Florence V. Davis, (Br 7) Membership Chair

The most pressing membership matter right now is the fairly large number of members who have not yet paid their dues for the current year. It's easy to understand how that happens. The dues renewal notice comes in your copy of News Notes and you put it aside, intending to write a check and mail it in. But before you get that task done, other things come up and a pile of "To Dos" has taken over your desktop. So please, would you stop reading right now and look at your checkbook. If you've sent in a check for this year's dues, great! Go back to reading. But if you haven't, please sit down right now and send a check to our Treasurer, Dalton VV. along with the dues renewal notice that's in this issue. Thank you all so much for doing that.

We all need to remember how urgent it is to draw new members into the NAVVF as well. Many of the wonderful VVs who started this organization have gone to be with God. And a lot of the rest of us are slowing down with age. We need to enlist our children and their children. What better way to introduce them to NAVVF than to bring them to this summer's reunion in Denver, CO? Beautiful scenery, lots of fun things to do, and a chance to meet cousins you never knew you had. I hope I see you there!

Formerly manager of the Emma, and latterly connected with the Centennial-Eureka, two of the most noted mines in the West, Mr. Chisholm first came to Utah in 1864, and since 1869 has resided here continuously. He is a native of Hazel Green, Grant County, Wisconsin, and was born June 26, 1842. His father was Robert Bruce Chisholm, and his mother before marriage, Sarah Van Valkenburgh (Br 6). Sarah was the daughter of Cornelius Van Valkenburgh and Louisa Davis and was born about 1820. (See Vol. 1, pg 276, #642.3).

For more details, see Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, Vol. 4, p. 494 or the NAVVF web site: www.navvf.org.

From Florence Davis (Br 7)

A big "thank you" goes to the following NAVVF reporters:

To Dorothy VV (Br 3) of Ringgold, GA for sending the information on which the article in this issue about her father-in-law's house in West Palm Beach, FL was based. We'll be hearing from Dorothy soon again, we hope, with an article about her husband, Orren Lee VV's, family.

To Harriet Kisamore (Br U) of Davis Junction, IL for the following pension records on VV veterans from Winnebago Co.,IL.

From Union, Durand Township: George VV, a Sgt. in Co. I, 74th Ill. Infantry; and Henry VV, a Pvt. in Co. H of the 74th Ill. Inf. Henry died in 1892. No death date given for George.

From Greenwood, Rockford, Ill: Richard B. VV, Sgt. in Co. H. of the 14th Wis. Infantry, He died 11/10/1902.

To Ann Zowada (Br 7) of Coulee Dam, WA who keeps an eye on the Spokane, WA newspapers for any VV news. Ann reports that Courtney Jo Van Valkinburgh, daughter of Steve and Cynthia VV of Spokane, was married on April 21, 2000 to Christopher Ray Morse. Also noted was the birth of Ashlin Rose Klocke on Mar. 1, 2001 to Debbie Van Valkenburg-Klocke and Mike Klocke of Spokane.

From: Diane Nielsen

I am looking for information on Sarah Elizabeth Van Valkenburg, b 23 April 1845. She is my great-great-grandmother. Her father is George Van Valkenburg, born about 1822 married 1st to Leah and 2nd to Julie. He also had sons William L, b 14 May 1850 and Willis. Other names that I think may be connected are John Van Valkenburg married to Sarah, children Helena Anna, b 14 July 1819, and William C Bauck VanValkenburg, b 29 May 1823. Sure would like to find out who else is researching this family.