. (2/2)

2024

Samuel Manno Jr. (11/17)

Linda Espin Church. (10/5/)

Nancy Lowe Siggins. (9/30)

Stephen Beyer. (6/8)

Daniel Reiff. (3/10)