Obituary for Nathalie Anne Swienton:
Nathalie Anne “Dixie” Swienton, 79, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016. She was born November 19, 1936 to Royal Herbert Doughty and Ruth Bernice (Black) Doughty in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Nathalie married the love of her life Andrew Warren Swienton on July 27, 1957 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. They celebrated 49 years of life and marriage together.
Nathalie worked as a telephone operator for Bell Telephone, as an agent for Airways, and as an accounting clerk for Sears Roebuck until her retirement in 1990. Nathalie loved being a housewife and mother to her children. She loved to collect cobalt glass and snowmen. She was an avid reader, loved working crossword puzzles and traveling with her family. Nathalie also loved doing volunteer work for the Broken Arrow Public Schools System. Most importantly, Nathalie loved spending time with her grandchildren. She was also a faithful member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Nathalie will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Herb and Ruth Doughty; her husband, Andy Swienton; sister and brother-in-law, Merle and Don Daniels; and brother and sister-in-law, Sam and Harriet Doughty.
Nathalie is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Jamie Swienton of Green Bay, WI; daughters and sons-in-laws, Pam and Frank Barrett of Muskogee, OK, DeeAnne and Chris Gilling of Pewaukee, WI, and Jean and Kelly Brassfield of Broken Arrow, OK; grandchildren, James Stevens of Muskogee, OK, Andi and Bryce Clark of Muskogee, OK, David and Blair Stevens of Sand Springs, OK, Kali and Pat Bell of Columbus, OH, Michael Gilling of Pewaukee, WI, Andrew Swienton of Green Bay, WI, Ryli Brassfield of Broken Arrow, OK, Hunter Swienton of Green Bay, WI, and Caden Brassfield of Broken Arrow, OK; great grandchildren, Margot and Dean Stevens of Sand Springs, OK, and Myles and Maxton Clark of Muskogee, OK; brothers and sisters-in-law, Hal and Doris Doughty of Eau Claire, WI, Paul and Bernice Doughty of Haugen, WI, Dan and Terry Doughty of Eau Claire, WI, Bernard and Carmen Doughty, St. Paul, MN, and Brendon and Karen Doughty of Wisconsin Rapids, WI; 21 nieces and nephews and many other family members and friends.
Nathalie will be reunited with her loving husband Andy Swienton at 9:00 a.m., April 2, 2016 at the Holcombe Cemetery on HWY 27 south of Holcombe WI. A "going home" celebration will be officiated by Pastor Bill Plautz. Following the graveside service there will be a memorial celebration meal starting at 11:00 am at the Fill-Inn Station, 104 W Columbia St, Chippewa Falls, WI. In lieu of flowers, we are asking family and friends to make donations to the Swienton Scholarship Fund, which will fund Tanzania students to attend Morogoro International School. Donations can be made at www.gofund.me/Swienton or make checks payable to Jean Brassfield with Swienton Scholarship Fund in memo line and mailed to First National Bank, 120 E Commercial St, Broken Arrow OK 74012.
Rest in peace.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Dangerous Doughty
Dangerous Doughty--a quantitative study of disproportion between the size of endotracheal tubes and splits in tonsillectomy gag blades:
Abstract
The Doughty split tongue blade is used routinely with the Boyle Davis mouth gag during tonsillectomy. If the width of the slot in the blade is excessive, then the endotracheal tube may herniate through the slot in the blade and become fixed and inseparable from the blade. We report two cases of paediatric tonsillectomy where this potentially serious complication occurred. The slot widths of disposable and reusable Doughty blades were measured and specifications were obtained from several manufacturers. All disposable paediatric Doughty blades and some of the reusable blades were found to have excessively and potentially dangerously wide slots. Compression testing of endotracheal tubes by the manufacturer demonstrated marked increases in deformability on warming to body temperature. Ensuring that the slot width of the Doughty blade is not excessive for the endotracheal tube used is essential and we give recommendations.
Please direct all question regarding the Doughty blade to Jay (coincidentally enough that was his nickname at drama camp).
Abstract
The Doughty split tongue blade is used routinely with the Boyle Davis mouth gag during tonsillectomy. If the width of the slot in the blade is excessive, then the endotracheal tube may herniate through the slot in the blade and become fixed and inseparable from the blade. We report two cases of paediatric tonsillectomy where this potentially serious complication occurred. The slot widths of disposable and reusable Doughty blades were measured and specifications were obtained from several manufacturers. All disposable paediatric Doughty blades and some of the reusable blades were found to have excessively and potentially dangerously wide slots. Compression testing of endotracheal tubes by the manufacturer demonstrated marked increases in deformability on warming to body temperature. Ensuring that the slot width of the Doughty blade is not excessive for the endotracheal tube used is essential and we give recommendations.
Please direct all question regarding the Doughty blade to Jay (coincidentally enough that was his nickname at drama camp).
Monday, August 31, 2015
Account Update
A few recent items to report to bring the Doughty 500 fund up to date.
Opening balance: $2786
Donation to Helping Hands in memory of J.P. Cassata -200
Renewal for Doughty My Heritage website -159
Closing balance: $2427
Opening balance: $2786
Donation to Helping Hands in memory of J.P. Cassata -200
Renewal for Doughty My Heritage website -159
Closing balance: $2427
Saturday, August 01, 2015
By The Numbers
The 2015 Doughty 500 is complete and once again we had an interesting auction on Thursday night. Here's an update on what the books look like after the dust has settled.
Beginning account balance $3508
2015 spending (museum fees and drinks and dinner on Thursday) -$1940
Take from 2015 auction $1218
Ending account balance $2786
That is all.
Beginning account balance $3508
2015 spending (museum fees and drinks and dinner on Thursday) -$1940
Take from 2015 auction $1218
Ending account balance $2786
That is all.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Joyously Anticipated Pleasure Trips
Recently my Dad (aka "Bernie") gave me a Model T instruction book that originally came out in 1913. He purchased it in 1962 (a reprint) according to the receipt in the book.
It's actually more of a pamphlet but there are some classic quotes that may be of interest to the motoring ("Out of my way, I'm a motorist!) Doughtys of the 500.
Under the heading "Vigilance and Oil:"
The liability of trouble, with the consequent marring of pleasure trips through neglect to make adjustments promptly, increases by the square of the times they are neglected.
Kind of a complicated little sentence there but personally I've never had a pleasure trip marred by anything unexpected happening with a T.
It goes on:
If the history of all the joyously anticipated pleasure trips that have ended disastrously could be written, it would be shown that in 90 per cent of the cases the humiliation and disappointment might have been avoided by making a certain repair and adjustment, the necessity of which was known before starting, instead of trusting to luck and a crippled part.
Joyously anticipated pleasure trips…ending disastrously…humiliation and disappointment. Let's reflect on those concepts for a moment over the past four decades of T'ing.
Yeah, nothing comes to mind in the context of T's. What hyperbole those old-fashioned corporate writers engaged in! Scaring people unnecessarily just to make sure they put oil in their crankcases.
We all know that as long as you care for your T, the chances of suffering humiliation and disappointment on a T voyage are very, very…small.
It's actually more of a pamphlet but there are some classic quotes that may be of interest to the motoring ("Out of my way, I'm a motorist!) Doughtys of the 500.
Under the heading "Vigilance and Oil:"
The liability of trouble, with the consequent marring of pleasure trips through neglect to make adjustments promptly, increases by the square of the times they are neglected.
Kind of a complicated little sentence there but personally I've never had a pleasure trip marred by anything unexpected happening with a T.
It goes on:
If the history of all the joyously anticipated pleasure trips that have ended disastrously could be written, it would be shown that in 90 per cent of the cases the humiliation and disappointment might have been avoided by making a certain repair and adjustment, the necessity of which was known before starting, instead of trusting to luck and a crippled part.
Joyously anticipated pleasure trips…ending disastrously…humiliation and disappointment. Let's reflect on those concepts for a moment over the past four decades of T'ing.
Yeah, nothing comes to mind in the context of T's. What hyperbole those old-fashioned corporate writers engaged in! Scaring people unnecessarily just to make sure they put oil in their crankcases.
We all know that as long as you care for your T, the chances of suffering humiliation and disappointment on a T voyage are very, very…small.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The Only Constant Is...
A couple of updates from Mike on this year's tour (changes in red):
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down).
The block expired yesterday (May 27th) but the hotel still has some rooms left. If you want to attend please call ASAP.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) & + George Utphal (beer and wine)
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by Kathryn, Kaitlin, and some of the other cousins (whose names may or may not start with "K")
Thursday: Dinner and auction
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down).
The block expired yesterday (May 27th) but the hotel still has some rooms left. If you want to attend please call ASAP.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) & + George Utphal (beer and wine)
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by Kathryn, Kaitlin, and some of the other cousins (whose names may or may not start with "K")
Thursday: Dinner and auction
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
2015 Five Hundred Information
The 2015 Doughty 500 will be based out of scenic Spooner, (Spooner? I don't even know her.) Wisconsin. Here's the latest and greatest update on this year's tour from the man with the plan Mike Doughty:
Dates
July 27th-31st
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down). Make your reservation before May 27th.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) still need to someone to volunteer for beer & booze
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by ??? Need volunteers.
Thursday: Dinner and auction
If you have any questions hit up Mike via e-mail at mdoughty@d3aso.com
Dates
July 27th-31st
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down). Make your reservation before May 27th.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) still need to someone to volunteer for beer & booze
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by ??? Need volunteers.
Thursday: Dinner and auction
If you have any questions hit up Mike via e-mail at mdoughty@d3aso.com
Saturday, August 09, 2014
Cranks and Critters
Today's Wall Street Journal had an article about an event in Oregon that may provide some insight on how to spice up next year's Doughty 500. When These Little Pigs Go Racing, There Are Rules Against Boorishness:
Driving in circles while holding a pig properly is something that demands hewing to the rules.
The Pig-N-Ford Race has long been the premier event at the Tillamook County Fair in this town of about 5,000. Each racer grabs a young pig from a pen with one arm, crank starts a Model T Ford with the other and drives around a dirt track clutching the porker.
As the pigs join their racers this weekend for the 2014 Pig-N-Ford finals, they will face some of the sorts of rules, rivalries and whiff of controversy that often consume motor sports.
The pertinent question at this point is exactly how this crazy contest got started.
The race, in its 90th year, is rooted in the 1920s, when someone in a Model T saw a neighbor's pig running loose. He chased it down in the car and scooped it up. Locals turned the episode into an annual event.
We wouldn't have to stick with pigs of course. Any farm animal would do. And there are no shortage of farms in Wisconsin. A little research project might be in store for Mike and Sean before next year.
Driving in circles while holding a pig properly is something that demands hewing to the rules.
The Pig-N-Ford Race has long been the premier event at the Tillamook County Fair in this town of about 5,000. Each racer grabs a young pig from a pen with one arm, crank starts a Model T Ford with the other and drives around a dirt track clutching the porker.
As the pigs join their racers this weekend for the 2014 Pig-N-Ford finals, they will face some of the sorts of rules, rivalries and whiff of controversy that often consume motor sports.
The pertinent question at this point is exactly how this crazy contest got started.
The race, in its 90th year, is rooted in the 1920s, when someone in a Model T saw a neighbor's pig running loose. He chased it down in the car and scooped it up. Locals turned the episode into an annual event.
We wouldn't have to stick with pigs of course. Any farm animal would do. And there are no shortage of farms in Wisconsin. A little research project might be in store for Mike and Sean before next year.
On the Block
The take from the 2014 Doughty 500 auction netted out at $1115. This will be added to the kitty and used for productive purposes on the 2015 Doughty 500 (t-shirts, drinks, etc.).
Friday, August 01, 2014
Do The Math
Our son Isaiah this morning reflecting on yesterday's visit to the Plank Hill compound:
"Mustache plus guns equals Brendan."
Hard to argue with that equation.
"Mustache plus guns equals Brendan."
Hard to argue with that equation.
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