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From: Linda Emerson <>
Subject: Re: [CATuolumne] H.E. Waltz, electrician in Twain Harte, 1930s
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 07:29:35 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <000701c28470$4b0c5c20$7eac1fd0@D85P7511>

Thanks, Cynde...

I did a search on Google and found a Henry Waltz who was a member of
the Twain Harte Chamber in 2000. It gave his address & phone number so
I'll follow up with that today. I'm wondering if this Christmas
display was the one on Twain Harte Drive across from the golf course.

Linda

--- Cynde Lee <> wrote:
> There was a Waltz family in Twain Harte for years. They had a
> Christmas
> light display in their yard every Christmas that tons of people went
> to.
> Every year they added more "tacky" plastic lighted figures but all
> the same
> it was a tradition for our family to go up the hill from Sonora to
> the
> "Waltz Family Christmas". I know the people that lived there were old
> and
> they put up the display until they were not able to do so about 3 or
> 4 years
> ago. I would guess that he might have been an electrician because of
> all the
> wiring involved in setting up the display. They would walk around
> with you
> on the little paths they created and the Twain Harte Fire truck would
> always
> bring in Santa right at their house. I am sure the chanmer of
> commerce would
> know something of what their history was. It seems to me that there
> was an
> article in the paper a few years back about the family around
> Christmas
> time. If you do a search of the Union Democrat I am sure you would
> turn up
> something. Hope this helps!
> Cynde
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>
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> > Surnames: Waltz
> > Classification: Query
> >
> > Message Board URL:
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> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IY.2ADE/108
> >
> > Message Board Post:
> >
> > I have a copy of an invoice dated January 1932 from an H.E. Waltz
> that
> shows him billing his services as a Mechanic Electrician. He had two
> business locations, one in Stockton, California, and the other in
> Twain
> Harte, California.
> >
> > Would anyone know anything about this man or his family?
> >
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