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 What's Cookin'? Pat Parmele, wife of Joe [Rufus "Earl" Earl, Edgar
Charles, George Spenser, Lucius Seth, Seth, Giles,
Jeremiah, Lemuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John]
and a former caterer and food service director, cooks
Monday dinner for son Gerik's family in Columbia, Mo.
Gerik is photo editor at the Columbia Daily
Tribune. She's taken to blogging many of her recipes at
Dancing in the Kitchen, recently sharing such favorites as
sweet-and-sour meatball skewers. Don't forget to save
room for kaffeeoberstorte. Mmmmm! 
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 'Awkward Bitch' Donna Karan manager Marlo Donato Parmelee is glamorous,
smart ... and suffering from multiple sclerosis. As the company's
U.K. support manager, it's Marlo's job to ensure that no
imperfection mars the brand's sumptuousness. "I tell everyone I
have MS, but I also tell them that if I can wear heels, then anyone
can." At 37, Marlo of London has the incurable neurological
disease that attacks the nervous system and can cause numbness,
double-vision, muscle spasms, loss of balance and acute bouts of
pain. When she failed to find a narrative that conveyed what she was going through,
she decided to write it herself. The result is "Awkward Bitch: My Life With MS"
(AuthorHouse), a no-holds-barred memoir that reveals her bleakest moments.
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 Noteworthy Art Commercial artist Raymond "Ray" C. Parmelee's [1882-
? ; Lewis Hall, Charles Prentice, Theodore Hudson,
Theodore, Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John] work
graced the covers of dozens pieces of sheet music. Over the
years, many copies have been sold on the web, traded by
collectors and framed as art in home-decorating schemes.
Take a look at some of the Ohio native's works -- and listen
to "Polly," probably his most frequently sold cover on the
Web. UPDATED: May 1, 2009
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Broadway and Hollywood
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 After his string
of Broadway
successes,
Hollywood came
calling for Clifton
Parmelee Webb
(1890-1966) when
a villain was
needed for
"Laura." The
Indiana native
made more than 25
films and was nominated for three
Academy Awards. And behind it all was
the prodding of one woman, mother
Mabel "Mabelle" A. (Parmelee) Webb
(1869-1960), who kept a scrapbook. |  Among the tasks
of cousin and prop
manager Owen E.
Parmele [Eugene
Forbes, Owen
Settles, Francis
"Frank" Owen,
Luman E., Lucius
Seth, Seth, Giles,
Jeremiah, Lemuel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John,
John] are
preparing the food
and making the wine that go on stage
each night at "The Norman Conquests." |
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Lauren Bacall? Joan Bennett? Humphrey Bogart? Vivien Leigh? Laurence
Olivier? They're all in a photo taken at a Hollywood party with Clifton and
Mabelle -- but which one was their distant Parmelee cousin?
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| Politics: Mr. Congressman  Over the years, I've been asked how Ashbel Parmelee Fitch
(1848-1904) fits into the family. Well, the New York City
lawyer who was four times elected to the House of
Representatives was the son of Edward Fitch and his wife,
Fanny Parmelee (Ashbel, Simeon, Hezekiah, Joel, John,
John). Ashbel was named for his grandfather, a minister who
spent much of his life in Malone, N.Y. Young Ashbel was born
in Moores, N.Y., and studied at the Universities of Jena and
Berlin, Germany, and the Columbia College Law School in New York City. After
joining the bar in 1869, he set up practice in New York City. He was elected to
Congress as a Republican when he was seated in 1887, but he ran as a Democrat in
his next three elections. He served as chairman on the House Committee on Private
Land Claims (52nd Congress) and on the Committee on Election of President, Vice
President, and Representatives (53rd Congress). He resigned in 1893 to accept
Tammany hall's nomination for New York City comptroller. He was elected and
served until 1897, when the Democratic political machine refused to renominate
him; Ashbel's name was placed in nomination at the Republican convention and he
was defeated. He became the founding president of the Trust Company of America
in 1899. Ashbel died in New York City in 1904 and was buried at Woodlawn
Cemetery.
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| Virginia: House of Delgates  John Oscian [John Oscian, John Oscian, James McGinty, Joseph,
--?--] Parmelee, has lost his second iindependent bid to become a
member of the Virginia House of Delegates. In the 82nd District election
on Nov. 3, incumbent Republican Harry "Bob" Purkey prevailed with
60.4% of the vote. Democrat Peter Schmidt, polled 35.1%, while John
tallied 4.4%. Purkey has held the seat since 1986. Both candidates took
a shot at him in 2005: Schmidt, a Republican at the time, lost in the
primary; John fell in the general election with 29% of the vote. Purkey amassed
$101,000 for this campaign, Schmidt, 60, owner of a construction materials
company, had $52,000, and John reported $900. John, 66, a retired Navy chief petty
officer from Virginia Beach, campaigned for a 3- to 5-cent-a-gallon gas tax
increase. "A lot of people say boo to this, but if you're going to use the roads, pay
for it," he said. John also said he'd push to make it illegal for motorists to use cell
phones, ban Sunday liquor sales, and legislate against baggy pants. "Black guys
started it and the white guys emulate it," John said. "Exposing their underwear, they
think it's fashionable--but it isn't cool."
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| Cousins in the White House   Two men to occupy the White House are descendants of the
Guilford Parmelees! Rutherford B. Hayes, left, and George
W. Bush were declared victors after close votes and disputed
ballots in Florida. Both were Republican governors who lost
the popular vote but won in the Electoral College by slim
margins.
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