Logger Killed

Norman Howard Haas was the son of Alvin Haas & Helen A Anderson ~~ via the Andersons to the Wordens, Norman can be traced back to Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.

courtesy of Will Reid - Find A Grave

Times Standard, 3 Jul 1973

HAAS, Norman Howard of Route 2, Box 411-B, Eugene, died June 25, 1973, near Oakridge due to a logging accident. He was born March 6, 1936 in Beulah, North Dakota. Son of Alvin Haas of Springfield and Helen Burnett of Coburg; father of Cheryl Haas of Eureka, California; brother of Forrest of Eugene, Clayton of Coburg, Ralph of Springfield, Sharon Chin of Springfield, Alice McVay of Coburg, Gloria McVay of St Helens; grandson of Pearl Anderson, and nephew of Pearney Anderson both of Eugene. Graveside services were held Thursday, June 28, at 10:30 am in West Lawn Memorial Park. 

The Three Georges

George Astrup Lamberten born about 1910 married Mary Ellen Bowes. He was a baker who raised 4 children as indicated in his obit found in the Troy Record, 12 Jan 1962.

Of interest to us is his son and namesake, George Astrup Lambertsen Jr. Born in 1931, he married Marion Ruth Smith, the daughter of Harold B Smith & Helen Clark and via her father's line, it traces back to Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.

George Jr was a police officer and died at the age of 36, but without a death record, I can not say whether or not it was work related - but that is young.

Troy Record, 3 Jun 1968

Patrolman Lambertson was a graduate of Whipple School and Lansingburgh High School. He attended Siena College and Russell Sage College Evening Division. He studied sociology at Siena and criminology at Sage. Patrolman Lambertsen served with the 11th Army Airborne Division during the Korean War. He was the son of Mrs Mary Ellen Lambertsen and the late George A Lambertsen Sr. He was originally appointed to the Troy Police Department Aug 15, 1957 and left for a brief time. He was reappointed on Feb 26, 1959 and served assignments with the Detective Bureau and the Juvenile Aid Bureau. He was assigned to the radio patrol at the time of his death. Patrolman Lambertson was a member of the Northeastern Police Conference, the Troy Police Benevolent and Protective Association, Whipple PTA and an honorary member of Trojan Post, VFW. Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow, the former Marion R Smith; a son, George A Lambertsen III; a daughter, Sandra Mary Lambertsen; a sister, Mrs George Thomas, and two brothers, Soren P, and Patrolman Christian J Lambertsen. Funeral will be Tuesday at 10 am from the John J Curley Funeral Home, 618 5th Ave. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

George Jr's son - George Astrup Lambertsen III was born in 1953 and died in 1977.

Times Record, 27 Apr 1977

George Lambertsen, 23; Pacific Pools Employee

George A Lambertsen, 23, of 218A Plank Road, Troy, an employee of Pacific Palm Pools, Latham, died suddenly Monday at his residence. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, he was the son of Mrs Marion R Smith Lambertsen of Troy and the late George A Lambertsen Jr. Educated in Lansingburgh schools, he was a graduate of Lansingburgh High School. He attended Maritime College, Bronx, was a graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta and was enrolled as a graduate student at Western Illinois University. He was a member of the Illinois Chapter of Gamma Theta Epsilon, International Honorary Geographical Society and the United Methodist Church of Waterford. He was employed by Pacific Palm Pools, Latham, in the construction of the pool sides. Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his paternal grandmother, Mrs Mary Lambertsen of Troy; his maternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs Harold B smith of Waterford; one sister, Miss Sandra Lambertsen of Troy; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

The family is buried at the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.

Double Tragedy

Double tragedy struck the Christiance family in February 1968.  Two brothers, both enlisted men, died on their way home from a ski trip.

David Eric and Michael J Christiance were sons of Harry M Christiance & Barbara J DeLong ~~ through Barbara's family, she connects to Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.

courtesy of Dan - Find A Grave

courtesy of Dan - Find A Grave

The Saratogian, Mon, 12 Feb 1968
Schenectady - A Scotia girl and two Alplaus brothers were killed Saturday afternoon when their Volkswagen was involved in a head-on collision on Route 11, a half mile west of the Bromley, (Vt), Ski Resort. Pronounced dead at the scene were Kathleen Ann Hevle, 18 of Scotia; and Michael J, 18 and David E Christiance, 20 of Alplaus. The trio had been on a ski outing and were on the way to visit the Christiances' sister in Springfield, Vt, when the accident occurred. The occupants of the second car, James and Helen Alexander of Short Hills, NJ were taken to the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH. Alexander is in fair condition with head and chest injuries, and his wife was listed as critical with back and facial injuries.

AT&T Giant

Aimee Crombie Champion was the daughter of James Avery Champion & Helen Letitia Crombie and traces back to Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.

Stoughton High School, 1924 - Ancestry

She was born in New York where she met and married Haakon Ingolf Romnes. Haakon, born in Wisconsin, was the son of Norwegian parents Hans Romnes & Ingeborg Andreasdatter Fosdal.

Karen - courtesy of Robert G Langford

Aimee died in 2005, and their daughter died in 1985.

The New York Times, 21 Nov 1973

courtesy of Jafrph52 - Ancestry

SARASOTA, Fla., Nov. 20—H. I. Romnes, retired board chairman and chief executive officer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, died yesterday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He was 66 years old. Mr. Romnes leaves his wife, the former Aimee Champion; a daughter, Mrs. Albert Olenzak; two brothers, a sister and three grandsons.
Wide‐Ranging Experience
Haakon Ingolf Romnes, who rarely used anything but the initials for his given names, spent 44 years with the telephone company. His career covered every area of telecommunications, from research and development, where he held several patents, to the leadership of the nationwide Bell System. Mr. Romnes's interest in electrical engineering began at the University of Wisconsin, although he had considered concentrating on economics. His decision led to a job in the summer of 1927 before his senior year with the Wisconsin Telephone Company, where he was a phone Installer and worked with a construction crew. With his newly earned diploma, he joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories—then on West Street in lower Manhattan—as a circuit designer. In the next seven years he was awarded six patents and, despite the Depression, kept his job because of his ingenuity. When he joined the parent A.T.&T. company's engineering department in 1935, he found his interest in economics useful in working out the practical application of laboratory ideas. In 1950 he was sent back to the Middle West as chief engineer of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Chicago. But a year later New York reclaimed him as operations director for A.T.&T.'s Long Lines department. In 1953 he was made chief engineer, and in 1955, vice president for operations and engineering.
Technical and Personal Changes
These were the years when direct dialing became widespread and many telephone operators were forced out of work. Mr. Romnes saw that the company had a problem—the loss of a personal touch with the customers. It was his concern with the human side of the huge corporation that made him favorite among his fellow employes. As president of Western Electric, the manufacturing subsidiary, from 1959 through 1963, he introduced significant changes. On the technical side, he strengthened links with Bell Telephone Laboratories at the factory level for smoother and more efficient incorporation of new developments. Administratively, he decentralized the management to improve coordination with the regional companies it served. And in human relations, he made Western Electric one of the first eight major defense contractors to pledge equal employment opportunity for blacks on July 12, 1961, at the White House. On Jan. 1, 1964, he became vice chairman of A. T. & T., and president a year later. In 1967 he was made chairman and chief executive officer. From 1970 until his retirement on April 1, 1972—mandatory following his 65th birthday—he was both president and chairman. Company employes commenting at the time agreed that Mr. Romnes was the best chairman they had ever had. Among his favorite themes were the ideas that even sudden change can be rationally managed; that taking time to know the other person better and to listen to him tends to diminish differences; that institutions have no rights except through performance; that longterm consequences are more important than quick results; and that even in a complex society, one man can make a difference.
Comment on Government Role
He was philosophical about government regulation, observing:
“If we in business can say of the bureaucrat that ‘he never met a payroll’, it can also be said with equal justice that ‘we never carried a precinct.’ We have a lot to learn from each other.”
Mr. Romnes was a director, a favorite among his fellow emSteel, Cities Service, Colgate Palmolive and other companies. His civic activities included the presidency of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and directorships of the Council for Financial Aid to Education, Planned Parenthood World Population and a governorship of the Business Committee for the Arts.
He held many honorary degrees and had been scheduled to receive next year's John Fritz Medal for scientific or industrial achievement awarded by the engineering community.