Anonymous reader has suggestion for Terry Toland
E-mail from Cheryl
Last week, I first shared the story of Terry Nathan Toland, who said a woman called him several years ago claiming to be his birth mother. She told him he was abducted/stolen from Samaritan Hospital. Here is a recap off his story:
My adopted parents were John and Jo Ann Toland. My brother is Randy Charles Toland or his last name could have been Rydean back then.
People I remember from the Moses Lake area include a woman named Lynda Stricker and another couple who I only knew as Mage and Sundown.
The following response to the request for more information about this event comes from a source who asks to remain anonymous. Read on.
In response to the Child Abduction Mystery article by Dennis Clay, I had a similar situation and hunted for my birth parents for over 40 years with no luck.
Within the last year I joined Ancestry.com and took a DNA test and found a connection to my birth mother through a first cousin. No connection to my paternal side. Subsequently, I heard about 23andme.com and took their DNA test. Within a few weeks I learned who my birth father was and again about my birth mother.
Both birth parents were deceased, but were able to connect with half siblings and other close relatives. They provided reams of information and pictures. I would strongly recommend that Terry Toland take a DNA test from both entities.
Dennis note: There ya go, Terry. Take the DNA test and keep me informed. Please send a recent photo to share. with my readers.
Facts from the past gleaned from the Moses Lake Herald, Columbia Basin Herald and The Neppel Record by Cheryl (Driggs) Elkins:
From the Columbia Basin Herald on March 13, 1952:
Paving project approval near
Final plans for paving Broadway Avenue, the state highway through Moses Lake, are in Olympia for approval of the state highway department, according to Richard Barber, district engineer in Wenatchee for the department. He said the plans are expected to be returned in a few days, and then will be submitted to the Moses Lake City Council for approval.
Barber, who earlier had estimated that bid calls would be issued in time for opening about April 1, said the opening now probably will be sometimes after that date. He has to go to Olympia Wednesday to confer with his superiors of the work, he added.
Ritzville
Golf course to be reopened on same basis as last year, city providing water and equipment and association providing own operator for clubhouse.
From the Columbia Basin Herald on Aug. 14, 1952:
Priest Rapids papers filed
Applications for preliminary authority to build Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River below Vantage was filed last week in Washington D.C., with the federal power commission by the Grant County Public Utility District.
A 24-month permit is sought to give the PUD priority for a site while making surveys necessary to apply for an FPC license. The 11,780-foot power dam would have 30 generators with a total housepower of 2,250,000. Cost of the project is estimated at $250 million.
Form Rodeo Group
Othello Rodeo Association being organized to carry on annual amateur show, with mid-September as tentative date this year.
Old-time dancing
Roy Calvert’s orchestra will play for an old-time dance Saturday night at the Cascade Valley Fire Hall, beginning at 9 o’clock. A public affair, it is sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Cascade Valley Improvement Club.
Kiddies parade planned again
The Kiwanis Club will sponsor a kid’s parade in conjunction with the fair and rodeo parade here on Saturday, Sept. 6, club members decided at their weekly dinner meeting Monday night in the Hub Café. It will be the second year for the kiddie event.
The kids’ parade will begin at 12:30 o’clock, with the main parade scheduled for 2. Bernie Wassink was appointed parade chairman by Larry Lemon, club president. Prizes will be announced later, Wassink said.
Teacher also farmer
Dr. Grant Venn, Othello, new superintendent of schools, has selected Unit 99 in Block 49 and will develop it while directing schools. His name was No. 4 in the public drawing.
Legion to fete baseball squad
Tentative date of Aug. 28 has been set for the annual banquet honoring members of the Junior Legion Baseball Squad by the American Legion Post, according to Merle (Windy) West, coach of the team. It will be held in the grange hall, he said.
Feature of the affair will be the announcement of the winner of the inspirational award to a player to be named by his teammates. It was won last year, first time it was presented, by Orv Branson of Lind, who will present the traveling trophy to the 1952 recipient.
Mourning dove season is set
The state game department has announced that for the first time in more than 25 years, mourning doves will be legal game this fall in Washington. The season, Sept. 1 to 15, will be state-wide, with a bag and possession limit of 10 birds.
The ban-tailed pigeon season opens concurrently with mourning doves on Sept. 1, and continues through Sept. 30, with a daily bag and possession limit of six birds. Shooting hours for both doves and pigeons will be from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset, standard time.
Hospital poll on at Warden
Clarence Kisler, Warden member of the Samaritan Hospital District Board of Commissioners, is polling his community on a proposal to bond the district, so it will be eligible for federal matching funds to be used for a permanent building.
The poll follows a conference with Warden leaders last week by Darrell Ries, president of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Huffman is re-elected
Frank L. Huffman, Quincy, was re-elected president of the chamber of commerce for a second term. Robert W. Gibson was re-elected vice president.
Install Chef de gare
William T. Walters of Grand Coulee was installed as Chef de gare of Grant County Voiture, 48 et 8, an American Legion affiliate.
North-South hearing
Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce asks the state highway commission for open hearings on a proposed north-south road through the Columbia Basin and completion of State Route 8 from Maryhill to Paterson. Possibility seen that delegations will be heard by the commission at its September meeting.
Eagles Auxiliary gives $25 to museum fund
Mrs. Delores Paulus presided as president of the Eagles Auxiliary when they met Aug. 6 in the Eagles Hall. Twelve members were present and they voted to donate $25 to start the ball rolling toward a museum and decided to make it the project for the year. A donation was also sent to the McKinley Hospital at Brewster as their part in paying for an air-lock.
They planned a party on Aug. 15 for Eagles and wives to honor their charter members. An evening of bingo and dancing is planned at the Eagles Hall.