"Bringing Our Pioneer Spirit of Yesterday Forward Into Tomorrow"
Vlada Lohn (sorry, forgot her Moldavan surname), wife of Carl Lohn, son of Carol Seifert Lohn, daughter of Lucille Carr Seifert, one of the Magnicent Eight Carr Sisters, became a naturalized American citizen, this past Thursday, December 16, 2010.
Now, we have one more person to help us pay our national debt!
Hello Carr Family,
I have had opportunity to visit via e-mail with the latest Commanding Officer of the USS PAUL HENRY CARR, FFG-52. He is interested in developing a relationship with Uncle Paul’s extended family like previous CO’s. I am pasting the pertinent part of the last e-mail he sent me: (more…)
My dad was a loyal OU Football fan. We never (OK, once, the fall before he died, when he simply could not stay for the rest of the game) left until the game clock showed 0:00. Didn’t matter if OU was up by 60 points, or behind by 60 points. You stayed for the end of the game to support your team. Five and one-half years after his death, we still carry on that tradition (OK, once again, broken once, when there was a lightning delay, with a considerable downpour, we left – it was right around half-time – and did not come back). (more…)
I’m on the slippery side of the hill now, and reminiscing seems to be an occupational hazard. After we lost my dad, three aunts, and two uncles in less than a year starting in November, 2004 (Aunt Irene) and ending with Uncle Sam (September, 2005), I started making a concerted effort to see the aunts and uncles that were still alive. It’s not something I try to lord over anyone (except for including it in this story and bringing it up more times than people care to hear!), it’s more of a penance. When Aunt Irene died, (more…)
My mother, Juanita Carr Rush, told me a story once about being back home in Checotah, Oklahoma. It was one of the Carr-Fests wherein the Carr Sisters would take advantage of the opportunity of Juanita bringing her boys to have a family reunion. Juanita would have still been in her twenties, with at least one, possibly two, three, or four children
After the kids have gone down for the night (more…)
I love family stories. You hear a story, repeat it to other family members, and they stomp all over it, deny its veracity! But, sometimes, there’s a kernel of truth, maybe not in the seminal facts, but an exposition, if you will, of the underlying character of the person(s) involved. (more…)
See Attached file — Attachment not longer valid — I’m sure an Carr relative is welcome to attend if they RSVP. Jeff Rush has been going to many of these, but he is in deepest, darkest Africa for the next two weeks. He will just be back in country when this happens, so will not attend.”
Hi Everyone-
So we made it safely to Japan and are all set up in an apartment. As of now we’re working for NOVA group, things seem relatively stable for the company at this point, however there does seem to be a little worry about whether next months wages will be paid on time. And there is a lot of stress and instability among the staff… (more…)
Come one, come all!! Step right inside the Big Top, and read all about it! To mix metaphors, as it were. It is an itinerant blog, but well worth the wait and the read. Follow this young American-Filipino lady as she experiences marriage to a musician, working in a foreign country and thinking about life.
Invitation for more cruises on the USS Carr.
CARR Family,
I hope this email finds you all well. Time is flying by and I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week already. We’re finally out of the shipyard and we’re busy trying to get ready for our Engineering Certification the week of 27 Nov. The crew is tired, but spirits remain high….I’m not sure how they do it, but I’m blessed to have a crew like this!
The first two weeks of December, CARR will be operating off the (more…)