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|Dec 11, 1973
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|Karl Heinz Lange
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|Balda Werke Photographische
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United States Patent [1 1 Lange Dec. 11, 1973 CAMERA CASING ASSEMBLY [75] Inventor: Karl Heinz Lange, Ennigloh,
Germany [73] Assignees: Bolda Werka Photographische Gerate; Kunstsloff R. Gruter Kommanditgesellschait, Westphalia, Germany [22] Filed: Mar. 9, 1970 [21] App]. No.: 17,708
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data Mar. 20, 1969 Germany P 19 14 116.3
[52] US. Cl 95/11 R, 16/180, 24/221 A [51] Int. Cl. G03b 17/02 [58] Field of Search 95/11 R, 31, 40;
339/88, 91 R, 147 R;16/180,184,190; 24/221 R, 221 A [56] 7 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,599,843 9/1926 Schumacher 16/180 2,406,026 8/1946 Morehouse 2,309,737 2/1943 Murphy 24/221 A 2,148,011 2/1939 Burke 95/31 X FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 910,337 4/1959 Great Britain 95/11 R 1,047,996 11/1966 Great Britain 95/66 1,280,660 10/1968 Germany 95/11 1,060,937 3/1967 Great Britain..... 95/31 480,651 l/1952 Canada 95/31 Primary Examiner-R0bert P. Greiner Att0rneySparrow and Sparrow [57] ABSTRACT 11 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures PATENTED U59! 1 1973 SKEI103 PATENTH] DEC 1 1 I975 Fig.8
1 CAMERA CASING ASSEMBLY BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to photographic cameras and particularly to a casing for such a camera which can be easily and simply assembled. It has been customary in the past in the production of camera casings that the individual parts of the casing be secured to one another by welding or by screw connections. Such production is costly because of the expensive equipment and working time required. This production problem is solved by the present invention.
SUMMARY The invention consists in such novel parts, combination of parts and improvements as may be shown by example in the following description and in the drawing. All parts of the camera casing are held exclusively together by interlocking connections by catch elements attached to or integrally formed on the individual casing parts. The interlocking connections are correspondingly constructed so that the connections of the parts forming the camera casing, for example, the front plate, the camera back, the camera sides, are only releasable by means of a special tool and in no case can be released by the user of such a camera without this tool.
The interlocking connections of the casing parts are preferably produced in a very reliable manner by elastically flexible small hooks or lugs provided on these parts and by the catches cooperating with these small hooks and lugs. The hooks or lugs may also be integrally formed on elastic walls or on plastic portions thereof.
In a special embodiment of the invention the front plate, on which the lens of the camera and the shutter mechanism is fastened, is connected by means of an interlocking connection with the camera casing. The latter consists essentially of the casing sides and of the rear cover, disposed to be swingably opened by a hinge for the insertion of the photographic film, whereas the side of the cover adjacent to the hinge is arranged at an angle relative to the front or rear portion of the cover and which lies on an equally angular rear wall surface when the cover is closed. The gap of the hinge between the camera casing and the swingable rear cover is reduced to a minimum. By the enlarged size of the bevelled contact surfaces of the rear cover, the cover springs freely open by the inherent springiness of the slightly deformed camera side wall upon the release of a rear wall lock. For securing of the front plate a catch lug is arranged on a face of the camera casing toward the front plate or on the side faces of this casing. This catch lug may consist of a shaft disposed perpendicularly to the front face and of a catch tooth integrally formed on the free end of this shaft, which tooth is disposed to co-operate with a front face catch, thus constituting the interlocking connection between the camera casing and the front plate. This catch tooth engages a catch on the front plate, which is formed by a step which runs along the front plate edge on the inside thereof and which is formed in the shape of a trough on the camera casing.
Furthermore there is also a safe inexpensive and easily attachable carrying strap connection which permits also the fastening of the carrying strap nipple which holds the strap, by means of a simple catch. Locking of the inserted carrying strap nipple is performed by a locking arm or locking lug, which constitutes an integral component of this casing similar to the abovementioned small hooks or other catch elements which are preferably integrally formed on the camera casing. The fastening device for the nipple of the strap is constructed in such manner that a cover plate is arranged in a recess on a side wall of the camera casing, which cover plate has a step, whereby this step is pressed on the cover plate if this consists of sheet metal, but with the cover plate consisting of plastics is preferably integrally molded on this plate. The step projects into undercuts on the inner edge of the recess holding thereby the cover plate firmly on the camera casing. The cover plate has further an opening, which has in a first diametrical axis a smaller guide diameter and has in a second axis preferably perpendicular to the first one, a greater reception diameter. The cover plate is arranged in the recess in the camera casing that it lies eventually with its opening in a cover-like manner on top of a reception opening provided in the area of the recess, whereby this reception opening, which corresponds in the lateral dimension to the greater reception diameter of the cover plate opening, has on the oppositely lying inner edge surfaces four lugs arranged in pairs projecting laterally into the reception opening. These lugs receivewing-shaped locking segments of the nipple of the strap between them, which extend into the area of the reception opening, which lies below the smaller guide diameter of the cover plate opening. At least one of the lugs which project into the reception opening, is constructed in such manner, that upon the introduction or rotation of the locking segments into the area of the reception opening below the smaller guide diameter of the cover plate opening, it can be rotated and after subsequent introduction of the nipple of the strap into the fastening device engages on a locking segment of this nipple.
In a preferred embodiment of the carrying strap connection one lug of each pair of the lugs projecting laterally into the reception opening is of resilient construction, the rigid and resilient lugs on the edge of the reception opening being distributed in such a way that in a peripheral direction a resilient lug follows a rigid lug. The resilient lugs consist of a shaft running along the outer edge of the locking segments and of a catch tooth on the free end of this shaft, projecting into the opening, which catch tooth engages behind a side face of a locking element; whereby the side face runs at an angle of the center of the reception opening serving or acting as a catch surface. The rigid lug associated with the resilient lug is arranged opposite the side face of each locking segment.
Finishing techniques permit the resilient lugs to project into the receptionopening, as it will be described in more detail later in an embodiment of the invention, to be produced in a particularly simple manner by recesses in the camera casing, which run along the edge of the reception opening on base or contact surfaces thereof, respectively, and at a distance outside and parallel to the reception opening determined by the width of the shaft of the lugs and are joined together at the free ends of the resilient lugs.
The nipple of the strap itself consists of a small plate shaped as a circular disk, the diameter of which corresponds to the smaller guide diameter of the cover plate and on which are integrally formed on one surface the locking segments and on the other surface a handle with which inserting or turning and removing of the nipple of the strap is performed. This handle consists preferably of astraight piece and is displaced by 90 in relation to the locking segments. It projects beyond the outer edge of the small plate, thus permitting with this handle in the locked condition of the nipple to cover in a simple manner the part of the cover plate opening which is not filled by the circular disk-shaped small plates.
Obviously the opening for the nipple can also serve for receiving an adaptor or a suitably shaped connecting piece for accessories (flash equipment, clamp or table tripod, battery casing etc.), wherein the opening can be provided with electrical contacts, which operate on locking of the accessory device (for example, flash equipment, battery casing), so that it is connected to the current circuit present in the camera. Furthermore a plug shoe or a tripod thread can be integrally formed in the nipple in place of the handle, or it is also possible without further difficulty to provide the accessories with integrally formed locking segments and with a guide plate, so that this permits making a direct connection without an adaptor.
It may be also mentioned that the cover plate can be made in angular form as a cover angle for a better holding of the plate. The recess in the camera casing is constructed in this case, in such manner that it extends from a first camera side face over one edge of the camera casing to the second side face which is perpendicular to this first side face. The cover plate or the cover angle, respectively, has steps on both the camera front and rear, which project on one side into undercuts on the recessed edge of the rear of the camera and on the other side into recesses in the edge of the front plate. The steps also form the edge of the camera front of the recess provided for receiving of the cover angle.
The camera casing is especially adapted for the socalled one-way cameras, which are produced as very cheap cameras and will not be repaired after the parts have been locked in place or 'if parts of the camera mechanism will fail. This however does not exclude the described camera casing from being used with the same advantages in more expensive camera embodiments, in which opening of the casing is performed by means of special tools in the case of repairs. In this case, the integrally formed steps in the area of the catch connections have interruptions and the spaces are dimensioned in such manners that for the release of these connections special tools with knife-edge projections are introduced into the spaces between the connected parts and are pressed against the catch lugs for unlocking of the catch connections in such manner that these lugs will release the corresponding catch faces.
A further advantageous method for opening of the catch connections consist in providing or forming in the parts of the camera casing which have catch surfaces cooperating with the catch teeth, small more or less capillary openings, through which the catch lugs can be unlocked from the engagement zone of the catch surfaces by needle-like tools.
It may also be further stated that a specially advantageous and cheap construction of the camera or the camera casing, respectively, can be made by making all parts including the integrally formed locking elements of plastics. The present invention will now be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings of one embodiment.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING In the following description and claims the parts are indicated by reference characters, but these characters are generically used on similar parts as permitted by the state of the art. Similar reference characters characterize like parts in the various figures of the drawing, in which FIG. 1 is an isometric illustration of the camera body with the front plate and a cover angle,
FIG. 2 is a view of the underside of the nipple of the strap,
FIG. 3 is a section of the nipple of the strap along the line III'III of FIG. 2,
FIG. 4 is a section of the nipple of the strap along the line III-III with the carrier strap inserted,
FIG. 5 is an isometric exploded view the nipple of the strap and the side face of the camera with the opening for the nipple partly broken away,
FIG. 6 is the opening in a partial section of the side face of the camera with inserted nipple in the unlocked position, viewed from the inside of the camera,
FIG. 7 is the same view as FIG. 6 but with the nipple in the locked position, and
FIG. 8 is a horizontal section of the camera with locked front plate, closed rear wall and locked nipple partly broken away,
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 shows the camera casing 1 with several catch lugs 3 integrally formed on the front 2, which lugs have inclined surfaces 4 and 6 and a locking face 5. In the side face of the camera is a recess 7 with the opening 8 for the nipple 38 (FIG. 5) with the sunken contact face 9. Opening 8 has toward the front and the back of the camera the resilient catch arms 10 and 1 1 which get their resiliency by the cut-outs 12, 13. Furthermore opening 8 has lugs 16, 17 (FIG. 7) arranged opposite to one another with the contact faces 18, 19 thereon. Camera casing 1 has furthermore the cover angle 26 (FIGS. 1,5 and 8), the recess 7, which is formed by the buffer edge 21 on the camera side face and the abutment edge 20 on the camera upper side and the camera rear edges 22, 23. These camera rear edges 22, 23 have a continuous undercut 24, 25. In FIG. 1 is further seen the cover angle 26 which has the interrupted (or continuous) steps 27, 28 formed on the front and rear, and the opening 29 for the nipple 38. Opening 29 has the smaller guide diameter 30 and the larger receiving diameter 31. The connection between the two diameter sections is made by the surfaces 32. In FIG. 1 is further seen the front plate 33 with the trough-like peripheral edge 34 bent inwardly in thefldirection to the camera casing. In the center of the inside of this peripheral edge 34, a step 34 is located in the operative zone of the catch lug 3 which forms inwardly of the base of the front plate the recess 36 and on the other side the recess 37.
As FIG. I shows, openings 3' are provided on the front plate edge above the engagement position of the catch lug, in which openings needle-like tools can be inserted for opening of the assembled casing, for unlocking of the catch connections by pushing the catch lugs 3 out from the engagement zone of the catch surfaces 35. Such openings 3 are obviously, as it has been explained above, not necessary when for unlocking of the catch connections, the special tools having knifeedge faces are to be used as described above.
FIG. 2 shows the underside of the nipple 38 with the locking segments 39, 40 which have the inclined actuating faces 41, 42, 41. 42. Between the handle 43 and locking segments 39, 40 are circular disk-shaped small segments 44 serving as a guide diameter. Handle 43 which is displaced by an angle of 90 relative to the axis of the locking segments projects with the end surfaces 45 and 46 thereof over the circular disk-shaped small segments 44.
In FIG. 3 are the two bores 47, 48 shown in section for threading of the carrier strap therethrough. Between the bores the intermediate wall 49 is left around which the carrier strap 50 is slung (FIG. 4).
FIG. 5 shows nipple 38 in the position for insertion in the reception diameter 31 of cover angle 26 of the camera.
FIG. 8 shows a horizontal partial section of camera casing 1 with the'front plate 33 locked in place, the cover angle 26, the assembled rear wall 51 and with locked nipple 38. Rear wall 51 is connected at the pivot point 52 with camera casing 1. The bevelled rear wall surface 53 is dimensioned in such manner that it lies closely on the camera surface 54, with the closed rear wall which is formed by the slide 55 indicated by the dotted line. It is convenient to put the rear wall of the camera under spring pressure, accordingly the rear wall springs backby releasing the locking thereof, in order to facilitate the insertion or removal of the photographic film. This can be attained by different means, re,
1. by suitable dimensions of faces 53, 54 so that the same touch one another when the rear wall is not yet completely closed. Thus a stressing of the side wall of the camera will occur in the range of the permissible elastic-deflection which permits the rear wall to spring out upon the 'release of the locking.
2. by applying one or more contact cams or of a continuous strip on faces 53, or 54 in case the rear wall may not rest on faces 53, 54.
3. by a spring blade 56 in camera casing 1 which results from a U-shaped cutout 57, which with one (or several) small blocks 58 integrally formed on the rear wall cooperates in such manner, that the spring blade '56 is stressed during the last part of the closure path and this stressing is released by the opening. This stressing can be attained by proper dimensioning of parts 56, 58, or by applying of cams 59 on spring blade 56 or on blocks 58, or
4. in which the function of a spring blade is transferred to the integral small blocks 58 by a suitable structure, which is stressed on the camera side wall 60.
Assembling of camera casing 1, cover angle 26 and front plate 33 is performed by cover angle 26 being inserted into the recesses provided therefor on casing 1 (FIG. 1), where it engages with steps 27, 28, beneath undercuts 24, 25 (FIG. 8). Thereafter front plate 33 is pushed to catch lugs 30h camera casing 1 (FIG. 1) whereby inclined surfaces 4, 6 act in such manner that catch lugs 3 spring back in front of inclined step 34 of the front plate (FIG. 8), until catch lugs 3 can lock in recess 36 and engage with their locking surfaces 5 over locking edge 35 and lock front plate 33. Simultaneously the integrally formed steps 27 of cover angle 26 (FIG. 8) arrive at recess 37 of front plate 33 and prevent cover angle 26 from dropping out.
The method of operation of locking of the nipple of the strap is performed as follows:
Nipple 38 with carrier strap 50 threaded into the same is according to FIG. 5 inserted into opening 8 in such manner, that locking segments 39 and 40 will rest in the reception diameter 31 of cover angle 26, and thus the actuating faces 41, 42 (FIG. 6) of the locking segments are in the position in front of the contact faces 14,15 of catch arms 10, 11.
Nipple 38 is then rotated in'the direction of the arrow A (FIG. 6). Accordingly the points of the actuating faces 41, 42 slide to contact faces 14, 15 of catch lugs 10, 11, which spring back, and then the rotation on the outer diameter 39', 40 of the locking segments 39, 40 is continued until actuating faces 41, 42 come into contact with abutment faces l8, 19 of the limit lugs 16, 17 (FIG. 7), and at the same time catch lugs l0, 11 with their locking faces 14', 15' spring behind actuating faces 41, 42', locking nipple 38. By further continuing this rotation, locking segments 39, 40 leave section 31 of the reception diameter (FIGS. 5, 8) and travel beneath the edge of the guide diameter 30 of cover angle 26, whereby the nipple 38 is secured against withdrawal.
In order to release nipple 38 it is rotated in the direction of the arrow B (FIG. 7). By a torsion movement of predetermined size catch lugs 10, and 11 are pressed against the rounded points of actuating faces 41', 42' and release nipple 38, which is then completely unlocked after a rotation of and can be taken out of opening 8.
Cover angle 26 can be made of plastics or sheet metal with ribs 27, 28 pressed out or otherwise produced along the edges thereof. The cover angle could also be made as a flat plate.
While the invention has been described and illustrated with respect to a certain preferred example which gives satisfactory results, it will be understood by those skilled in the art after understanding the principle of the invention, that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
What is claimed is:
1. A photographic camera having a casing, said ca sing comprising a plurality of wall parts connected interlockingly with one another, barb-like catch elements formed on said part, said catch elements being disposed for holding said parts together, said parts being separable manually without the use of tools after being assembled, and a rear cover on the rear side of said casing, said rear cover being openable for inserting and removing film into and out of said casing, respectively, said wall parts comprising elastic walls, catch faces on said walls, said barb-like catch elements consisting substantially of hook-shaped lugs flexibly formed on said walls and said lugs disposed for cooperating with said catch faces, said camera having lens, said parts comprising a front wall and a rear wall, said front wall having an opening for said lens said casing comprising a hinge, a further one of said parts constituting a rear cover, said rear cover swingably attached to said casing by means of said hinge, said parts further comprising side walls, one of said side walls disposed adjacent said hinge running obliquely relative to said front wall and to said rear wall, and said rear cover having a bevelled face for closing said cover tightly under pressure and imparting a bending stress. to said rear wall.
2. A photographic camera according to claim 1, all said parts of said casing consisting exclusively of plastic.
3. A photographic camera according to claim 1, and at least one catch lug on one of said side walls, a catch face on said front wall, said catch lug engaging said catch face, said catch lug comprising a step having an inclined guide face, said step being disposed in a trough-like manner on the inside of said front wall.
4. A photographic camera according to claim 3, and said catch lugs consisting of a shaft disposed perpendicularly with respect to said front wall, and a catch tooth formed on one of the ends of said shaft, said catch tooth having a locking face cooperating with said catch face on said front wall.
5. A photographic camera, having a casing, said casing comprising a plurality of wall parts connected interlockingly with one another, barb-like catch elements formed on said parts, said barb like catch elements being disposed for holding said parts together, said parts being separably manually without the use of tools after being assembled, a rear cover on the rear side of said casing, said rear cover being openable for inserting and removing film into and out of said casing, respectively, said wall parts comprising elastic walls, and catch faces on said walls, said barb-like catch elements comprising substantially hook-shaped lugs flexibly formed on said walls and said lugs disposed for cooperating with said catch faces, carrier strap means, a strap nipple, one of said walls having an opening, locking catch arms integrally formed on said one of said walls of said opening, said strap nipple and said catch arms constituting said carrier strap means, said strap nipple disposed for being locked by said arms in such manner as to be removable by application of a torque moment, connecting means for connecting camera accessories to said camera casing, said connecting means comprising a nipple engaging said accessories, locking catch arms laterally arranged in an opening in one of said walls of said casing, said locking catch arms being integrally formed with said one wall by recesses in said one wall, said nipple engaging said accessories disposed for being removably locked by said arms, and one of the side wall parts of said plurality of wall parts having a recess, a cover plate fitted in said recess, said cover plate having steps integrally formed thereon, said cover plate being held in said casing by said steps, said cover plate having a first opening for receiving said carrier strap means, said first opening having a first guide diameter and a second, larger guide diameter, said second diameter disposed perpendicularly to said first diameter, said recess having a second opening coinciding with said first opening in said cover plate, and said second opening comprising four lugs arranged in pairs on the inner edge thereof, said pairs of said lugs disposed for locking said strap nipple below said first guide diameter of said first opening of said cover plate.
6. A photographic camera according to claim 5, and wing-shaped locking elements on said strap nipple and a locking segment at said opening, said locking elements disposed for engaging said locking segment in such manner that a reverse rotation of said locking elements is made possible by a predetermined torque moment.
7. A photographic camera according to claim 6, each pair of said lugs comprising one resilient and one rigid lug, said resilient and said rigid lugs projecting into said opening disposed along the periphery of said opening alternating in consecutive order, and each one of said resilient lugs consisting of a shaft arranged along the outer edge of said wing-like locking elements and a catch tooth on one end of said shaft, said tooth adapted to engage behind one of said locking segments while said rigid lugs are in position on the opposite sides of each one of said locking elements.
8. A photographic camera according to claim 7, and said resilient lugs being integrated components of said casing of said camera and recesses formed in said casing concentrically around said opening, the width of said recesses corresponding to the width of said resilient lugs.
9. A photographic camera according to claim 8, and a disk-shaped plate, said wing-shaped lugs formed on said plate, said plate having a diameter corresponding to said first small guide diameter, and a handle formed preferably at right angle to said locking segments on said plate, said handle covering parts of said opening not filled by said plate in the locked position of said carrier strap nipple.
10. A photographic camera according to claim 5, and said cover plate consisting of a flat plate made of metal and recesses formed on said side walls, said recesses having undercuts for receiving said steps.
11. A photographic camera according to claim 5, and said cover plate consisting of plastic, and recesses formed on said side walls, said recesses having undercuts for receiving said steps.
I UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3 777 639 Dated December 11, 1973 Inventor(s) Karl Heinz LANCE It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
The assign'ee's name is:
Balda Werke Photographische Geratte und Kunststoff R.
Grfi'ter Kommanditges ellschaft Signed and sealed this 23rd day of April 19714..
(SEAL) Attest EDWARD I-.FLETCIM11,JR. C. MARSHALL DANN Attesting Officer. Commissioner of Patents Foam emmso (10-69) UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,777,639 Dated December 11, 1973 Inventor(s) Karl Heinz LANCE It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
The assignee's name is:
Balda Werke Photographische Gerte undKunststoff R.
Grater Konunanditgesellschaft Signed and sealed this 23rd day. of April 197b,.
(SEAL) Attest:
EDWARD I I.1+LETCHER,JR. C. MARSHALL DANN Attesting Officer 1 Commissioner of Patents
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Posted in challenge, Photographs, wordless wednesday, tagged Photographs, photos, wordless wednesday on January 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Even though this is supposed to be "wordless" – I thought this picture would be great for "hump day"!!!
(Original and digital photo held by Wendy Littrell. Photographer – Unknown. Taken with my mom's camera to be used by my mother however she wanted.)
Posted in Life and Death, news, personal, Photographs, stories, tagged Amore, Bookless, Coshocton, Coshocton Tribune, genealogy, newspaper, Ohio, Photographs, photos, Roscoe, Salvation Army, Simon, Werts on March 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Mary Angeline Werts Amore
Mary Angeline Werts was born to William Washington Werts and Louisa Bookless on February 16, 1855 in Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. Her father died when she was two years old leaving Lousia to raise Mary and her older brother, George. In the 1860 Census both children are living with others. In 1961 Louisa married John Simon and three years later they had a daughter, Sarah Ellen. On December 14, 1872, Mary married William Henry Amore. In 1881 Mary lost her brother, George.
Mary – known as "Annie" and "Henry" had seven children – a daughter first, followed by six sons ("Clemmie", "Zade", Roy, Lloyd, Rollo, Bert, and Clarence). The family was very involved with the Salvation Army. I just didn't realize how involved Annie was until I ran across an article from the Coshocton Tribune dated December 14, 1941 (nine days after Annie passed away).
In the "Fife and Drum" column written by Al Cline, he stated, "Back a quarter century ago, at the Christmas times even before the first World war, you might have seen a tiny, birdlike woman, her face rosy with cold, standing on one of Coshocton's snow-swept street corners, ringing a Salvation Army bell." He went on to state that before many people knew what the Salvation Army was is when she joined as one of its first members. She was called "Mother" Amore, and as Cline reported, "very few people knew her first name was Mary. And there is no record how many derelicts she took into her little house, gave a bed and breakfast and sent on their way, because the true spirit of Christmas was with Mother Amore the year round."
There were many Sundays she walked from her home in Roscoe to the Salvation Army home so she wouldn't miss a service. My great-grandmother (her son Lloyd was my grandfather) saw the new citadel finished in 1929 when she was in her 70s. Unfortunately that was about the time she fell and was hurt pretty bad. The columnist reported that for more than ten years after her fall, Mother Amore was "an uncomplaining invalid, tied to her bed and crutch." Salvation Army Captain Douglas Bethune told Al Cline that he always had a strange feeling in her house; one that felt as if she was comforting him instead of the other way around when he came to call on her weekly after her fall.
Cline summed up his story by writing, "I guess this is a story of faith. Mother Amore had faith, like an imperishable little . . . flame, burning inside her and shining thru her eyes. It took faith and vision to help build the snug Salvation Army citadel, and it took faith to lie calmly in bed, at 86, and wait for the quiet touch of death."
As I read that article, tears sprung from my eyes. No, I didn't know my great-grandmother in the traditional sense (I also did not know my grandfather as he died six years before I was born). I didn't even really know her through memories of others. The only thing my dad has said is that she was in bed all the time. He was an adult by the time she died – so perhaps I can find out more about this woman from him.
However, I did learn a lot about this woman, just from this article. It told me that she didn't complain about any hardship that she encountered. Whether she learned this at a young age from losing her father and then her brother and being "farmed out" from her mother, I don't know. I have a sense that she seemed to always have a sense of purpose – helping people, nurturing them, giving hope to others, and bringing the word of God into the lives of those who didn't know Him.
I have three pictures of Annie – the picture above is one that my cousin, Sharon Amore Brittigan, uploaded to Ancestry. The picture below is one that my family has also shared with me of Henry and Annie and their children. One other photo I have shows the couple surrounded by loving family members on the occasion of the first Amore reunion held at their home.
Annie died on December 5, 1941 seven years after losing her husband, Henry. Her funeral was held in the Salvation Army citadel and she was buried in Roscoe Cemetery.
R.I.P. Great-grandmother ("Mother") Amore.
Posted in Flashback Friday, personal, Photographs, tagged Amore, family, Muskingum County, Ohio, Photographs, photos, reunion, Zanesville on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Summer in the mid-1960s (not sure which year). This picture was taken at my paternal aunt's home in Zanesville, Ohio. Pictured left to right: my 1st cousin, June (my dad's oldest sister's daughter), my Aunt Eva and Uncle Bervil (my dad's brother), my Aunt Gertrude (Dad's oldest sister), Eric (June's grandson), and me. Notice the span of ages between my first cousin – who has a grandchild a little younger than me – and me!
I haven't seen June or Eric since the real early 1970's. The last time I saw my Aunt Gertie was in the summer of 1972. I saw my Uncle Bervil and Aunt Eva for the last time in the late 1960's. Luckily, I am now in touch with their son, grandson's, great-granddaughter's, and their daughter.
Posted in Life and Death, On This Day, personal, Photographs, stories, tagged anniversary, death, genealogy, grandmother, Johnson, life, Nana, Photographs, photos, Wilt on January 19, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Twenty seven years ago today, I was at work when my boss, the owner of the printing company for which I worked, opened the door to the graphics room and told me I had a phone call. It was early afternoon and I still had an hour or so of work yet. No one usually called me at work. As soon as I heard my brother's voice, I knew. I knew because that was how I had envisioned it happening a week or so before. It wouldn't be my mom calling me or anyone else – it would be my brother. The words he spoke brought forth too many polarizing emotions. I didn't have to wonder anymore about when it would happen. I knew that a life lived had been to the absolute fullest. I knew that while everyone else in the family would be falling apart, that I would draw on my inner strength and remain strong for them. This woman we spoke of had been a constant in my life since birth – the only grandmother that I knew. When it seemed that my life was falling apart throughout different periods, she was my champion. When I was at my absolute lowest and disappointing everyone else, she hugged me and let me know that no matter what she wouldn't be mad at me and would love me unconditionally. Walking into my grandparents' apartment later that evening and seeing my grandfather all dressed up in a suit – for he had been waiting to go see his beloved wife – stabbed my heart. My mother expressed that my grandmother had really wanted to see her newest great-granddaughter, my baby, just a little over a month old, and had never gotten to. I broke down in grief.
Within a week the family gathered to remember this matriarch of our family. We laughed and we cried. Six of us – grandchildren and great-grandchildren – were pallbearers. It was such a cold day – the day we carried the casket out of the church into the waiting hearse. Snow covered the ground. We traveled to the cemetery and had a final service in the chapel. It would be several more years before I went to the gravesite. When I did return, it would be to visit not only my grandmother and my mom's baby sister, but also my grandfather, who wasn't able to go on after the love of his life was gone. He passed away a year less a day after she did.
Like me, my grandmother was a child of divorced parents. When I was young and going through the rough patches of my parents animosity, she would always comfort me and tell me she knew what I felt. As a young child, I used to spend weekends with my grandparents. I was the youngest of their eight grandchildren – by fourteen years – so to say that I was spoiled by them is an understatement! In my defense, I never asked for them to spoil me and in their defense, during the time the others were young and growing, my grandparents lived in Germany and were always traveling due to my grandfather's military duty or for pleasure. They missed a lot of holidays and birthdays with my siblings and cousins.
Vesta Christena Wilt was born on May 7, 1898 in Noblesville, Indiana to Joseph N. Wilt and Martha Jane Stern. She was the oldest girl and fourth child. Another daughter and son followed her. Before she was 12, her parents had divorced. Her mother married her widowed brother-in-law, Frank Clawson. The family moved from Noblesville to Anderson, Indiana and on Easter Sunday 1916 she met the man she would spend the rest of her life with. Vesta dated Glen Roy Johnson for several months and the two got married at Martha and Frank's house on Christmas Eve 1916. The following December their first child, a son named after his father, was born. As the years went by the family added their first daughter, Genevieve, and then a second daughter, Mary (my mother), and lastly baby Lois Evelyn who was born prematurely and died just a little over 2 months later.
My grandmother knew her own heartache. She was separated from her beloved Glen for quite awhile while he went to training for the Signal Corps and then went overseas to France during WWI. She had been separated from her mother and two youngest siblings after Martha moved to Oregon before my mother was born. She lost a baby and then much later watched her oldest daughter suffer from a brain tumor and ultimately succumb to another inoperable one. She lost the father that she hadn't seen for so long without having that estranged relationship mended. As the years wore on, she watched her youngest daughter struggle and grieve for the end of an almost 30 year marriage. She lost her mother and three brothers. She sat by her husband's hospital bedside for months as he recuperated from a blood cot on his brain that he had suffered in a fall.
Then her health began to fail. She wasn't a stranger to health issues – having one ailment and surgery or another throughout her adult life. But after she broke her elbow in the early 1970s, she was never as healthy as she had been. All too soon she was experiencing a heart attack every three months. I was very scared about losing her – not only for myself but for what it would do to my mother. After hospital stays and a change in her diet and medication, it seemed she rallied from the heart issues (although they were still there).
The family would gather for a surprise birthday we had for her at our house. She was so surprised when she walked in through the garage to the dining room and most of her family. Then there was the 60th wedding anniversary celebration at their apartment complex. Long time friends, church friends, military friends, and the family and extended family came to honor them. We were only missing one of my cousins and her family.
I moved away for awhile and when I returned back to my hometown, I realized just how she had aged – my grandfather too. I knew that as the years had ticked by, time was winding down for their life among us. My grandfather had been the one who had several health issues before I had moved away and I guess I had thought that he might be the one to go first. Then she was hospitalized and then again several weeks later. That visit was one she wouldn't return home from. I learned later that she had told the apartment manager as the EMTs were wheeling her to the ambulance to make sure her husband would be okay. Did she know she wouldn't come home? Did she decide that it would be okay to go if it was her time?
My grandmother – Vesta Wilt Johnson – born on May 7, 1898 – died on January 19, 1984. My grandfather – Glen Roy Johnson – born November 21, 1898 – died on January 18, 1985. They were the glue of the family. There are times during holidays and celebrations, the family left an empty chair – in honor of our grandmother. Our Beloved Nana – the woman whose "grandmother" moniker I have assumed for my own grandchildren – the woman whom I will never live up to as a grandmother – the woman who is always beside me in times of trouble – smiling and cheering me on.
Posted in Flashback Friday, Life and Death, personal, Photographs, stories, tagged Flashback Friday, personal, Photographs, photos on August 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The center of our home was – and always has been – the kitchen. The above pictures (photographer: Gene Amore, held privately by Wendy Littrell) show the eat-in kitchen of the house I grew up in. This was where smaller, family birthdays were celebrated; where the holiday meal preparations were done; where my dad marked the heights of me and my niece and nephew on the recessed door; where we'd sit at the table while talking on the telephone; and where I'd spend my meal times.
The kitchen was the place I could find my mom if she wasn't at her sewing machine or out in her flower beds. She liked to cook and bake. She taught me how to cook in this kitchen.
On one side the kitchen was accessed by an open doorway that led into the formal dining area and on the other side it led into the living area – a recessed wooden door could close it off.
This was not the kitchen my mom used for the last 32 years of her life but it was the kitchen I'll always think of when remembering childhood meals and ocassions.
Posted in Life and Death, personal, Photographs, Records, tagged death, genealogy, Johnson, Ohio, personal, photos, Records on October 1, 2009 | 8 Comments »
(Continued from The Box)
After I had opened the box, unwrapped the tissue paper to find my mom's baby sister's bonnet and removed the tissue paper, I saw a calendar at the bottom of the box.
Carefully I lifted out the Calendar from 1927 and slowly flipped the pages. When I found the month of June, there were notes on the page in my grandmother's handwriting.
June 9: Baby born – 10 a.m. hospital – 3# 4 – Lois Evelyn
June 13: 2#s 5
June 16: I came home – left baby
June 25: Fabitis
Week of June 26: Baby gaining back
July 9: 3-4 1/2
July 15: I came home
July 16: Baby home – 3# 6
July 23: 3# 12 1/2
July 30: Same
August 1: 3# 12 1/2 oz
August 6: 4 – 3
August 13: 4 – 7
August 20: 4 – 12 1/2
August 27: 4 – 7
August 30: 4 – 5
September 3: 4 – 7
September 10: 4 – 8
September 12: cow's milk
September 15: 4 – 13
September 17: 4 – 7
September 19: 4 – 5
September 22: SMA, 4 – 4
September 28: Back to hospital at 9 pm
September 30: Died at 5 pm
October 2: We buried our dear baby 3 months, 3 weeks
October 18: At Hospital
October 20: Operated for appendicitis & perineal op
October 22: Real ill
Lois Evelyn Johnson's Death Certificate
Birth: June 9, 1927
Death: Sept 30, 1927 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Normal residence was in Fairfield (now part of Fairborn), Greene County, Ohio
Female, White, Single
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio
Age at Death: 3 months, 4 days (this is incorrect just based on dates)
Father: Glenn (spelling incorrect) Johnson, born Anderson, Indiana
Mother: Vesta Wilt, born Noblesville, Indiana
Informant: Glen R. Johnson, Fairfield, Ohio
Death occurred at 6 pm
Cause of Death: 7 mo. premature birth; summer diarrhea, malnutrition
Place of Burial: Fairfield Cemetery, Oct 3rd 1927
It appears – based on calendar notes – that my grandmother was very vigilant about checking Lois' weight and even changing what type of nutrition she was receiving. Lois probably started out being breast-fed and then when she failed to gain enough, was switched to cow's milk. She did appear to gain some weight but then started to taper off again. My grandmother then switched her to SMA Formula but that didn't seem to help. I believe the X's at certain dates of Lois' life probably indicated either the beginning of diarrhea or a dr. appointment.
Talking to my mom a year ago, I discovered that Lois had been able to go home from the hospital. I was always under the impression that she had to remain there. Mom had told me that her baby sister had been put next to a heat source in order to keep her body temperature up.
Lois Evelyn didn't remain at Fairfield Cemetery. Years later a family had lost their children in a fire (or some other calamity) and a call went out through the community for burial plots or money to help bury the children. My grandparents gave up their plots and decided to remove their baby daughter to the cemetery they had chosen would be their final resting place. Mom had told me several times the gruesome tale of how my grandmother had wanted to see her baby daughter one more time after she was disinterred and asked that her casket be opened. Apparently she was pretty well preserved until the air touched her remains. Lois was then interred – permanently – at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens in New Carlisle, Ohio. Almost 40 years after she died, her parents joined her in eternal rest (in 1984 and 1985). Now, though unfortunate, most of the family is together – lying close together in a very peaceful setting: Lois' oldest brother and her next to oldest sister (my mother). My aunt, the oldest daughter, is buried several miles away in the community's Catholic cemetery.
Medical technology has come such a long way since 1927. If Lois Evelyn had been born within the last 10-15 years, she would probably be well cared for and received the right nutrition. Her gastric distress was probably due to her prematurity and she may have been placed on a feeding tube or receive IV nutrients.
My grandmother spoke of Lois Evelyn often. She never stopped mourning her last born child. She had shown me one picture of the little one lying on a blanket. I've not seen that photo again. The picture I do have, I will not post. It is her final picture – in her casket at her funeral. A banner reading "Our Baby" is draped above her on the lid. She was very, very tiny. And for all these years, she's been an angel.
Rest in Peace, Lois Evelyn


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I 'bought' a ring 2 months ago in New Mexico. About 1-2 hours later I regretted the purchase (it was by check) and told them that I did not want the ring. They told me that I signed a no refund/no exchange policy. I do not remember signing this but they say they can email me a copy. I have never been in possession of the ring so how is the policy valid to begin with? That is my first question.
I had to leave because I had a medical emergency that required me to return to the state I'm living in to receive treatment. The ring was still there with them. I told them just to ship the ring. They found out (this was a week later) that before shipping I had bounced the check. I kept looking for the check to clear and it didn't. There was a glitch on the bank side for a transfer is what I'm guessing. I panicked, I reiterated I didn't want the ring and they said they would hand me over to their attorney. I decided to just reissue because I didn't want to get sued. I have NEVER passed a bad check. They gave me the address and one week later the check was returned to me because their forwarding address had expired. I double checked online and with the BBB and it was the same address they gave me.
At that point I decided NOT to reissue because I had tried to make good, they still had the merchandise (and the bad check), I still have the returned check in it's original envelope. To me this is a stalemate. They have merchandise and a check. I have a returned check.
I believe an attorney for them contacted me today but he didn't say he was an attorney. Are they planning on suing? How can they sue me for something I never possessed? How could this hold up if I tried to make good and they gave me a wrong address and wrong addresses are listed for them? How is no return/no exchange enforceable if the person has never had the merchandise? It was a poor decision on my part but I don't think this is worth going to court over. I see it as a wash. Please help. I am scared. I am 40 and have always been good with my account etc. I've never done bad dealings. This is terrible. AND I'm living in a hotel right now getting ready to relocate/travel for charity so there is no permanent address for me for a while.
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If you agreed to buy the ring and paid for it then you have entered into a binding contract. So long as the seller is prepared to give you the ring then they are entitled to the purchase price. There is no general right to cancel a transaction due to buyer's remorse.
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I attempted to pay for it. I was given incorrect information. I have never been in possession of this merchandise. If they sue for breach of contract how do they find me when I have no address right now? If it's small claims and I live many states away then how do I get served when I have no residence to be served. I guess I wait them out because I have zero paperwork and they have all the paperwork. I don't see how no return/no refund works if no transaction was completed. I realize they can sue. I also feel that if you don't even know your own business address and have it listed incorrectly everywhere: if I reissued a check it would come back to me again. This is a ridiculous situation.
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You are correct. The court can not get jurisdiction over you if they can not serve you. Since they still have the ring and can sell it if they want there is probably not much reason to be chasing you. They are, presumably, in the business of selling jewelry, not suing people.
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Thank you. I also feel like I have to chase them because they even said in their BBB complaint that I could just send them another check. They didn't seem to comprehend that I didn't have an address to send it to and I have proof of that via their returned check. It's like a merry-go-round and I feel a bit of bullying. If I was walking around with their merchandise then that would be wrong of me. I would have stolen it and that IS wrong. As it is, I have never been in possession of this piece. I don't wish them ill but they honestly need to learn how to run a business. If you don't call to check funds for a purchase over a certain amount and I don't even know their address? I don't trust them. They don't even have a website or internet presence. Just vague listings. I'll just wait it out. I honestly feel I'm in a wash situation with them. They haven't lost their merchandise and I haven't lost my money. I think it's bullying. The man who called today left his name and phone and location but no reason for the call. I think that should be announced. I get so many calls that if people don't tell me who they are and why they're calling, I don't call them back.
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We Americans take a casual attitude to history. If we want to say something has become irrelevant or unimportant, we say "it's history." Middle Easterners, by contrast, take their history very seriously. For example, when Bin Laden issued a statement comparing President Bush to "Hülegü," U.S. intelligence analysts didn't have a clue what he was talking about. They had to scramble researchers to figure out the reference to Genghis Khan's grandson. But average Arabs, even those without secondary education, immediately understood the comparison. We need to remember this strong connection with history when we explore the implications of the recent deal with Iran.
In its feckless handling of Syria and in the P5+1 deal, the Obama administration has unwittingly blundered into forces of history it is clearly ignorant of. As a result, the region faces the greatest crisis since, um, Hülegü.
The Deal
We won't go into all details of the deal here. Suffice it to say, the P5+1 offered valuable concessions to Iran in exchange for less than nothing. By less than nothing, we mean this deal actually walks back from previous U.N. security council resolutions that called for Iran to halt all Uranium enrichment; it explicitly allows Iran to continue enrichment. While it requires Iran to turn its 20% enriched Uranium into oxide, the process is reversible so the requirement is toothless. For all the P5+1 concessions, the "breakout time" for Iran to produce a bomb has not been dented.
Not only Israel, but all the other countries in the region, have long hoped that the U.S. would restrain Iran's nuclear ambitions. Those hopes now look fruitless. This combined with the pusillanimous handling of Syria has convinced these countries that they're going to have to go it on their own.
The History
Most Americans think of Middle Eastern politics in terms of the Israeli-Arab conflict. However, from a broad historical perspective, this conflict is inconsequential in both magnitude and duration. Israel comprises less land than Vancouver Island and less than 2% of the region's population. For 1300 years Jews, as "people of the book," enjoyed a protected (albeit inferior) status under Islam. Violent conflict between Arabs and Jews is a 60-year blip in a very long timeline.
By contrast, Arab-Persian conflict has a very long and bitter history. In everyday conversation, both sides still refer to the battle of Qadisiyyah, where Arab Muslim armies crushed the Persians 1400 years ago. Ferdowsi, a tenth-century poet, who is studied in school and revered as a national symbol in Iran, made Arabs the villains of his epic, writing:
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That uncivilized Arabs have come to make me Muslim.
This enmity continues to modern times-- for example when Iranian Hajis decapitated Saudi policemen, parading the heads on poles; when Iran attempted to assasinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S.; or when King Abdullah called Iran a snake and urged the U.S. to cut its head off. Iran has even launched a campaign to "de-arabacise" the Farsi language.
Implication One: Saudi Arabia Keeps The Oil Spigot Turned Up
Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries have recently ramped up their oil production close to the highest levels of all time.
While there has been a need to offset the shortfall from lost Libyan production, there is also an indication that Saudi Arabia is trying to lower prices to pressure Iran. We expect that to continue until the Iranian nuclear threat is removed.
Implication Two: Qanbalatayn (Two Bombs)
Knowing the history, you'll understand why Saudi Arabia feels the need to acquire nuclear weapons capabilities to match or exceed Iran's. Of course, Saudi Arabia needn't go far to get weapons. Having financed Pakistan's own nuclear weapons program, it already has a few bombs and ballistic missiles set aside for it. If Implication Three doesn't come about, the region is likely to see a dangerous, multi-lateral arms race.
Implication Three: Sunni States May Support An Israeli Attack
The major Arab powers have been alarmed by Iran's increasing belligerence and rapid strides toward nuclear weapons capability. Whatever Israel's symbolic significance, the Arab countries know that it will never be an existential threat to them. They're not so sure about Iran. For all the rhetoric against the "Zionist Entity," it's the Shi'a Entity that really worries them.
As one who follows Arab newspapers, I've seen a shift in focus. While there is still no love for Israel, there is much more talk of Iranian and Shia irredentism. The line on Israel has softened, if only a little. Prince Al-Waleed, who is known as a human trial balloon for the Saudi leadership, has been broadcasting that Israel and Saudi Arabia now share some interests. And there are other stories about Saudi rapprochement with Israel, including accounts of the IDF visiting Saudi airbases as possible staging areas to attack Iran.
While it may sound improbable for hard-line Sunni states to work with Israel, it really isn't. For a Sunni fundamentalist, it's easy to make a theological case for working with "people of the book" against the Shi'a, who many consider to be apostates (which is much worse than being an infidel).
One of the brakes for an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities has been the risk of it spiraling into a broader "Islam vs. the West" conflict. That is one of the reasons Israel has sought U.S. approval for an attack thus far. With many of the Sunni Arab states supporting action against Iran, if only tacitly, that brake may now be gone. Does Israel really need U.S. approval for an action that other countries in the region support?
Summary And Investment Implications
The bottom-line is that we see oil moving briefly lower as the Arab states continue to crank up production to pressure Iran. But the risks of an attack on Iranian nuclear sites and an Iranian reprisal are greater now than they have ever been. The oil market may already be recognizing that with Brent crude recovering nearly all of the 3% it lost when the deal was announced. The potential for a massive spike in oil prices in the next 6-12 months has grown dramatically.
As noted previously, we bought puts on oil futures in back August when the Syrian crisis began. we have been selling the Puts back and will be shifting to a long oil position on further weakness. We prefer to use Futures and Futures Options for this trade. However, a similar trade can be made with the United State Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO), iPath Oil Total Return ETF (NYSEARCA:OIL), ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil (NYSEARCA:UCO), and PowerShares DB Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:DBO). Note that these ETFs may be subject to futures roll and leveraged ETF decay.
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Entrust your spring cleaning to these Durham-based pros, who will scrub, dust, and disinfect your digs until they look like new. Find out what services they can offer your home with this deal:
• $49 ($225 value) for a house cleaning for a home up to 1,500 square feet
• $79 ($300 value) for a house cleaning for a home up to 3,000 square feet
• Expansive list of residential services offers shows this cleaning team won't leave until the job is done
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PAID VALUE EXPIRES ON September 30, 2021
PROMOTIONAL VALUE EXPIRES ON August 7, 2014
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Service area includes a 30.0-mile radius from zip code 27701
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