SNGF -- Five "Fun" or "Different" Facts

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Our assignment tonight from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to: 

1)  We all find "fun" or "different" information about ourselves, and our relatives and ancestors in our genealogy and family history pursuits.  What are five "fun" or "different" facts in your life or your ancestor’s lives?

[Thank you to Jacquie Schattner for suggesting this topic last year.]

Here's mine:

I shall list five facts about five of my ancestors:

• My mother, Lela Nell Johnston, was a Girl Scout in a troop in Walnut Creek. I have her Girl Scout manual. She was also mentioned a few times in the Walnut Creek newspaper.

• My father, William Joseph Hork, was a Boy Scout. He was mentioned in the Napa newspaper. I have a photo of him in his uniform.

• My maternal grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster, played softball when a young adult, and bowled and played tennis as a senior. She won some trophies in bowling.

• My maternal grandfather, Tom J Johnston, liked to fish. My grandparents had a cabin in Nice at Clear Lake. His favorite fish was catfish.

• My paternal grandmother, Anna Marie Sullivan, had two degrees in education. First, she attended Montana Normal College which was a three-year program. When she started teaching in California, she had to finish the four-year program at San Francisco State so she could teach in California.

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