200th Post

Somehow I thought my 200th post would be closer to my 199th post but sadly there has been a huge gap in postings.  A lot has happened between then and now.  In the coming days I hope to do some tributes or at least post some obituaries but in the meantime I have something I'd like to share with you.  While checking something else out entirely unrelated to the Rudes family I found a picture shared on the Harris-Elmore website by Mr. Luther Miller.  If you would be so kind as to click here you will see a picture of Carlos & Lillie (Hatch) Rudes and their sons Harry, Merrill, Raymond and Gail.

Source:  Harris-Elmore Library's Local History Room website.

Date:  Abt. 1916 according to the label.

Where it fits:  Carlos Rudes is the father of Ercell, Cecil, Merrill, Gail, Raymond & Dewey.  He is the grandfather of Merrill & George Rudes.

1922 Genoa Baseball Team

This came to me framed and moderately labeled. As you can see there are not names for all of the players but it does say the team is from 1922. Does anybody know any other players from the 1922 team?

Timeframe: 1922, baseball season. Somewhere between basketball season & football season. The four seasons are basketball, baseball, football and hockey right?

Where It Fits: Merrill Rudes is the son of Carlos and Lilly Rudes and the father of Merrill "Junior" & George Rudes. Merrill is the father of De Ila, Diane, Merrill & Terry.

Merrill & Della

This picture is very large, I couldn't manage to get all of the image on my scanner. It was taken by Livingston in 1919 according to the autograph on the bottom corner.

Timeframe: Since it is dated 1919 that would make Merrill roughly 29 and Della 28.

Where it Fits: Merrill Rudes & Della Meyer are the parents of Merrill B. Rudes & George H. Rudes.