Henry's Junior Year Blog

Typhoon Hagibis Unites Japan  Just as recent as Saturday night, Japan was devasted by the worst storm they’ve seen in decades.  The typhoon swept through eight prefectures killing at least 40 people.  Along with the extremely high death toll, 16 people are missing.   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50037907 . The people of Japan united with each other as one large community looking past their differences in order to save as many lives as possible.  Over 110,000 people took part in the search and rescue operations.  Civilian volunteers, police officers, firefighters, cost guards, and military forces combined in order to find missing people in floods and landslides. The typhoon also caused the cancellation of three World Cup rugby games in Japan.  Although these games were canceled, a pivotal game between Japan and Scotland continued.  Japan won 28 to 21 making the quarter finals for the first time. Could a horrific event such such as a ...

My name, Henry James Witt, has quite an extensive yet interesting history behind it.  I was able to conduct an interview with my father, Henry Matthew Witt IV, to gain a greater understanding of my past.  The origin of my first and last name comes from central Germany.  The first of my name, Henry Matthew Witt I, lived in a small town outside of Frankfort called Hessen as a carpenter.  I even have a few extended relatives living in this same town today who I talk to often.  In 1893, H.M.W. I decided to immigrate to the Untied States.  He was instantly attracted to the flourishing opportunities and ideas in Chicago at the time, most especially the 1893 World’s Colombian Exposition.  A year after settling in Chicago, he started the family business, H.M. Witt Sign Company, which my father owns today.  After marking his name in Chicago, Henry Matthew Witt I passed his full name through three generations. If you didn’t know already, I have a twin bro...