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Bill Stack, born 21st Apr 1897, Dublin,
he put himself through college in US,
studied Mine Engineering, 1921-5, at the
School of Mines of the
University of Missouri at Rolla,
Rolla, Missouri,
the [Rollamo, 1923]
lists for its sophomore
(2nd year) class officers:
"William 'Pat' Stack - President",
the [Rollamo, 1924] says his
"Sole ambition is to prove the existence of vast 'goophite'
deposits which he claims are hidden back of the Comeragh
Mountains, Irish Free State",
lists him as member of the Prospectors Club,
and describes St.Patrick's Day
1924:
"St.Pat, who was impersonated by the popular Wm. Stack
.. delved into ancient Irish history and disclosed
to the crowd that St.Pat was the engineer who invented
the monkey wrench.
Pat then called for the Blarney Stone, and after much
confusion one of the Quo Vad kids announced
that he had found it being used by several gamblers.",
he was a
member of the Missouri Mining and Metallurgical Association,
worked as engineer inspector for
Chicago
Public Works Authority,
[undated newspaper cutting]
refers to construction of SE intercepting sewer out
to Aurora, Kane county,
and forthcoming water works project in Chicago,
"Stack .. has established an office on the 2nd floor of the old
post office building"
(must refer to the building before the
1921 post office building),
later Registered Land Surveyor,
State of Florida,
mar Marene ---- [Marene L.]
and had adopted issue:
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