The one-room school where my mother, Millicent "Midge" Wiedrich Moore went to school in the 1930s. It was on the Creek Rd just outside of Batavia, NY. My mom is 1st person on the left in the 3rd row up. Her sister, Bonnie Wiedrich Selb is the 1st person on the left in the bottom row. Her other sister, Connie Wiedrich Davis may be the small girl 2nd from the left in the 2nd row up. Later when the school was closed the teacher bought the school and converted into her home.

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52 Ancestors #4 Bonnie Selb - Codebreaker

My aunt, Bonalyn Wiedrich Selb joined the WAVES during WWII. She was selected for Project Ultra. This project was a secret project for breaking the coded German Enigma messages. She worked on an early computer called the Bombe. It was an exciting time in Washington DC. She was invited along with some other WAVES to have tea with Eleanor Roosevelt. No one in the family not even her husband, Leo know what she did in the war due to its top secret. Then in 1980 when the top secret was lifted she could tell us all.

Bonnie and I volunteered on the Battleship New Jersey Memorial Museum in Camden, NJ. Together we did a program about women in the military for the Girl's Encampment Program. She was loved by the girls and they all wanted their pictures taken with her. Me too! Below is our picture. Even though I'll be doing the program by myself she'll still be a part of it in my heart.

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