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Photos from Neil Slotemaker

The following photos are captures from video Neil Slotemaker took July 27. Neil is the oldest son of Mooch and Jane Slotemaker, grandson of Cornelius, great-grandson of John, great-great grandson of Cornelis, in other words the oldest son of the 4th oldest son of the oldest son of the oldest son of the original American Slotemaker. Neil and his siblings had travel woes. They flew out to Seattle on Vanguard Airlines. Neil was in the air heading home when Vanguard went bankrupt. He made it home. Several days later Neil's sister, Amy and brother Danny 'Little Mooch' found themselves stranded in Seattle, no flight home, the airline they came in on no longer in business. And apparently while the federal government rushed to bailout the airlines post- 9/11, when a traveler is left stranded the FAA does nothing to help. So, Amy and Danny drove all the way back to Omaha in their rental car. I hope it was a fun unexpected road trip....

It seems as if I've been hearing about the above baby carriage forever, but it's actually only been less than a year I've known of its existence. This carriage was first used by my grandpa Cornelius, and then all his siblings and some of their children. It has been restored to good condition by Terry Slotemaker.

I did not get around to looking at the displays with the level of attention they deserved. I also did not take any photos of them. I also managed to exit back to Texas without taking one of those family books. I think all that info is somewhere on the Slotemaker website so guess I don't need a hard copy. 

There was supposed to be an ad from the 50s at the Non-Registration table. The ad had a photo of a beauty queen who happened to be a Slotemaker in attendance at the Reunion. We were going to have people guess as to the identity and then get some sort of prize. I've no idea what became of this. The ad was emailed to me about a month ago and I signed on to the idea of it. 

Anyone who can provide details of what we are seeing here, please do so.

And again, anyone who can provide details of what we are seeing here, please do so.

And again, anyone who can provide details of what we are seeing here, please do so. I know it's a bible, but what does the note say?

The guy in the middle of this photo is obviously a doctor, appears to be some sort of cardiac surgeon. Let me check my data bank. Oh, that has to be Dr. Henry De Mots, husband of Myrna Slotemaker De Mots, brother-in-law of Terry, Dave and Cal Slotemaker.  It is believed on the left we are seeing a side/behind view of Mike and Karen Slotemaker. This leaves the blonde on the right still un-identified. She looks to be a beauty. I'm guessing in-law....well, I was wrong, about the beauty on the right being an in-law. I've now been informed as to the correct identity by "Kristi- blue dot- daughter of Cal" that " The good-looking girl in the photo with Uncle Henry is a SLOTEMAKER blue dot- daughter of Myrna- named Sharon. "

From the humorous email I just received from Cal's blue-dot daughter Kristi I'm now regretting not meeting yet one more person that day! Does Kristi show up in any of these photos? 

Terry Slotemaker's daughter Janelle, the oldest daughter of the oldest son of the second oldest son of the oldest son of the original American Slotemaker. Janelle is the only cousin from another branch of the family that I've met before. I took her back to school in Portland once, about 12 years ago, and we went to Mt. St. Helens around the same time. Janelle did not remember me driving her to Portland. She did remember going to Mt. St. Helens. I forgot to ask her if she remembered coming to a birthday party at my house. That was the first time I met Janelle. The first thing she said to me was 'Why aren't you tall?' I think I told her I was malnourished during my growing years. Now that I've seen all the stretched out people in her branch of the family I understand why she thought I was height challenged. I knew Janelle was now married and a mother and I figured I wouldn't recognize her because it was likely she'd grown large after child-bearing, a syndrome I'd seen often. But Janelle is even more of a beauty than I remembered from years ago. 

Neil named these photos with some pretty funny labels. This one was the funniest. He called this 'mob boss and guard'. Due to an agreement with the mob boss I can't identify her, but that is my cousin Jeff Slotemaker guarding her.

Little Mooch and Big Mooch. Also known as Danny and Gerald. I don't believe I've ever heard Mooch called Gerald. 

Another funny Neil name for this photo. Neil called this photo 'Neil Young'.  It is my cousin Scott Barry, the oldest son of the oldest daughter of the oldest son of the oldest son of the original American Slotemaker. 

I think Neil labeled this one 'who's the boss?'.

The only one I can identify here is the one taking up most of the photo, my sister Nancy, oldest daughter of the oldest son of the oldest son of the oldest son of the original American Slotemaker and big sister to the oldest son of the oldest son of the oldest son of the oldest son of the original American Slotemaker.

My sister Jackie asked me to Klompen Dance. I said no. My Aunt Jane asked me to Klompen Dance and I said yes. Jane was much more persuasive.

More Klompeners. I think that is my brother-in-law Jack Weston in brown.

That's my Aunt Jane, first wife of my Uncle Mooch and her distraught dance partner.

Exhausted by the high speed Klompen, Jane and her dance partner slink off to the sidelines.

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