Above is a Stereogram (SIRDS).
Stereogram hint: focus on the two large dots at the top until you see three dots.
Shift your gaze down and see Weyno's home.
Would you like to play with stereograms yourself?

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Some topics that may arouse your interest.

Computers (then and now)	Genealogy	Children (music, art)
Flying (inactive)	Old Cars (Buick)	Hydros (unlimiteds)
Beer Cans	Model Airplanes	"Weyno?"

If you appreciate any of these topics, how about dropping a line to weyno and we can chat.

Details of the Weyno homepage.

COMPUTERS IN THE LIFE OF WEYNO

Ever heard of the IBM AN/FSQ-7? Or the Lincoln Labs XD-1? No? Then you probably weren't around in the 1950s when the U.S. Continental Air Defense System (SAGE) was being developed and deployed. See "Pushbutton Defense for Air War" Life Magazine, February 11, 1957, and "If an Attack Comes..." The Saturday Evening Post, December 5, 1959.

While working on the SAGE system in Duluth, MN in 1959, Wayne drew this cartoon which reflected the work going on at the time.

How about the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)? That's what it was called in 1961 when some of us joined.

As far as today's home computers go, there's a 486 made of spare parts and a Macintosh IIsi, which share a laser printer and scanner, while each has its own modem and both are good at providing a way to communicate with the world and produce a variety of products to share with others.

GENEALOGY OF RICHMONDs, LOIBLs, etc.

Wayne's father's side (earliest known member in parentheses)

Richmond (James ca. 1775 - ca. 1872) Virginia

Babcock (John ca. 1655 - ) Rhode Island?

Bell (Robert ca. 1710 - ) Ireland

Bishop (Solomon 1807 - )

Davis (William 1723 - 1805)

Edgington (Eleanor ca. 1770 - )

Ferguson (Andrew ca. 1755 - 1792) Ireland

Fleming (Agnes ca. 1715 - ) Scotland

Gifford (Elizabeth 1719 -1810) Rhode Island

Gilbreath (Mary 1815 - )

Kinder (Peter 1710 - 1749) Germany

Kyser/Keiser (Frederick 1726 - 1815) Maryland?

McCutchin/McCutcheon (John ca. 1760 - ) Virginia?

Reynolds (James ca. 1620 - ) England

Robbins (Joseph ca. 1750 - ) North Carolina?

Rose (Gidean ca. 1702 - ) Maine

Shawhan (Daniel ca. 1730 - ) Maryland

Sheever/Shafer (Hendrick ca. 1720 - )

Spencer (Robert ca. 1690 - )

Turner (Lydia 1705 - ) Maine

Washburn (Nathaniel ca. 1728 - ) New York?

Wyatt (Joanna ca. 1710 - )

Wayne's mother's side (earliest known member in parentheses)

King (Christy ca. 1780 - )

Corley (Elmina ca. 1850 - )

Ferguson (Andrew 1755 - 1792) Ireland

Forward (Jonathan ca. 1820 - ) Germany

Quail (Lydia ca. 1850 - ) Pennsylvania

Stansbury (Rachel ca. 1780 - )

Sterling (John 1835 - )

Stucker (Samuel ca. 1850 - )

Wilhelm (George ca. 1850 - ) Pennsylvania

Wayne's ancestors are rooted in Virginia, Pennsylvania and New England.

Linda's father's side (earliest known member in parentheses)

Loibl (Franz ca. 1870 - ) Germany

Meihslinger (Maria ca. 1870 - ) Germany

Linda's mother's side (earliest known member in parentheses)

Jud (Gustav ca. 1850 - ) Germany

Pondorf (Anna ca. 1850 - ) Germany

Saul (Jacob ca. 1850 - ) Germany

Linda's ancestors are in the U.S. for only one or two generations from Germany.

Wayne edits and publishes a small periodic newsletter called "The Richmonds of Trimble County" which is now over seven years old and he is currently a member of the National Genealogical Society. He uses PAF on the Macintosh and Family Tree Maker on the PC. You may be interested in the electronic newsletter PAF Review. Also you might like to check out Family Tree Maker for yourself.

CHILDREN OF WAYNE AND LINDA

First son Keith is out and about. He's an audio/visual technician and some-time musician (drummer). For more information see his homepage.

Second son Ross is also out and about. He's an artist, with his own business as a glass blower. For more information see his homepage.

FLYING EXPERIENCES OF WAYNE AND LINDA

Wayne's plane was N5610A, a 1956 Cessna 172 purchased in 1961 at Teterboro, NJ. Private pilot certificate #1499673 (certified by J. A. Twaddle) "Airplane Single Engine Land" with additional rating "Free Balloon Pilot, Hot Air Balloons Only." This plane was sold in the mid 1960's in California.

Student pilot at Hanover Airport, Hanover, NJ under Malcolm Spann (deceased), CFI 1343140.

Currently a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Linda's student days were in a rented Aeronca 7AC Champ, N2459E, at Warwick Airport, Warwick, NY where she was tutored by the legendary air racer Bill Falck, CFI 34204.

CARS AS A HOBBY (OLD BUICKS, etc.)

There's a 1969 Buick GS California in the garage. It was purchased new by its original owner in Raleigh, NC and came to Maryland to live at its second home (after a round-about trip). It was son's car in college. Has been restored and entered in local car shows where it usually wins awards. It's registered with the Buick Club of America, where the family has a membership.

Want to go for a spin? Better yet, would you like it to be yours?

Make an offer. "We Deliver"

Once upon a time there was a 1930 Model A Ford coupe. That was the college car. Purchased used from a house painter (with a brushed-on paint job) it wasn't even 25 years old at the time. Purchased for $100 in 1953, it sucked up over $400 in the next four college years, before it was sold for $175 to a new freshman. It was a great teenage training ground for body work, lacquer spray painting, junk-yard shopping, mechanical repairs of all kinds, upholstery, dexterity with tire irons and inner tube patching, and details too numerous to mention. It was also a great conversation piece around the campus, but without a rumble seat, it only held two.

The original Beetle has been a part of the past for both Wayne and Linda. Wayne talked a roommate (who had no driver's license) into buying a 1956 Volkswagen which Wayne then proceeded to drive for six months before the roommate got his license. Linda's first Beetle came in 1959. In 1962 she got a new model in Germany after touring the factory and seeing it built, then driving it through Europe for the next month before having it shipped to the USA. Linda was a secretary for the VWOA in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey starting in 1959. Several VW's later, family ownership lapsed with a 1974 Love Bug, which went to the grave yard in 1986. On March 25, 1998, a red NEW BEETLE joined the inventory (serial number 3347). It's a stick shift with the sport package and convenience package. Point HERE to see our New Beetle page.

LOVE THOSE UNLIMITED HYDROPLANES

The picture shown here was taken at Madison, Indiana in 1952. Who owned the H-90, decorated with a tail-fin reminiscent of a fighter plane? Note George Davis' "It's A Wonder" (the red rectangle in the lower center of the picture is its rear end).

Originally hailing from Madison, Wayne has attended the annual events on the Ohio River almost every year since the early 1950's, and can still be found there each July 4 weekend.

If you're into collecting buttons from Madison's early regattas, drop a line to weyno and indicate the year in which you are interested.

COLLECTING BEER CANS AS A HOBBY

When you have over 2,000 beer cans, where do you keep them? Well, check out the neat shelves that were specially-constructed for the walls around the rec. room. Are you interested in trading? just drop a line to weyno and let's talk. No cone tops, just lots of flat tops from the '50s through '80s. Some trays and miscellaneous items. Well, that is a cone top the boy is holding, but there are only a few in the collection.

BUILDING MODEL AIRPLANES AS A HOBBY

There was a time when building model airplanes was fun. Here are some examples built around 1950. They're stick and paper models: the Piper Cub has a wingspan of 20 inches and wind-up rubber band propulsion; the Sikorsky helicopter is 18 inches long. Note the early registration number and the Civil Air Patrol insignia on the Cub, the most popular plane at the time. Many other models were in the stable; including numerous U-control gas models, as well as lots of other rubber band models and even a Condor glider with six-foot wingspan (that was a tough one to launch). How times have changed. Those wheels were solid wood. Glue and paint were made with banana oils. Paint came in little jars; there were no aerosol cans. You brushed on the paint or blew into an atomizer to spread it.

WEYNO?

The name is a 1950s style nickname for Wayne. First used at Hanover College, Hanover, IN. and still used at reunions there. Weyno is also a Life Loyal member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

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