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From: "PMcSwain" <>
Subject: Re: [FLHILLSB] -LOOK-UP
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:53:51 -0500
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as I am doing look-ups on Tuesday- I am not sure I can get this one- think
the time line for local look-ups for me is 1955 and on -not before-sorry -my
car is slipping out of 4th gear and I do not dare leave town-no money for
the fix- Drat-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Hummerick" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [FLHILLSB] After Shrimping, Some family history


> This is all I have on my Great Grandfather and hope that in these parts of
news paper could leed to his grave site.
>
> Moseley, George P; 75; 1947
> Publisher: Tampa Tribune (microfilm)
> Date: 1947 10 13
>
> Page: Deaths-p.2
> Moseley, George P; 75; 1947
> Publisher: Tampa Tribune (microfilm)
> Date: 1947 10 14
> Page: F.N.-p.2
>
> Moseley, George P.; 75; 1947
> Publisher: Tampa Tribune (microfilm)
> Date: 1947 10 15
> Page: F.N.-p.2
>
> Russ Hummerick
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> >
> > Sue,
> > What happen to us in the 70's and after.
> > James E. Hummerick Jr. went to Oklahoma for years. Then he moved back to
his
> > home town Tampa in 1988 and is still there today working as a car
salesman.
> >
> > John P. Hummerick after being the Road Manager for the Bellamy Brothers.
He was
> > with them until the 80's and now also a car salesman and lives in
Titusville
> > today.
> >
> > Russell G. Hummerick left the boats after two years and went on to
become a
> > Mechanical PKG. Service Engineer for Weyerhaeuser Paper Company out of
Tampa,
> > Florida from 79 to 87 work all of Ruskin, Tampa, and Florida, and the
Eastern
> > U.S.A. Designing, Building, and Installing Machinery for Produce and
Meat
> > Companies also Famers. Was on call 24/7 and had to fly at any time. (Did
you
> > know that the gas that is used for Tomatoes come bananas?). Got away
from
> > fishing. 87 is when I got off the road so I could helped my Mother as
she was
> > dieing from Brest Cancer until 88. 89 is when I blow out my back and
became a
> > feed store owner in Riverview, Florida until 91 met my second wife and
moved to
> > Ohio went back into Designing Machinery until I plow out my neck. (Then
> > retired). Became a BSA Venture working with Disable Children teaching
them how
> > to river and lake fish like I did today. (Isn't funny how ones life can
go in a
> > full circle). I went back fishing again. LOL (It's Safer)! Now fi!
> > ghting MS.
> >
> > I just tell there school teacher if one kid can remember how to fish
then what
> > the old timers on the Tampa Shrimp Boats & my Grandfather & father
teached me is
> > not wasited. One School Teacher asked me this morning. What do I need to
catch
> > shrimp with? When I go to Florida. All I told him was a very big boat!
Or go to
> > the store and buy wild shrimp not POND raise shrimp. That is what killed
us
> > shrimpers.
> >
> > Ron E. Hummerick became a High Rise Welder and is in Zephyrhills
fighting
> > Cancer now.
> >
> > Tina L. Hummerick became a happy home maker in Jacksonville..
> >
> > Mary K. Hummerick became a happy home maker and now runs a very big
store in
> > Jacksonville.
> >
> > Dad, Jamse E. Hummerick Sr. died in 1998 from long cancer worked as a
salesman
> > to the last two weeks in Zephyrhills, then I was called to his side for
those
> > two weeks. That is when he passed on to me three very big boxes packed
full of
> > family information and photos that no one in the family has ever seen
before and
> > I have been working on them sense then.
> >
> > Mom, Barbara L. Sharpless died in 1988 from brest cancer on 22nd street
in her
> > Mother's and Grandmother house.
> >
> > Who am I researching?
> >
> > Ralph Sharpless Death date: 29 May 1968 in Lutz. Don't know where has
grave
> > site is.
> >
> > George Preston Moseley Death Date: 13 Oct 1947 in Tampa he had a store
in Tampa
> > I will have to look at the photo of the store to see where in Tampa it
was. Hope
> > to find his grave site and the information that is on his death
certificate some
> > day.
> >
> > Sue, it has been good for my brain cells also thing back in my life. I
have not
> > done that in years! I also think that at sometime we could have very
well walked
> > right by each other at any time in our life on 22nd street or the
drive-in.
> >
> > I was giving that boat history of that time in my life for someone to
keep. Then
> > I got to talking to you and found out that it is not time for me to give
up on
> > my family history yet. I owe it to my kids!! Thanks Sue! For that.
> >
> > I will not let the MS win! ;-)
> >
> > Russ
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> > > In the 80s, I worked for a naval architect/marine surveyor. He was
from a
> > > long line of sea men and told me that in the 1920s, his father sailed
a
> > > beautiful wooden sailboat from New England to the Tampa Bay area. He'd
> > > heard so much about it, he had to see it. He looked over the side and
the
> > > water was like clear blue ice, the prettiest water he'd ever seen,
like the
> > > Bahamas today. He could see the size, shape and colors of the fish in
the
> > > water, many he'd never seen before. He thought he had come to
paradise, so
> > > he stayed.
> > >
> > > In the 1950s, we scalloped in the bay. I dove back then without
goggles or
> > > fins - can't do that today - chasing down a fleeing scallop. The sea
floor
> > > was full of them amongst the sea grass and white sand. I know they all
> > > taste the same, but as a little girl, I loved to go after a pink one.
Of
> > > course, the bay went to pot and no more scallops. By the 70s, we had
to
> > > drive up to Tarpon Springs to find scallops, and they were tiny. Some
> > > years, the catch was not worth the drive up. Several years ago I read
how
> > > they were reintroducing baby scallops into the bay, then later, about
the
> > > success of the program.
> > >
> > > Quahog clams as big as a grapefruit! There's still a few spots you can
find
> > > them in the area, mostly off the skyway, but they aren't that big
anymore.
> > > Or as plentiful.
> > >
> > > A girl on our street got polio in the 50s, and we heard she was in an
iron
> > > lung. I was so afraid, as we'd all played with her. I felt so sorry
for her
> > > family, as everyone avoided them. No one knew.
> > >
> > > About once a month, mom took us to the big white tb hospital on Dale
Mabry
> > > and Tampa Bay Blvd. Eucalyptus trees grew, and we stripped the leaves
from
> > > the trees and put them in burlap bags. The hospital crushed them and
> > > stuffed pillows with them. The scent helped the patients breathe. I
> > > remember the faces of the patients in the windows, watching us.
Especially
> > > the children. It made me feel good but also bad. NY Yankee stadium is
there
> > > now.
> > >
> > > We went to the shrimp docks often, to buy fresh shrimp. The docks were
> > > around the corner from our house, so we had fresh shrimp often. It was
> > > "cheap food." I loved it when the shrimp boats came in, even tho' it
did
> > > stink. There was so much excitement, with everyone going down to the
docks,
> > > hugging, waving, laughing, hollering conversations off the boats as
they
> > > worked. I liked to watch the dripping nets, the way they folded and
hung
> > > them was so cool. I liked to see the odd things they caught in the
nets.
> > > The guys would keep a baby shark or octapus or something, to show us
kids.
> > > I don't know where the memory is from, but I recall watching brown
shrimp
> > > and ice chunks flow like a river down a flume or tube, coming off the
boat?
> > > I was five. That's one of those memories you say, "Where did that come
> > > from? A brain cell just woke up."
> > >
> > > We grew up on fresh caught fish, grits or fried potatoes, mom's home
baked
> > > bread, dad's collard greens from the garden, oranges, grapefruit,
kumquats,
> > > lemons and tangerines from the yard. We always thought, "Man, when I
grow
> > > up, I'm going to eat GOOD, like the other people do. The rich people."
> > > Little did we know we were eating the best.
> > >
> > > When sliced white bread was first sold, all our friends had it. I
loved to
> > > eat lunch at their house, their bread was a treat. At our house, mom
made
> > > our bread. Dad couldn't have salt. Our bread was dark and rougher in
> > > texture than our friends' thin-sliced white store-bought bread. Coming
home
> > > from school to that bread-in-the-oven smell - nothing like it. We'd
run in
> > > the door and she'd cut us a thick slice of hot bread, slather real
butter
> > > on, and with her lemonade or orangeade - heaven.
> > >
> > > Dad had a heart condition from rheumatic fever in Pearl Harbor, so we
had
> > > no salt in our home. Every Friday we drove to a little Spanish grocery
> > > store on Broadway in Ybor City, the only place in town that carried
> > > salt-free butter. The owners were our friends and treated us like
their
> > > grandchildren. Eventually, we learned each other's language. I can't
read
> > > or write it, but I can sure understand it. We loved our Spanish
> > > grandparents, the only grandparents we had in Florida. Dad died in
1961 and
> > > it was about that time the chain stores began carrying salt-free
foods.
> > >
> > > The main thing I got from the Montel show was that MS was a
multi-pronged
> > > fight. It took medical doctors, alternative medicine,
food/diet/nutrition,
> > > positive thinking, accupuncture, music therapy, exercise, on and on.
He
> > > said he was on a 7-phased treatment, some his doctors said
> > > shouldn't/wouldn't/couldn't work, but did for him, as it did for
others on
> > > the show. Check out his web site. Can't hurt!
> > >
> > > What are the Tampa name lines you seek? If I can help you with
cemetery
> > > photos, I do that, and I have some on-hand Tampa reference books. The
> > > downtown library is great for research, just a bear to park and get
to.
> > >
> > > Has anyone guided you to Sheila's site?
> > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hillsfacts/
> > >
> > > I find her site easier to navigate than Cindi's. Let us help you with
your
> > > Tampa lines. That's why we're here. Sounds like we were neighbors at
some
> > > point.
> > >
> > > Sue
> > >
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