Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-19
(By Geo. B. winship.)

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Hood River, Ore. July Ill have
three days trip to Spokane. 1t is
Just q nights ride on h train. and
taking advantage of the subsistence
OF Mrs. Winship's attack Of whooping
cough. l slipped out Of town, between
ffwhoops," as 1t were, and hit the
capital city Of the Inland Empire.
There are members Of the clan Win
ship living there whom l had never
seen, and curiosity prompted me to
60. ! regretted that my wife could
not accompany me, but the doctor
ordered a strict quarantine for ten
days, SO / had to so alone. My visit
with my various cousins Of the first
and econd degree was
pleasant, and l found them to be q
very good sort. l chewed their food
the best l could with my impaired
masticating organs, and listened with
deep interest to traditional family
history with which l. had previously
came west seventy years ago, leaving
the rest of a big family of Winships
In New Hampshire and Massachus-
q etts. During the passing years they
scattered. in every direction, and so
far as we know B.. f. Winship and
two sons, my brother Frank and my,
self are the sole descendants of Abel
winship. the Englishman who came
to America in 1774. There Is a DR..
Winship in San Diego, ar English
man, who located there about twelve
years ago; he halls from O~veringnam.
near the Scottish boundary line, not
far from Newcastle, where Great
Grandfather Abel first saw the light
of day. We have discussed our
ge~nealogy, and figured it out salts
factory to ourselves that way back
in Cornwellian times we sprang from
the same family. Until recent years
/ did not care a tinker's expletive
who my ancestors were, but since
learned tina Abel was one of the or
iginal insurgents and a. soldier OF the
Revolutionary war, l have been deep
ly interested, and AVE taken pains tc
secure authentic data concerning the
family.
The Spokane telephone director.
reveals the names of many forne,
citizens of Grand Forks. I Away
consult the directory when I drop in
to a strange place. I never feel a
home until l find out what Gand Fork
people live in the town. There ar
scores Of them in Spokane. but onl!
Corbet, Fred Duggan and S. W. Nc
IAughlin, Others I called up an
said "howdy" to on the phone. blu
those mentioned I had real visit
with. I spent a delightful evenln
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sargent at thei
fine home on Lincoln Ave. Thel
daughter, Mrs. Harold Mccoy. an
two children and Miss Hall were ais
present. The Sargents are in fin
fettle, and enjoying their new hom
to the limit.
Jim Corbet was a former Gran
Forks attorney, way back in tn
nineties. He married Ruth Cole an
located at Spokane and has grow
with the city. Always shrewd an
energetic, he has acquired a fine con
petence and is rated as one of tn
progressive men of the city. Mr.. an
Mrs. Corbett have two interestin
sons, the elder Clifford, being SIX fee
tall N finely proportional. Mr.
Corbet was the daughter of John
Cole, who during the sos was tn
leading life insurance agent in Mort
Dakota. Talk with Cole" was
slogan known from one end Of tt
state to the other.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. McLaughl
left Grand Forks about fifteen yea,
ago. NC. was a pioneer in the far
implement business and later engage
in real estate and manufacturin
Both are enjoying good health, ar
show slight traces of the passing
years.
/ caught Fred Duggan in his Off
n busy as a beaver. Mrs. Duggan can
about the same time. The afternot
was warm. and in a few minutes a
ter my arrival. Fred closed his de:
and we were off on a motor trip
the highlands and parks. More TIL
the highlands and parks. More than