THE THOMSON SCRAPBOOK

THE THOMSON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK

Compiled From Original Scrapbook Of
David McCullough Thomson

By

David McCullough Thomson

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INTRODUCTION

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NOTE: Being the author of this online scrapbook I naturally had quite a bit of material from my life and more details that the sections on my parents and brothers.

This is from various scrap books and loose photographs that I put together during my life. Unfortunately, my high school scrapbook disappeared when I was discharged from the Army in 1956, never to be seen again.

It contained mainly newspaper clipping of my sports exploits in high school. There are, however, two photographs of my in high school sports, one posed and the other a basketball action photograph. I am also including some college year book photos of my fraternity, Sigma Nu, which both Tom and I belonged to. Jim would have joined but he had to enlist in the Air Force during the Korea War.

Jeanne and I have taken over 2,000 photographs since our marriage on March 28, 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. These include many trips we took before I retired from the Columbia Gas System July 1, 1991 and quite a few of our photographs we took, after I retired in 1991, on our year long trip in our motor home through the western United States, Canada and Alaska.

Jeanne is my third wife as I divorced my first two wifes, Barbara and Mary Ann. I have a son by Mary Ann, Christopher Mark, who resides in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, Libby Harper Thomson and their two sons, William and Michael.

My middle name is "McCullough" and you can read about where this name came from in the book "A Narritive of the Captivity of John McCullough ESQ / Writen by himself", a book that I donated to the State of Ohio Library, Columbus, Ohio and now resides in their "rare book" secion.

Some, but not all, photographs available to me are shown here. I hope you all enjoy this photo scrapbook of the Thomson family. You may use the links below so see and read about my history.

Early Years
1931-1946 The "early years" for the Thomson boys are located in David's Memories section. There are about 20 pages where you can learn all about their early years that begin in 1939 when our family moved to East Lansing, Michigan from Flint, Michigan.
These "Early Years" pages are contained in the last part of Memories, Chapter 1 to the first part of Chapter 3. To return here, use Memories' menu at the bottom of all memories pages.

High School
1946-1950 Unfortunately, my high school scrapbook was lost during the time I spent in the Army, 1954 -1956. There are only a few photos from that time period.

Michigan State College
1950-1954 I attended Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan from 1950 to 1954. Only a few photos and records exists from those time periods.

The Army
1954-1956 I enlisted in the Army right after graduation from MSC in 1954 and spent two years in service. During this time I was posted in Puerto Rico and in Panama where I took quite a few photographs.

The Food Service Industry When I was discharged from the Army in 1956 I started by "first real job" working for the State of Michigan. I soon left to work for a food service company. After a few months working in a manufacturing plant's food service, I was transfered to a small hospital in Marion, Indiana, as manager of the hospital's food service.

Ohio State University I attended Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, from 1961 to 1968. I went to night school taking Freshman Math, then one year studing for an undergrauate degree. My math teaching assistant recommended that I take the Graduate Record Exam and, if I scored high enough, I would be accepted in the the Math department's Graduate School. With a high score in the math section, I entered the Math Department's Graduate School, where I received my Master In Science in Mathematic after two years of study.
Only a few photos and records exists from those time periods.

Columbia Gas System Research Department I worked in the Research Department of Columbia Gas System, Service Corporation for 23 years beginning in the fall of 1968 and rose to the title Senior Reseach Engineer. There were about 45 employees in the department. I joined the Research Department in 1968. At that time I was employed by the Ohio State University Mathematics Department as a Graduate Teaching Associateship, a position that all mathematics graduate hold. Graduate students teach and assist professors in classes at the freshman and sophomore levels.
I developed my own projects as well as being assigned certain project. I worked on diagnostics for gas turines (jet engines), Artificial Intellegence Expert Systems, and was the lead engineer on the Task Group to invistigate appling Expert System in three of the System's corporations.
Columbia Gas System if now a part of NiSourse.

Chris, My Son
Born November, 1971 Chris, my only son, was born almost exactly 40 years after I was born. He had to live through my divorce from his mother but has created a great life with his wife, Libby, and their two sons, Will and Michael.

Jeanne And I
1979-present Jeanne and I got married in 1979 and we have had a wonderful life together. This scrapbook shows most of the things we did and the places we went.

Jeanne And I Travel To German - 1979 Jeanne and I had hosted two girls from Europe, one from France and one from Germany a few years back. The German girl's parents invited us to come stay withe them in Hanburg for several weeks. What an advanture!

Sam Kitty
1986-2003 Sam Kitty, who I recused from the sewer in front of our Columbus, Ohio home in 1985, was an extrodinary cat. You can read about his life with us and what he meant to us.

A Year On The Road
In Our Motor home
1991-1992 When I retired on July 1, 1991, Jeanne, Sam, our cat, and I traveled for 12 months throughout the United States and Canada, including a trip up the Alaskan Highway in Canada to Alaska.

Building Our Home
In Anderson, SC We return to Anderson, SC to find a builder who can contruct our home. The actual time from the clearing of our lot to moving in was about 6 months. We actually moved in about two weeks before the builder wanted us to but they had given us a date and that is when the movers arrived.

Living In Our Home
In Anderson, SC Our life in our home after 1993 when we moved in. We added on to the sunroom, the two guest bedrooms, and to our bathroom. Jeanne added many plants around our home.

Hartwell Lake Our new home is on a small cove of Hartwell Lake which divides South Carolina from Georgia. The lake level varies

Animals Among Us Since we moved into our home in Anderson, SC in 1993 we have been visited by many different animals and birds. You can see a few that has posed for a photograph.

Scotland Golf
1999 My nephew, Bob, and I went to Scoland for six days of golf. We play some of the best courses in the world, e.g. The Old Course, which hosted the British Open in 1998, and Carnoustie No. 1, which hosted the British Open in 1999.

Peanut & Cali
2003-2019 We adopted Peanut and Cali in August, 2003, about 3 months after Sam passed away. They are a joy to have around.

Rating Golf Courses In 1998 I voluntered to the South Carolina Golf Association as I wanted to give something back to golf for what it has given me over the years.

Rule's Official In 1998 I voluntered to the South Carolina Golf Association as I wanted to give something back to golf for what it has given me over the years.

Artificial Intelligence My last 5 years in the Research Department of Columbua Gas System Service Corporation I learned about Artificial Intelligence, studied it, and wrote several A.I. application that were highly successful. My A.I. development continue after I retired in 1991.

Memories Of An Old Man I have written many pages describing my life over the years, from the earliest recollection about 1936 or so up to the 2020s.

Fumio A friend of Fumio Matsuhisa, in Gufio, Japan saw my webpage about my golf. He had a friend who wanted to play on the Senior Tour in 1997. He contacted me, Email, and asked me if I could contact Fumio about hosting him in Anderson, SC, so he could practice and then try to qualify for the Senior Tour.
Fumio and I got together and I offered to host him at my home. He flew over to Greenville where I picked him up and returned to my home in Anderson.

Right Place @ Right Time Everyone should be familiar with the phrase, "Being At The Right Place At The Right Time" . There have been many of these times throughout my life where this applied to me. Everytime except one, the outcome was positive. And they were "cascading" to the future, i.e. the future kept getting better and better.
I went from being a food service manager of cafeterias to a senior reseach engineer for a major intergrated natural gas company where I ended up building Artificial Intelligence Expert Systems programs.

My Background & Golf I have put together a page that summarizes my life and my love of the game of golf. There is probably more information on this page that you will find in my other page.

Computer Games I Have Writen Over my nearly three decades working with computers I have learned several computer languages. Many computer games, especially for kids, can be developed using most of the language or a combination of them. Two games standout, Concentration and Star Trek 2. Both these games can be downloaded but only to Windows computers.

Books I Have Read The only books I read while growing up were by school books. But that all changed in my later adult life, i.e. when I was in my 60s. There was a period when I had almost unlimited free time that could not be totally filled by watching television.
I began filling this free time by checking out books from the local library. Not knowing what type of fiction I wanted I asked the local librarian to recommend some authors who wrote books with the main story involve spies, detective, or mystery.
I started with one well known author and read most of his books. So, I had to find "new authors". I ended up, over the past 30 years with 91 authors and 507 of their titles.

Recipes I worked in the food service business for many years as a manager. I started out as the manger of the food department of a small hospital and ended up managing two industrial cafeterias.
Many times I had to fill in for one of the cooks so I learned how to make many dishes. Using this knowledge I developed my own recipes that I used at home. The three I have selected are easy to make and very tasty.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
My thanks to my brother, Jim, who kindly loaned me the many scrapbooks of my parents so I could put together this record. All these documents that I once had are now with my son, Chris, except for parts that were given to Jim's children.

Early Years 1931-1946	The "early years" for the Thomson boys are located in David's Memories section. There are about 20 pages where you can learn all about their early years that begin in 1939 when our family moved to East Lansing, Michigan from Flint, Michigan. These "Early Years" pages are contained in the last part of Memories, Chapter 1 to the first part of Chapter 3. To return here, use Memories' menu at the bottom of all memories pages.
High School 1946-1950	Unfortunately, my high school scrapbook was lost during the time I spent in the Army, 1954 -1956. There are only a few photos from that time period.
Michigan State College 1950-1954	I attended Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan from 1950 to 1954. Only a few photos and records exists from those time periods.
The Army 1954-1956	I enlisted in the Army right after graduation from MSC in 1954 and spent two years in service. During this time I was posted in Puerto Rico and in Panama where I took quite a few photographs.
The Food Service Industry	When I was discharged from the Army in 1956 I started by "first real job" working for the State of Michigan. I soon left to work for a food service company. After a few months working in a manufacturing plant's food service, I was transfered to a small hospital in Marion, Indiana, as manager of the hospital's food service.
Ohio State University	I attended Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, from 1961 to 1968. I went to night school taking Freshman Math, then one year studing for an undergrauate degree. My math teaching assistant recommended that I take the Graduate Record Exam and, if I scored high enough, I would be accepted in the the Math department's Graduate School. With a high score in the math section, I entered the Math Department's Graduate School, where I received my Master In Science in Mathematic after two years of study. Only a few photos and records exists from those time periods.
Columbia Gas System Research Department	I worked in the Research Department of Columbia Gas System, Service Corporation for 23 years beginning in the fall of 1968 and rose to the title Senior Reseach Engineer. There were about 45 employees in the department. I joined the Research Department in 1968. At that time I was employed by the Ohio State University Mathematics Department as a Graduate Teaching Associateship, a position that all mathematics graduate hold. Graduate students teach and assist professors in classes at the freshman and sophomore levels. I developed my own projects as well as being assigned certain project. I worked on diagnostics for gas turines (jet engines), Artificial Intellegence Expert Systems, and was the lead engineer on the Task Group to invistigate appling Expert System in three of the System's corporations. Columbia Gas System if now a part of NiSourse.
Chris, My Son Born November, 1971	Chris, my only son, was born almost exactly 40 years after I was born. He had to live through my divorce from his mother but has created a great life with his wife, Libby, and their two sons, Will and Michael.
Jeanne And I 1979-present	Jeanne and I got married in 1979 and we have had a wonderful life together. This scrapbook shows most of the things we did and the places we went.
Jeanne And I Travel To German - 1979	Jeanne and I had hosted two girls from Europe, one from France and one from Germany a few years back. The German girl's parents invited us to come stay withe them in Hanburg for several weeks. What an advanture!
Sam Kitty 1986-2003	Sam Kitty, who I recused from the sewer in front of our Columbus, Ohio home in 1985, was an extrodinary cat. You can read about his life with us and what he meant to us.
A Year On The Road In Our Motor home 1991-1992	When I retired on July 1, 1991, Jeanne, Sam, our cat, and I traveled for 12 months throughout the United States and Canada, including a trip up the Alaskan Highway in Canada to Alaska.
Building Our Home In Anderson, SC	We return to Anderson, SC to find a builder who can contruct our home. The actual time from the clearing of our lot to moving in was about 6 months. We actually moved in about two weeks before the builder wanted us to but they had given us a date and that is when the movers arrived.
Living In Our Home In Anderson, SC	Our life in our home after 1993 when we moved in. We added on to the sunroom, the two guest bedrooms, and to our bathroom. Jeanne added many plants around our home.
Hartwell Lake	Our new home is on a small cove of Hartwell Lake which divides South Carolina from Georgia. The lake level varies
Animals Among Us	Since we moved into our home in Anderson, SC in 1993 we have been visited by many different animals and birds. You can see a few that has posed for a photograph.
Scotland Golf 1999	My nephew, Bob, and I went to Scoland for six days of golf. We play some of the best courses in the world, e.g. The Old Course, which hosted the British Open in 1998, and Carnoustie No. 1, which hosted the British Open in 1999.
Peanut & Cali 2003-2019	We adopted Peanut and Cali in August, 2003, about 3 months after Sam passed away. They are a joy to have around.
Rating Golf Courses	In 1998 I voluntered to the South Carolina Golf Association as I wanted to give something back to golf for what it has given me over the years.
Rule's Official	In 1998 I voluntered to the South Carolina Golf Association as I wanted to give something back to golf for what it has given me over the years.
Artificial Intelligence	My last 5 years in the Research Department of Columbua Gas System Service Corporation I learned about Artificial Intelligence, studied it, and wrote several A.I. application that were highly successful. My A.I. development continue after I retired in 1991.
Memories Of An Old Man	I have written many pages describing my life over the years, from the earliest recollection about 1936 or so up to the 2020s.
Fumio	A friend of Fumio Matsuhisa, in Gufio, Japan saw my webpage about my golf. He had a friend who wanted to play on the Senior Tour in 1997. He contacted me, Email, and asked me if I could contact Fumio about hosting him in Anderson, SC, so he could practice and then try to qualify for the Senior Tour. Fumio and I got together and I offered to host him at my home. He flew over to Greenville where I picked him up and returned to my home in Anderson.
Right Place @ Right Time	Everyone should be familiar with the phrase, "Being At The Right Place At The Right Time" . There have been many of these times throughout my life where this applied to me. Everytime except one, the outcome was positive. And they were "cascading" to the future, i.e. the future kept getting better and better. I went from being a food service manager of cafeterias to a senior reseach engineer for a major intergrated natural gas company where I ended up building Artificial Intelligence Expert Systems programs.
My Background & Golf	I have put together a page that summarizes my life and my love of the game of golf. There is probably more information on this page that you will find in my other page.
Computer Games I Have Writen	Over my nearly three decades working with computers I have learned several computer languages. Many computer games, especially for kids, can be developed using most of the language or a combination of them. Two games standout, Concentration and Star Trek 2. Both these games can be downloaded but only to Windows computers.
Books I Have Read	The only books I read while growing up were by school books. But that all changed in my later adult life, i.e. when I was in my 60s. There was a period when I had almost unlimited free time that could not be totally filled by watching television. I began filling this free time by checking out books from the local library. Not knowing what type of fiction I wanted I asked the local librarian to recommend some authors who wrote books with the main story involve spies, detective, or mystery. I started with one well known author and read most of his books. So, I had to find "new authors". I ended up, over the past 30 years with 91 authors and 507 of their titles.
Recipes	I worked in the food service business for many years as a manager. I started out as the manger of the food department of a small hospital and ended up managing two industrial cafeterias. Many times I had to fill in for one of the cooks so I learned how to make many dishes. Using this knowledge I developed my own recipes that I used at home. The three I have selected are easy to make and very tasty.