Snyder, Clark William

1903 - 1990  (87 years)

• Name	Snyder, Clark William  [1]
  Birth	20 Jul 1903	Jasper, Steuben, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1924	Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA
  	freshman, Valparaiso University, letters to mother
  	20180127 RVA- Two letters Posted 28 May 2015 by pattiblaine59 [Following are two letters written by William Snyder in 1924 to Mrs. A. R. Snyder (or Mrs. Nellie I. Snyder), Elkland PA, Box 92, when he was a student at Valparaiso University (freshman year - 1923/4) in Indiana.] January 11 Dear Mother, We have hit the old pace again and my time for writing letters has decreased. However I always have an hour before dinner on Friday which I can use in writing to you and the kids and dad. What do you think of the course offered in general engineering at N.D.U.? They have one of the best schools in the West there and its credits are accepted in any school in the country. Living expenses are rather high but there is no tuition and no lab fee. My tuition and fees here will amount to $160 for three quarters which would pay my board and room for nearly half a year at N.D. It is a much larger school than I at first thot, the number of students in 1921 being 1200. Many of its buildings are new and its equipment is most modern. However there is no great hurry about deciding, only I would like to go to school where Dick does and I would like to have him go to N.D. I know several fellows here who are going up there next year. There would be only two changes on the road one at Chicago from the Erie to the Burlington and at Minneapolis to the Northern Pacific or the Great Northern. We might also go to Buffalo and from there up to Duluth on a boat and from there on the G.N. A freight engine blew up on the Nickle Plate road the other day. It did the stunt right by the station. The cab with the engineer, fireman, and brakeman was blown about 50 ft. backwards while the train kept on until it reached the station where one box car turned across the right of way and tried to get inside the station. Three other cars were turned so that the front part of the train looked like a rail fence. The entire boiler and firebox were turned end for end and dumped in front of the station so that trunks were headed for Chi [Chicago] and the boiler for Fort Wayne [IN]. The fireman and brakeman were killed but the engineer will live, I guess. It blew the brakeman about 100 ft. and took his clothes off for him. It is dinner time now and I must close. With love, William ___________ April 6 Dear Mother Your letter came Friday and I was sure glad to get it. When I don't hear from home about every so often I begin to wonder if I have been taken off the mailing list. This pen of mine gets a fit now and then when it lets all the ink out at once. If I do anything to it, it seems to get worse. I have been out practicing baseball with the varsity team and while I am doing it mostly for exercise I am in a way trying to make the team. As far as they know now, I am a pitcher, I told them I was anyway. I threw some yesterday to the batters and did pretty fair when you consider the fact that all they would let me throw was a straight ball waist high and over the centre of the plate. The batters hit it at will but their hits resulted mostly in infield flies and pops. My control seems to be much better than it has been formerly. They do not seem to have any very sensational pitching material. I washed my white sweater yesterday. The matron gave me instructions on the proper method of proceeding and I did a pretty good job of it. I spread it out to dry yesterday morning but it isn't dry yet. I used up two bars of ivory soap on the thing. This place is so smoky that things don't stay white more than a few days. I hate to have to write for money at this early date but I guess I will be compelled to. I have $1.30 in the bank and $.04 in my pocket thus making a grand total of $1.34. I am out of razor blades and my gray pants have a hole in the seat as also have my old blue pants which I have been wearing to class for a couple of weeks. It is pretty hot to wear my brown army trousers. I would have written last week when I wrote for the shoes but I figured to break the news to you easily and also I thot that I might be able to earn enough Saturday to buy a pair of trousers with and keep me in cash, however it is impossible to find a job every saturday and I couldn't work every sat. anyway as I have work of my own that has to be done. And now I am about to spring my request: If it is not beyond the contents of Dad's pocket book, please send me about $6. I would like to have it in a money order as it is easier to get them cashed than checks. My bankers uptown get on a grouch every time I bring in a personal check to be cashed. I may be forced to close my account there before the money comes and then they surely wouldn't cash a check. I must close now and get at my analytic Geometry. It takes about five hours to work a lesson in the stuff. Not hard but long. Love to all William [I have seen these handwritten, but no longer know in whose possession they are. Text here is as transcribed by a family member. The Nickel Plate Road explosion is referenced here: http://www.calumet.tripod.com/newspprs/24117cet.html] 1930 United States Federal Census 1920 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census 1940 United States Federal Census U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 1900 United States Federal Census New York, State Census, 1915 New York, State Census, 1892 1920 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census Two letters pattiblaine59 pattiblaine59 originally shared this on 28 May 2015 Linked To Clark William Snyder ? Andrew Richard Snyder ? Nellie Adella Jeanette Manning ? Richard Maxham Snyder ? ?Saved by ksdirk Saved by pattiblaine59? Saved by anitasarber? Saved by JRAvery90? Saved by scottnchace Saved by Jennifer Charlesworth Comments wetzupdoc1
  correspondence	1924	Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA
  	freshman, Valparaiso University, letters to mother
  	20180127 RVA- Two letters Posted 28 May 2015 by pattiblaine59 [Following are two letters written by William Snyder in 1924 to Mrs. A. R. Snyder (or Mrs. Nellie I. Snyder), Elkland PA, Box 92, when he was a student at Valparaiso University (freshman year - 1923/4) in Indiana.] January 11 Dear Mother, We have hit the old pace again and my time for writing letters has decreased. However I always have an hour before dinner on Friday which I can use in writing to you and the kids and dad. What do you think of the course offered in general engineering at N.D.U.? They have one of the best schools in the West there and its credits are accepted in any school in the country. Living expenses are rather high but there is no tuition and no lab fee. My tuition and fees here will amount to $160 for three quarters which would pay my board and room for nearly half a year at N.D. It is a much larger school than I at first thot, the number of students in 1921 being 1200. Many of its buildings are new and its equipment is most modern. However there is no great hurry about deciding, only I would like to go to school where Dick does and I would like to have him go to N.D. I know several fellows here who are going up there next year. There would be only two changes on the road one at Chicago from the Erie to the Burlington and at Minneapolis to the Northern Pacific or the Great Northern. We might also go to Buffalo and from there up to Duluth on a boat and from there on the G.N. A freight engine blew up on the Nickle Plate road the other day. It did the stunt right by the station. The cab with the engineer, fireman, and brakeman was blown about 50 ft. backwards while the train kept on until it reached the station where one box car turned across the right of way and tried to get inside the station. Three other cars were turned so that the front part of the train looked like a rail fence. The entire boiler and firebox were turned end for end and dumped in front of the station so that trunks were headed for Chi [Chicago] and the boiler for Fort Wayne [IN]. The fireman and brakeman were killed but the engineer will live, I guess. It blew the brakeman about 100 ft. and took his clothes off for him. It is dinner time now and I must close. With love, William ___________ April 6 Dear Mother Your letter came Friday and I was sure glad to get it. When I don't hear from home about every so often I begin to wonder if I have been taken off the mailing list. This pen of mine gets a fit now and then when it lets all the ink out at once. If I do anything to it, it seems to get worse. I have been out practicing baseball with the varsity team and while I am doing it mostly for exercise I am in a way trying to make the team. As far as they know now, I am a pitcher, I told them I was anyway. I threw some yesterday to the batters and did pretty fair when you consider the fact that all they would let me throw was a straight ball waist high and over the centre of the plate. The batters hit it at will but their hits resulted mostly in infield flies and pops. My control seems to be much better than it has been formerly. They do not seem to have any very sensational pitching material. I washed my white sweater yesterday. The matron gave me instructions on the proper method of proceeding and I did a pretty good job of it. I spread it out to dry yesterday morning but it isn't dry yet. I used up two bars of ivory soap on the thing. This place is so smoky that things don't stay white more than a few days. I hate to have to write for money at this early date but I guess I will be compelled to. I have $1.30 in the bank and $.04 in my pocket thus making a grand total of $1.34. I am out of razor blades and my gray pants have a hole in the seat as also have my old blue pants which I have been wearing to class for a couple of weeks. It is pretty hot to wear my brown army trousers. I would have written last week when I wrote for the shoes but I figured to break the news to you easily and also I thot that I might be able to earn enough Saturday to buy a pair of trousers with and keep me in cash, however it is impossible to find a job every saturday and I couldn't work every sat. anyway as I have work of my own that has to be done. And now I am about to spring my request: If it is not beyond the contents of Dad's pocket book, please send me about $6. I would like to have it in a money order as it is easier to get them cashed than checks. My bankers uptown get on a grouch every time I bring in a personal check to be cashed. I may be forced to close my account there before the money comes and then they surely wouldn't cash a check. I must close now and get at my analytic Geometry. It takes about five hours to work a lesson in the stuff. Not hard but long. Love to all William [I have seen these handwritten, but no longer know in whose possession they are. Text here is as transcribed by a family member. The Nickel Plate Road explosion is referenced here: http://www.calumet.tripod.com/newspprs/24117cet.html] 1930 United States Federal Census 1920 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census 1940 United States Federal Census U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 1900 United States Federal Census New York, State Census, 1915 New York, State Census, 1892 1920 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census Two letters pattiblaine59 pattiblaine59 originally shared this on 28 May 2015 Linked To Clark William Snyder ? Andrew Richard Snyder ? Nellie Adella Jeanette Manning ? Richard Maxham Snyder ? ?Saved by ksdirk Saved by pattiblaine59? Saved by anitasarber? Saved by JRAvery90? Saved by scottnchace Saved by Jennifer Charlesworth Comments wetzupdoc1
  Name	William Clark Snyder
  	pattiblaine59 tree
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Death	17 Nov 1990	Elmira, Chemung, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I50685	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Snyder, Andrew Richard Pvt,   b. 14 Mar 1881, Jasper, Steuben, New York, USA d. 2 Dec 1953, Elmira, Chemung, New York, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Manning, Nellie Adella Jeanette,   b. 24 Jun 1883, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA d. 25 Nov 1961, Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1902  [1]
  Family ID	F36388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bower, Ruby Olive
  Family ID	F36390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Jul 1903 - Jasper, Steuben, New York, USA Education - freshman, Valparaiso University, letters to mother - 1924 - Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA correspondence - freshman, Valparaiso University, letters to mother - 1924 - Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 17 Nov 1990 - Elmira, Chemung, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Snyder, Andrew Richard family pattiblaine59 20251010GHLn- edited 20180127 RVA- pattiblaine59 pattiblaine59 originally shared this on 14 Jan 2015 Andrew Richard Snyder & family CW Snyder is on the extreme left with Helen Snyder in front of Edna (1st cousin of CWSnyder). Alan Snyder holds the cat. Nina Bolton is on the right, with Richard Maxham Snyder just behind. Bessie F. Bolton…
  		Snyder, CW 3 babies christening pattiblaine59 20180127 RVA- Three new babies (christening?) pattiblaine59 pattiblaine59 originally shared this on 14 Jan 2015 Linked To Clark William Snyder ? Nellie Adella Jeanette Manning ? William Henry Manning ? Ida Amelia Maxham ? Frederick William Manning ? Caroline Alletta Manning ? Frederic Clarence House ? Nellie Ruth House ? Jessie Trowbridge…

  
  

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  20180127 RVA- Andrew Richard Snyder & family CW Snyder is on the extreme left with Helen Snyder in front of Edna (1st cousin of CWSnyder). Alan Snyder holds the cat. Nina Bolton is on the right, with Richard Maxham Snyder just behind. Bessie F. Bolton (wife of Shirley P. Snyder who was brother of AR) is in the big hat. AR is in the white shirt. Nellie is to the left of him. Unknown person is behind AR (maybe brother Shirley or son William Snyder). pattiblaine59 pattiblaine59 originally shared this on 14 Jan 2015 Linked To Clark William Snyder ? Andrew Richard Snyder ? Nellie Adella Jeanette Manning ? Richard Maxham Snyder ? Alan Joseph Snyder ? Helen Virginia Snyder ? Bessie F Bolton ? Edna L Snyder ? Nina Bolton ? Saved by pattiblaine59? SusanMarieArmstrong? Saved by anitasarber? Saved by sahogan61? Saved by sandymcg54? Saved by JRAvery90? Saved by scottnchace Saved by Jennifer Charlesworth? Saved by Kim Mckenzie? Saved by Kimbra Leigh ___________________ 20180127 RVA- Two letters Posted 28 May 2015 by pattiblaine59 [Following are two letters written by William Snyder in 1924 to Mrs. A. R. Snyder (or Mrs. Nellie I. Snyder), Elkland PA, Box 92, when he was a student at Valparaiso University (freshman year - 1923/4) in Indiana.] January 11 Dear Mother, We have hit the old pace again and my time for writing letters has decreased. However I always have an hour before dinner on Friday which I can use in writing to you and the kids and dad. What do you think of the course offered in general engineering at N.D.U.? They have one of the best schools in the West there and its credits are accepted in any school in the country. Living expenses are rather high but there is no tuition and no lab fee. My tuition and fees here will amount to $160 for three quarters which would pay my board and room for nearly half a year at N.D. It is a much larger school than I at first thot, the number of students in 1921 being 1200. Many of its buildings are new and its equipment is most modern. However there is no great hurry about deciding, only I would like to go to school where Dick does and I would like to have him go to N.D. I know several fellows here who are going up there next year. There would be only two changes on the road one at Chicago from the Erie to the Burlington and at Minneapolis to the Northern Pacific or the Great Northern. We might also go to Buffalo and from there up to Duluth on a boat and from there on the G.N. A freight engine blew up on the Nickle Plate road the other day. It did the stunt right by the station. The cab with the engineer, fireman, and brakeman was blown about 50 ft. backwards while the train kept on until it reached the station where one box car turned across the right of way and tried to get inside the station. Three other cars were turned so that the front part of the train looked like a rail fence. The entire boiler and firebox were turned end for end and dumped in front of the station so that trunks were headed for Chi [Chicago] and the boiler for Fort Wayne [IN]. The fireman and brakeman were killed but the engineer will live, I guess. It blew the brakeman about 100 ft. and took his clothes off for him. It is dinner time now and I must close. With love, William ___________ April 6 Dear Mother Your letter came Friday and I was sure glad to get it. When I don't hear from home about every so often I begin to wonder if I have been taken off the mailing list. This pen of mine gets a fit now and then when it lets all the ink out at once. If I do anything to it, it seems to get worse. I have been out practicing baseball with the varsity team and while I am doing it mostly for exercise I am in a way trying to make the team. As far as they know now, I am a pitcher, I told them I was anyway. I threw some yesterday to the batters and did pretty fair when you consider the fact that all they would let me throw was a straight ball waist high and over the centre of the plate. The batters hit it at will but their hits resulted mostly in infield flies and pops. My control seems to be much better than it has been formerly. They do not seem to have any very sensational pitching material. I washed my white sweater yesterday. The matron gave me instructions on the proper method of proceeding and I did a pretty good job of it. I spread it out to dry yesterday morning but it isn't dry yet. I used up two bars of ivory soap on the thing. This place is so smoky that things don't stay white more than a few days. I hate to have to write for money at this early date but I guess I will be compelled to. I have $1.30 in the bank and $.04 in my pocket thus making a grand total of $1.34. I am out of razor blades and my gray pants have a hole in the seat as also have my old blue pants which I have been wearing to class for a couple of weeks. It is pretty hot to wear my brown army trousers. I would have written last week when I wrote for the shoes but I figured to break the news to you easily and also I thot that I might be able to earn enough Saturday to buy a pair of trousers with and keep me in cash, however it is impossible to find a job every saturday and I couldn't work every sat. anyway as I have work of my own that has to be done. And now I am about to spring my request: If it is not beyond the contents of Dad's pocket book, please send me about $6. I would like to have it in a money order as it is easier to get them cashed than checks. My bankers uptown get on a grouch every time I bring in a personal check to be cashed. I may be forced to close my account there before the money comes and then they surely wouldn't cash a check. I must close now and get at my analytic Geometry. It takes about five hours to work a lesson in the stuff. Not hard but long. Love to all William [I have seen these handwritten, but no longer know in whose possession they are. Text here is as transcribed by a family member. The Nickel Plate Road explosion is referenced here: http://www.calumet.tripod.com/newspprs/24117cet.html] 1930 United States Federal Census 1920 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census 1940 United States Federal Census U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 1900 United States Federal Census New York, State Census, 1915 New York, State Census, 1892 1920 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census Two letters pattiblaine59 pattiblaine59 originally shared this on 28 May 2015 Linked To Clark William Snyder ? Andrew Richard Snyder ? Nellie Adella Jeanette Manning ? Richard Maxham Snyder ? ?Saved by ksdirk Saved by pattiblaine59? Saved by anitasarber? Saved by JRAvery90? Saved by scottnchace Saved by Jennifer Charlesworth Comments wetzupdoc1

  
  

• Sources

  [S1718] Public Member Trees 2018-, Blaine?? pattiblaine59. Record for Andrew Richard Snyder http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=32073513901&indiv=try

  
  

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