Memorials

Beloved Family and Friends

W. A. "Wink" Chappell

In Memorium; W. "Wink" A. Chappell Jr
18 May 1909 - 17 May 1994.

One of the last of the Early California Horsemen and my beloved step-father.

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My Mom

My Mother, Winifred Mont Eton Chappell

It was an evening in the late 1920s in San Francisco, California, when my brother, Bud, went to visit his friend, John. When he came home from his visit, he was all excited about the ham radio station that John had set up. That's what he was going to do, too.

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Mom on the Radio

My Mother, Winifred Mont Eton Chappell Page 2

Monty and I set up our ham station there at my new home near Georgetown-our antenna stretched between the tops of two tall pine trees-and went back to contacting our friends on the air. Some, when traveling through the area, would stop by and stay overnight.

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Sierra Nevadas

Ibn Dunes, Lorry up

Sierra Nevadas

Sierra Nevadas

Sleeping Sirocco

Sierra Nevadas