[Geysers] Requests for Information

[Paul Strasser]

Jamie Espy was a very kind soul, whose favorite expression of surprise was,
'Well, I declare," in the thickest, most syrupy southern accent you can
imagine.  He was occasionally difficult to understand; once in 1976 or 77 he
was with me and my brother Pete at Daisy and we saw a large geyser erupt in
the distance behind the Inn.  "What's that?" asked Pete.

 

Wha, tha's Rahouuuw," said Jamie.

 

"What?"

 

Jamie repeated it.  "Rahouuuw."

 

"Could you spell that?"

 

Jamie smiled.  "Wha, tha's AWW OHHH Youuuu ENNNN  Deeee.  Rahouuuuw."


"Oh," said Pete.  "Rahouuuuw."

 

"Tha's rahhht," said Jamie.

 

He worked at the Ham's store in 78 or 79, but passed away not much later
than that.

 

Paul Strasser

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From: geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu
[mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of Lynn Stephens
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:22 AM
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
Subject: [Geysers] Requests for Information

 

Thank you to the four people who have responded to my requests for
information.  I'm still looking for "Gloria Bland", and have a list of
additional names I'll put together for future requests. 
 
         In the meantime, I think a few of you out there probably knew Jamie
Espy.  I found a little bit of information about Jamie on the internet.  In
his 1975 report, Rick (Hutchinson) gave several acknowledgements, including
the following:  
            "The brunt of the load however was borne by the VIP's who
contributed literally thousands of hours of their time and also deserve more
thanks than can be given.  The 3 dedicated observers are Old Faithful John
Wegel, Daisy Marie Wolf, and the modest Secret Agent VIP of SM, Jamie Espy."

 

I had heard rumors that John Wegel studied Old Faithful before he studied
Riverside and that John had gotten burned at Old Faithful on at least one
occasion. I knew that Marie Wolf studied Grand, the Myriad Group, and a
number of features, but that Daisy/Splendid was her particular love.  (She
spent a week with me in my cabin at Old Faithful during the summer of 1997
so she could be there for part of Splendid's active period.)  But can anyone
interpret "Secret Agent VIP of SM" with respect to Jamie Espy, and provide
additional information about Jamie.  Sam Martinez acknowledged Mary Caress,
Marie Wolf, Jamie Espy, and Kevin Reeves, by name, in the acknowledgements
to Sam's monthly reports for July, August, and September, 1976 monthly
reports.  Perhaps the "SM" of "Secret Agent VIP of SM" referred to Sam
Martinez??

 

I don't have specific plans for an article yet, but decided maybe we should
start collecting stories of geyser gazers before those stories are lost. So,
if you have any stories to share, you can send them to me, and I'll start a
regular column for The Sput of "Who Was That Gazer?".  So, for example, who
was Kevin Reeves?  Did he have a favorite geyser?  Does anyone know where he
is now?  Same for Mary Caress.  Who has stories about Marie that they would
like to share?  Or stories about Sam?  Etc., etc., etc.

 

Thanks for any help you all can provide.

 

Lynn

 

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