Christmas in Alamo 1958

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Bethel Holmes

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11/23/2002

Christmas in Alamo 1958

Jan, Pieter, & I drove back to Alamo from Lake Tahoe to join Van, Richard, Aunt Katie, & our housekeeper Maddie Marcell for Xmas. Our dog Ming Chee had died & Van thought he would surprise us with a black Pekingnese, 'Bay Hootsie Hut Nooie.' Instead, he was shocked to see that we had a tan puppy we named Chee Mayling. He kept his Peke & nicknamed him Buttons. Pictured are: Aunt Katie Aldridge Merrill of Oakland, Raymond, Jan, & Richard Van Tassell, & Pieter Van Tassel, with Buttons and Chee Mayling.

Date & Place: December 25, 1958

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Bethel Holmes

Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.

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