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After my column -- headlined "How to Get Your Guardian Angel's
Name" -- appeared in the Hazleton (Pa.) Standard-Speaker newspaper
on Easter Sunday in 1982, the reaction from readers was by far the
greatest I have ever experienced in my entire newspaper career.

A copy of that second column appears below (way below).

However, we're going to start out with a repeat of the first
column, which we had published here in the Google newsgroups some
time ago.

=================

This column by Ed Conrad appeared in the Hazleton (Pa.)
Standard-Speaker on March 31, 2002 -- Easter Sunday morning.

=================

HOW TO GET YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL'S NAME

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By ED CONRAD
<
It's Easter morning -- Happy Easter, everyone -- and what a great
morning to touch on a subject that's very, very close to your heart..
<
Your Guardian Angel!
<
You've heard mention of Guardian Angels for years and years --
associated with different religions (naturally), in movies, in books,
on TV- - but few folks, I'm sure, have really given serious thought
that they HAVE a Guardian Angel.
Most undoubtedly figure it's nothing more than the figment of
someone's imagination -- and perhaps a bit of wishful thinking.
But, based on a novel experiment conducted right here at the
Standard-Speaker, it appears that the reality of Guardian Angels
is more than we could ever imagine.
<
For example, it appears that our Guardian Angels actually can
communicate with us -- letting us know his or her name.
<
Still a skeptic, huh? Then read on . .
<
It all began about 10 years ago when my late mother visited the
Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa near Doylestown (Pa.).
<
Upon returning home, she excitedly revealed that she had met
an Italian woman -- a senior citizen like herself -- and they clicked
instantly.
<
During one of their numerous conversations, the woman asked
my mother: "Anna, what's your Guuardian Angel's name?"
<
My mother was flabbergasted, shocked at the question, for which
she obviously had no answer.
<
The woman then explained that everyone can learn the name
of his or her Guardian Angel simply by asking, then told my mother:
"Before you fall asleep tonight, just say, 'Guardian Angel, I know
you're with me all the time but I don't know your name. Please
let me know your name.' "
<
Simple! And perhaps a bit far-fetched. Still, my mother tried it.
<
The next day, Mom enthusiastically phoned and told me she had
learned that her Guardian Angel's name was Noel. She said the
ame was solidly embedded in her head when she woke up.
<
Rather skeptical that it would work for me, I attempted the experiment
myself that very night. Lo and behold, I awoke the next morning with
the name "Girard" ringing in my ears. I have never known any
Girard's.
<
Well, that might've well been the end of the story -- but it wasn't!
<
About two weeks ago -- after 10 long years -- I casually mentioned
the incident in the Standard-Speaker newsroom when the subject
of Guardian Angels came up and, I admit, my story undoubtedly
sounded quite hokey to most who were listening.
<
But the next morning, Annette Rusnock, the newspaper's editorial
librarian, was wearing a broad smile when she walked into the news
room and proudly announced that she tied the "experiment" to get
her Guardian Angel's name and awoke "with the name Isabella,
Isabella, Isabella."
<
"Hmmm!" said Rosella Walker, who works near her. "I'm going
to try it tonight."
<
Rosella did and came in the next morning happily revealing that it had
worked for her as well, getting the name Gertrude.
<
"And, the thing is, I don't know any Gertrudes," Rosella said. "The
only Gertrude I know is Gertrude's Chocolates."
<
Well, strange things kept happening in the newspaper building.
<
Joanna Marsicano of the classified advertising department tried it and
happily revealed that her Guardian Angel's name: also was Isabella.
<
She said when she saw her name in large, bright lights when she
woke up, the last letter "a" in Isabella kept flashing and flashing,
emphasizing that the "a" is to be pronounced.
<
"Just like I'm not Joann but JoannA, my Guardian Angel undoubtedly
wanted me to be sure I knew her name was IsabellA and not Isabell,"
she remarked.
<
"To learn I have a Guardian Angel and, especially, to know her name
has made me very happy," said Joanna. "It really made my day."
<
Mark Katchur, a staff writer (now managing editor), said he wanted
to know if he could also get his Guardian Angel's name and said he
oke up knowing positively it's Daniel.
<
Joanne Suglia, also from classified department, tried it and beamed
while telling everyonge that she learned her Guardian Angel's name
s Estelle.
<
As the story circulated throughout the building, Lois Ann Hall and
Nadine Kubilus of the business office, Kathy Breznak and Al Danko of
the advertising department, and Vicki Gennaro of the newsroom all
tried it as well -- and enthusiastically said it worked!
<
Lois Ann excitedly said she had requested the name of her Guardian
Angel when she went to bed.
<
"But I awoke about 6:30 the next morning and was sort of disappointed
that nothing happened," she said. "But I laid down again and fell
asleep and, when I got up, the name Marjorie was *everywhere.*"
<
Kathy said she was afraid to try the experiment but, while about to
fall asleep one night last week, finally did so. She awoke with the
name Michael indelibly impressed upon her.
<
Danko couldn't believe it when he tried the experiment and learned his
Guardian Angel's name is Justin.
<
Vicki said her question also had been answered when she awoke with
a name ringing in her ears. At first, she admitted she was reluctant to
reveal it because it sounded a bit scary but then -- eventually -- she told
the newsroom staff the name she came up with was Azriel.
<
The latest to attempt the experiment and discover it really works was
George Fetchko of the composing room.
<
He tried it and learned his Guardian Angel's name is Adam.
<
It has worked in the majority of cases but, to be perfectly honest, didn't
work for two or three people and the answer escapes us. Perhaps
these Standard-Speaker staffers hadn't made their request with
sincerity.
<
If there's a fly in the ointment -- to readers still skeptical -- it would be
the name of the Guardian angel of Nadine Kubilus, the third to say
she came up with Isabella.
<
It means a Guardian Angel named Isabella popped up three times
to women working at the Standard-Speaker and it's anybody's guess
if there are three Guardian Angels named Isabella or one Isabella is
working three shifts, for three gals here at the S-S.
<
Someone suggested that Nadine -- the third Isabella -- probably heard
that Annette Rusnock and Joanna Marsicano both had come up with
Isabella, independent of each other.
<
But Nadine insisted that she hadn't been aware of the names that
Annette and Joanna had come up with.
<
"In fact, I learned my Guardian Angel's name before Joanna because it
happened to me last Thursday morning (a day before Joanna learned her
Guardian Angel's name)," said Nadine. "I just didn't say anything when
I came to work Friday morning."
<
One last word: These are sound, sensible people who have held
responsible positions, most for many, many years. There is no reason
they'd be lying or be part of any type of con job.
<
You, too, are invited to learn your Guardian Angel's name, and your
belief -- or disbelief -- in an existence beyond our physical realm
appears to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

"Ask and you shall receive," a Very Wise Man once said.
<
In the case of learning the name of your Guardian Angel, apparently
all you have to do is ask.

=====================



=====================

WHAT'S YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL'S NAME?

(The follow-up column by Ed Conrad)

George Fetchko went to a wake the other night and was astonished
that he was more popular than the corpse.

"People at the viewing were coming up to me and asking about my
Guardian Angel," said George, a Standard-Speaker composing room
employee for decades.

George said it was a bit embarrassing getting so much attention but had
to tell everyone how he learned his Guardian Angel's name: Adam.

He said one person at the wake revealed that he tried it, too, and also
came hit the jackpot.

Fetchko is just one of many folks who tried the simple experiment by politely
asking his or her Guardian Angel's name before falling asleep.

The response to the column I wrote on Easter Sunday has been quite
remarkable, to say the least.

For example, Mrs. Theresa Sporay of McAdoo excitedly phoned to say
she had asked - and received -- the name Stephen, and said she couldn't
be more pleased.

"In fact, I was SO excited that I called my daughter in Philadelphia
Monday morning and told her," she said. "She told me, 'Mom,
I'm going to try it,' then phoned me back early Tuesday morning
and told me her Guardian Angel's name is Michael.

"Then my sister came over - she tried it, too - and came up with Gabriel."

Mrs. Sporay kiddingly added that the phenomena is bound to grow and
row "because it now has hit Philly."

All these people had to do to get their Guardian Angel's name was simply
request it when they went to bed - not necessarily on bended knees.

There need be no formal manner, just a request - in a nice way - as if
talking to your best friend.

Wendy Naprava, our advertising representative, went out to make her
rounds one morning this week and was all aglow upon her return to the office.

She said not one, not two, not three but four of the people - all
women - she called on told her they learned their Guardian Angel's
names.

Respectively, the names were Frederick, Adrian, Catherine and Lucy.

The reaction is about the same in no matter what direction we've turned.

Francine Mehalshick of Hazleton, the genial postmaster at the Broad
Street sub-station, didn't read the original article but learned about it
two days later.

She tried it that night and -- Bingo! -- Gabriel.

"The incredible thing is that the next night I asked my Guardian Angel if
he could tell me the name of my husband Frank's Guardian Angel.

"I awoke in the morning with the name Jason all over the place,"
said Francine. "I couldn't get Jason out of my head."

On and on it went.

In District Magistrate William Slezosky's office in Mahanoy City, for example, Victoria (Vicci) Brown of Shenandoah Heights was quite excited. She had
read the article and was a bit skeptical that it would work.

She said it indeed worked and learned her Guardian Angel's name is Ella.

"And I don't know any Ella's," she said. "Only Ella Fitzgerald (the famous singer)."

Over at the First Federal Bank on Broad Street, three tellers gleefully reported they had hit the jackpot.

Michelle Sobolowski came up with Ryan, Sharon Cicioni with Chi Chi and
Linda Mantush with Austin.

The tellers reported that some customers are casually mentioning having tried
the experiment and said it works.

Sobolowski said a Patti from an accounting office next door to the bank
told her she learned her Guardian Angel's name is Abigail.

"And Patti said she never even knows or knew an Abigail," Vicci said.

Complete strangers - have been calling the Standard-Speaker,
conveying the good news.

Vicki Gennaro of McAdoo, who works here, said a member of her family
tried the experiment and came up with Charles.

She said it was even more fascinating because he had asked for his full
name and got a glimpse of his Guardian Angel's last name as well, also
being informed that he had been a cartoonist.

The beat goes on - and on!

Kristen Tragus of Lost Creek, who works for a nursing agency, was
delighted when she came up with Hannah.

Over in Beaver Meadows, a wife reported that she is a bit saddened
because she tried it and came up empty-handed - this happens.

However, she revealed that her husband, Michael, tried it and learned
his Guardian Angel's name is Rose.

It was just another case of a man learning his Guardian Angel
has a woman's name.

Longtime and newly retired Standard-Speaker ad man Jack Davis excitedly phoned to report that he came up with Angeline.

A female member of the S-S advertising department - shy about having
her name used -- said she keeps forgetting to try the experiment but happily
reported that her husband tried it and came up with the name Mary.

She was asked how he felt, getting a woman's name.

She said he was happy and told her he knew a wonderful, kind, old woman
named Mary who was a neighbor while he was growing up in Freeland.

She said he wonders - just wonders - if his Guardian Angel just might
be her.

POST-MORTEM

My e-mail address is edconrad @ edconrad.com and, if you got
your Guardian Angel's name, L'd love to hear about it.

Hate mail is welcome as well.
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2020-04-29 15:16:47 UTC
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Post by Ed Conrad
After my column -- headlined "How to Get Your Guardian Angel's
Name" -- appeared in the Hazleton (Pa.) Standard-Speaker newspaper
on Easter Sunday in 1982, the reaction from readers was by far the
greatest I have ever experienced in my entire newspaper career.
A copy of that second column appears below (way below).
However, we're going to start out with a repeat of the first
column, which we had published here in the Google newsgroups some
time ago.
=================
This column by Ed Conrad appeared in the Hazleton (Pa.)
Standard-Speaker on March 31, 2002 -- Easter Sunday morning.
=================
HOW TO GET YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL'S NAME
https://thebestpictureproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/its_a_wonderful_life_3.jpg
By ED CONRAD
<
It's Easter morning -- Happy Easter, everyone -- and what a great
morning to touch on a subject that's very, very close to your heart..
<
Your Guardian Angel!
<
You've heard mention of Guardian Angels for years and years --
associated with different religions (naturally), in movies, in books,
on TV- - but few folks, I'm sure, have really given serious thought
that they HAVE a Guardian Angel.
Most undoubtedly figure it's nothing more than the figment of
someone's imagination -- and perhaps a bit of wishful thinking.
But, based on a novel experiment conducted right here at the
Standard-Speaker, it appears that the reality of Guardian Angels
is more than we could ever imagine.
<
For example, it appears that our Guardian Angels actually can
communicate with us -- letting us know his or her name.
<
Still a skeptic, huh? Then read on . .
<
It all began about 10 years ago when my late mother visited the
Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa near Doylestown (Pa.).
<
Upon returning home, she excitedly revealed that she had met
an Italian woman -- a senior citizen like herself -- and they clicked
instantly.
<
During one of their numerous conversations, the woman asked
my mother: "Anna, what's your Guuardian Angel's name?"
<
My mother was flabbergasted, shocked at the question, for which
she obviously had no answer.
<
The woman then explained that everyone can learn the name
"Before you fall asleep tonight, just say, 'Guardian Angel, I know
you're with me all the time but I don't know your name. Please
let me know your name.' "
<
Simple! And perhaps a bit far-fetched. Still, my mother tried it.
<
The next day, Mom enthusiastically phoned and told me she had
learned that her Guardian Angel's name was Noel. She said the
ame was solidly embedded in her head when she woke up.
<
Rather skeptical that it would work for me, I attempted the experiment
myself that very night. Lo and behold, I awoke the next morning with
the name "Girard" ringing in my ears. I have never known any
Girard's.
<
Well, that might've well been the end of the story -- but it wasn't!
<
About two weeks ago -- after 10 long years -- I casually mentioned
the incident in the Standard-Speaker newsroom when the subject
of Guardian Angels came up and, I admit, my story undoubtedly
sounded quite hokey to most who were listening.
<
But the next morning, Annette Rusnock, the newspaper's editorial
librarian, was wearing a broad smile when she walked into the news
room and proudly announced that she tied the "experiment" to get
her Guardian Angel's name and awoke "with the name Isabella,
Isabella, Isabella."
<
"Hmmm!" said Rosella Walker, who works near her. "I'm going
to try it tonight."
<
Rosella did and came in the next morning happily revealing that it had
worked for her as well, getting the name Gertrude.
<
"And, the thing is, I don't know any Gertrudes," Rosella said. "The
only Gertrude I know is Gertrude's Chocolates."
<
Well, strange things kept happening in the newspaper building.
<
Joanna Marsicano of the classified advertising department tried it and
happily revealed that her Guardian Angel's name: also was Isabella.
<
She said when she saw her name in large, bright lights when she
woke up, the last letter "a" in Isabella kept flashing and flashing,
emphasizing that the "a" is to be pronounced.
<
"Just like I'm not Joann but JoannA, my Guardian Angel undoubtedly
wanted me to be sure I knew her name was IsabellA and not Isabell,"
she remarked.
<
"To learn I have a Guardian Angel and, especially, to know her name
has made me very happy," said Joanna. "It really made my day."
<
Mark Katchur, a staff writer (now managing editor), said he wanted
to know if he could also get his Guardian Angel's name and said he
oke up knowing positively it's Daniel.
<
Joanne Suglia, also from classified department, tried it and beamed
while telling everyonge that she learned her Guardian Angel's name
s Estelle.
<
As the story circulated throughout the building, Lois Ann Hall and
Nadine Kubilus of the business office, Kathy Breznak and Al Danko of
the advertising department, and Vicki Gennaro of the newsroom all
tried it as well -- and enthusiastically said it worked!
<
Lois Ann excitedly said she had requested the name of her Guardian
Angel when she went to bed.
<
"But I awoke about 6:30 the next morning and was sort of disappointed
that nothing happened," she said. "But I laid down again and fell
asleep and, when I got up, the name Marjorie was *everywhere.*"
<
Kathy said she was afraid to try the experiment but, while about to
fall asleep one night last week, finally did so. She awoke with the
name Michael indelibly impressed upon her.
<
Danko couldn't believe it when he tried the experiment and learned his
Guardian Angel's name is Justin.
<
Vicki said her question also had been answered when she awoke with
a name ringing in her ears. At first, she admitted she was reluctant to
reveal it because it sounded a bit scary but then -- eventually -- she told
the newsroom staff the name she came up with was Azriel.
<
The latest to attempt the experiment and discover it really works was
George Fetchko of the composing room.
<
He tried it and learned his Guardian Angel's name is Adam.
<
It has worked in the majority of cases but, to be perfectly honest, didn't
work for two or three people and the answer escapes us. Perhaps
these Standard-Speaker staffers hadn't made their request with
sincerity.
<
If there's a fly in the ointment -- to readers still skeptical -- it would be
the name of the Guardian angel of Nadine Kubilus, the third to say
she came up with Isabella.
<
It means a Guardian Angel named Isabella popped up three times
to women working at the Standard-Speaker and it's anybody's guess
if there are three Guardian Angels named Isabella or one Isabella is
working three shifts, for three gals here at the S-S.
<
Someone suggested that Nadine -- the third Isabella -- probably heard
that Annette Rusnock and Joanna Marsicano both had come up with
Isabella, independent of each other.
<
But Nadine insisted that she hadn't been aware of the names that
Annette and Joanna had come up with.
<
"In fact, I learned my Guardian Angel's name before Joanna because it
happened to me last Thursday morning (a day before Joanna learned her
Guardian Angel's name)," said Nadine. "I just didn't say anything when
I came to work Friday morning."
<
One last word: These are sound, sensible people who have held
responsible positions, most for many, many years. There is no reason
they'd be lying or be part of any type of con job.
<
You, too, are invited to learn your Guardian Angel's name, and your
belief -- or disbelief -- in an existence beyond our physical realm
appears to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
"Ask and you shall receive," a Very Wise Man once said.
<
In the case of learning the name of your Guardian Angel, apparently
all you have to do is ask.
=====================
http://youtu.be/v1mQT1u_45I
=====================
WHAT'S YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL'S NAME?
(The follow-up column by Ed Conrad)
George Fetchko went to a wake the other night and was astonished
that he was more popular than the corpse.
"People at the viewing were coming up to me and asking about my
Guardian Angel," said George, a Standard-Speaker composing room
employee for decades.
George said it was a bit embarrassing getting so much attention but had
to tell everyone how he learned his Guardian Angel's name: Adam.
He said one person at the wake revealed that he tried it, too, and also
came hit the jackpot.
Fetchko is just one of many folks who tried the simple experiment by politely
asking his or her Guardian Angel's name before falling asleep.
The response to the column I wrote on Easter Sunday has been quite
remarkable, to say the least.
For example, Mrs. Theresa Sporay of McAdoo excitedly phoned to say
she had asked - and received -- the name Stephen, and said she couldn't
be more pleased.
"In fact, I was SO excited that I called my daughter in Philadelphia
Monday morning and told her," she said. "She told me, 'Mom,
I'm going to try it,' then phoned me back early Tuesday morning
and told me her Guardian Angel's name is Michael.
"Then my sister came over - she tried it, too - and came up with Gabriel."
Mrs. Sporay kiddingly added that the phenomena is bound to grow and
row "because it now has hit Philly."
All these people had to do to get their Guardian Angel's name was simply
request it when they went to bed - not necessarily on bended knees.
There need be no formal manner, just a request - in a nice way - as if
talking to your best friend.
Wendy Naprava, our advertising representative, went out to make her
rounds one morning this week and was all aglow upon her return to the office.
She said not one, not two, not three but four of the people - all
women - she called on told her they learned their Guardian Angel's
names.
Respectively, the names were Frederick, Adrian, Catherine and Lucy.
The reaction is about the same in no matter what direction we've turned.
Francine Mehalshick of Hazleton, the genial postmaster at the Broad
Street sub-station, didn't read the original article but learned about it
two days later.
She tried it that night and -- Bingo! -- Gabriel.
"The incredible thing is that the next night I asked my Guardian Angel if
he could tell me the name of my husband Frank's Guardian Angel.
"I awoke in the morning with the name Jason all over the place,"
said Francine. "I couldn't get Jason out of my head."
On and on it went.
In District Magistrate William Slezosky's office in Mahanoy City, for example, Victoria (Vicci) Brown of Shenandoah Heights was quite excited. She had
read the article and was a bit skeptical that it would work.
She said it indeed worked and learned her Guardian Angel's name is Ella.
"And I don't know any Ella's," she said. "Only Ella Fitzgerald (the famous singer)."
Over at the First Federal Bank on Broad Street, three tellers gleefully reported they had hit the jackpot.
Michelle Sobolowski came up with Ryan, Sharon Cicioni with Chi Chi and
Linda Mantush with Austin.
The tellers reported that some customers are casually mentioning having tried
the experiment and said it works.
Sobolowski said a Patti from an accounting office next door to the bank
told her she learned her Guardian Angel's name is Abigail.
"And Patti said she never even knows or knew an Abigail," Vicci said.
Complete strangers - have been calling the Standard-Speaker,
conveying the good news.
Vicki Gennaro of McAdoo, who works here, said a member of her family
tried the experiment and came up with Charles.
She said it was even more fascinating because he had asked for his full
name and got a glimpse of his Guardian Angel's last name as well, also
being informed that he had been a cartoonist.
The beat goes on - and on!
Kristen Tragus of Lost Creek, who works for a nursing agency, was
delighted when she came up with Hannah.
Over in Beaver Meadows, a wife reported that she is a bit saddened
because she tried it and came up empty-handed - this happens.
However, she revealed that her husband, Michael, tried it and learned
his Guardian Angel's name is Rose.
It was just another case of a man learning his Guardian Angel
has a woman's name.
Longtime and newly retired Standard-Speaker ad man Jack Davis excitedly phoned to report that he came up with Angeline.
A female member of the S-S advertising department - shy about having
her name used -- said she keeps forgetting to try the experiment but happily
reported that her husband tried it and came up with the name Mary.
She was asked how he felt, getting a woman's name.
She said he was happy and told her he knew a wonderful, kind, old woman
named Mary who was a neighbor while he was growing up in Freeland.
She said he wonders - just wonders - if his Guardian Angel just might
be her.
POST-MORTEM
your Guardian Angel's name, L'd love to hear about it.
Hate mail is welcome as well.
Are you still alive, Ed ?

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