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Date Posted: 03:16:56 07/12/06 Wed
Author: Andy
Subject: WATTS MEMORIAL WINDOWS

I recieved this email today. The windows are being well looked after in Houston Texas.

Andy

My son was recently searching the internet for information about Frederick Humby, and as we learned he was a boy from Watts Naval School who later died aboard the Titanic. We did not know the relationship between Fred Humby and Watts School until recently. I have been contemplating sending you, John 'Tank' Wilcox and others an email for about a month now, and regrettably, I noticed that John Wilcox recently died.

My friend and I bought the two memorial windows at an auction in 1976 in Houston, Texas USA and have owned them ever since. I have the window memorializing Frederick Humby. I have kept Fred Humby's name alive for the past 30 years, and at one time, had a pet parrott named for him. The window I own has a nautical religious scene with the large Jesus surrounded by Angels overlooking two biblical figures in a boat, and the inscriptions honoring Frederick Humby. My friend has the window of the Knight in shining armor. The windows are signed by Leonard Pownall 1913.
The windows are in excellent condition and well cared for. We are proud to be their caretakers.

My wife, Linda, and I have been reading your message board for the past 4-6 weeks.
We are sorry to hear of Tank's passing. I know he would liked to have known the status of the 'windows', and had searched for them. Maybe you can forward this email to his family with our condolences. We also regularly read the message board of the County School with the messages from BemusedTom Jones and Nozzrapproved, plus the message board from Sheila, the BananaGirl1, and the Barnardo Family group.

You may forward this email to any of those folks if you like. Your and Mr.. Wilcox's email addresses are the only ones I had recorded.

I look forward to hearing from you, and some of your other Watts boys.

Jim Ellis

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