The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 29, 1949, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Yankees Profest PAGE TWO members of the family have given their children the Egmont name for many generations. “Vrooman” is believed to stem from “Der Fro- hmann,” Dutch for “pious man,” a title given Frederick III, the elec- tor Palatine, whose sister, ‘Fabina, married Count Egmont. { COAT OF ARMS | A wooden plaque with the Vroo- | man coat of arms painted in dis-| temper (indicating that it was| | rainted before the 13th Century) | .|| has quartering of the arms of the 1 | Lameree Branch of the Ezmont e y : 2 R | ily. . ¢ m"l"‘;‘my name “Barent” appears fre-| Vi 7 ’LLION AND WILDLIFE | quently, beginning with the children | |of Adam Vrooman, eldest of Hen- | SERVICE HATCHERIES WERE STOCKED IN IRM PON. drick’s five children. Mrs. Wicker- ham’s father was a Barent. “But| € - why he added ‘Sidney’ no one ] . em5 N IN /g% knows,” she commented. “It is, not ¢ 3 g 3 ¢ traditional in our family.” Tucked in with the list of Vroo- { mans in the Revolution (of whom ! there were 107) and the index of | illustrations, is a list of mtercstlng‘ names. These include Aunt ZIochle, Aunt Plank, Case the Hermit, Chreshizoom, Bib Mace, Duck Leg | Bill, Turkey ‘Leg Bill, Hazel Pete| and Pull Foot Vrooman. | Ameng the 20 illustrations is a | picture of a tablet erected in Schen- lectady in honor of those massacred | | by Indians in 1680 and 1748, Adam | Vrooman (second generation) is the |only individual mentioned. Another picture is of a fifth| generation Adam Vrooman who| o l “was loyal to the king and migrated to Canada.” Mrs. Wickersham said, {“For years, the whole family was | ashamed of the Canadian branch, | becouse they were Tories, and the { Viocmans are proud of the family’s | part in the Revolution.” Besides Mrs. Wickersham and | | her niece, another western member of the Vrooman family is wellknown to many Juneauites, for his recent visits here. He is Mrs. Wickersham’s STATES OF THE INT Tie-Breaking Score LAKES AND STREAMS OF THE NATION WERE ENRICHED B8Y MORE THAN 16% Mi LEGAL 8126~ RAISED IN RAL HATCHERIES | | DE} | IN 194, ’FISH NINETY NINE FEDERAL HATCHERIES IN. srALzs Scoring of tie-breaking tally by Red Sox third bassman Jchnny Pesky in eighth inning of crucial | Yankee Stadium battle between Boston and New York is caught by sequence camera: At left Yanks catcher Ralph Houk is about to take the throw as Pesky starts his slide. In center players crash together and Umpire Bill Grieve watches to call play. At right Grieve calls Pesky safe with what proved to be the winning run. Bobby Doerr started the action with squceze bunt to Yanks' first baseman Tommy Henrich who whipped the ball to Houk. Crowd and players roared in strenuous,beef at the umpire’s decision. Sox won, 7-6, to take league lead. (P Wirephoto. Out of Reach RSN, R o Yankee players join Manager Casey Stengel (left) and Catcher | Ralph Houk (rear) in protest of Plate Umpire Bill Grieve (left | foreground) decision calling Johnny Pesky safe at home on close | play in eighth inning at Yankee Stadium, N. Y. (9-26-49). Umpire Berry is in center. Players are Cliff Mapes (in jacket), Coach Jim Turner (foreground) Yogi Berra (right) and Bobby Brown (rear, right). Grieve said ke intended to report Mapes’ remark: “how much did you bet on the game,” to American League President Will Harridge ./® Wirephoto. 'CORPORATIONS GIVEN oy A e L g capitalized at $2,500,000.~ Alaska agents are: R. E. Robertsop and | nephew, Daniel, a student of elec- !trical engineering at UCLA. He |cpent the summer in a US. Geo- logical Survey at Iliamna. “My huskand,” | Wickersham, “used to say it wou'd | be wonderful if children could be taught a sugar-coated genealogy— commented Mrs. | Yankee Right Ficlder Tommy Henrich sprawls on th: Baseman Johnny Pesky dropped into right field for a single in the first inning. Bosten-Yankees tie-breaking game at Yankee Stadium, New York. At right is Yankee Second Baseman | ed at the Gastineau. Gerry Coleman. (® Wirephoto. grass, FAMILY TEXT-BOOK, VROOMAN FAMILY, A recently published book which is a slice of American history, as| seen in the settlement and grn\vm‘ of a Dutch family, is of special in- terest to friends of Grace Vrooman Wickersham, widow of Alaska’s| well known Judge James W. Wick-| ersham. “The Vrooman Family in Amer- ica,” by Mis. wickersham of Ju-| neau and Ernest Bernard Comstock | of Dallas, Texas, is more than a genealogy—it is a vivid historical journal. A pleasing ccmposite map de-| vised and sketched by an Alaska member of the family ornaments It is the work ot m's niece, Mrs. John | Allman (Ruth Coffin). The map locates the region of the Vrooman family’s settiement, “Vroomans Land, Schoharie County, N.Y."” Schoharie, near Schenectady, was a pivotal point in the Revolution, in which the Vioomans took a proud and prominent part. The end-page map, a composite of authentic charts of 1731, was| projected back to 1664, when the first Vrocman, Hendrick Barthol- omeus (or Meese) Vrooman, came from Holland to America. It shows) locations of grants to various mem- bers of the family (as “The Old Bowry, conveyed February 12, 1731, to Wouter Vrooman”), Indian Vrooman's Nose, and river, road | and trails. The old stone fort and! stockade are pictured, and it 18| ornamented with the Vrooman coat of arms and crest, and a account of Hendrick Bartholomeus| n debit to the Dutch West India! Company “for passage and board in doming thither, anno 1664, April . and for his 5 children of 15, 13, 11, 7 and 5 years . 1 pound 162 shillings. H At the time of Hendrick's arrival, twe of his brothers already W residing in New Netherlands. they left no descendants, “The Vroo- man Family” concerns those de cended from the third l:rother, Zen- drick Meese Vrooman. 20 YEARS rumo Twenty years of painstaking r search by Mrs. Wickersham went | into the exhaustive 314-page family history. It is carefully indexed as| to Vrooman families, from Aaron to Yannetye (Jane), and allied families | from Aardsche to Zellinger (of : course including Coffin and Com-; | \ . total ere As stock), and there are seven blank pages for family notes. In her research, Mrs. Wickersham met many family members in Wash- | ington, D.C., during the time her husband was Alaska Delegate to Congress. Besides, she found her- self in correspondence with rela- tives all over the world,’ and was pleased to receive half a dozen col- lections of accumulated material. One of them “would have filled a steamer trunk” and contained tull,} documented data from church, su rogate, land and cemetery recar as well as from Bibles and wills. castle and burial place, & hill called - Your Deposits BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS THE management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operafion. The safety of depositors’ funds is our primary consideration. In addition the bank is a mem- ber of Federal Depesit Insur- ance Corporation, which in- sures each of our depositors against loss to a maximum of $5,000. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAT, ALASEA MEMBER FEDFRAL DEFOSIT in3URANCE CORPORATION e This was the research of the late 3 | DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ship. Besides, there is lette iy MRS. WICKERSHAM - J‘ it gives them history, geography and {family background, all related to | their own persons.” i Thanks to the Wickersham-Com- | stock book, the first compiled gen- | ealogy of the family, Daniel and! later generations of Vroomans now | \ have their own family texttook. | HAINES GUEST i Action was in the | James Kay of Haines is register- | home offic M. E. Mcnagle of Juneau, John E. Manders of Anchorage and Er- nest B. Collins and Charles J. Clasby of Fairbanks. The S. Patti Construction Com- pany of Kansas City, Mo, is capi- talized at $5,000. Its Alaska offices are in Anchorage. Henrik Valle Company, Inc., a contracting company, is authorized to capitalize at $150,000. Its Aleska office is in Anchorage. Seattle is its home office. Jensen- McLean s its heme office LOCAL CERTIFICATES The foliow corporations, in- | corporated outside Alaska, have {been granted certificates of incor- | poration by the Territorial Auditor | here: | Wyatt and Kipper, Engineers, whese authorized capital is $50,000, e represented by Joseph W. She- ahan in Anchorage and P. A. Johnson in Fairbanks. Company, in Seattle. Inc, Benson and Montir, Inc., whose Its are in Dover, Dela- their Alaska agent Maurice T. Johnson of Fairbanks. The company capitalized at $15,- ware, have Cerdova. is $10,000. Autherized capitalization | Antarctic icebergs are often a| Mrs. Charlotte Taylor Luckhurst ot Albany, N.Y., who had worked on it for 30 vears. !'have been found to measure 20 to, 30 miles. h } P R | Strong in the belief that the! The United States’ standard mile| (or Vromans) are des- at sea is 6,080.27 feet, while British, cended from the Ezmont family, ot | French and German versions range vhich Count Egmont, Prince of from two inches to four feet Gavre, 1522-1568, was outstanding, shorter. You always have a quick 'n’ easy meal waiting on your pantry shelf if youwll pick up several tins of Armour Comed Beef Hash at the store today. Extra-tender beef brisket and firmgr, whiter potatoes make this hash look and taste so good— especially served this way L Pack into well-oiled ring mold. Bake hash 30- 35 minutes in 325° F. oven. Tumn out on plate and fill center with eas. Surround with parsley and ard - cooked Cloverbloom Eggs. ARE INSURED e et e e The best and nothing but the best is labeled mile or more in length, and a fewy - - - VANCOUVER GUEST H. B. Thompson oi Vancouver, B. C,, is registered at the Baranof. 000 and constructs pipelines. 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