Dave wrote:

Crap. Just read my own post and realized I misspelled Roy Lewallen's last
name. My apologies. It's not been a good day...

Don't feel bad. My sister-in-law still spells it like you did, and I've
been married to her sister for 39 years. Many years ago, I idly
collected misspellings from mail, memos, and the like, and had
accumulated more than 30 different ones when I lost interest.

One way is just as good as another, anyway. My particular spelling came
from the first literate person in my branch of the family who, in about
1850, spelled it like it sounded to him. His brother, and many other
relatives as they each became literate, spelled it in various other
ways. Including, I'm sure, the way you did. Considering the family's
history, it wouldn't surprise me if there are still a few branches yet
to become literate and devise their own spellings.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL