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I want the week to be over. I'm so tired. I want to sleep. I want to go to the tanning salon. I want to spend time my my horrible fuzzy beast. (Jason crashed in my living room last night, as he, Paul and I stayed out quite late, and Tatia was showing off a bit, as is her wont when company is here. She stalked around splendidly and then flopped on the floor. I was scolding her this morning, telling her "You're so sassy, Tatia.")
Sep. 25th, 2003
My dad sent this to my brothers and me yesterday.
Brothers donate fire horn to Jackson
By Clay Harden
One hundred and fifty years after Thomas Green was presented a silver Tiffany fire horn for founding Jackson's first volunteer fire department, his great-great-grandsons gave it back to the city.
They did so on the day their mother, Nancy Elizabeth Wyatt-Brown, would have turned 88.
"The horn had been passed around our family for years," said Wharton Green, 65 [my Uncle Chip], a retired radio broadcaster from Stuart, Fla. "My mother wanted us to take it home, and it works out perfectly we can do so as we celebrate her birthday."
Wharton Green and Harold Green, 63 [my Uncle Metty], a retired advertising executive from San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, visited Jackson for the first time.
Barton Green, 61, of Andover, N.H. [my dad], flew into Jackson many times before retiring as a Delta Airlines pilot. But on this trip, he joined his brothers to explore family roots.
"I didn't know our great-great-grandfather had anything to do with Jackson until we became aware of the horn after I retired," said Barton Green. [I have no idea why he said this--we've always known about the Jackson branch of the family.] "It makes this visit to Jackson more significant and gratifying."
Thomas Green made his mark in Jackson in many ways. He founded the first volunteer department in his parlor in 1839 and paid $5,000 for the first engine for Jackson Fire Company No. 1 called "The Thomas Green" in his honor. He served as the chief engineer until 1876.
A businessman, he served as an alderman, helped found the city's first public school, served as a trustee for the Mississippi School for the Blind and was active in the Methodist Church.
His influence has also been felt through his descendants.
Thomas Green's son, Wharton [my great-grandfather], the lead architect for New York City, designed the city's subway system, Idlewyld Airport (now JFK) and the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Wharton's son, Wharton Green, Jr. [my Grandpa Butch], later gained fame for inventing nylon carpet. He is the father of the three brothers who brought the fire horn home.
How cool is that! My great-grandfather designed the IRT! I knew about Idlewyld but not about the IRT. LBJ took the IRT down to 4th Street U.S.A....
I also found this online, written by my Uncle Chip:
Grandpa Butch
My grandmother Nina
I love their biographies. They sound exactly like what they were--beautiful, cocktail-sipping, F. Scott Fitzgerald characters.
Brothers donate fire horn to Jackson
By Clay Harden
One hundred and fifty years after Thomas Green was presented a silver Tiffany fire horn for founding Jackson's first volunteer fire department, his great-great-grandsons gave it back to the city.
They did so on the day their mother, Nancy Elizabeth Wyatt-Brown, would have turned 88.
"The horn had been passed around our family for years," said Wharton Green, 65 [my Uncle Chip], a retired radio broadcaster from Stuart, Fla. "My mother wanted us to take it home, and it works out perfectly we can do so as we celebrate her birthday."
Wharton Green and Harold Green, 63 [my Uncle Metty], a retired advertising executive from San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, visited Jackson for the first time.
Barton Green, 61, of Andover, N.H. [my dad], flew into Jackson many times before retiring as a Delta Airlines pilot. But on this trip, he joined his brothers to explore family roots.
"I didn't know our great-great-grandfather had anything to do with Jackson until we became aware of the horn after I retired," said Barton Green. [I have no idea why he said this--we've always known about the Jackson branch of the family.] "It makes this visit to Jackson more significant and gratifying."
Thomas Green made his mark in Jackson in many ways. He founded the first volunteer department in his parlor in 1839 and paid $5,000 for the first engine for Jackson Fire Company No. 1 called "The Thomas Green" in his honor. He served as the chief engineer until 1876.
A businessman, he served as an alderman, helped found the city's first public school, served as a trustee for the Mississippi School for the Blind and was active in the Methodist Church.
His influence has also been felt through his descendants.
Thomas Green's son, Wharton [my great-grandfather], the lead architect for New York City, designed the city's subway system, Idlewyld Airport (now JFK) and the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Wharton's son, Wharton Green, Jr. [my Grandpa Butch], later gained fame for inventing nylon carpet. He is the father of the three brothers who brought the fire horn home.
How cool is that! My great-grandfather designed the IRT! I knew about Idlewyld but not about the IRT. LBJ took the IRT down to 4th Street U.S.A....
I also found this online, written by my Uncle Chip:
Grandpa Butch
My grandmother Nina
I love their biographies. They sound exactly like what they were--beautiful, cocktail-sipping, F. Scott Fitzgerald characters.