Betty Brooker Tower (1941-2022) Warren High School class of 1959

  

1959 Dragon yearbook

Source:  Nelson Funeral Home 

1967 Warren City Directory

• [county section] Ruth and Harry live at 27027 Pennsylvania Avenue West Extension
• [county section] Ruth and Leonard live at 642 Follett Run Road

1983 Warren City Directory

• no changes

The popularity of Betty as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at son Ricky.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Ricky quickly rocketed into the top 100, where he spent 18 years (1952-1969), peaking at #34 in 1948 and 1949.  He also spent a total of 46 years in the top 200 (1947-1992). 

Other members of the class of '59 (20)
2021

Cynthia Johnson Lewis.  (6/23)

Betty Engel Stewart.  (8/5)

Ronald Nuhfer.  (7/22)

John Henry Carter.  (2/8)

2020
Joanne Stillwell Slater.  (12/5)

Alexis Nigel Sommers.  (10/20)

George Ball.  (5/27)

Gary Rowley.  (4/25)

2018
Linda Lou Tuller Weilacher.  (2/20)
Caroline Blythe Haslet.  (1/28)

2017
Leona Mead Harrington.  (12/15)
Martha Cline Peed.  (9/6)
Carla Mae Gay.  (8/1)
Sharron Lord Rose.  (6/29)
Helen Long Sykes.  (5/24)
William Sweigert.  (4/23)
Raymond Kane.  (1/7)

2016
Suzanne Spattifor Carlson.  (6/27)

2015
David Valone.  (3/7)

2014
Daniel Otterbein.  (9/20)
Jeanne Williams.  (5/25)
Clara Swanson Carlson.  (5/22)

Catching up with Lucian K. Truscutt IV

Amazon

He hasn't published a book since 1998, but he divorced his second wife in 2013 and remarried last year.  And his royalty checks have been decreasing for years.

Based on the number of holdings available through LINKcat in the in the South Central Library System (50 member libraries), most readers would ask, "Lucian who?  What books did he write?"

Original 11/18/2012 post, "This Magazine Cover Makes Lucian K. Truscott IV's Blood Boil", starts here.

The New York Times, 11/16/2012

Lucien K. Truscott IV is the grandson of the grandson of U.S. Army General Lucian King Truscott, Jr.

Truscott IV is the author of the Dress Gray, which spent 13 weeks on the New York Times fiction best seller list in 1979, peaking at #5.

Around Town Middleton: Tiedeman Pond observation platform replaced

 

NEW PHOTOS!!

Photos by Retiring Guy

Original 4/20/2022 post starts here

Say 'hello' to the newly observation platform.   And JoAnna, while you're at it.

Photos by Retiring Guy

This is what the previous platform looked like  nearly 8 months after the deluge.  (April 9, 2019)

Around Town Middleton posts
April 2022

Klinke Cleaners closes its North Gammon Road location.  (4/14)

January 2022

Vin Santo reopening?  (1/17)

November 2021

Stunning fall foliage.  (11/8)
What a concept!  Dual-purpose dumpster.  (11/4)

Club Tavern still sits empty.  (11/3)  

October 2021
Jim's BP reboots as Jim;s Auto Service.  (10/18)

September 2021

Old National Bank.  (9/29)

June 2021

Tiedeman Poud pumping station upgrade.  (6/14)

Public art on the sald shed.  (6/10)

Algae bloom at Strickers Pond.  (6/10)

May 2021

Buying in bulk almost looks like Before Times at at Willy Street Co-op.  (5/5

February 2021

2 inches of fluff is not a snowstorm.  (2/10)

January 2021

Hidden Oaks subdivision.  (1/28)

4-way stop signs installed at Middleton Street and South Avenue.  (1/17)

December 2020

Unhappy neighbors of construction site.  (12/10)

November 2020

Good Neighbor City message.  (11/12)

Buying in bulk is backj at Willy Street Coop. (11/4)

October 2020

Free House Pub patio.  (10/4)

September 2020

This Franklin Avenue home has no curb  appeal.  (9/11)
A family of sandhill cranes paid us a visit yesterday.  (9/6) 

The beaches of Stricker's Pond.  (9/1)

August 2020

The latest in Woodside Heights Park amenities.  (8/19)
Sugars Court.  (8/31)

December 2019
Roman Candle survives the cut, even without the availability of convenient parking.  (12/12)
The Monona side of town.  (12/6)

November 2019
Bike rack at Sauk Trail Elementary School.  (11/8)
Not everybody's on board in the Meadows neighborhood.  (11/4)
 
October 2019
Matching car and garage door.  (10/11)

September 2019
Around Town Middleton: Bees love ornamental onion plants.   (9/4) 

August 2019
60-year-old resident arrested for armed robbery.  (8/21)
Staff and visitors may now park in the MCPASD Services Center lot .  (8/2)

June 2019
"ROAD WORK AHEAD" trumps "DRIVE LIKE YOUR KIDS LIVE HERE" on Park Street.  (6/27)
Free lunch Friday.  (6/24/2019)
CBD, just like everywhere else in Wisconsin.  (6/24)
 
February 2019
According to chapter 8.07 of the city ordinances....  (2/4)

January 2019
More than a snow fort, but not a standing-room igloo.  (1/2)
 
December 2018
This section of sidewalk was replaced in 1980.  (12/18)
The post office's new and improved self-service kiosk.  (12/18)

November 2018
Spell checker.  (11/19)

August 2018
Must be on a tight schedule.  (8/6/)

July 2018
What type of seeds?  (7/6)

June 2018
If it's not one thing, it's another.  (6/23)
Bloom Bake Shop to reopen as Bloom Bindery, a bakery/bookstore.  (6/15)

May 2018
The Tiedeman Pond frog chorus.  (5/15)

March 2018
Tiedeman Pond winter fish kill.  (3/30)
Hear that lonesome whistle blow.  (3/22)
Explosion on Elmwood Avenue.  (3/20)
Googling 'Henry Hubbard'.  (3/18) 
A not-so-faded Flo strikes a new pose.  (3/12)

February 2018

3 orange cones on sidewalk.  (2/26)

January 2018
This corner house is now a rental.  (1/16)
This 1955, 1296-square-foot ranch on Cooper Avenue was listed at $219,500.  (1/13)
It's always the season of the witch at this Anderson Street address in Middleton.  (1/11)

December 2017
A sure sign that this request went unheeded, if not unseen.  (12/24)
Turnstile Christmas Eve services at St. Luke's.  (12/13)
You've heard of a bear hibernating, but how about a bakery?  (12/13)