Friday Funny

 

Please let the temperature go down soon so I can get back to visiting cemeteries!

Thursday's Time Capsule

Terrie Jo Parrish was born September 10, 1956. Let's see what was going on in the world on that date.

September 10, 1956 was a Monday.  

The U.S. President was Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Vice President was Richard M. Nixon.

The top News Headlines that day were:

- Louisville, Kentucky public schools integrated.

- WYSE (now WETM) TV Channel 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York had its first broadcast.

- Great Britain performed a nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia.

1956 Prices

Bread:  18 cents/loaf

Milk:  97 cents/gallon

Eggs:  81 cents/dozen

Car:  $2,100

Gas  30 cents/gallon

House: $17,800

Stamp:  3 cents each

Average Income  $5,341/year

Minimum Wage:  $1.00/hour

Top Songs for 1956

Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog by Elvis Presley

Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin

Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell

Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley                                    

My Prayer by Platters

Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr

Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley

Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days produced by Michael Todd

Best Actor:  Yul Brenner in The King and I

Best Actress:  Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia

On TV in 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show                The Burns and Allen Show            Dragnet

Alfred Hitchcock Presents        The Honeymooners                        I Love Lucy

Gunsmoke

Top Books in 1956

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling

Hot New Toys in 1956

Uncle Milton's Ant Farm                  Yahtzee  

Corgi Die Cast Vehicles                    Ant Farm

                                            

People born on September 10

1907 - Fay Wray, Alberta, Canada, actress - King Kong's main squeeze

1945 - Jose Feliciano, Lares, Puerto Rico, singer/songwriter (Light My Fire)

Jose Feliciano "Light My Fire" Live

Wedding Wednesday

 

Newspapers.com, The Minneapolis Morning Tribune (now Star Tribune), 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Friday, January 10, 1958, Page 10

Elsie Amelia Kovach
1928-2001

and

Roger Hudson Cutter
1927-1998

Married

December 28, 1957

Holy Immanuel Lutheran Church
Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA

Tombstone Tuesday

 

Bob Whitney Barker Jr
(1938-2017)

along with his wife,

Jan Lee Pipes Barker
(1936-2022)

buried at

Palm Mortuary Memorial Park
Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, USA

Military Monday

 Robert Dale Miller 

(1921-1995)

U.S. Navy

World War II and Korea

Black Sheep Sunday - Part 7 (1944-1946) of From small town Georgia boy to notorious Texas (and beyond!) con man

 This post is the 7th in a series of posts about the life of my cousin and con man Elridge Solomon Price, Sr.  You can find the other installments here:  Part 1,  Part 2, Part 3, Part 4,  Part 5 and Part 6.

At the beginning of 1944, Elridge is 50 years old.  Things start out quiet that year, but he still has tax problems.

Newspapers.com, The Austin American, Austin, Texas,
Saturday, May 06, 1944, Page 11

Because this sale was never mentioned in the newspaper again, I do not know if it actually went through.  Elridge seemed to have some miracles stuck up his sleeve, so maybe he managed to pay the taxes before the sale was completed.  Again, I do not know.  

Then in December, it is "here we go again."  Edith filed for divorce... for the third time.  

Newspapers.com, The Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Wednesday, December 13, 1944, Page 11

"Eldridge Price

Defendant In
Divorce Suit

Ten minutes after a jury in coun-
ty court had found him sane, Eld-
ridge S. Price, oil man of Austin,
was named defendant in a divorce
and injunction suit filed in 53rd
district court by his wife, Mrs.
Edith W. Price, and Wednesday
had been restrained by Judge J.
Harris Gardner from interfering
and annoying his wife and their
two children, Jeamisean Edith
Price, nine-year-old daughter, and
Sterling W. Price, 15-year-old son.

Also named defendants in the
injunction phase of the suit were
L. Novy of Austin and Mrs. Jane
Weller Hill of San Antonio, whom
the plaintiff asserted are holding
part of the couple's business prop-
erty in trust for them and also were
placed under a restraining order
against disposing of any part of
this property.

Price was acquitted by a jury in
the county court late Tuesday aft-
ernoon on a lunacy complaint filed
in that court on Dec. 7 by Mrs.
Edith Wynn Price. The acquittal
came after extended testimony.

Judge Gardner set down for
hearing the application for injunc-
tion on Friday at 9 a. m. Pending
that time the restraining order
signed by the court will be in ef-
fect.

In her petition for divorce, Mrs.
Price alleged cruel treatment. She
seeks monthly support of $100 for
the two children until they reach
the age of 16.

The petition recited the couple
were married in Jackson, Miss.,
Feb. 19, 1917, and that they lived
together intermittently as husband
and wife until Dec. 5, 1944. During
their marriage, the petition further
set out, Mr. and Mrs. Price ac-
quired certain real estate, leases,
stocks, bonds, oil field equipment
and supplies, automobiles and nu-
merous other items of property,
part of which is located in Runnels
county and in other counties of
Texas; a home at 1508 Enfield road
which Mrs. Price said is reasonably
worth $15,000, and furnishings in
that home reasonably worth $5,000.
Petitioner gave the value of prop-
erty other than the home at $100,-
000.

In her petition, Mrs. Price seeks
to require her husband to file un-
der oath an inventory and appraise-
ment of all property, real and per-
sonal, and asks the court to enter
an order partitioning the property
between her and her husband."

    - Transcription by Google Gemini

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Thursday, December 14, 1944, Page 14

The hearing was continued.

Newspapers.com, The Austin American, Austin, Texas,
Thursday, December 21, 1944, Page 6

What transpired on January 2, 1945 is unknown, but on January 11, it was noted that the temporary restraining order was continued in force pending hearing for temporary injunction.

A decision was announced in the newspaper on February 4:

Newspapers.com, The Austin American, Austin, Texas,
Sunday, February 04, 1945, Page 4

While I am trying to keep my personal opinion out of this, I am amazed that any court in the land at that time would award Elridge custody of a child.  Even without knowing what was coming next, it is unbelievable.  

In March, we find out that Elridge is in trouble with the courts again.

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Friday, March 16, 1945, Page 2

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Thursday, March 22, 1945, Page 8

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Friday, March 23, 1945, Page 18

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Monday, March 26, 1945, Page 2

Newspapers.com, The Ponca City News, Ponca City, Oklahoma,
Tuesday, March 27, 1945, Page 1

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Tuesday, March 27, 1945, Page 2

Newspapers.com, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas,
Monday, April 02, 1945, Page 1

So when Elridge is pulled out of a hotel room in Fort Worth and taken to jail, where is his son, Sterling?

Newspapers.com, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas,
Tuesday, April 03, 1945, Page 2

Newspapers.com, The Austin American, Austin, Texas,
Wednesday, April 11, 1945, Page 14

Newspapers.com, The Austin American, Austin, Texas,
Wednesday, April 25, 1945, Page 14

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Thursday, April 26, 1945, Page 2

Newspapers.com, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas,
Monday, April 02, 1945, Page 1

Newspapers.com, The Austin American, Austin, Texas,
Saturday, April 28, 1945, Page 1

Newspapers.com, The Waco Times-Herald, Waco, Texas,
Saturday, April 28, 1945, Page 1

Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas,
Monday, April 30, 1945, Page 2

Newspapers.com, The Austin American, Austin, Texas,
Tuesday, May 01, 1945, Page 2

Elridge has unlimited "tricks" up his sleeve, apparently.  

Well, this concludes years 1944-1946 in the ongoing saga that was Elridge Solomon Price Sr.'s life.  I must stop here because 1947 was a doozy of a year, and this part is long enough.  Until next time...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Do You Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools?

  From Randy (my cousin) over at Genea-Musings:

it's Saturday Night - 

time for more Genealogy Fun!!!

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1)  How do you use Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools to help you understand the lives, history, and geography associated with your family and y our ancestors, that aid your genealogy and family history research?

2)  Please share the ways (at least one way!) that you use AI tools in your genealogy and family history research.

3) Please share your post or information as a comment or in your own blog post!

Here's mine:

I use AI quite often.  Almost every day. My favorite at this time is Google Gemini.  It is convenient because I am always in Google Chrome, and it is actually quite good.  I use Gemini to transcribe documents (Yes, I always proofread the AI work carefully!), answer questions about my ancestors' jobs, explain legal or medical terms, explain military rank, provide historical events for time lines, etc.  All of these details help in writing my blog posts.  

I also use Gemini for personal questions, too.  How to best store potatoes; how to clear the data on an old Motorola cell phone; and how to insert a text box in Google Docs is just a few of the questions I have asked Gemini in just the last couple of weeks.  I have also used AI to write cover letters for job applications, prepare forms, and most importantly, to ask who was the cast in Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" music video.  Because inquiring minds want to know.  When I wanted sonogram pictures of my puppy (don't judge me - it was a Facebook trend), I asked Gemini, and it referred me to Microsoft's Bing Image Creator to make the images for free.  They turned out adorable.

I do occasionally use ChatGPT, usually for images or if Gemini is having a bad hallucination day.   I ran into an issue with Gemini once about creating a timeline of my nephew's life.  Gemini continually printed incorrect dates, names, and other things even when I pointed out the errors.  That's when I moved over to Chat GPT and it did a great timeline for me without all the hallucinations or errors.  

Sometimes I use Claude. I have had good luck with its transcription of documents.

I know I do not use AI to its full potential.  I have not paid for any subscription plans - I only use the free plans.  So far that has been all I have needed. I do not understand all the different versions for images, etc. because I haven't researched them yet.  I have not branched out to the Family Search Full-Text Search (though I want to!). It is on my to do list to look into other AI sites and see what they have to offer.

For me, AI has improved my daily life.  I have embraced the technology and look forward to using it more.