Lindgren and Allied Families: September 2020

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Lindgren Family - Elin Linea Lindgren - page 8

Lindgren Family - Harry Mallock Lindgren - page 2

Harry Mallock Lindgren was born on 10 January 1898, in the City of Oakland, Alameda, California. The birth record reads:

RETURN OF A BIRTH IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND.

1. Name of Child. Harry

2. Sex and Color. Male, Female: White, ~~Black~~, ~~Copper~~.

3. Date of Birth. 10th day of January 1899.

4. Came of Father. Carl W. Lindgren

5. Name of Mother. Christine Johnson

6. Birthplace of Father. Sweden

7. Birthplace of Mother. Sweden

8. Occupation of Parents. Tailor

9. Residence of Parents. No. 1456 Lincoln Street.

10. Condition of Birth. Alive, ~~Dead~~, ~~Premature~~, ~~Stillborn~~,

11. Remarks

The law requires this Blank to be filled in

full and returned to the Health Officer before

the 5th day of the month following the birth,

by the Physician or Midwife in Attendance.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9KV-P67Q?i=51&cc=2001287

The record above resides in film#007622560, page 54, at FamilySearch.org

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Levy Family - Marshall Spencer Levy Jr. - page 1

These are pictures that I photographed between January 22nd through the 27th, in Santa Anna, Orange County, California. I believe these pictures are in the possession of one of the attendees.

I believe the picture to the right was taken circa 1936. From left to right: Anne Christine, Marshall Spencer, William Lawrence.

Marshall Spencer Leve, pictured during the Summer of 1938.

I don't know which baby is which but left to right: William Lawrence, Marshall Spencer, and Anne Christine.

Lindgren Family - Harry Mallock Lindgren - page 5

To see Harry's page on IMDB click on the link below:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511827/

https://rfwilmut.net/iblog/C636069221/E20080728091653/index.html

Lindgren Family - Carl Wilhelm Lindgren - page 12 - 1930 Lindgren Family Census

This is a copy of the 1930 Lindgren Family Census. The family was living in Ward 9, Block No. 728, District 0794, Los Angeles, Los Angeles [county], California. They lived in Assembly District 6.

They lived at 1160 Spence Street. They were enumerated by "me" [Jane Flager] on April 10, 1930. The family was the 250th visited in this district.

Carl W. Lindgren was listed on line 30 as head of the household. He owned his home which was valued at $6,500. The family had a radio [!]. He is a white male who was 57 years old. He was 26 years old when he married. He does not attend school, but he reads and writes [English]. He and his parents were born in Sweden. His [primary] language is Swedish and he speaks English. [The next 3 spaces are codes for office use.] He immigrated in 1889 and is a naturalized American citizen. His occupation/employment is "Designer", and works at a men's clothing store. He is not a veteran of the United States.

On Line 31 is listed Christina, Carl's wife. She is a 56 year old, white, married female. She and her parents were born in Sweden. She was 26 years old when she married. Her primary language is Swedish, but she speaks English. Christina immigrated in 1891 and is a naturalized citizen. She is not employed.

On Line 32 Harry M, who is Carl's son. He is listed as a "mixer". He is a white male who is 24 years old and single. He is not in school. He reads and writes and speaks English. He was borne in California. His parents Carl and Christina were born in Sweden. His occupation of mixer is with the Motion Picture Studio.

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Lindgren Family Recipes - Helen Louise "Pat" Clarke Lindgren - Old Virginia Wassail & Gingerbread - page 1

This recipe for the old-English traditional Christmas wassail is based on that used by Virginia's famed Williamsburg Inn for more than a century.

OLD VIRGINIA WASSAIL

2 qts. sweet apple cider

2 cups orange juice

1 cup lemon juice

2 cups pineapple juice

1 stick whole cinnamon

1 tsp. whole cloves

Combine ingredients and

bring to a simmer - 3 min

Strain and serve hot.

GINGERBREAD

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup sugar (granulated) of brown; latter firmly packed)

Add, beating well-1 egg

Then add-

1/2 cup molasses (light or dark, as preferred)

1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar

Sift together -

3 cups sifted flour

1/3 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. allspice

1/4 tsp. cloves

Stir in sifted ingredients mixing only until blended. Chill dough, then roll out on lightly floured board to 1/2" thickness. Cut with gingerbread man cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Use raisins to form features and buttons. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove at once and cool. Frost if desired. Makes two to three dozen, depending on cutter size.

Submitted by Karen Louise Lindgren Bradford.

Lindgren Family Recipes - Karen Louise Lindgren Bradford - 1

In Sweden, The "Smorgasbord" is a traditional prelude to a several-course Swedish meal. In America, we have altered it somewhat to suit our lesser appetites, as we serve it as a main course, followed by dessert and coffee.

We may be as lavish as we wish in regard to the dishes adorning our smorgasbord. As little as 15 or as many as 50 varieties may be used, but here are a few musts that do belong to make it authentic - herring in at least two ways, one or more cold, sliced meats, jellied veal, three to five salads, stuffed eggs celery hearts, several kinds of cheese, and three or more hot dishes including tiny meat balls "Kottbullar".

The following will give you a more detailed list to be used on more elaborate occasions:
Rye "limpa" Bread Pickled Herring
Rye King or Rye Krisp Brown Beans
Cream Cheese Balls Meatballs
Au Grautin Potatoes or Potato salad
Pickled Cucumbers Pickled Beets
Pickled onions Radish roses
Ripe olives Stuffed celery
Carrot strips Sausage Tidbits
Stuffed eggs Potato Sausage
Tomato Aspic Rice Pudding
Several molded salads.

For a pretty table have salads that have a different colored base....i.e. strawberry, lemon, lime, orange, etc.
Cold sliced Roast meats - beef, ham, turkey

Donated from Karen Louise Lindgren Bradford.

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Schonborg Family Recipes - Gertrude "Gurly" Naomi Schonborg - page 3

SWEDISH BROWN BEANS

2 cups brown beans (Kidney beans)
2 qts. water, dash salt
4 to 5 Tbsp karo syrup
2 to 4 Tbsp. vinegar

Wash the beans and soak in cold water over night. Simmer in the same water about 2 hrs. Toward the last of the cooking stir and watch carefully so that beans do not burn. Add syrup and vinegar. Serve hot.

Submitted by Karen Louise Lindgren Bradford.
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Schonborg Family Recipes - Gertrude "Gurly" Naomi Schonborg - page 2

Svenska köttbullar

[Swedish Meatballs]

For: Karen Lindgren
From: Gurly Lindgren December 21, 1971

1 lb. round steak - ground
3/4 lb. ground fresh pork
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup [bread] crumbs
1 medium onion (minced)
1 Tbsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp allspice
3 Tbsp. butter or Crisco for frying

Beat eggs. Add milk and crumbs. (Grind meat very fine if it is not already ground.)
Brown the onion in 1 Tbsp. butter. Add all ingredients (onion last). Form into balls and fry till brown.

Submitted by Karen Louise Lindgren Bradford
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Schonborg Family Recipes - Gertrude "Gurly" Naomi Schonborg - page 1

LEMON SUPREME CAKE

From the kitchen of: Gurly Lindgren

(My favorite recipe because it's so easy to make and it tastes as yummy as Grandma Lindgren's sponge cake.)

1 pkg. Lemon flavored or yellow cake mix
1 pkg. Lemon or vanilla instant pudding
4 eggs
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 cup water

Put all the ingredients in one bowl. Mix. Put mixture in a greased and floured bundt or sponge cake pan and bake in 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool - right - side up - for 15 minutes. Unmold gently on a cake plate and pour the following glaze over cake:

1 cup confectioner's sugar

2 Tbsp. lemon juice and

grated rind of 1 lemon

Whittier, Calif.

12/21/71

Friday, September 11, 2020

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - page 23

Lindgren Family - Brian Carl Lindgren - VAFB Cartoons - page 21

Lindgren Family - Brian's Panel - page 20

This is both parts of the panel that Brian monitored during launches. We have one of them hanging on the wall in the basement. That was given to him in November 2004 at the going away dinner that all of the employees for Lockheed Martin had for him. One of the other gifts was a snow shovel.......

Lindgren Family - Brian Carl Lindgren -VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 19

This cartoon was depicting when "someone" [not Brian] pushed the button to flood the flame bucket by accident. The flame bucket floods the pad as the vehicle is launching. This happened during check out prior to launch day. There were generals and technicians in the flame bucket.

This is when the frozen turkey either defrosts or is burnt to cinders due to the flames. Supposedly the persons checking the launchpad after a launch had never found the turkey.

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - page 18

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - page 17

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 16

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 15

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 14

Monday, September 7, 2020

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 13

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 12

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 11

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - cartoon - page 10

Lindgren Family - VAFB Employees Picture - page 9

Brian is the 8th from the right, standing....I have lightened and enlarged this photo as much as my program let me........

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - poem - page 8

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - Poem - page 7

M&E (mechanical and electrical) was a designation of the main launch control equipment room where the launch control wires from the block house, where all of the wiring into the cable distribution units which held the launch control.

There could be to 6,912 cables that would have to be checked. They would fan out into the. They would open valves, change pressures, ect. They all ended up in the M&E room.

The drawer on the desk downstairs - There were 28 mounted logic units in a rack. They were designed to be opened/pulled out and put a new unit in. They were designed for when you don't have much time for going to war. Slick 3 equipment were all cold war era from before 1985.

I was in operational control during the launch. His job prior to launch day, he would check for equipment failures ect, including bad sensors.

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - page 6

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - page 5

Lindgren Family - Brian Carl Lindgren - VAFB Cartoons - page 4

Lindgren Family - Brian Carl Lindgren - VAFB Cartoons - page 3

When Simcart (missile simulator cart) is being run, it is pad checkout - a good checkout if you are really on it and no one makes a mistake can be done in 2 - 2 1/2 days. More than that you are having problems. There were times when debugging is takes longer than usual. Problems being identified could be due to a broken wire, or a change in the logic with a wire put on the wrong terminal. Brian was the "orchestra director" for debugging. The skids are looked at by the logic sequence. Terminal boards were housed in the cabinets of 5 terminal boards and 72 connections per cabinet. It was all hardware - no software. You had to trace the wiring back to where the pressure switch came in and where it went. Sometimes the wiring was transposed. Brian was suppose to direct the technicians of where CDU [cable distribution unit] went due to a change in "logic". Or someone might have stuck the wire in the wrong spot. Then you would need to find the problem and change it appropriately. [Mary and Linda were 2 wiring technicians who had a soft place in their hearts for Andrew.]

Lindgren Family - VAFB Cartoons - Cartoon - page 2

Brian did not know the back story on this cartoon. Sometimes birds would build a nest by the flame bucket - Brian doubts that he got a bird stuck on his nose. This Birdman could have been any of a number of hourly guys.

Lindgren Family - VAFB cartoons - Cartoon - Page 1

I believe that all of these cartoons were drawn by William "Bill" Hayden. This particular cartoon was drawn in July 1981.

What had happened is that the people who were hired to put up the lights did not allow for rotating the arms so the light pole could rotate when the tower was being rolled out. Therefore the lights would be out of the way. The lights are only 15-20 feet high. So there really was Bill Hayden - one of the 2 cartoonists featured here - who had to go out there during a mission dress rehearsal or for an actual launch.

Friday, September 4, 2020

Lindgren Family - Brian Carl Lindgren - page 45 - Vandenberg Launch Compilation

Lindgren Family - Brian Carl Lindgren - page 80

92 Ford 150 with a stick truck for Robert to drive during his last year in high school. We had to tow it home because it didn't run. It needed a clutch and who knows what else. One day someone loosened up the lug nuts on his front left wheel, and the wheel fell off. He was lucky he hadn't been on Outer Drive.

I went back to the intersection and I found 2 of the lug nuts.

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Lindgren Family - Brian Carl Lindgren - Recollections of a Rocket Scientist - page 44

It has a great "OOHHH!!!!! factor".

The image below can be found at: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=jR99toXE&id=9719FB5DDCEC4DE9FA3F69FB152717E13AB24E7D&thid=OIP.jR99toXEflEeT9wIV8AkRwHaEK&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fi.ytimg.com%2fvi%2fV7W4ZezQThE%2fmaxresdefault.jpg&exph=720&expw=1280&q=atlas+launch+vandenberg+air+force+base+video&simid=608049017130649468&ck=C4957700DA8AC26F1302F2918C3E2040&selectedIndex=0&FORM=IRPRST&ajaxhist=0

Brian's recollections on being a rocket scientist.

The best thing about being a rocket scientist is the name - any one can be a lawyer, doctor, but how many can say they are a rocket scientist! It's like being a member of royalty!

It's like being on the varsity football team. Everyone knows you are the BMOC.

Launch comics

One launch took 13 times. Myra made it to 8 of the "trys", and was actually there when the vehicle launched. The families were there to see the fruits of their loved ones labor at work. We started out being bused out in a government issue "no frills" bus. By the last launch, we were in the VIP bus and were served finger food as we journeyed out to the viewing site. The viewing site was 5 miles away from the launch pad. Brian would say that he never saw a "live launch" as he was always viewing it through the "TV screen." Myra did tho' - that last night when the vehicle actually launched. It was pretty spectacular.

Most of the aborted launches were due to upper altitude winds, as the upper winds are so strong that the steering capabilities of the vehicle can't counter balance the affect of the wind pushing the vehicle off course.

There was one aborted launch that was caused by a burnt out light bulb on the control panel.

On a separate launch, someone "accidently" pushed the button to flood the flame bucket while there were Generals touring it.

Another time the group of Generals got caught in the elevator and it took awhile to get them down.

Most of the work of the launch team is doing all the little jobs and all the small tests to make sure that all the individual tests are working. And then the thrill comes from putting everything together to see that it all works on launch day.

Morning launches were frequently followed by a launch party at the Elks Club in town.

Atlas E and F, or Atlas 2 were basically used as "semi-trucks" to take the satellite up into space and properly placed.

The electrical "wiring" becomes at "umbilical". It ends in a electrical plug {about 10 inches in diameter and 14 inches long}. The 3 electrical cables make up the umbilical adapter. Each cable is about 2 inches in diameter. Sometimes the umbilical connector was ripped away for the cables and blown out into a vacant field.

It takes us 80-90 days of all the small tests and operations to get ready for the larger integrated tests. The major integrated tests such as sym-flight- simulated flight - propellant loading; mission dress rehearsal, and then launch. Sym flight checks out the rocket's computer and guidance system, issues commands during the flight including when to start the engines, when to issue guidance [steering] commands, and other mechanical operations that need to be accomplished during the flight of the vehicle.

During the Sym-flight test, the rocket computer sends electrical signals that do things such as pressurizing the propellant tanks, jettisoning the Booster stage, and a short time later fire the explosive bolts that hold together the two halves of the payload fairing, and then the payload separation command.

Then when having passed through the thickest part of the atmosphere, the activated explosive bolts that hold the 2 halves of the payload fairing together. This permits separation from the rocket. or other devises that drop off the first state of the vehicle[rocket], and pressurizing upper stage engines systems.

At the appropriate altitude, direction and speed, the booster engines are shut down. The command to separate the payload from the rocket is sent, allowing the payload to coast away from the vehicle while at the same time the rocket is slowing down and falling back to earth.

After payload separation, the kick motor/engine fires to place the satellite into a circular orbit.

The biggest thrill comes from the major tests and of course the launch. You could liken a major test as checking your truck and vacation trailer out driving around town getting ready for a big trip.

Part of the fun is going down to the pad on launch night. You look up at the launch service tower that protects the rocket, are moved back by huge motors, leaving the rocket standing alone on the pad. You think to yourself that "Wow! I helped to do this!"

After the rocket has been launched it is fun to go down to the pad - "I love the smell of burnt rocket propellent in the morning!" You can also see the affect of the burst of energy coming before and during the rocket blast the "umbilical" cords off their distribution box, and "flood lights" are blown off the pad structure.

There is an Air Force tradition is to place a frozen turkey in the flame bucket prior to launch, and then look for it afterwards. They never find them."

Brian's work frequently required him to climb up within the Atlas rocket's thrust section (where the engines are) to staging disconnects and other components. He also conducted similar tests in the upper stage engine area, but only through access ports through the skin of the rocket.

Brian would also be sent to Florida maybe 2-3 times a year to assist with a launch at Cape Canaveral. He would stay in Coco Beach all expenses paid.

Copy and paste this URL to see launches including Atlas at Vandenburg Air Force Base, California, USA.

https://youtu.be/s51-8WO_xMw

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