tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77443743448280318302024-03-13T14:26:29.907-07:00Family Film, Fabric and FoodFamily photos, documents, heirlooms and recipes along with the family stories that are encountered as I discover and verify my family history.
I invite my family (close and distant), friends and others to come along as I share my discoveries that I cannot keep to myself.
FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-73246025205632118302022-08-12T09:21:00.006-07:002022-08-12T09:23:36.867-07:00John Carrick Cooper - A Letter from Paris 6 June 1920<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">PARIS</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJXyW_pynHavU5oinaqvVmFWhRXV12aUVainFAQdaKqy7tPsQkL-ZxbD18nX8jvivYd30xVGyea7VAxGeyDJVU65YYcC3z3pfY4_c5NNro7U-2f69UtNxKSINSeG4Z2oBW-sktZgzf4aJMn-IQhuHWR9VW14qQBPvRY0_jlq5_fh1ammOO3e6fBkG7g/s961/SCAN0079_2.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="686" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJXyW_pynHavU5oinaqvVmFWhRXV12aUVainFAQdaKqy7tPsQkL-ZxbD18nX8jvivYd30xVGyea7VAxGeyDJVU65YYcC3z3pfY4_c5NNro7U-2f69UtNxKSINSeG4Z2oBW-sktZgzf4aJMn-IQhuHWR9VW14qQBPvRY0_jlq5_fh1ammOO3e6fBkG7g/s600/SCAN0079_2.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ273TZmm2uOoZ_ROdMOhn9bIIsEyYe26aCmAJw5VPjmi7pVhktbUPfmEyzXAo-CC4QOtGIZMouPth4w_HHUdsxFhNuFsbtnCYyChfqPYu-rbudeeHUSLCr8Q6Xi6VTd5tTK_Z9s1NTm8uZl-NwF27u0G1rVygdktC7VEcNTh8K1Ig48vo3yWEtAViw/s3171/HotelBurgundyParis6June1920-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3171" data-original-width="2462" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ273TZmm2uOoZ_ROdMOhn9bIIsEyYe26aCmAJw5VPjmi7pVhktbUPfmEyzXAo-CC4QOtGIZMouPth4w_HHUdsxFhNuFsbtnCYyChfqPYu-rbudeeHUSLCr8Q6Xi6VTd5tTK_Z9s1NTm8uZl-NwF27u0G1rVygdktC7VEcNTh8K1Ig48vo3yWEtAViw/w496-h640/HotelBurgundyParis6June1920-1.jpeg" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">page 1</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Letter 5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From Paris<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6 Jun 1920</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Mom,</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who do you think I ran into on Thursday, June 3? Why Eleanor! I was sauntering back to my hotel, when lo and behold I spotted her on the corner of the street. I immediately made a beeline for her, & when she got her breath, she was just as surprised to see me as I was to see her. She has improved wonderfully and talk my God, she can and then some. Last night I had her round for supper and we went to a show afterwards. She was very pleased with the whole arrangement for she had just arrived in Paris from Athens. She sails for New York on Thursday, 10th inst. & should arrive there about the same time as this letter.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today we all visited Versailles. It is a glorious place. At 2 o'clock they turned on the fountains some 200 of them & my camera was pretty busy. Took over a dozen pictures. I have quite a collection of them by now.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz3DJCy-MHaw1Ry_j3jxHLZuOHgMIBiCrunl2nYFD_F3cpWQ8S3NnEe2_KG39ME1tL-l_wsSH8rF3-DLCt_t0i5H3YvZiVMF96UxPYrJIJW5q-92Krdxx1BkPuc_DSvX3s5LTpx5WVUtRSes4KhQ1H9hgdODycBwTjBQfHfMzjwgreX6EBrWhyWEu8w/s1499/Versailles%20Fountains%201920.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1499" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz3DJCy-MHaw1Ry_j3jxHLZuOHgMIBiCrunl2nYFD_F3cpWQ8S3NnEe2_KG39ME1tL-l_wsSH8rF3-DLCt_t0i5H3YvZiVMF96UxPYrJIJW5q-92Krdxx1BkPuc_DSvX3s5LTpx5WVUtRSes4KhQ1H9hgdODycBwTjBQfHfMzjwgreX6EBrWhyWEu8w/w640-h426/Versailles%20Fountains%201920.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Versailles fountains circa 1920</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">The weather here is quite cool, for I am forced to wear my spring coat each day. The rain has kept away so far, making it very pleasant but having to work pretty hard, I do not get much time to take in any of the sites during the day. My part of the work I am getting out very fastly [in a secure or firm manner]</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: underline;">,</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"> for the time is about a month away when we shall sail, & we have several important matters to decide upon. I hope I shall be able to get back to London for a time for a few days to bid goodbye to my friends there, but I am placing no hopes upon that event.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How are nanny and Bud? Gee won't I be glad to see you both again! I am afraid I will have to report that I am not much fatter. Maybe in the head but not in the body. I eat like a king each day, but to no avail.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I trust you found everything okay in Boston and that the bride is quickly returning to health again. Harry, I hope is making the mayonnaise slide all over Boston.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How about a letter?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love to all and kisses to self & Bud,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Dad</span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxwHOSUyoLlcuJYLzvghF38lgQxzVjEki0kt_8GSd-94W_KiXOYA4MM4PUvM1B7NrY44Ck6nKrOw21qZwr_TgGkV70LSlQfok7_YNPZDEerm_4b1UH-2ekTEIPqI--OEur-OfWRiGDXB9kNbtjX0sFMtmsfr5NAQwpe8o9_BjLH7nQkCV_KUgi4m1Zw/s3160/HotelBurgundyParis6June1920-2.jpeg" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxwHOSUyoLlcuJYLzvghF38lgQxzVjEki0kt_8GSd-94W_KiXOYA4MM4PUvM1B7NrY44Ck6nKrOw21qZwr_TgGkV70LSlQfok7_YNPZDEerm_4b1UH-2ekTEIPqI--OEur-OfWRiGDXB9kNbtjX0sFMtmsfr5NAQwpe8o9_BjLH7nQkCV_KUgi4m1Zw/w496-h640/HotelBurgundyParis6June1920-2.jpeg" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">page 2</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Who is Eleanor?</span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Photos of Versailles - I w</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">ish I had in my possession these photos mentioned here. I found the above postcard online.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Harry Pape - Harry & Piedad Pina (Honey's sister) were married on 4 June 1919. They were living in Boston where Harry opened his business as a distributor of Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise later known as Hellman's & Best Foods. This explains why our family only eats Best Foods! See a future post about Harry Pape's successful business with Richard Hellman.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtkkjaCZkhlNM5oHJg4V_2_nKBnXaZ5SnlKHrmrTipn6S_cgYIZlQd6Eq5L8MufO9rMMq3_rQIPlgOC9KReCAwVc2LiLol-PtfIDGKJENPguHhmdfZYYJFAtok83-PKalfGcPAXBCIzmRKnNX_UPMKkaO0qheTbY6TOKUBTR_umtVl56nulfL5P0-vQ/s3117/IMG_5265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2066" data-original-width="3117" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtkkjaCZkhlNM5oHJg4V_2_nKBnXaZ5SnlKHrmrTipn6S_cgYIZlQd6Eq5L8MufO9rMMq3_rQIPlgOC9KReCAwVc2LiLol-PtfIDGKJENPguHhmdfZYYJFAtok83-PKalfGcPAXBCIzmRKnNX_UPMKkaO0qheTbY6TOKUBTR_umtVl56nulfL5P0-vQ/w640-h424/IMG_5265.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div>FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-71505305200931164822022-08-09T06:38:00.015-07:002022-08-12T08:19:35.220-07:00John Carrick Cooper - Another Letter from London 1920<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY1-XkAlIG_YNHiAq4dozx7Z9r57KhFvCQt6D_13MwMCRwn9YAhEdLtrVZ6jvj-wfZAPBXyG1Q4l747YMpZ7cwSKj-FU90YZyAFh6zt_yCap4s3elbWCuzhPE2s_OJsn1vTgKxz8awb5iq24Jex_xdeWb5TtSM4LoXOAS_EDFAK0ojw6WfzYYpxc2Ww/s913/Family1714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="913" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY1-XkAlIG_YNHiAq4dozx7Z9r57KhFvCQt6D_13MwMCRwn9YAhEdLtrVZ6jvj-wfZAPBXyG1Q4l747YMpZ7cwSKj-FU90YZyAFh6zt_yCap4s3elbWCuzhPE2s_OJsn1vTgKxz8awb5iq24Jex_xdeWb5TtSM4LoXOAS_EDFAK0ojw6WfzYYpxc2Ww/w400-h335/Family1714.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Two years after my blog post about my grandfather’s business trip in 1920, my mother’s death had me find 3 more letters dated 9 May, 6 Jun & 22 Jun 1920.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My family & I had the duty of going through her belongings & deciding what to do with them. The three divisions included donate, trash & keep. Two weeks later, I had my second hip surgery for that year. I also had to move location at that time after the sale of mom’s home. It took me a while to go through the family boxes, I wanted to keep. I found these letters in 2020 during the Covid-19 shutdown, which one would least expect. They were in boxes labelled Virginia. What? Why? What else did new Papa want to say to his bride while he was away?</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nZ4J3ZZ7iAlvTFj5sZD6J98hzHB0LNlYv0zJcBCX8K9AxvaI3LYByLrNMDtl1S_geUn1qXZN3NiZSw3-941E5oEI_zhMZ2TNTChfZ_Yx5Y2aIPSaETO-fIVcuR7_5Ank4HTAZZCKCG6HdeEkdyjtN8Rte-6uFoQTLs01GNd6d6CpWRAbdpGi9DMf5g/s2157/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2157" data-original-width="1391" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nZ4J3ZZ7iAlvTFj5sZD6J98hzHB0LNlYv0zJcBCX8K9AxvaI3LYByLrNMDtl1S_geUn1qXZN3NiZSw3-941E5oEI_zhMZ2TNTChfZ_Yx5Y2aIPSaETO-fIVcuR7_5Ank4HTAZZCKCG6HdeEkdyjtN8Rte-6uFoQTLs01GNd6d6CpWRAbdpGi9DMf5g/w413-h640/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-1.jpeg" width="413" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">page 1</td></tr></tbody></table><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span>Letter 2<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></span><span>From London</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">May 9, 1920</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dearest Mom,</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">As the days come & go I feel terribly lonesome for you & Bud. Just to hug you both is about my only desire just now. Loughry & Brough [coworkers] leave for Paris tomorrow leaving me quite alone in this big lonesome city.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am by myself just now, Brough having gone to church, & I have sat out in the lobby, after a very hearty supper, listening to the orchestra, but I long to be back in my own kitchen giving the dishes their nightly bath.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Went to the service this morning to hear Dr. Jowett preach at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Westminster Chapel. My what a multitude of people were there!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most London people dress with very little taste, the women wear styles that we would term 3rd Ave. High skirts, almost to their knees, usually white or grey stocking & black low freakish looking shoes. I have yet to meet a half-decent-looking girl.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Saturday night, Brough & I went to see the Little Whopper at the Shaftesbury Theater on Piccadilly. The play was particularly good, but they were all English.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Your mother would have had a lot of fun at the way they talk.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> [His mother-in-law came from Germany.]</span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My room here in the hotel is very large but awfully cold. In fact, I have not been warm since I left Brooklyn. Coal is impossible to get, as is also sugar. I am quite accustomed to drinking my coffee without any sugar. The meals here are excellent & quite reasonable in price.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will put off getting that suit until I get home, as I do not care for the styles they wear here. Before I leave I intend to buy you a few Irish crochet collars & anything I happen to see.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">How is my Buddie. [?] I feel that a few words from you would make me feel a little happier.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">When are you going to Boston? Tell Piedad & Henry I have not their address, so could not write them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">When you next hear from me I will be in Paris as I leave for there on Monday 17th May. If you write, I trust it will be to E.W.B. Co. London, for if I am not there, they will forward my mail to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Paris. Watch the “Eagle” [newspaper] for when I get to Paris. I will register with the N. Y. Herald & they will publish it in N. Y. papers.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Give my fond love to all at home & kiss my Buddie for me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love,</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dad</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECnB5xHLf0EWYe5qp6S_KRe2US7JX3pAlGT05AH8LSg2OFcd_C_xA6atfA4jeVVghsY5WsdxZCI60ot_cBPZgH0vmY2sAT0WCzBysoxrl6t9Fbd3bbcb6tAFtpLG_Su8n11TGW_2qMyZnkuCdzsmiRueK5wmTD4JPRlkykqKOCk6nZZiF_WVUq6n4vQ/s2135/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="1386" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECnB5xHLf0EWYe5qp6S_KRe2US7JX3pAlGT05AH8LSg2OFcd_C_xA6atfA4jeVVghsY5WsdxZCI60ot_cBPZgH0vmY2sAT0WCzBysoxrl6t9Fbd3bbcb6tAFtpLG_Su8n11TGW_2qMyZnkuCdzsmiRueK5wmTD4JPRlkykqKOCk6nZZiF_WVUq6n4vQ/w416-h640/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-2.jpeg" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Page 2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwNIIxQn524o2SReSKOGCddVA603Eu65ZZ1GuZwrBCo6--X4B_uZfTmqnG2kORTB5iNkyg4_F7LaS4qz23R0bTNH-D5xG84dainqJtebgZXi5jtXM82IXFOWW-Kcrbf07oshb08FOR7YoSJ4dJADtHy-Cy1e9TMayDBsbQEmPkgvUWBYNstyeV6O7ZQ/s2135/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="1391" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwNIIxQn524o2SReSKOGCddVA603Eu65ZZ1GuZwrBCo6--X4B_uZfTmqnG2kORTB5iNkyg4_F7LaS4qz23R0bTNH-D5xG84dainqJtebgZXi5jtXM82IXFOWW-Kcrbf07oshb08FOR7YoSJ4dJADtHy-Cy1e9TMayDBsbQEmPkgvUWBYNstyeV6O7ZQ/w416-h640/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-3.jpeg" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Page 3</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxhsrBHW-IXGfuTRWaV6ARQ4dxepTzfpcgthAUAt1Yy4VB_PDWiTUEaDt-lSSpND-y4_ftqV9ox3AgeiyrqXKV_eVeLWQcjXxLJKIw_Lj_pmq9DmLDgI2vc2zTgVD-ACK6GQKOMhU0xMTPjjzspDYglw60j7Kv9zkCPkQ4NRxzgcwBfpF7ndd0qX8oQ/s2136/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="1390" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxhsrBHW-IXGfuTRWaV6ARQ4dxepTzfpcgthAUAt1Yy4VB_PDWiTUEaDt-lSSpND-y4_ftqV9ox3AgeiyrqXKV_eVeLWQcjXxLJKIw_Lj_pmq9DmLDgI2vc2zTgVD-ACK6GQKOMhU0xMTPjjzspDYglw60j7Kv9zkCPkQ4NRxzgcwBfpF7ndd0qX8oQ/w416-h640/HotelRussellLondon9May1920-4.jpeg" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Page 4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">At a later date, Honey writes on the back of letter: For Marty [her daughter-in-law & my mother]. I have 2 other letters for Eileen [her daughter]. These 2 letters will be in my next blog post.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">To find the previous 2 posts covering his 2 other letters click below with explanations for his trip.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Letter 1</b> <u>7 May 1920</u></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="http://familyfilmfabricfood.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-carrick-cooper-1886-1969-part-2.html" target="_blank">http://familyfilmfabricfood.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-carrick-cooper-1886-1969-part-2.html</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Letter 3</b> <u>26 May 1920</u> & <b>Letter 4 </b> <u>1 June 1920</u></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="http://familyfilmfabricfood.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-carrick-cooper-1886-1969-part-3.html">http://familyfilmfabricfood.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-carrick-cooper-1886-1969-part-3.html</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Here are some interesting facts I learned from this letter about the time in London in 1920.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">-I looked up information about the Hotel Russell he was staying at for a few weeks. It was finished in 1898 by designer architect Charles Fitzroy Doll on the northeast corner of Russell Square. It was the first building in London to include in-suite bathrooms. It is currently named the Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Here is a YouTube video about Hotel Russell which covers its exterior & interior. I can just picture Pop Cooper going down the elegant staircase. Start at 2:26.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6nmYWZto0M&list=PLozQ2UCkYN_BtbjNoTyAmsnzN6yTkl4m6&index=9">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6nmYWZto0M&list=PLozQ2UCkYN_BtbjNoTyAmsnzN6yTkl4m6&index=9</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">-Dr. John Henry Jowett, 1864-1923, minister of Westminster Chapel, whom Pop heard while attending this church in London. Dr. Jowett had his theological training in Edinburgh & Oxford. He served in two churches in England for over 20 years having a great spiritual influence on each community. He came to the United States in 1909 to address a Christian Conference in Chicago, Illinois, founded by Dwight L. Moody. He came back to America to serve as a minister at a church in New York City in 1911. Jowett returned to England in 1917, to lead the congregation at the Westminister Chapel in London. He gave up his preaching by 1922 due to declining health. Dr. Jowett died the following year. He made a great impact on his congregations with his knowledge, language & power of his ministry. His congregations grew in numbers under his teachings. Pop made a comment on such a large multitude of people. I wonder if Pop knew about him when he preached in New York City?</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">-Sophie or Honey, his bride, was going to Boston to visit her younger sister, Piedad. Piedad married Harry Pape the year before.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">-Irish crochet collars. Do I have any of these? I will have to look through mom's collection of crocheted items.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">-Overseas mail in 1920 was only sent by ship from London weekly. It took about 2 weeks for letters to arrive in New York. Many of Jack's & Honey's letters would cross over because of this time length. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-72649941576031081132022-04-10T10:15:00.026-07:002022-08-29T21:15:27.128-07:00Negishi Heights, Yokohama, Japan 1964-1965<div class="separator"></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQxUDm2ga682trdYOUmYa43yu9uO-DqlpKxzc2s7qFp69TntQV_Y5FCxD1hctZuzc2b-iGIfeatcXy5VEqyYRK50pwCvLgCdrmftRan4L63lYlejFr5pzZf3EItcMrjbpMBRkYA1R5g7Nha1Du-yKvNjtRH6Qp6eiiwKI-dG8bofe0fIW91XLY9M8yw/s1255/mary%20suzy%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1255" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQxUDm2ga682trdYOUmYa43yu9uO-DqlpKxzc2s7qFp69TntQV_Y5FCxD1hctZuzc2b-iGIfeatcXy5VEqyYRK50pwCvLgCdrmftRan4L63lYlejFr5pzZf3EItcMrjbpMBRkYA1R5g7Nha1Du-yKvNjtRH6Qp6eiiwKI-dG8bofe0fIW91XLY9M8yw/w640-h536/mary%20suzy%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My father was a military Naval Officer. In the late spring of 1964, the USS Oklahoma City CL-G5 was sent to Yokosuka, Japan, to serve in the Vietnam Conflict. My mother, brother & I were left in California to pack our belongings up to put in storage or to bring along with us. In early July, the three of us boarded the <b>MSTS GENERAL DANIEL I. SULTON </b>en route to Yokosuka, Japan. My father had found local temporary housing in nearby Kamakura. It was a small Japanese home we lived in for 2 months. He was out to sea a few days later. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmH76GGBPKqBMdgdYHtah5ZfPqnPY0lliQqJF2o2RfQNb5iidczwv4la2AuDWuJm-TW_fMWSuMqLvHxdHpE9z_pBAdQmH2yBxnjueqSKmZWTpnyeDYZHciEues7-olXa01WpTWvcH2ywrxoEt8PqVnb6DoUk_XdWyfrD3hO935rPCWNzxTlajUJOhHQ/s1338/14%20Gokurakkuji%20Kamakura,Japan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1338" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmH76GGBPKqBMdgdYHtah5ZfPqnPY0lliQqJF2o2RfQNb5iidczwv4la2AuDWuJm-TW_fMWSuMqLvHxdHpE9z_pBAdQmH2yBxnjueqSKmZWTpnyeDYZHciEues7-olXa01WpTWvcH2ywrxoEt8PqVnb6DoUk_XdWyfrD3hO935rPCWNzxTlajUJOhHQ/w640-h458/14%20Gokurakkuji%20Kamakura,Japan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above, the side veranda.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VOQyc93ENoAKw0HMjRqqnLBq9-j_eQ_9za7CGkePGfXWjrwDqeHeE0pLefZ1GCvbAl-cmX0KNZ180ImXW3l8NLqFf5Q3KX0MXS5lw-BTLoRAWF04cnK47UkaNip0_1997k_pWBmSdMV429ezF5l53WWHLgLxpzwLfIouf1bLu2Dm9s5h4PEcjFmM8g/s1109/KamakuraNeighborhood.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1109" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VOQyc93ENoAKw0HMjRqqnLBq9-j_eQ_9za7CGkePGfXWjrwDqeHeE0pLefZ1GCvbAl-cmX0KNZ180ImXW3l8NLqFf5Q3KX0MXS5lw-BTLoRAWF04cnK47UkaNip0_1997k_pWBmSdMV429ezF5l53WWHLgLxpzwLfIouf1bLu2Dm9s5h4PEcjFmM8g/w640-h501/KamakuraNeighborhood.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Walkway to the house front gate on the right.</span></div></span></span><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWPajUsUECDWAC4VJw9pHppqz8nvsIReGK4cdftCeyjAY03KC3wDak-05XwcrI73MF6cNJy5N-xL26dCecJn9J_MKbdoXqiUp0bb2Ib9Ux4qA5lznkqeShsgnrdwptWYrLzioswdyG8ViA7yjRs_1-bIo5w5wjzJ_0k-GptDTXsVpKTzU04BaWmNG3A/s2129/Kamakura%20House%20Floor%20Plan.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="2044" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWPajUsUECDWAC4VJw9pHppqz8nvsIReGK4cdftCeyjAY03KC3wDak-05XwcrI73MF6cNJy5N-xL26dCecJn9J_MKbdoXqiUp0bb2Ib9Ux4qA5lznkqeShsgnrdwptWYrLzioswdyG8ViA7yjRs_1-bIo5w5wjzJ_0k-GptDTXsVpKTzU04BaWmNG3A/w614-h640/Kamakura%20House%20Floor%20Plan.jpeg" width="614" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mom would draw out the map of each of our homes every time we were moved to a new duty station in letters to her families in the United States.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mom with other new Navy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>housewife friends would daily go to Yokosuka Naval Base (where Gib & I attended school. Gib at Kennick High School or known as YoHo High & Mary at Sullivan Elementary.) Mom would attend to daily needs & errands while we were in school. On other days, the wives would look for housing together discovering what was available for them. Many USS Oklahoma City wives were living in Negishi Heights, and Mom added her name to the waiting list.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Regarding transportation, Mom had our car transported here to Japan. It was a Mercedes Benz. She could not drive it until she obtained her Japanese driver's license. Another story.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6F1jsd9YTyoQK2-84uqG-mSg-95WvPzq_dGNdD1HW1uXuQsXkOasb8jha2bBSw3539wJaswaMMwxSwMdqaTFU9S13ijWC7XR44fNSayrXtCbvK0SpKvLi8Ivj-ueeS5BQrAmxPbdNbtARDFc9Fg25quu3UK14FoO9qmE0ezenEbNwedki1oDq5_8ww/s892/Negishi%20Heighs%20gate.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="892" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6F1jsd9YTyoQK2-84uqG-mSg-95WvPzq_dGNdD1HW1uXuQsXkOasb8jha2bBSw3539wJaswaMMwxSwMdqaTFU9S13ijWC7XR44fNSayrXtCbvK0SpKvLi8Ivj-ueeS5BQrAmxPbdNbtARDFc9Fg25quu3UK14FoO9qmE0ezenEbNwedki1oDq5_8ww/w640-h368/Negishi%20Heighs%20gate.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">We moved into 643 Skyline Drive on 12 Sep 1964. The USS Oklahoma City returns the day before. Dad sees the house & approves.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyHMcThXb9_yQ9oIwgoyQlHwsTtW79J8aO8UdacYzJpHO2-G9qJJuTE8BsUUFYKHOWDFcNlMHKAcQ5Vm1MZkMsy4YjRewwXxrcv-brO_8fdwUwn4qP8de7VBgW1xE3NEikeQzjsOVZIExLUlbh96Ys8zd8J4s4n5kIG_OlakH0FWLGOKNd6gsSwQOJg/s1199/Richard%20E.%20Byrd%20El%20Sch%20Front%20Door.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1199" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyHMcThXb9_yQ9oIwgoyQlHwsTtW79J8aO8UdacYzJpHO2-G9qJJuTE8BsUUFYKHOWDFcNlMHKAcQ5Vm1MZkMsy4YjRewwXxrcv-brO_8fdwUwn4qP8de7VBgW1xE3NEikeQzjsOVZIExLUlbh96Ys8zd8J4s4n5kIG_OlakH0FWLGOKNd6gsSwQOJg/w640-h446/Richard%20E.%20Byrd%20El%20Sch%20Front%20Door.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: xx-large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary started to attend Richard E. Byrd Elementary School in third grade with Miss Remik on the Negishi Heights, Yokohama, Military Housing Complex. I have no school photos of this year.</span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dKonZGTcM9liVuYJKazB8hxfPo8uzyd1HLg5NtuwXiymGu6LMrqZyNnaNbPkL8SqJLoh6D5TM4QvFDcXRLV5Kt60f0R_HbJSLzLWbFovEWmla5gsLTV1EGJC3z8c7ed_TEcd5Jg6x-ICl18pFzGfjxzsqgHek98KQrcoA68le9ENKvGLUi4AaIJkNQ/s752/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-25%20at%201.04.52%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="752" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dKonZGTcM9liVuYJKazB8hxfPo8uzyd1HLg5NtuwXiymGu6LMrqZyNnaNbPkL8SqJLoh6D5TM4QvFDcXRLV5Kt60f0R_HbJSLzLWbFovEWmla5gsLTV1EGJC3z8c7ed_TEcd5Jg6x-ICl18pFzGfjxzsqgHek98KQrcoA68le9ENKvGLUi4AaIJkNQ/w640-h634/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-25%20at%201.04.52%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gib attended Nile C. Kinnick High School in Yokosuka. He would have to wait for the daily bus to transport him between the two military bases. He obtained a school yearbook for his freshman year. </span></span></div><div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our home was at the northern end of Skyline Drive. #643 is circled in red on the top left corner of the map.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KRZRKwbrxKilhsqPvS6P_zZooyX62oJ_d427eysC8TEwHaaUjO6hJtQoDaxwJgNM6Wk6wEAd_Rqe3r6LYHHYyE0MjfgLfeJIpJsUoA-2WwChhjY7w8-ck_3Wocfm4lDaleSOSBI_jP4fmKzvdpt4BdfUV0zCXeNr0qBcdhZQo97k9dE5zy5EJaXBog/s1199/Richard%20E.%20Byrd%20El%20Sch%20Front%20Door.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0dKPBnIEsk_lbMPKoT8n02D8dxTnnOaM9pQlyEsHjwr56fco4I0x2NWCXJqSshWkph9R5nIkS7Ad4X308YUyiymVY8i6Prv7icIuzXJPdKNKS3kHVgAA-q1viJFyosIbJUe3RqXNezVGR0XtIyLRkLjr_8oCG_fhk2SZ9z9FaLzVr8L6YvPaXbLQTg/s2048/Negishi%20Heights%20map%20Readible%20pre%201999%20.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2048" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0dKPBnIEsk_lbMPKoT8n02D8dxTnnOaM9pQlyEsHjwr56fco4I0x2NWCXJqSshWkph9R5nIkS7Ad4X308YUyiymVY8i6Prv7icIuzXJPdKNKS3kHVgAA-q1viJFyosIbJUe3RqXNezVGR0XtIyLRkLjr_8oCG_fhk2SZ9z9FaLzVr8L6YvPaXbLQTg/w640-h520/Negishi%20Heights%20map%20Readible%20pre%201999%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mom making our lunches in the kitchen.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVu3euQaoBh-dMCcf-m-wFzRd5CBX-nuhDeBXmH25mlLikTjcRmmJrnLWOY1-3JSwmZamVLWfH3jRwaUgn8TMNSJZRd943peFvdWuxUMsj1B3LhdKq6dClFJ82gBq6TlGLxAQU2AP96WL-Sek1-cnewU-sFNzoNDeEFLWKYfoRibQM1Vr7o333kESIQ/s975/Scan%20251.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="975" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVu3euQaoBh-dMCcf-m-wFzRd5CBX-nuhDeBXmH25mlLikTjcRmmJrnLWOY1-3JSwmZamVLWfH3jRwaUgn8TMNSJZRd943peFvdWuxUMsj1B3LhdKq6dClFJ82gBq6TlGLxAQU2AP96WL-Sek1-cnewU-sFNzoNDeEFLWKYfoRibQM1Vr7o333kESIQ/w640-h640/Scan%20251.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Halloween 1964 - Mary dressed as a fairy princess.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4quKaJ5mUu9ej29F9VGwcjo3bBAuktdTUw7Wuao3LrDYwKFhSS3B_l_m9Rz7YdHzC_kJmWzwGPxD0uxRrrzMvVIlfFtsSaXtXCPeJQUBFC_jZnWPjgDviH57RrIowsKYk-NBDPf92Dq1_3k3yfSBCTWEJfZmDGSU_RnM60QBIsnBM7jvZV3Nd4Of2w/s912/643%20Skyline%20Dr.%20Yokohama,Japan.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4quKaJ5mUu9ej29F9VGwcjo3bBAuktdTUw7Wuao3LrDYwKFhSS3B_l_m9Rz7YdHzC_kJmWzwGPxD0uxRrrzMvVIlfFtsSaXtXCPeJQUBFC_jZnWPjgDviH57RrIowsKYk-NBDPf92Dq1_3k3yfSBCTWEJfZmDGSU_RnM60QBIsnBM7jvZV3Nd4Of2w/w621-h640/643%20Skyline%20Dr.%20Yokohama,Japan.jpeg" width="621" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gib’s first pigeon cage was built in Nov 1964.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span>It was later blown down by a typhoon.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMAqWt8ltLsaL2I0ryTuyFcrKGtouSMQSBctCO9QdDPezUmg3q_Rexssf2gWhtmLdN14HNcgHL3KBE1DfViIS1rpfiTqWmsys6Ka7VXDkYPT8UpJNQCaj5-Gdlx6H6_czkdymYUPDzIEo_NNiAPcpaJLIlO0nQmL7l93F8i9S8PVEoSjBXeIhNlSzWw/s740/Mom's%20Old%20Photos5%2025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="740" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMAqWt8ltLsaL2I0ryTuyFcrKGtouSMQSBctCO9QdDPezUmg3q_Rexssf2gWhtmLdN14HNcgHL3KBE1DfViIS1rpfiTqWmsys6Ka7VXDkYPT8UpJNQCaj5-Gdlx6H6_czkdymYUPDzIEo_NNiAPcpaJLIlO0nQmL7l93F8i9S8PVEoSjBXeIhNlSzWw/w640-h634/Mom's%20Old%20Photos5%2025.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span>Here is the new improved cage in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>June 1965. </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span>#</span></span>642 behind Gib.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6uuC9XVxgSdtKd8e2YhHyzeB-nsdwTRhBqtEVPj8AFt9MfweuRQQJ-rVVO9Enp50vr8_R1UO0NPHvg-BZh2DlIjekt53Bz51Ea2iin33rfI074bsxwJupWnxpENE6eRXlcjfdYJaPcE3jJt5A0pSKCnZ5Pb99PeaxN_32bN2VWeNwBuCs62idsop8Q/s1153/Scan%20217.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6uuC9XVxgSdtKd8e2YhHyzeB-nsdwTRhBqtEVPj8AFt9MfweuRQQJ-rVVO9Enp50vr8_R1UO0NPHvg-BZh2DlIjekt53Bz51Ea2iin33rfI074bsxwJupWnxpENE6eRXlcjfdYJaPcE3jJt5A0pSKCnZ5Pb99PeaxN_32bN2VWeNwBuCs62idsop8Q/w636-h640/Scan%20217.jpeg" width="636" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are pictures of the area between houses #643-646. Coopers in #643. Sipperts in #644. Myers in #645. Hollys in #646. Mary Cooper, Susie Myers & Donna Holly were best buds & did everything together. Susan & Mary reunited in 2009. We are still looking for Donna.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxC4aU8r_SYdB62_fs0sjKSERKeaka3H94Pn4s13S_rnUGYYUpG-4umh7O3nbd7ZdJqxEXGzAnLx94SvcoJrrBwT9Bfx485Z7Vg0_bwvJapPDMUrbJIs2J7R_CLua9J9rapRMdlG83jTSExFPZRvwsLk86JOx9ESOmLKV8-lB06LA9QiQgAWlQ9Lv4A/s884/Mary%20Susan%20Donna%20Negishi%20Heights.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="884" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxC4aU8r_SYdB62_fs0sjKSERKeaka3H94Pn4s13S_rnUGYYUpG-4umh7O3nbd7ZdJqxEXGzAnLx94SvcoJrrBwT9Bfx485Z7Vg0_bwvJapPDMUrbJIs2J7R_CLua9J9rapRMdlG83jTSExFPZRvwsLk86JOx9ESOmLKV8-lB06LA9QiQgAWlQ9Lv4A/w640-h448/Mary%20Susan%20Donna%20Negishi%20Heights.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoVbXgT8dWFbUQ845UOEJ998kx69arKbi4TO49fp2NLDla9vVZJVjc6aD9e0ZsE6Yv4kdBdJkYFQciVTA3gBThHvu7rS98Q9ZAJzJqe4ci8Uc3K5_vA3KV7AW8Bf6gArn0RUotLaCLnYqdvhEszp4lSQbLiATLuUiPLFCqc4HXbp3Idr39UY1ebkFVw/s897/SkylineDrive3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="897" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoVbXgT8dWFbUQ845UOEJ998kx69arKbi4TO49fp2NLDla9vVZJVjc6aD9e0ZsE6Yv4kdBdJkYFQciVTA3gBThHvu7rS98Q9ZAJzJqe4ci8Uc3K5_vA3KV7AW8Bf6gArn0RUotLaCLnYqdvhEszp4lSQbLiATLuUiPLFCqc4HXbp3Idr39UY1ebkFVw/w640-h424/SkylineDrive3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN3Nmpw6bkotftGuLbkidenphL3SM3KDgJxEGt_kwt5azEX_yX0qhMJIjW6m3F3Ok_2qxK0LOo1DuhQtT7B16LlMhpmFc5MZyQx1bTEIk_8Q6LvX7WBwETyiZ3BHfQC7mzpZfs6tuDlxQuc8UgRCdYcDMiIFrlNGwAsjwXCFhBBWpsbaKBT47VQkxfg/s928/65japan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="928" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN3Nmpw6bkotftGuLbkidenphL3SM3KDgJxEGt_kwt5azEX_yX0qhMJIjW6m3F3Ok_2qxK0LOo1DuhQtT7B16LlMhpmFc5MZyQx1bTEIk_8Q6LvX7WBwETyiZ3BHfQC7mzpZfs6tuDlxQuc8UgRCdYcDMiIFrlNGwAsjwXCFhBBWpsbaKBT47VQkxfg/w640-h434/65japan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My father, with my help, built a snowman in the central area.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipBu6Sk7aUz_7WibrnhIogOeU3k4Ct85cnJYAaTVJujfSshxFawPKVTNh_h7WnOz8EIpOopoamtpM-VylnQFqjTNQtUM9z8A6EmC30rRj63O1EYoqTOgdWY8MA-ySV7lNZWg_b2MKj8HFhnevFJuruz5BwAc06kC-n7iKEMhuF2hRIPm7u9CKYzcODQ/s1109/Scan%20197.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1109" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipBu6Sk7aUz_7WibrnhIogOeU3k4Ct85cnJYAaTVJujfSshxFawPKVTNh_h7WnOz8EIpOopoamtpM-VylnQFqjTNQtUM9z8A6EmC30rRj63O1EYoqTOgdWY8MA-ySV7lNZWg_b2MKj8HFhnevFJuruz5BwAc06kC-n7iKEMhuF2hRIPm7u9CKYzcODQ/w640-h494/Scan%20197.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">#644 above</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKerjzQTOHC_uT55AgaK3NOhVNTKYgsbwEN8CcwgJjgxsiF9nAul2SLsw0UrfktkyTDe5wHoozdS2si1XvHy1SE8UpyGGXVsp6ZX_7nhSG8_mkT4vmeVcGyViPTDTDfffO46XzlQf91rjf9M7LOPivPWYfq3A5tiJWAwf36Ppi9qdKBFGuGLp3R7fh-A/s1162/Scan%20198.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="841" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKerjzQTOHC_uT55AgaK3NOhVNTKYgsbwEN8CcwgJjgxsiF9nAul2SLsw0UrfktkyTDe5wHoozdS2si1XvHy1SE8UpyGGXVsp6ZX_7nhSG8_mkT4vmeVcGyViPTDTDfffO46XzlQf91rjf9M7LOPivPWYfq3A5tiJWAwf36Ppi9qdKBFGuGLp3R7fh-A/w464-h640/Scan%20198.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">#646 above me & #645 behind dad. </span>I loved the</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>ori Gate on the hill next </span><span>to Donna’s house.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I remember shopping at the local Commissary, the Naval Exchange, & taking swim lessons at the pool. Susie & I with our swimming instructor.<br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13nsdaPCw5YQ5NO20g241ZyoyJUUdyRiCeQzAXooOnYExAbGUS17o5dxtI7ymiwEcFitWoSBrylb0HmEA9OrnfRQFjM_JTkKTugD_8RbZfpyTp7icsfZOxL2yHuzC2N1Pal8QcTFFuyXZqFNqZKt_MtviiyXw0hllEC94oKB1ekMg-MeQX_OlFOrUfg/s855/Swimming%20Lessons%20Negishi%20Heights.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="826" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13nsdaPCw5YQ5NO20g241ZyoyJUUdyRiCeQzAXooOnYExAbGUS17o5dxtI7ymiwEcFitWoSBrylb0HmEA9OrnfRQFjM_JTkKTugD_8RbZfpyTp7icsfZOxL2yHuzC2N1Pal8QcTFFuyXZqFNqZKt_MtviiyXw0hllEC94oKB1ekMg-MeQX_OlFOrUfg/w618-h640/Swimming%20Lessons%20Negishi%20Heights.jpeg" width="618" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We left Negishi Heights in Sep 1965, taking a 6- week world tour through Southeast Asia, the Middle East & Europe returning to the United States.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmEzh3Qoi2YbW3ErD6Rh8aYlaEdq53btqgMc6oe_LkFhEjm0a81pvDTmHoqAlGZNTdsS-haebt9gvqRUNXVnknTFpIFuFClwLKnS6OF7G72weP7dyZeLGlkmysjUVlM1SsWQ8YoK_uo67jWRDXM9Rn-0fElYzrNAbWKN-lGBMnDMQzxlcVVJYQZanZQ/s1169/LeavingJapan%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1153" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmEzh3Qoi2YbW3ErD6Rh8aYlaEdq53btqgMc6oe_LkFhEjm0a81pvDTmHoqAlGZNTdsS-haebt9gvqRUNXVnknTFpIFuFClwLKnS6OF7G72weP7dyZeLGlkmysjUVlM1SsWQ8YoK_uo67jWRDXM9Rn-0fElYzrNAbWKN-lGBMnDMQzxlcVVJYQZanZQ/w632-h640/LeavingJapan%201.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly, in 1999, the area with houses #635 to #650 was lost in a landslide. I recently found this out through a FaceBook page about Negishi Heights.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNiKUyeLj4GBYxOJqb-92FGcMAmRpiX6CgnhJjPxCSCgORHagqhdc0rDwt-GbZq2aaBcavbPJyRlRqKcGao1ijQUDGz0d7xT372bVyZOgKxuYH4Cyq3ycwI7RNDSQCe_R7ILxoEZiy628WNBGbq_qMC-VTXljZRdSRb3EJUitHZKgFCU63ItSrbLFLQ/s1257/Negishi%20Heights%20Map%20marked%20were%20643%20was%20after%20landslide.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1257" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNiKUyeLj4GBYxOJqb-92FGcMAmRpiX6CgnhJjPxCSCgORHagqhdc0rDwt-GbZq2aaBcavbPJyRlRqKcGao1ijQUDGz0d7xT372bVyZOgKxuYH4Cyq3ycwI7RNDSQCe_R7ILxoEZiy628WNBGbq_qMC-VTXljZRdSRb3EJUitHZKgFCU63ItSrbLFLQ/w640-h480/Negishi%20Heights%20Map%20marked%20were%20643%20was%20after%20landslide.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have wonderful memories of our time in Japan. I was very fortunate, after my parents' deaths, that I found letters that they wrote to each other during this time period. During the 15 months that the USS Oklahoma City was stationed in Yokosuka, I only saw my father "at home" for 8 weeks. Normal for Navy BRATS. I will never forget Negishi Heights in Yokohama, Japan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This house diagram of #643 Skyline Drive was shared with me by a colleague from the Negishi Heights group on FaceBook. Thank you!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClPvLtqB5P1sOlW5mx8mYS_z1IxJ-5gIyFpcI4Ap3kODVsE_uwrAQrZv1JZKTJwelhasCTuMHPk_Wi4VlUY3fsDzJeH-R16aG6eAfi3SPQVsgjtTpeOIj7NzXkkbRIlrMNI73sto7FyphpEAgVC1xlld0W8mH77bxL_adfAz6gQvTkqdEGniCoBQz3w/s1348/643%20Skyline%20Drive%20layout.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1348" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClPvLtqB5P1sOlW5mx8mYS_z1IxJ-5gIyFpcI4Ap3kODVsE_uwrAQrZv1JZKTJwelhasCTuMHPk_Wi4VlUY3fsDzJeH-R16aG6eAfi3SPQVsgjtTpeOIj7NzXkkbRIlrMNI73sto7FyphpEAgVC1xlld0W8mH77bxL_adfAz6gQvTkqdEGniCoBQz3w/w640-h512/643%20Skyline%20Drive%20layout.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p></div>FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-66092052903767461732022-01-13T09:21:00.000-08:002022-01-13T09:21:07.840-08:00The Criminal Car<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been going through boxes of paper regarding my family history, particularly my story of growing up in the military.</span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">When my father was serving in the Philippines from 1958 to 1960, his job was Special Weapons Officer on the COMNAVPHIL staff at Sangley Point in Cavite City. The primary mission of Sangley was to provide maintenance, support, and materials for the regional operations of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. The base was the headquarters of Commander U.S. Naval Forces Philippines which was considered to be the most important activity supported by Naval Station Sangley Point at that time.</span></p><p></p></blockquote><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My parents decided to sell their car, a German Borg Ward Isabella cream 2 door sedan, which they purchased in Texas in 1957. Wait, how did I know about what particular cars my parents owned & drove around in the places they were stationed? I came across a list of cars my mother got around in including the car in which she learned how to drive. One of these cars had an interesting story of being involved with the Manila Mafia!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZfScwsXbY0CHVpQXMRgwA8j_xQ6VDI5CnNO5eXOsLE7h6oJPhguE-MgWKrX7nDkda2yv-_0P_xVQAri9cOp_VZDtVe2QJShrWimGiVgcis5QTHjrv_fEPXtxWQFEGrd-_HM30_X8P0vEyvuU4IsyOsAIf0crJmUeISCTd-ImYBlpRagp7DCQAhSQbgA=s1184" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1184" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZfScwsXbY0CHVpQXMRgwA8j_xQ6VDI5CnNO5eXOsLE7h6oJPhguE-MgWKrX7nDkda2yv-_0P_xVQAri9cOp_VZDtVe2QJShrWimGiVgcis5QTHjrv_fEPXtxWQFEGrd-_HM30_X8P0vEyvuU4IsyOsAIf0crJmUeISCTd-ImYBlpRagp7DCQAhSQbgA=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;">The photo above was the only picture I found of the car parked in our Quonset Hut carport living in Sangley Point.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">In the spring (March) of 1959, the car was sold to a man, Fred Meneses, from Manila for </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">₱</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">6,500 or $3,250. There was much haggling over price & much paperwork to be done over the sale.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Four months later, in August, Martha found several local & military newspaper articles about their old car involved with a local murder. She mentioned this story in her letter to her parents. She knew it was their previous car as it had the same license plate!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Martha writes, “Stan is in Manila today to pick up our new car. We’re all very excited about it as we have missed having a car these past four months. As we told you before, [our new car] is a </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mercedes-Benz 190-Diesel engine with white exterior & red upholstery (genuine leather). We liked the color scheme of the Borg Ward, so decided to duplicate it. Speaking of our dear little Borg Ward, she has a claim to some notoriety now. I am enclosing newspaper clippings for your perusal. We know that was our car as it has our license plate on it. It was deserted after a murder. We didn’t know it, but it was a criminal Filipino Mafia type group who had bought it.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Concerning the crime & the car’s part in it, a real G man came to see Stan to find out to whom Stan had sold it. Of course, as things are here it may have had a half dozen owners since we had it, each one making a little bit more money on it. In an earlier account of the murder, it was described as a very expensive car. The car was the purchaser’s property to do with as he pleased, but I wish you could have heard the sad story we got to get the price down. We are so fed up with these buyers now that we have begun to do things their way & stand pat.”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOlXu9Q7vtwOA2OtMGrXUgEpeIT05EvKUGI6W5ZM70qXY_E8orArUOAED8BCkNecdWMhIUgg7wQCOrCeo6qj2qfLAupz2waDh8zW5aTsy0QWD-8j9rs6FnK95OsPYKUEcQRoo7NoKP3Tugr-OjpXIICG_3Y43Pfl5icPddt-09v-jqzAlGwIrUG7Vdyw=s1734" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="1572" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOlXu9Q7vtwOA2OtMGrXUgEpeIT05EvKUGI6W5ZM70qXY_E8orArUOAED8BCkNecdWMhIUgg7wQCOrCeo6qj2qfLAupz2waDh8zW5aTsy0QWD-8j9rs6FnK95OsPYKUEcQRoo7NoKP3Tugr-OjpXIICG_3Y43Pfl5icPddt-09v-jqzAlGwIrUG7Vdyw=w580-h640" width="580" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photo #1 - FORMER CUSTOMS PROBER MURDERED</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Major Hector Crisostomo, relieved operations officer of the Presidential Fact Finding Committee </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">probing anomalies in the bureau of customs, was found murdered early yesterday morning beside a dirt road in barrio Saog, Marilao, Bulacan. [North of Manila] Crisostomo, who actively engaged in the car buy-and-sell business at the time of his death, was found by PC men with two gunshot wounds on the head. Photo shows Crisostomo’s body slumped on the front seat of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">his expensive Borgward Isabella car. Shown examining the body is Captain Eduardo C. Umali of the Bulacan PC while curious residents mill around. (Photo by Benjamin E. Gamos)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihiFGMueAKVyGISncqgMed0v110LQlXWX858D2IQntXAsHWF_aUQaTnZWgtCzUSsSh2NmzYmSKPHlmNakq7ekkqxB4ImxlWZ3BUlGrF2GiMw-hzvnU58YUQ7tNgLWynpNpiBKoPQ4UhDi4S6qlVJo_k9YPlmbYDEU-YS1tc5BUWBP1uurGSRofGpiNRA=s2669" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2669" data-original-width="2291" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihiFGMueAKVyGISncqgMed0v110LQlXWX858D2IQntXAsHWF_aUQaTnZWgtCzUSsSh2NmzYmSKPHlmNakq7ekkqxB4ImxlWZ3BUlGrF2GiMw-hzvnU58YUQ7tNgLWynpNpiBKoPQ4UhDi4S6qlVJo_k9YPlmbYDEU-YS1tc5BUWBP1uurGSRofGpiNRA=w550-h640" width="550" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>Photo #2 - RELIEVED PFFC OFFICIAL FOUND SHOT DEAD IN CAR</span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Captain Hector Crisostomo, relieved operations officer of the Presidential Fact Finding Committee </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">probing anomalies in the bureau of customs, was found shot to death under mysterious circumstances in his car yesterday morning on a deserted road in barrio Saog, Marilao, Bulacan. His body was found slumped on </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">the front seat of his two-door cream colored sedan being examined by two constabulary officers. Found in the rear compartment of the car were a pair of leather shoes, a suitcase & a locked briefcase which was believed to contain cash & personal effects, including documents. In the right panel below are policemen in civilian clothes transferring the body from a trailer to an ambulance as curious barrio folks look on. (PNS photos)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK3wl8Ly787zqa2MCYl2AZ56R7U4S6xyc65WZEk88cAqYRMYeXN0LOyS9OzISwu4H1L4FuHR9L7rC12tPvQD7TqNeH43xkAwhg9lxFLkMljBEqFQ1dW3AnV755tGx8BglxTAF1KMe_pctK3w6vyaOtDMZ0gCpv8XCpLExB7PuqphHcwgmLzp1hKP-4SA=s1634" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="1634" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK3wl8Ly787zqa2MCYl2AZ56R7U4S6xyc65WZEk88cAqYRMYeXN0LOyS9OzISwu4H1L4FuHR9L7rC12tPvQD7TqNeH43xkAwhg9lxFLkMljBEqFQ1dW3AnV755tGx8BglxTAF1KMe_pctK3w6vyaOtDMZ0gCpv8XCpLExB7PuqphHcwgmLzp1hKP-4SA=w640-h518" width="640" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: large;">Photo #3 - TRACE ROUTE OF DEATH CAR</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Guided by self-confessed killer Victorio A. Alvarez, Jr., probers traced yesterday the route taken by Major Hector Crisostomo’s car. Probers look at the spot hit by the car when it went out of control & hit a high wall at corner Mauro & Manga avenue in Quezon City. The probers look at the utility pole which was grazed by the car, on Benito Street near Manga avenue.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This ‘Criminal Car’ made me more curious about the story of the Filipino mafia & included names in these photo articles. I am assuming that mom cut these from local papers which they were reading at the time. Going through mom’s ‘Time in the Philippines’ files, I found this newspaper article from an unknown date & newspaper. It was covered on two pages giving more discovered details of the murder.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">-The murder took place on 15 July 1959.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">-Four people were involved with the murder of Hector Crisostomo. They include Victorio A. Alvarez, Jr. the gunman; George Chua, who paid Alvarez </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">₱</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">35,000 to the hired gunman; Johnny Yao, Chua’s brother-in-law who was not in custody as reported abroad at the time of Chua’s confession; & Dionisio Carasig, denied knowledge of Crisostomo’s killing, who was part of the original group to set up Crisostomo’s murder & involved with the murder case according to Alvarez & Chua.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chua's confession was recounted in the article. “Chua stated that he was in the Oldsmobile car that followed the Crisostomo car that fateful night. He said that Johnny Yao and Carasig picked up Alvarez from a downtown restaurant on Dewey Boulevard and followed Crisostomo. Chia & his group were guided by their lookout who hailed them in the vicinity of a hotel in Luneta & pointed to the route taken by Crisostomo’s Borg Ward car. They overtook Crisostomo somewhere on Isaac Peral where Alvarez and Carasig allegedly boarded the Borg Ward. From that point, Chua corroborated Alvarez' statement that they went as far as Manga Avenue where the Borg Ward car hit a utility pole. Then the car went through Sta. Mesa Boulevard, passing various streets until it hit the Manila North Road. The cars proceeded to Marilao, where the killing was consummated.”</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a conflict with Alvarez’ confession in comparison with Chua’s statement.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alvarez stated that “Chua, Alvarez and Crisostomo were in the Borgward, with Crisostomo driving. In the Oldsmobile were Carasig and Johnny. In his confession, Chua said he & his brother-in-law, Johnny were in the Oldsmobile following in the Borgward. Johnny was driving. In the Borgward, were Crisostomo, Alvarez and Carasig.”</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chua’s confession also gave the intention to Crisostomo’s murder. He broke down & confessed that he paid Alvarez ₱35,000 to perform the job. He also admitted to being a member of an international smuggling syndicate from Hong Kong. Chua was in direct contact with his boss in Hong Kong with activities here in the Philippines. There was a double-cross of a $132,00 deal which involved Crisostomo & Chua was ordered for Crisostomo’s demise. These dollars were confiscated by customs authorities.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On 24 Mar 1960, Crisostomo’s murder case was taken to court. My parents were in California at this time. I found their specific case covered in the Philippines Official Gazettes published nine years later. This curious lady might just take a trip to a specific library 100 miles away to get more questions answered.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p>FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-54272139700954037522021-11-11T14:49:00.001-08:002021-11-11T14:59:38.678-08:00Mother's Wedding Dress<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ztpRmAa0l6o/YY2gQ42VQsI/AAAAAAAA7fs/8eHGXkQ9lz0IBgqqqPHZv-FwNydQ5bN5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1297/CooperGabuzdaWedding1949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1297" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ztpRmAa0l6o/YY2gQ42VQsI/AAAAAAAA7fs/8eHGXkQ9lz0IBgqqqPHZv-FwNydQ5bN5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CooperGabuzdaWedding1949.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1mrOKwKQJOo/YJN4QrJ6VYI/AAAAAAAA7Jw/OD7s-xBbJPgoXyfSXGjO77O6QNZrKLfSwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/CooperGabuzdaWedding1949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1353" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1mrOKwKQJOo/YJN4QrJ6VYI/AAAAAAAA7Jw/OD7s-xBbJPgoXyfSXGjO77O6QNZrKLfSwCPcBGAYYCw/w422-h640/CooperGabuzdaWedding1949.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Lieutenant Junior Grade Martha Louise Gabuzda & Ensign Stanley Gibson Cooper were married on 3 June 1949, at 1PM in Annapolis, Maryland, following Stan's graduation from the Annapolis Naval Academy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My midshipman father, in the autumn of 1947, had minor surgery & flirted with one of his nurses, Ensign Martha Gabuzda. They started dating & were engaged the following year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ij_-30ya7V4/YY2cB12B9nI/AAAAAAAA7fk/a9cg1B_zWJ8IGPMQ5BUOkqQpqhfl4L-nACLcBGAsYHQ/s828/annapolis-04.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="828" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ij_-30ya7V4/YY2cB12B9nI/AAAAAAAA7fk/a9cg1B_zWJ8IGPMQ5BUOkqQpqhfl4L-nACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/annapolis-04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I could not remember the colors she described in her wedding dress. I was thrilled to find their wedding announcement in the local newspaper of her hometown, The Standard-Sentinel of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, dated 22 Jul 1949. "The bride wore a daytime dress of light blue lace lined in pink marquisette, & a picture hat of white nylon straw trimmed with nylon veiling & orange blossoms. She wore white accessories, & a corsage of white & pink rosebuds & baby breath."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8m68XHJOYs/YXlyeCDPfVI/AAAAAAAA7eM/fNqsi11HNtsv5Pw0ydNRU-PC1CWIiVZXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Martha%253AJeanWedding1949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1340" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8m68XHJOYs/YXlyeCDPfVI/AAAAAAAA7eM/fNqsi11HNtsv5Pw0ydNRU-PC1CWIiVZXgCLcBGAsYHQ/w418-h640/Martha%253AJeanWedding1949.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I remember her telling me that her maid of honor, Jeanne Hartman, had unknowingly picked the same dress, but in different colors. The same article described her dress, "a similar dress of black lace lined in pink, black accessories, & a corsage of gardenias."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">They were married by the Reverand Homer W. Koch at the local St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h31HmQcGSPw/YXmDxHVuyjI/AAAAAAAA7eY/wK4sSfdPG-UfNS3FKXKZWYYl4dGnd5FTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Stan%253AMarthawithminister1949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2048" height="536" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h31HmQcGSPw/YXmDxHVuyjI/AAAAAAAA7eY/wK4sSfdPG-UfNS3FKXKZWYYl4dGnd5FTwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h536/Stan%253AMarthawithminister1949.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It was attended by the family who also attended Stan's graduation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OzGO-SmZ55M/YXmFUneNQeI/AAAAAAAA7es/9eJJuJ6HWlUsiuFRM-DKbEZH7nib871-gCPcBGAYYCw/s788/wedding49-02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="788" height="542" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OzGO-SmZ55M/YXmFUneNQeI/AAAAAAAA7es/9eJJuJ6HWlUsiuFRM-DKbEZH7nib871-gCPcBGAYYCw/w640-h542/wedding49-02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Stan's father, Jack Cooper, Stan's paternal aunt, Jinny Cooper Dawes, Stan's mother, Sophie Piña Cooper, with Stan's maternal uncle, Fred Piña.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MhxylXo-4O0/YXmFG4Z-aeI/AAAAAAAA7eo/a-rMtqtScSIC1Llp0ZKbFcq9xxPsJVd3QCPcBGAYYCw/s646/Family1695%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="581" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MhxylXo-4O0/YXmFG4Z-aeI/AAAAAAAA7eo/a-rMtqtScSIC1Llp0ZKbFcq9xxPsJVd3QCPcBGAYYCw/w576-h640/Family1695%25284%2529.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /></div>Stan's maternal aunt, Piedad Piña Pape, Stan's paternal aunt, Jinny Cooper Dawes, bride, Martha Gabuzda Cooper, Stan's mother, Sophie Piña Cooper, Stan's sister, Margarite Cooper Carl.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p>FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-65976602186703603902021-10-26T09:51:00.000-07:002021-10-26T09:51:09.917-07:00Charming Crafty Memories<p></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This article was written in May 2021.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">I am returning to a hobby I began back in the 1980s.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Counted cross-stitch. I have framed work throughout my home & many photos of projects I have made as gifts for others & to sell at craft fairs.</span></div></span></span><div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I even found a box my mother labelled ‘Mary’s Unfinished Needlework.’ Inside I found projects I do not even remember working on including a sampler and this child’s apron. I mailed these to my nieces’ daughter as she was just getting interested in embroidery stitching.</span><br /><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yoAvdPPeEoQ/YXgkEslP75I/AAAAAAAA7cw/NH0iMFRzb4M7CL-gIJ2Vrxs_CcQIHLIbgCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yoAvdPPeEoQ/YXgkEslP75I/AAAAAAAA7cw/NH0iMFRzb4M7CL-gIJ2Vrxs_CcQIHLIbgCPcBGAYYCw/w480-h640/IMG_4298.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aFmvsorcnw/YXgl9PTvSrI/AAAAAAAA7c4/GgH-v6PQMj09756Bv5wrbL-Sola7K0XZACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aFmvsorcnw/YXgl9PTvSrI/AAAAAAAA7c4/GgH-v6PQMj09756Bv5wrbL-Sola7K0XZACPcBGAYYCw/w640-h480/IMG_4296.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I discovered an embroidered pillow top ready to be sewn into a pillow which I remember</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> working on sometime in high school. </span></div><p></p><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found a popular "Stitch-May-nia" group via YouTube & pulled out my Cross-Stitch boxes to reorganize. I found over 20 UFO Projects. (UnFinished PrOjects). I organized them into plastic bags & started a calendar to work on them each day. In the middle of all of this, I came across “The Project Bag.” I found this pattern that was quick & easy to make! I have now made over twenty of them.</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U121kR8EfiM/YXgvf8AxW2I/AAAAAAAA7d8/iFwKWMj2lw4qKpfwGiEPW2rUk1V-F6lmACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U121kR8EfiM/YXgvf8AxW2I/AAAAAAAA7d8/iFwKWMj2lw4qKpfwGiEPW2rUk1V-F6lmACLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_4506.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Before inbox<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-02G7_Qwvy30/YXgvv71IgHI/AAAAAAAA7eE/_jeoss1IJk0YcXD5JNNN2O6LmKnKNxr1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-02G7_Qwvy30/YXgvv71IgHI/AAAAAAAA7eE/_jeoss1IJk0YcXD5JNNN2O6LmKnKNxr1gCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_4578.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After in filing cabinent</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">My mother also did stitching when she was a child up to her 20s. Here are some of her works I found in a box. The doily is on top of a pillowcase with her initials after she was married. MGC…Martha Gabuzda Cooper.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pp3z9Rqy08Q/YXgqDWfIm9I/AAAAAAAA7dk/vc_E0Z9H2_oKgIz4ZxgON5xk9uuY8b96ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2048" height="634" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pp3z9Rqy08Q/YXgqDWfIm9I/AAAAAAAA7dk/vc_E0Z9H2_oKgIz4ZxgON5xk9uuY8b96ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h634/IMG_3435.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_PDY91C8JY/YXgqZD3L-zI/AAAAAAAA7ds/MZ0s0aj9kcYzLLBXhpJoZhui1YREEJftgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1869" data-original-width="2048" height="584" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_PDY91C8JY/YXgqZD3L-zI/AAAAAAAA7ds/MZ0s0aj9kcYzLLBXhpJoZhui1YREEJftgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h584/IMG_4544.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a doll dress she made as a child at age 8.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HR2kjwEOkY/YXgje0YIoBI/AAAAAAAA7cg/N660WNhv1a4IPOFnD2VqA-tx_LvWkoSFACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1636" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HR2kjwEOkY/YXgje0YIoBI/AAAAAAAA7cg/N660WNhv1a4IPOFnD2VqA-tx_LvWkoSFACPcBGAYYCw/w512-h640/IMG_4572.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: large;">Mom knitted a pair of socks for dad for Christmas when they were dating.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mom also crocheted for the Navy Relief Society. Here are some UFOs I found she had started in 1966.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tfdl0lGvGPU/YXgtD1WXC7I/AAAAAAAA7d0/Q2u-0JdgrP8rSEeQJ8TXqejzRud7R2GOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tfdl0lGvGPU/YXgtD1WXC7I/AAAAAAAA7d0/Q2u-0JdgrP8rSEeQJ8TXqejzRud7R2GOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h358/IMG_4335.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Adding charms to my project bags made me think of my charm bracelets growing up when they were most popular & everyone had them. Here is my collection & the memories they bring of my family’s stories.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D9vLTDCOEe4/YXgpD9tdt6I/AAAAAAAA7dI/yi5s9rKft_kkLLEMIhFnrgMmVN0HAP7nACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D9vLTDCOEe4/YXgpD9tdt6I/AAAAAAAA7dI/yi5s9rKft_kkLLEMIhFnrgMmVN0HAP7nACPcBGAYYCw/w480-h640/IMG_4542.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mom gave me my first charm bracelet when we lived in Japan in 1964.</span></p><div><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6L2tF13xZKs/YXgprAmguSI/AAAAAAAA7dc/ZFnHsW1qz6AYs119XNa8z09QiaFeTM6QgCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1922" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6L2tF13xZKs/YXgprAmguSI/AAAAAAAA7dc/ZFnHsW1qz6AYs119XNa8z09QiaFeTM6QgCPcBGAYYCw/w600-h640/IMG_4534.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">We returned to the US the following year. In 1966, living in Virginia. My second bracelet was put together after our visit to the capital, Washington D.C.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZtM_Prwp6A/YXgprP4fU9I/AAAAAAAA7dY/RbVrKO_aftYDmY3OutTUwpKSKTGGZ9LcQCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="2048" height="630" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZtM_Prwp6A/YXgprP4fU9I/AAAAAAAA7dY/RbVrKO_aftYDmY3OutTUwpKSKTGGZ9LcQCPcBGAYYCw/w640-h630/IMG_4535.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">My third bracelet was given to me as a graduation gift from high school. It included a shetland sheepdog charm representing our family pet.<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I loved singing in the high school choir. I played the piano from 5th to 9th grade.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p></div>FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-59753960087737827342020-08-28T12:41:00.000-07:002020-08-28T12:41:29.356-07:00Suzanna Kostelnic (Varga) Wargo 1859-c1910<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">The Mystery of “Fuzsi” or “Fursi” is Solved!</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt=""Slovakia Census, 1869," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28480-19928-12?cc=1986782 : accessed 7 March 2016)." border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="869" height="388" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B8t3aA3KHyE/WExaOYuLmPI/AAAAAAAAUe0/1YIQdJZbUk8lIg5uAqTnzmoXrD3sokn-ACPcBGAYYCw/w640-h388/1869SlovCensusKurimaKostelnikfamily.png" width="640" /></div><p></p><div class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #666666; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 5px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.56px; text-align: center;"><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Slovakia Census, 1869," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28480-19928-12?cc=1986782 : accessed 7 March 2016).</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I am so thankful for doing my spit test with Ancestry DNA along with my brother, my mother & my father’s sister. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I have been connected with unknown distant cousins through the current DNA popularity & others that I knew about; yet, I had difficulty locating.</span></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In three previous blog posts from 2016, I was researching the mystery of the surname of my great-grandmother, Mary Hyduck/Kostelnic Sarna. In the final post, I concluded that her name was Kostelnic. In doing so, I came across a mysterious forename of one of her sisters, Fuzsi or Fursi. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><a href="http://familyfilmfabricfood.blogspot.com/search?q=Fursi" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">See attachment here.</a></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mary had two elder sisters, Anna born 1851, Fuzsi or Susanna born 1859. Mary was born in 1863. A fourth sister, Elizabeth was born in 1866. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A DNA cousin and I have been collaborating our family trees. I am connected via her husband’s line. Jean Hoffman’s family tree is from Anna’s line. She has shared more details along with photos.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEy7zYpJoTk/X0lVVzuLV7I/AAAAAAAA4LU/JrpGMt2VKXQM2jSF1TATW6QuEtky-0pPACLcBGAsYHQ/s902/ZemanyFamily1880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="702" height="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEy7zYpJoTk/X0lVVzuLV7I/AAAAAAAA4LU/JrpGMt2VKXQM2jSF1TATW6QuEtky-0pPACLcBGAsYHQ/w779-h1000/ZemanyFamily1880.jpg" width="779" /></a></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">Anna Kostelnic Zemany, the firstborn, with her first four children of eight. This p</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">hoto was taken around 1882.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b4Ny2KuJDDo/V8uCBIuzZ-I/AAAAAAAARbo/uTTZ5me_TusQrwZgF_1vyFZv4e__dGSAACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/Scan%2B62.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="2048" height="710" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b4Ny2KuJDDo/V8uCBIuzZ-I/AAAAAAAARbo/uTTZ5me_TusQrwZgF_1vyFZv4e__dGSAACPcBGAYYCw/w1000-h710/Scan%2B62.jpeg" width="1000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mary Kostelnic Sarna, the third born, with her family. Their younger daughter is my grandmother. Photo was taken around 1900.</span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anna & Mary sure look like sisters!</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Suzanna Kostelnic came to the US around 1875 </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">according to the 1900 US Census. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="3421" height="135" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vXuUQ7OOFYs/X0lWdPxqNWI/AAAAAAAA4Lc/yz4ujodv5JIgu5hjI2icR6my1IUo97gAwCLcBGAsYHQ/w1250-h135/Wargo%252CMichael.%2B1900%2BUSCensus%2Bcopy.jpg" width="1250" /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">She is listed with he</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">r husband Michael Wargo. They were married by 1880. They have four children listed as </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michael, John, Mary, Susan all born between 1883 to 1895.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My mother and her sisters, remember their grandmother, Mary Kostelnic Sarna,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">telling stories about her coming to the US as a teenager, first staying with her sister, a Mrs. Wargo. Suzanna!</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anna came to the US in 1874 with her husband, Michael Zemany. Susanna followed the next year in 1875. She was married to Michael Wargo by 1880. Mary came in 1880 and married George Sarna by 1883.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Several Extract Deed documents mention the three sisters (husbands mentioned), Mrs. Anna Zemany, Mrs. Susanne Wargo and Mrs. Mary Sarna all living in Freeland, Pennsylvania, at the same time! Thank you, Richard and Jean Hoffman for helping me solve this mystery!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Luzerne County, Pennsylvania</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vol. 269, p. 65</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cross Creek Coal Co. to Trustees of the Hungarian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Freeland Pa.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>“This indenture made the Twenty-first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and eighty-Seven Between the Cross Creek Coal Company of the first part and <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Michael Zemany and Michael Warga of Freeland Pa,</span> George Dzurisen and John Soltis of Upper Lehigh Pa Michael Cervenak George Celig of Sandy Run John Kmetz of Drifton and John Homulska of Eckley Pa Trustees of the Hungarian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Freeland Luzerne County Pennsylvania of the Second part, “</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Abstract: For the sum of one dollar a lot on the east side of Washington Street is sold. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">The lot is identified as No six (6) of block L on a map of the Woodside. </span>Further description of the lot is:</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Beginning at a point on East side of said Washington Street on hundred and twenty-five (125) feet south of the South-East corner of the intersection of said Washington Street with Luzerne Street thence East on a line parallel with said Luzerne Street one hundred and thirty (130) feet more or less to an alley or Smaller Street on a line parallel with said Washington Street twenty-five (25) feet thence west on a line parallel with said Luzerne Street one hundred and thirty (130) feet more or less to said Washington Street thence North along said Washington Street twenty-five (25) feet to point of beginning.”</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All the usual rights are granted to the party of the Second Part, their successors and assigns in trust for the Church and School purposes and as a dwelling for the resident clergyman and not for interment of deceased persons or any other purposes. Failure to heed this restriction will result in forfeiture of the Estate granted and reversion of ownership to the grantor.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The original declaration contained the word “heirs” in five places. This word was lined out and replaced with the word “successors” in the presence of both parties. Sealed with the Corporate Seal of the Cross Creek Coal Company, and signed Eckley B. Coxe, president; Arthur McClellan, secretary; Michael Zemany, Michael Warga, Djurisen George, John Soltis, Mikel Cervenak, George Celig, John (his X mark) Kmetz, John Homulka</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Receipt of one dollar acknowledged by J. B. White, Treasurer of the Cross Creek Coal Company</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Signature above sworn to as his and sale sworn to as executed in his presence and with his affirmation by Eckley B. Coxe, president of the Cross Creek Coal Company on 26 April 1887 in the presence of Elliott A. Oberrender, Notary Public.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Similarly sworn to by parties of the second part on 23 Apr 1887 and notarized by John D. Hayes</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Recorded Aug 4th 1887</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another volume mentions a land sale between George Sarna and Michael Wargo (brothers-in-law) of Lots 21 & 22 across the street from the church property mentioned above.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 11px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: #fcff01; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">George Sarna and Mary Sarna his wife of Upper Lehigh to Susan Varga (Wargo) of Foster Twp for $1.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">W. side of Washington in Woodside Addition, <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">#21 & 22 of Block K, </span>125’ S. of SW corner of Washington and Luzerne, W 130’ parallel (see map)</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dated 29 March 1892, Recorded 18 April 1892</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 11px;"><span style="font-size: large;">p. 250</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: #fcff01; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Michael Wargo and Susan his wife of Foster Twp to George Sarna of Upper Lehigh for $350 above lots 21 & 22.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: #ff2600; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dated 29 March 1892, Recorded 18 April 1892</span></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have also been connected with Wargo distant cousins through Ancestry DNA. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of them, unfortunately, informed me that her grandmother had a fire that destroyed all the family pictures and information. She was so thankful for the information I had on her ancestors.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now did the fourth sister, Elizabeth Kostelnic, remain in Slovakia or did she also come to the US? 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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cologne Cathedral just across the tracks from the railroad station. We departed Cologne at 1245. We almost didn’t get seats. We ended up on the NO SMOKING car again. (My parents were smokers at this time in their lives.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We cross the border at Emmerich into the Netherlands. The train stops & police get on to check our passports & to make any money exchanges. Some German police were going home from work. We passed a neat little dairy farm. We stop at Erlhakm, a large </span><span style="font-size: large;">size town. I saw neat rows of suburban type homes & apartment houses. Two elderly ladies get on. I saw a farm lady in wooden shoes checking her drying clothes. I saw Ayrshire cows, chickens, geese, pigs, & horses. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen farms like these. (Martha grew up on a similar farm.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We stopped at Utrecht at 1545 as we were running 30 min. late.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We arrive at Amsterdam at 1615, where we descend into a tunnel below the tracks. Gib discovers he forgot his Alpine hat & dashes back to the train but can’t find it. We go back upstairs to the main area & check Lost & Found. NO. They tell us to check when we leave. He thinks he left it in the compartment next to us when we were forced out of it as he was trying to save seats. Someone possibly walked off with it. We check in our excess baggage. Stan calls 2 hotels; no room in one, & the other doesn’t answer. The Hoksbergen on Singel Canal has rooms available. Gib checks costs of the trip to Brussels. We wait outside for a taxi. We sight cars & bicycles fighting each other in the homebound traffic. We show concern in which the taxi driver laughs & says, “Everyday like this.” At the hotel, there were brick-paved & tree-lined streets along the canals. It was a small hotel. We went up only one flight of narrow steep steps. A nice elderly couple runs it. The Check-In Desk was in the hallway. There was a small dining room to the left with throw rugs on top of their 4 tables. A small bar was in the corner with a TV & a few upholstered chairs. There was a kitchen & private sitting room to the rear. Our front room was overlooking the canal. Lovely. Tall windows with lace curtains & heavy brocade drapes. Two twins beds, a cot for Gib & a wall bed for Mary. Everyone was tired & irritable. Stan & I argue over the cost of the room which was 12 guilders per person, including large breakfasts, service charge 15% was added. We had a sink in our room. The shower was across the hall & the toilet was at end of hall. Very narrow buildings. We freshen up & go out for dinner. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We walk to V.A.M.I. restaurant. Hungry for some Dutch "broodjes" which I thought were gooey-open faced sandwiches. These turned out to be thin sliced plain meat on top of an open- soft roll. I had to eat mine with a knife & fork. There was a peculiar odor like de-natured alcohol in the restaurant, but it had a nice atmosphere. Stan & I had an "advorkat" which is a yellow alcoholic pudding with whip cream. Very delicious & strong. We also had delicious vegetable soup served in large pewter cups. The children had "broodjes" & cream puffs. We walked back to our hotel about 1930. Mary & I watch American cartoons on TV with Dutch subtitles. We were all in bed about 2030.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We cross the square. We take a glass-covered boat to tour the canals which lasted about 85 minutes. We pass rows of very narrow houses. Rembrandt and Anne Frank’s houses were pointed out along with the St. Nicola Russian Church near the railroad station. Seven bridge extensions on roofs of houses with hooks to hoist furniture into houses as stairs too narrow. Then into the harbor, where there were many floating dry docks. We return to the Rondvaart dock. </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We find the Victoria Hotel to find out where there is an American Express station where Stan & Gib go for money, while Mary & I browse in souvenir shops. We stand on the street corner watching a traffic cop turning the signals. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I see my first woman in Dutch costume. The boys are back & we go across the bridge to the railroad station to get tickets for Brussels, 48.60 in guilders. We then browse up Damrak Canal to the Debok Restaurant. Tables were covered with yellow plastic table cloths. I had cream mushroom (champignon) soup which was terrible & </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">followed by meat "croquetto," also terrible, with french fries. The others had meat patties with french fries. Stan & I had a beer. Out again & back to the railroad square where we went to the dock built with white & grey low Victorian-style buildings. We purchased tickets to take the boats across the harbor costing us Dutch 25 cents each. We then catch the bus for 45 minutes across to Volendam, a nearby fishing village. Across from us, sat a woman in Dutch costume with narrow crochet scant in blue & white design with tassels. A man wore wooden shoes. I see no windmills, but many dykes. We arrived at Volendam, a small quaint quiet village, about 1430. It looks like only married women wear Dutch clothing. The children dress like ours. There were many tiny 2 story houses with a peaked 2nd story. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Up at 0700. Dress, pack & out of Room 3 of Hoksbergen Hotel. Down to breakfast at 0800. Cheese, ham (thin slices), toast with butter, jam & soft boiled egg with coffee & tea. Stan pays the bill with a Travel Cheque as the young cook & waiter said “not American Express” as the mistress told us yesterday. We talked awhile to a couple from New York who are on their way to Munich. Our taxi arrives at 845 for the railroad station. Gib checks Lost & Found for his Alpine hat. No luck. We go up to platform 2 & wait for the Brussels car to be hooked on. It is a small 2nd class section with 4 groups of seats. We depart at 920. Our first stop is at Haarlem. The countryside is flat. I see trucks, dairy farms, & some old-style windmills at last. I can’t take pictures as the sun is on one side & the reflection is on the other side. I love my view of the canals, houseboats, immense field of flower (mostly chrysanthemums) hothouses. Our next stop is at Delft & then on to Rotterdam. We pass small wooden square frames with clotheslines sticking out of apartment windows. Farmland again. Next stop Dordrecht. Spend one last guilder & 30 cents on one coffee & Coke which we share. An elderly woman gets on & scolds a young man for smoking. Then makes him close the window & she closes the door. She spoke to me across the aisle this time in English & said it makes her furious to see people smoking in the NO SMOKING car. Later, after she leaves for the restaurant car, everyone lights up opening the windows, relaxes, laughs & talks about the old grouch. Next stop is Roosendaal. A lady gets on with her collie who nuzzles Mary & visits everyone. This makes us realize how much we miss our dog still in Japan waiting for us to arrive in the United States. We cross the border into Belgium. We arrive in Antwerp at 1145. Stan exchanges for the Belgium franc (49 francs to the American $1.00)."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We arrived in Brussels by 1230, according to my dad’s itinerary. We stayed at the Hotel Carlton-Brouse. Martha makes a note that it was “not so good.” Martha continues our adventure in her 1965 Christmas letter, "We stayed for an overnight where we saw the old Guild Houses, the flower market, & the old royal palace with its gardens. We had hoped to go to Paris, but </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">time & money were running out."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">We arrive in Zurich, Switzerland, at 1520. We wait in front of a candy wagon full of pretty boxes of Swiss chocolates, while Stan & Gib phone hotel & get a cab. We take the taxi to Rothus Hotel, a local pension,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> which </span>rates #5 out of </span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;">Europe on $5 A Day</span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">. HAHA. According to the book it states, “another big hotel located in the most interesting area of Zurich, the Niederdorf, just a block or two from the river, in the center of the city, but in a quaint, unchanged, medieval section of town, filled with narrow streets for walkers only, statues &</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11px;"> </span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> fountains at every small plaza, & packed also with cafes & nightspots of Zurich. The Rothus </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">(whose lobby is one flight up) is above a nightclub, whose activity & noise may disturb, but may delight you. It is a large place with over 100 beds, neat & proper in a clean, woodsy old-fashioned Swiss-style (there are big feather blankets on each bed). The prices are fairly good for high-priced Zurich.” </span></div>
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We walked along the Isar River & pass the Friedensengel or the Angel of Peace which was erected in 1899 celebrating 25 years of peace in Germany (1875-1899).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Up at 7AM. All took cold showers in the shower stall in our room. Across the hall was the toilet. Sink in our room. Pack, dress & outside to look for pastry & coffee for breakfast. Found one around the corner toward the railroad station. Very tidy. Delicious looking pastries & candies. There were blueprint glass-covered tablecloths on their tables. We choose assorted pastries & divided them between us. Coffee & hot chocolate. Bought assorted cookies for lunch. Then on to the Platz, a big toy store. I ran into a hat shop, but Alpine hat for D.M. 9.50 ($2.20) was a child’s hat. Ladies’ hats too expensive, so I didn’t get any. Joined others in the toy shop. Gib bought some MÄRKLIN train cars. (2 for DM 16 = $4). Mary & I look at dolls & dollhouses & furniture. Fabulous miniature assortments & styles. They even had a little schoolhouse with playground equipment. There were 2 nuns buying quite a bit for an orphanage. I found little dishes for Barbie ($1.00), a tiny baby doll DM 1.50=38¢) for Mary to play with on train & German boy & girl dolls, 5 inches for her collection @ DM 12.50=$3.25). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lodging & meals cheap in Munich, but material things are expensive. They mixed up our purchase in the toy store as every purchase is sent </span><span style="font-size: large;">to a big purchase & wrapping counter. They had the wrong doll in our basket, I ran back to exchange it but had to run back again as it belonged to someone else. From there, Stan & Gib walked back to Pension Ancora for our bags to check out, while Mary & I went over to the Hauptbahnhof railroad station via another street. We stopped in a hat shop & got a brush & medal for Dad’s Alpine hat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we went to </span><span style="font-size: large;">the railroad station laundry & dry cleaning to pick up our clean clothes that came to DM 22. I did not have enough so we went to the exchange office. Very busy. Took me about 20 minutes & when I got back to the dry cleaners Stan & Gib were already there. I thought we might be able to make the 1018 train, but we were too late by the time we got the rest of our bags checked out of the Hondgespack (baggage check room). We then put the clean clothes in the bags & to platform 15. Our train came in about 1130 & Gib ran aboard to get seats. We took the luggage on & left the children to write postcards while Stan & I went for more DMs, postcards, stamps & lunch. Stan had picked up some grapes, so I got some milk, round hard rolls, & some wurst for sandwiches. I dashed around the corner for big yellow pears. On the way back to train, I spied some apfelstaf (apple cider) on one of the rolling buffets & just had to have some. Since taking one’s lunch on the train is common, the stations are well prepared, even have special bags to carry it in. A large group of young Italian men took up the car in front of us. Each carrying one large suitcase & numerous bags of salamis & loaves of bread, etc. We departed Munich with 2 women in our 6 seat compartment (2nd<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class) Compartment has </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Up at 7AM. Dress & pack up. Check out. Walk across the square from Central Hotel to Haupttionhaf Railroad Station. Very modern. But not the variety of shops & buffets as in Munich & Zurich. I put postcards in the mailbox & gave our film to Sgt. in the U.S. waiting room at the far end of station.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> (Americans gave the undeveloped film to a U.S. military room at local railroad stations if there was a U.S. base in that city to be mailed to a known address of a home U.S. military base.) </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Coopers left Greece the night before for an 18-hour cruise across the Ionian/Adriatic<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Seas to Italy. Martha writes a quick detailed postcard to her family telling them about our time in Greece. Nice to know that we had a personal cabin to sleep in on our way to another country. To this 9-year-old, it is much better than trying to sleep on a plane!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We departed Naples at 1100 & arrived in Rome at 1315. We visited Rome for 7 hours. We were able to see the Roman Forum, the Coliseum, the Catacombs & </span><span style="font-size: large;">St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We take a tour bus out to the Catacombs of Domitilla, the largest in Rome, covering 11 miles of caves. We were led into the underground burial tunnels by a guide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our tour bus takes us back to the central city & we move on to the Vatican. We purchased tickets to go inside. </span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My brother, Gib, was on a hunt for postage stamps as we visited each country to add to his collection. My mother was adding to my doll collection that she started when other friends & my father would bring to me after they returned from a foreign country.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a photo of my collection from 1962. This also included my miniature dog collection. We would also find dolls from each country for Mary on this current trip which I just retrieved from photos waiting to be placed in my travel scrapbook mentioned in a previous post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We depart Tehran, Iran, at 0720 taking Air France to Beirut, Lebanon. We arrive at Beirut at 0810 to depart within the hour to fly to Athens, </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We awaken early & have breakfast to walk around this beautiful aged historic city. My mother uses her Kodak Instamatic camera & my father uses his movie camera visualizing our moves. My parents were planning to show these films & slides to the family when we returned to the U. S.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remember being amazed by the beautiful women </span><span style="font-size: large;">carvings on the Porch of the Caryatids at the Erechtheum temple dedicated to Athena & Poseidon.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We continue to walk on the south side of the Acropolis to the Dionysus Theater. This theater is in a more ruinous state than the previous one as it was built in the 6th century BC, 800 years earlier. Stan and Mary sit in the High Priest’s marble seat. We continued on to see Ancient Agora which was the central business area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We left Japan on</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Monday, 27 Sep 1965, with plans flying as much as we could with the military. Getting out of Japan with no scheduled flights was adventurous, but I would not do it now as an adult. Flying from Yokosuka to Okinawa, Japan, then on to the Philippines with delays; & then on to Saigon, South Vietnam, & on to Bangkok, Thailand. We experienced a couple of delays with plane & later war problems in New Dehli, India. My parents then moved on to commercial flights. My father made arrangements for us to fly with Air France to Columbo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) &</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">transfer to another flight to Karachi, Pakistan, & another transfer flight to Tehran, Iran. What happened was the adventure!</span><br />
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<span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I awake at about 0730 but lie in bed as the others sleep soundly. The phone rings at 9AM, Mr. Peter asking if we want to tour the Royal Grand Palace. Told him we had other plans. Woke everyone up to get dressed & down to breakfast. Children had pancakes with white Karo syrup. They said tasted like doughnuts. My drip dray dress needs no pressing. Our packed bags ready to be removed from the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">room. After breakfast took a cab to the American Embassy, through Embassy Row. Our cab driver pointed out many interesting spots to us. “The White House” he called the Prime Ministers residence also called the Kittakacharn, He drives on the left side of the road. There are pictures of the King & Queen Sirikit everywhere. We passed the MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Compound which we later returned to after leaving the U.S. Embassy. To this point, I was much impressed by apparent cleanliness & wide neat streets of Bangkok; but, driving through the Chinatown district was an eye-opener as this area was the complete opposite of Bangkok with congested traffic & filthy streets. The people seem pleasant & happy enough though. After leaving the embassy, it took at least an hour to go a few blocks to reach the MAAG Compound. Noticed the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thai equivalent of a lei in the flower shops. They are straight in length of various colored rope with fancy knotted tassels on either end. I noticed theses hung around the necks of a few passengers at the airport. At the Compound, our cab driver waits. At the exchange, we bought more film. Also saw the Indian stripe Madras bedspreads I’ve been wanting to get for Gib. They were $2.75 ($2.95 at Clark) but didn’t have in blue-green. Stan had to go to an office for a special permit to buy cigars. Mary & I look around. I broke my sunglasses in half at the nose piece. Bought new ones (blue) as that was all they had for 60¢ but not as good as my American opticals. Mary & I looked around the Oriental shop upstairs but they didn’t have much. In the area was also a commissary, a very busy place. We were back to the cab who took us back through the congestion to a stamp store where Gib got Thai stamps & I bought & wrote postcards. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our cabbie waited & then took us back to the hotel about 1430. For ฿70 ($3.50) we had a 3-hour tour of the city. In the lobby restroom to freshen up & in the Silver Room at the hotel for lunch. Mr. Elhail joined us for a short chat. The desk clerk came in to tell us they removed our bags from room. After lunch, we waited in lobby playing cards, writing, etc. until airport transportation arrived at 5PM. Drove different route out of the city where we saw country sights on back roads than on the main highway. At the airport, our luggage taken directly to Air France check-in & Stan didn’t even have the tickets! While he arranges for the tickets, he learns we can only use American Express Card to Paris or New York. What a predicament as we only brought $300 Travel Cheques with us intending to go American Express all the way. He has to straighten this out by buying tickets all the way to Paris & will be reimbursed when we get to Paris, even though we are going to Tehran. While children & I wait in the lounge, our flight is announced & there is no Stan. He finally arrives just as the bus is loading for our plane. We ride out to the plane & board. We have a French &<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a Japanese stewardess & a French steward in our section. Many empty seats so Stan & Gib share 3 seats. Mary & I the 3 behind them. Many nationalities represented. A young pregnant woman with a small baby about 1 year sit across from us. We take off at 1900. Towels & candy. I read the paper, Dad & I have Scotch & water, followed by a delicious dinner from a French menu. Beef with mushroom gravy, cooked celery hearts, Prosciutto ham salad & vegetable salad, canned water, French rolls, fresh Thai fruits & later café. Mary went to sleep & I tried to go to sleep. Stan & Gib play cards & sleep. We arrive at Colombo, Ceylon,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>about 1945 with a one-hour stopover. Airport terminal rather primitive lent of tropical atmosphere, open with rough tables & rattan chairs. As Mary & I walk hand in hand, she tripped on step & turned her ankle. Almost took me down with her. I got her in a chair & I examined her, it looks OK. Everyone was concerned. Airport office comes to inquire. Ceylonese waiter & attendant, Indian type, bare feet, long white skirts with white mess jackets. Stan & Gib to post office desk to buy stamps. Mary & I join them. A young mother asked if I could speak English & then she asked for help. She is a Belgian evacuee from East Pakistan </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">(now Bangladesh)</span><span style="font-size: large;">, who spent 15 days at the Belgian embassy in Bangkok, she got word from the Belgian government that her husband (a Doctor) had left East Pakistan on the 29th to Ceylon. She wanted Stan to call a certain Catholic hospital to see if he might be there as Belgium has no government representative in Ceylon. She was on her way home but wanted to talk to her husband if she could find him. She is 6 months pregnant & with an 11-month old baby, Isabel. She says she started to learn English only 6 months ago. Does very good. After many phone calls, Stan was unable to locate her husband. While waiting, Mary & I played with little Isabel. We were served a carbonated grape or lime drink. The grape was different but good. We return to our plane, a Boeing 707. We spoke Japanese to the Japanese stewardess & learned she lived in Yokohama. Announcements made in French, English & Japanese. We taxied down the runway but called back to the terminal for some unknown reason. We were asked to depart from the plane. When we got back on, Gib was not with us so Dad ran all way back to the terminal. Gib had gone back to the men’s room. We took off at 2145. Slept to Karachi.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">courtesy of Air France. Spoke to a German couple & back to plane. We took off at 0200 & slept to Tehran. We arrived at 0330. We went through immigration. It was very cold. Mary & I were freezing in our summer dresses. Get luggage & taken to Carlton Hotel near the American Embassy by Air France in their minibus. The driver tried to talk us into Tehran Palace Hotel. [Maybe he knew this would be a better place for us to stay.] Arrived hotel at 0400. Had to wait for a desk clerk. Very sullen. Steward took us to 6th floor. 2 rooms. Would not give us 1 room with an extra bed at that hour. Our first reaction to this hotel was one of disappointment. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Stan complained that the rooms were not cleaned nor ready, so they took us to 2 more. Stan & Gib in a suite, Mary & I across the hall in a smaller room. Our room had an unpleasant odor. But, we were too tired to think of anything but sleep, so to bed. Cold, as no blanket, only a sheet over us. Awake at 9AM. Stan & I discuss the room arrangement. Move all luggage into Stan's room. Dress & down to breakfast at 10:15. The waiter told us breakfast was served from 7-10, but for us, he would serve. The hotel had lots of marble & Persian rugs. Small hotel, the simple dining room just off the lobby with about 8 tables, a TV set & sofa arrangement in front of the TV. We had a simple breakfast of fried eggs, french rolls, Nescafe, butter & very good cherry preserves for the cold dry toast. After breakfast, Stan arranged for us to share their suite with extra beds in the sitting room for Gib & Mary. After breakfast, we took a walk seeing sights. Most places enclosed by high walls. Came to a square where we took pics in front of a statue. There were Iranian & Austrian flags galore in honor of a visit by Austrian president Jonas. Took a left turn off the square where there were many gift & Persian rug shops. Stopped in one where we looked at brass samovars & lanterns. Considered a lantern for $4. Walked further then took a right which brought us on to a more dilapidated street with curb shops (covered stands) selling mostly clothing, household wares, etc. One food cart had huge red beets cooked over charcoal pots with syrup to go over them. We stopped in a shabby looking restaurant for soft drinks (Pepsi & Orange seem to be only available). Big pot over fireboat at the entrance contains white thick pasty looking substance. Flatbreads in all sizes & shapes (round or oval) being handled & sold by street vendors. We saw horse & donkey carts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a street corner police box, Stan asked the man for directions to the Bazaar. We took a right & strolled in front of metal worker shops, broom making shops of little boys working diligently with great pride in their speed while we watched. Junk sellers including buttons on the bare sidewalk. Some people with just a few items to sell. One with empty jars of all sizes & shapes. Clothes where some must have been 10 times used. Herds of sheep with paint marks being guided through streets. Turn right into what we thought was the Bazaar. I hung on to my purse. Stan tells me that the men were staring at Mary & me. We hurried through the narrow dirt street where we came to an opening where more vendors sold their items on the ground, including old sewing machines, old phonographs, rusty locks & keys, & birds. We looked for a way out & took it. We walked on until we came to a mosque. In front of the mosque were stalls selling mostly chrome samovars & scales of all sizes, mortar & pestles in brass. Into walled mosque area where we looked into the open central area & watched the men at prayer. We moved on & took a cab back to the hotel.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> They b</span><span style="font-size: large;">rought an extra bed in for Gib. We got bathed & dressed after a short nap. Stan & Gib out to stamp & music stores. They came back with a Persian flute of 2 reeds, very difficult to play. Need lots of wind. We took a cab to the US Armed Forces O’ Club in the hilly suburbs. Women were dressed in their chada, mostly black & some small dull prints. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">At 0500 Gib woke me up to feel his head. He was burning with fever. His temperature was 102.° The family went to breakfast while he stayed in bed. At 0700 Stan went to the American Embassy. I sent tea up for Gib. Mary & I went back to the room. Gib’s temp 104º. Stan returns. Says Navy Attache Capt. McCarthy sending his car at 1PM to take us to the hospital. We stayed in the hotel. We had dry </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Prosciutto</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">ham sandwichs & coffee for lunch as full one meal costs $2 each for a French menu. Waited for McCarthy's car. About 1330 Mrs. McCarthy herself arrived. Very friendly & apologetic as she had taken other out of town friends shopping & didn’t know she had to be back at noon. Stan said Capt. McCarthy had tried to call her so I could go shopping with them too. She & their Iranian driver, Aly, took us </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica";">the long distance out to the Army Hospital in the suburbs. Very nice hospital. Mrs. McCarthy went home. She then sent Aly back for us. Also offered her car for sightseeing tomorrow. Accepted. We spent about 2 hrs. in the hospital. Saw Dr. Houston. He told that Gib had a viral influenza. Temp still 104º. Aspirin, bed rest, lots of fluids. Aly takes us back to hotel. Gib back to bed about 1600. Putter around room. Then Mary, Dad & I around went around the corner to Semiramis Hotel for dinner on their roof garden. Have drinks. They have glass walls so we have a night view of the city. Watched the wild vehicular travel at the intersection below. Mary & Dad had a big chicken dinner. I had a chelo-kabob, which I couldn’t eat. It was a plain lamb (more like tough mutton) kabob on plain white long grain rice. Tasteless with a peculiar odor. This might be a little more decorative but the food at Carlton is better. After dinner, we walked back to the hotel. Watch TV for a while. American Armed Forces TV service from 4-11 PM. So to bed.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica";"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We tried to get a military flight out of Iran, but would have to wait a week. As it was we spent 4 days there as Gib had a seize of traveler’s disease. The senior Naval Attache, Captain McCarthy, & his wife were wonderful to us. They took us to the US Hospital & gave us their car & driver to get around. They even invited us to stay at their house, but we thought it would be too embarrassing for Gib. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, while he stayed in the hotel room, the rest of us were driven outside the city to see the way of life in Iran. We saw the old Shah’s tomb, watched the antiquated method of cleaning Persian rugs, & then toured the city; browsing around the old bazaar & other markets. We saw the crown jewels, the Shaw’s palace & made other many interesting observations too numerous to mention. I’m sure we saw all there was to be seen in Tehran. After Gib licked his problem, we flew again by Air France through Beirut, Lebanon, to Athens, Greece.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">On our way back from Japan to the United States, my parents decided to take a world trip covering Southeast Asia, the Middle East & Europe in a six-week period. My mother, brother & I would visit the foreign country embassies in Tokyo to get the proper approvals needed to enter these countries. We also had to obtain the required health shots to enter each of these countries. My father was out at sea at this time. Some places, we would have to leave our passports overnight & pick up the following day, most of the middle eastern countries required this action.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica";"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica";">My father had to obtain a passport as he was travelling as a US citizen without military coverage.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica";"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">His mother, my Nana, wrote a comment on the top in green. She would pass on my parents' letters & photos to other family members as they were just as interested in our military lifestyle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just came across this photo of Nana (on the right) sharing a letter & photo from her son with a relative, who came for a Sunday afternoon lunch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My parents keep a travel journal. I just recently found this journal in a box with her files & paper souvenirs from this trip. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">Inside this travel journal, my father kept track of the expenses spent in each country along with the travel itinerary. My mother kept a detailed TO-DO list for items to complete before we left Japan. She also listed all of the consulates in Yokohama & Tokyo. She then wrote pages for each of the countries we were interested in visiting keeping a list of requirements & recommendations for each country. These included England, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Belgium, Germany, India, Italy, Kuwait, Netherlands, Denmark, Pakistan, Switzerland, South Vietnam, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Republic (Emirates), Turkey, Iran, Luxembourg, Iraq, Isreal, Jordan & Lebanon. We did not visit all of these countries as planned, yet memories of the ones we saw will never be forgotten.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I knew about the slides as 30 years ago my mother had photos made of all of our travel slides. I wanted to make a scrapbook of those memories back then, jeesh, I am still working on that scrapbook! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were no rooms available. We were sent out to Diamond Apts. in Angeles for 2 rooms. We took a 3-hour snooze. We were up & back to the base in a cab. I had time to take dirty clothes to the laundry. I went to the Base Exchange to get a book bag for Mary & other</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">necessary items. Then off to the Officer’s Club where Dad & I have a couple of Old Fashions in the cocktail lounge. Gib & Mary watch T.V. We join the children & watch with them. They were watching an old movie with Tyrone Power & Joan Fontaine, “</span><b style="font-size: x-large;">This</b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Above All</b><span style="font-size: large;">.” We walked to the Rathskeller dining room for dinner at 5PM. Mary & I enjoy seeing the pretty dresses & a lady with pink hair. After dinner, we were off to the Kelly Theater for the </span><span style="font-size: large;">movie “</span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Carry On Spying.” </b><span style="font-size: large;">Crazy! We were over to the Kelly Restaurant for milkshakes & we caught the Microbus back to the Diamond Apts.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Wednesday, 29 September 1965</span> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Up at 7AM. Depart Diamond Apartments in their micro-bus after waiting until the driver shines it up to return us to the terminal at Clark AFB. It was crowded with commercial plane crews & luggage. We got off at Kelly Restaurant for breakfast. We walked over to the Air Base Hotel (motel style) to see if rooms were available. We contacted Mr. Sanchez at the billeting office. Sanchez has 1 room. We’ll take it with an extra cot. We took the cab to the Base Hotel. It was so much nicer than Diamond Apts. Stan & Gib go to pick up laundry & dry cleaning. We go see the 5PM movie </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Mr. Terrors House of Horrors. </b><span style="font-size: large;">Dinner at Kelly's at</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">7PM. Back to the room where I repack bags more conveniently. Showers. Do hand laundry for the last 2 days. Hung it all over the room. Mary sound asleep fast. Gib & Dad play cards. Teasing & uncooperative. Mother annoyed. To bed about 10:30. Martha makes a post comment on driving on the right side of the street. "I felt like it was all wrong. This is after driving on the left side of the streets in Japan for 18 months."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Thurs. Sept. 30 1965</span> - Up at 0400. Took down still damp laundry. Check out of room 21 (Clark AFB Hotel). Motor Pool Taxi to MATS Terminal at 0530. While standing by for Stan to check arrangements, a large group of men leave for Saigon, gave them God’s blessings. Lovely sunrise of blues & pinks, Gib & I out to see it better. When return, Stan says flight delayed until 1515. He should have phoned before coming to terminal. A very pleasant Sargent told us to check bags on the flight. So, since Stan was advised to change to civilian clothes, we took cases needed & checked others, then we were on the M.P. taxi back to the hotel who allowed us back in our room at 7AM. Gib & I hungry so went to Kelly Restaurant for breakfast. Dad & Mary back to bed. Took them doughnuts, but sound asleep. Arranged Stan’s civilian clothes, packed uniform & to bed. Phone (Sanchez) rang at 0900 when we vacated the room. Can’t sleep anymore as power mower going outside. Gib & Dad play Gin Rummy. Leave room 1030. Relax, wait in the lobby & I read the paper. Cab to O’Club at 1200. Lunch in the main dining room, play cards in the TV room until 1330. Cab to the terminal - check rest of bags by 1400. Play cards while waiting. Mary working on her multiplication tables when our flight was announced. This was a typical military transport, grey, nothing fancy. An airman was our steward, loud & clear. Very hot. Depart Clark AFB at 1520. Mary fussed about it. We try to tell her to relax. Jet flight at 35,000 ft. Her ears were affected. She was comfortable after we were airborne. Served cold cup water. Then help self to coffee. Play cards. Teach Mary 6x tables. No windows in plane. Baggage loaded behind the pilot cabin in canvas webbing. There were about 4 dependent families aboard. After we landed, we watched soldiers getting off. We were at the Tan San Nheit Airport, in Saigon, South Vietnam, at 1730. As we got off the plane we noticed we were guarded by rifle bearing troops to the terminal. </span><span style="font-size: large;">We were herded into the restaurant because they wanted to keep us together so we can be found (so they say). Four or five Vietnamese planes land & unload while there. People interesting. Old woman with cane guided by girl child about 12. Had soft drinks & coffee. Outside to wait & watch the sunset. Airmen with revolvers on hips carrying small locked boxes. We board the plane & depart at 1945 for Bangkok, Thailand. Same affects. Play cards. Write in this diary. We arrive at the military side of the U-Tapao Pattaya International Airport. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;">We then got on an Air</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Force bus to Bangkok International Airport on a </span><span style="font-size: large;">back bouncy dirt-road partway to another highway</span><span style="font-size: large;">. Bangkok Airport was large, new, beautiful, & busy. We were herded through. All dependents except us were departed to their planes. Our delay was due to radar trouble. Our family on to JUSMAG (Joint US Military Assistant Group), others returning from leave, two army men to the embassy in New Delhi, courier & discharged soldier going to New Delhi. We have rushed repast of soup in a restaurant. 10 baht, their currency. Mary was fussy. Back to the waiting room. Learn of delay. Take Mary back for a hamburger to go. 85 baht & 2 cakes 5 baht. Back to the waiting lounge. The bus takes us to the other side. Further delay. Back to International to wait some more. Had light supper in a restaurant with 3 other passengers. We were informed at midnight that our plane was delayed to 1400 tomorrow.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the hotel, they have 2 rooms for us. No luggage. Stan talks them into letting 4 in 1 room as beds 3/4. Room 310. Sleep immediately. Up at 0600. Bathe & </span><span style="font-size: large;">dress </span><span style="font-size: large;">into same clothes & down to lobby. From the window with porch, we see 2 priests with saffron robes & beg bags. The desk clerk said it was time for breakfast in hotel </span><span style="font-size: large;">restaurant. We were served a choice of fresh fruit beautifully arranged on a platter. Thai sweet pineapple, red papaya, bananas. Ordered breakfast, but before it came, the car from the Klong Tour had arrived. We had paid for Tour #1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our guide, Mr. Peter was joined by Mr. Ahmed S. Elhail of Kuwait just from a month each in Burma & Malaysia. We took a 20-minute ride to the Chao Phraya River where we got on a covered motorboat. He took us down the river under a bridge & into a klong or canal. At the entry to our first klong (canal), there were large rafts of bamboo poles tied together forming open squares. I missed a good shot of the fishermen below throwing their net into the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The river is very muddy looking. A raft was blocking the way including large barges. Our boat helped push the raft, then got by.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Little children were waving western style to us, then gave us a Thai style greeting of folded hands & a bow. In the river, they bathe, wash dishes, eliminate, wash clothes. Women & many men are in sarong type skirts in which they bathe in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stop at a Thai silk factory. We watch men spinning & women weaving. Many beautiful colors. There was a souvenirs shop at the front. The weavers are in the back. A spinner & a weaver were delighted in touching Mary. They squeezed her arm & touched her face. One gave her blue silk thread. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We went on up the river to the other side. We were off at Wat Aroon Temple. Some towers Thai style & the smaller ones were Cambodian style. Very decorative Chinese porcelain pieces. Many were broken off. A close look shows the use of broken dishes, cups, chips, etc. We saw 3-headed elephants in the main central tower. Mary, Gib & I walk up halfway, which was steep with high steps. Mr. Elhail helped Mary down the other side. Nice view. I bought a color slide set for $5. Had soft drinks. Bought 4 Thai ties at 75¢ each. We went up the remaining part of the river coming back into the boat landing from the opposite side. Our micro-bus brought us back to the Thai Hotel. Gib & Mr. Elhail discover both are stamp collectors. He invites us to his room for drinks. Mary & I freshen up. Dad checks out. Join Mr. Elhail for best drinks of Scotch I ever had. Really hit me as no food yet. He showed us the fortune in stamps he bought from Barneo, Burnei, Sarawak, Singapore, Malaysia. He must be loaded. Very friendly. Exchange addresses. Engaged to be married next year. He spoke very good English as he was educated in England. We hurry to catch a cab to the airport. There we join other passengers for lunch. Too much food. Lunch for about ฿25 = $1.25 of cream tom soup, white fish with wine sauce, mashed potatoes, then ox tong, boiled potatoes, grilled onion, green beans, & carrots, coffee, rolls, butter, fresh fruit compote (pineapple, banana, papaya - delicious combination). Chat for a while & back to the waiting room, flight again delayed. Now 1545. At 1600, we were informed that the flight is not going to New Delhi as we can’t get aircraft clearance due to accelerated activity in the Indo -Pakistani War; so it’s going back to Clark in the Philippines. Do we want to go back to the Philippines? Yes? No! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Hope our world trip doesn’t end here.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Let’s make inquiries on commercial flights. This is a busy airport. Planes coming in & out regularly. All airlines represented. Stan inquires at Air France. I go down to Air India. Air India has nothing going for 2 days. Air France tomorrow night at 1855. Price for 3 & 1/2 about $1200. Takes about 45 min. to get all the information. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Stan calls back the Thai Hotel. OK. Take airport transportation back to the hotel after hassling with cab drivers with cabs too small for all of us & our luggage. At the hotel, we meet Mr. Elhail at the desk, so we invite him for a drink in the Silver Room Restaurant & Bar. We have a lively discussion with him. He’s disgusted with way free-spending Americans have made it so expensive for other nationals to travel. He gave large cities like Tokyo, as an example. On his recent trip to a small town outside of Tokyo, he asked someone of his opinion of Americans. They like our money but, they don’t like us. I made a defence for us. Stan partially agreed with him. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Elhail t</span><span style="font-size: large;">old us a little about Kuwait where he was from. We went to our room to bathe & relax before a nice dinner at the Silver Room. After dinner, back our room, Stan wrote letters & I laundered my drip-dry dress & hoped it will require no pressing tomorrow morning. I seem to be living in it. Everyone was very tired & slept soundly.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<br />FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-6600019921834112012020-05-14T13:23:00.000-07:002020-05-14T13:23:48.490-07:00Domain of the Golden Dragon: Crossing the Two Main Longitudes - Part 3 <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part 3</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">My father was serving as the Operations Officer on the USS Oklahoma City CLG-5 in 1963. The following year, this vessel was sent to Japan during the Vietnam War. We were living in southern California at the time, the ship was sent on ahead to Yokosuka, Japan, with my father on it. My mother was left to rent their home during our time away. She packed our belongings, some for storage & others to be sent on to Japan. My mother drove up to San Francisco to the same port where we previously met the MSTS GENERAL DANIEL I. SULTON now for the second time. This time, we brought another passenger with us, our dog, a Shetland Sheep Dog.</span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Monday, 29 June 1964</span> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">We arrived at the Oakland Naval Supply Center & had to wait for the office to open at 7 A.M. I made arrangements for shipping & then took the car to the shipping lot. They arranged transportation to the bus stop to Ft. Mason. The driver was very helpful and paternal. It was damp and windy. He told us we should go into the restaurant to wait as we had an hour. We had some more breakfast. We had trouble getting all of our luggage on the bus. Finally, another passenger, Marine Captain, Jack Davis, helped us. He, too, was going on the Sultan to Sasebo with his wife, Barbara and son, David, 5 years old. We stopped at Treasure Island, the Federal Building in San Francisco & then to Ft. Mason. No trouble getting a room at the Hostess House. Everything very convenient. There was the Exchange, which was closing out, we were able to get a few things we needed. It also included a restaurant, Beauty Shop, barbershop & processing center. After settling in our room, old but comfortable, and resting, we took a walk about the Fort </span><span style="font-size: large;">to explore and make good use of the binoculars. After dinner, we went to the bowling alley, but couldn’t bowl as it was league night & they just had two lanes. We watched for a while, then went back to our rooms and read. I wrote a letter to Stan & cards to family. We had a sink in our room but had to use the community bath. Many children about, noisy and restless, & tired travelling mothers.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Tuesday, 30 June 1964</span> - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Up about 7:30. Breakfast. Processing for travel at 9A.M. Had to have flu shots. Picked up passports from Mrs. Otis & got boarding instructions. After lunch, Gib went to the barber, Mary & I to the beauty shop. Later, took a walk away from</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Ft. Mason and around the adjacent</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">North Shore. Watched some old Italian men playing Bocci Ball. Walked to Hyde St. where we found the cable car turntable. Took a ride all the way to downtown San Francisco, got off white the car was turned around, & on again for the ride back. This took us through part of China Town. It was cold & windy during our walk back to Ft. Mason. Had dinner & went bowling. Back at our room,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">I reorganized the luggage & took it to the designated spot for pick up in the morning. Martha writes a letter to Stan.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Wednesday, 1 July 1964</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> - </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">The Big Day of Departure. Up early for breakfast. Boarded the Navy Bus, which took us to Oakland. At the port, we check on Sasha (our dog), & took him through the Vet’s station. Mr. Russell had brought him & his supplies. Gib took him aboard & put him in a cold steel cage where he had a very uncomfortable voyage. Then we went back through the boarding line, had our papers checked & were escorted to our cabin #218. Next to the one #222 which we had occupied on our previous trip on the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">MSTS GENERAL DANIEL I. SULTON.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">As per Stan’s advice & instructions & remembering the earlier voyage, we unpacked & got the cabin in order. The army band was on the pier playing farewell songs, so we went up to listen & take pictures.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Monday, 6 July 1964</span> - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">The daily routine is becoming monotonous but relaxing & enjoyable. Up at 7AM. Breakfast at 0800. Lunch at 12:15. Dinner at 5:15. Bingo again tonight; but I choose to go to the movie “My Geisha.” It was excellent. But the screen flew up in the middle of the movie. Gib got up to pull it down but couldn’t reach it. Others tried, but it was stuck. At least 20 min. went by before it was repaired. In the meantime, I went out on the deck & met the Master of the ship, Capt. Harrington. Filled out immigration forms today. The officers in charge of the Military Dept. are all very wonderful. The Special Services officer is very good - trying to keep everybody busy and happy. The Chaplain doing the same with the children. I had to pay subsistence & pet charges today. We had to bring Sasha’s food with us, plus dishes, leash, muzzle & blanket. The charge of $7.50 was for his cage. Charge for Gib, Mary & I was about $50. Where else can one get on a two-week cruise for that? It might not be a luxurious trip, but it is comfortable & everyone is very kind. We have an adjoining bath to our cabin & a steward to clean it every day. No tipping allowed. Excellent table service at meals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">woman & teenager who was the earliest aboard to have crossed before. The initiation consisted of blindfolding, then having the individual put his hand in a can of cooked cold spaghetti and were told it was worms; walking barefoot over “glass” (eggshells); putting faces in a pig trough to remove an olive from salad fixings; greasing the area around the mouth and blowing hard into a cup of flour; raw eggs broken overhead, ice cubes down clothes, etc. I busied myself taking pictures. Mary laughed very hard at it all & Gib </span><span style="font-size: large;">assisted inside the cage. Later at dinner, we confessed to the Burkes that we had never been through initiation as we had crossed in 1957 on Christmas Day & we celebrated Christmas instead. This made Tottie & DeeDee furious as they had been the target of our personal harassment. This evening there was a Shipwreck Dance; but again I went to the movie, “Woman of Distinction” with Rosalind Russell. Funny. Later, joined Tottie and Bob in their cabin.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the next few days before Marty gets here…get a Japanese driver’s license, find our new house, buy some Japanese furnishings for the place, staple foodstuffs, registrations forms for Japanese license plates for the car & whatever else I run into. Since we will be the flagship for Vice Admiral Johnson who is the Commander of the Seventh Fleet there will be a lot of responsibility in my hands which I cannot afford to make mistakes at this time as my name will be appearing before the selection board for Commander next month. Mary is enthusiastically looking forward to her new home in a new land. Come to think of it, she is about the same age that Gib was when he first went to the Philippines. We are anticipating a good tour of duty here & plan as a family for all of us to climb Mt. Fuji all the way there to the top so we can have something to remark about for the rest of our lives. I hope to hire a maid before Marty gets here.”</span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Friday, 10 July 1964</span> - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Routine day. Foul weather. Fog and rain. Sick passenger doing satisfactorily. Went up to see Sasha. He’s most unhappy. There is a laundry where the wash is done for us, & an ironing room in which we can do our own ironing. I had long chat with Betty Jennings today. They just came from Lemoore, where he was a maintenance officer. We had to fill out more papers. Talent contest in the Lounge tonight. Some very good. I was a spectator, of course. Got sea-sick today.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Sunday, 12 July 1964</span> - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">After Sunday school, children played Bingo. I attended Debarkation meeting for all those passengers getting off in Yokohama. First stop. Then the ship goes on to Okinawa, Korea, & back to Sasebo before the trip home to San Francisco. Sayonara dance tonight in the lounge. Went to 1800 (6PM) movie with Mary in the playroom to see “Pollyanna.”</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Monday, 13 July 1964</span> - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">We were up early & very excited about our arrival & seeing Daddy again. Put our baggage in the corridor & had breakfast. We saw land & a few fishing boats & freighters from our porthole. Got more excited as we came up Tokyo Bay. Thought we could see Yokohama, but no one seemed certain. Tried to take some pictures, but it was too hazy. Went through Immigration after the Officials</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">boarded in the Lounge. Very fast & out on deck again as we came closer to the pier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Could not see Stan anywhere. I lost my sunglasses over the side. A band was playing a Welcome song for us. We said good-bye to those we would not be seeing again & went ashore. We waited for about 30 minutes for Stan inside the terminal. Finally, he came, looking thin and pale, gave me a quick kiss & headed for the men’s room. Poor fellow! He had been sick in bed all weekend. He was late as he had trouble finding the North Pier where we tied up. After introductions to Bob & Tottie, he changed our money for us, got our baggage into the old broken down auto-bus that belongs to the Oklahoma City.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">He & Gib went to get Sasha who was very excited. It was hot & humid. I ran into the Exchange & bought myself another pair of sunglasses & we headed for Kamakura & our new home. Yokohama was not a very pretty site & the streets were busy & crowded. The Japanese drivers are mad & dear Stan was acting like one of them. We hung on for dear life. Somewhere along the way, we took a wrong turn.”</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our next trip back to the United States was in the fall of 1965. My parents thought it would be a once in a lifetime experience if we took the “long way home.” I literally saw the world as we travelled through Southeast Asia, the Middle East & Europe. My mother also kept a daily journal of this trip with a few days missing. It was the best education I could experience. My next blog post will cover this. Do you want it in full detail or just an edited version? Let me know what you want to read? I will gladly share my experiences with you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a previous blog post, I shared my family's story of going overseas in 1957 to the Philippine Islands. My father was looking forward to his job working for the U. S. Naval Seventh Fleet headquarters. Before taking this job, he was a flight instructor at Chase Field, in Beeville, Texas. In order to keep up with his flight pilot license, he found many opportunities to get on a jet with colleagues to get behind the wheel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This time, the family was sailing on the S.S. President Hoover, a part of the American President Lines, advertised as "Your American Hotel Abroad" that provided cruise line travel anywhere around the world which started in the 1940s. The SS President Hoover travelled back & forth on the Pacific Ocean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My parents with the children boarded on the ship on 12 January 1960 in Manilla, Philippines. This cruise included stops in Hong Kong, Kobe & Yokohama before returning to San Francisco. We were able to use our same passports used in 1957. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-size: large;">n a letter written to 'their' parents, telling them the story of returning to the United States, Martha types, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“As you know we left the Philippine Islands on 12 January 1960. A few couples came from Sangley Point to see us off. We had a special boat take us to Manilla where we boarded the SS PRESIDENT HOOVER. We had a small but lovely stateroom with bath. Room 104. We were a little disappointed with the service. However, we really learned the meaning of the Labor Unions. I was never made so much aware of it before. No problems like that aboard Uncle Sam’s (Daniel I. Sultan) ship on the way out. We met many nice people, mostly older folks. The voyage from Manilla to Hong </span><span style="font-size: large;">Kong was delightful. Warm & smooth. Gib managed to get a few dips in the swimming pool those 2 days & that ended that. From Hong Kong to Japan & from there to San Francisco it as cold & rough. Mary was envied by other passengers while trying to keep their balance on deck, as Mary had the help of her braces to keep her balance." </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We arrived in Japan after 4 more days at sea. We landed at Kobe, took a train to Kyoto. The first thing we did was to find a department store to buy some pants for Mary to cover her legs as it was cold & rainy. Mary got separated from us. In an effort to find her parents, Mary ended up on another floor where her panic-stricken parents found her sitting on top of a counter surrounded with Japanese salesgirls & customers, having the time of her life with all of the attention. The salesgirls were helpful in finding our family’s needs. Then we hired a cab to take us to a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Shinto Shrine, a Buddhist Temple & a drive around the Old Emperor’s Palace. Kyoto used to be the capital city. About 1 PM we got on the train to go to Atami, a seaside resort town. It is about 6 hours by train. The train was lovely. Japan is noted for its marvellous railroad system. I enjoyed just looking out the window & watching the countryside. We had lunch in the dining car & got to Atami at about 7 PM. The people were very friendly even though we couldn’t speak to them. One man kept giving Mary candy. I always thought my children were well behaved until I observed the Japanese children. They really made me feel ashamed. They are so quiet & proper. The thing that impressed me most about the people was their extreme friendly politeness & respectfulness. After a while, we automatically began bowing ourselves. Our night in Atami was a little disappointing as we thought we were going to stay in a Japanese style hotel. It turned out to be a combination of Western and Oriental.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">"They gave us kimono's to wear but that was all. Private parties were being held in the Oriental dining rooms, so we had to eat in their European dining room, and the food was terrible. Couldn't even get Japanese food. We got up early the next morning and got the train to Yokosuka, where the U.S. Naval Base is. Since we did not have breakfast we bought a bag of mandarin oranges & little clay pots of hot tea to eat and drink on the train. We stopped at the Officers’ Club for brunch & while we are eating we walked into one of the nurses who we had known at Sangley Point & who had been transferred to Japan. She sat down & ate with us. Then, as we were leaving the club, we met a fellow that Stan had known some years ago. We then went to the exchange to buy some much needed warm clothing for all of us & two small tape recorders that Stan & I can use for corresponding when we are separated. </span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then back on the train<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">again to Yokohama & a ride around the city & a trip to the exchange there. We then took our merchandise back to the ship which already arrived in port, repacked our bag for the night in Tokyo & made reservations at a genuine Japanese hotel. We took the train to Tokyo at 5:30 & after arriving at the railroad station there, we transferred to the city transit system which is far more crowded than N. Y. subways will ever be. Mary went into a panic & screamed at everyone not to push her. She really let them have it. Finally, an American sailor gave us his seat. We got to our hotel at 8 PM. It was a small hotel with only 14 rooms. We were treated like royalty. The manager was at the door to meet us & show us to our rooms. We even had a choice of rooms. We chose a three-room suite, very small rooms, a sitting room, dining room, & sleeping room. The furniture was all the low Japanese type, of course, & we did our best to act appropriately. We took off our shoes & slid into slippers, then they helped up into our kimonos. We had a girl who assisted us in every way. She served us tea & sweets. The manager remained with us to chat as he had been educated in the states. We were sipping while she prepared our sleeping mats on the floor in the sleeping room. Then we had a sukiyaki dinner which she prepared at our table, also all the hot sake we could drink. All this time the manager sat with us & described what we were eating. I wish he hadn't told us everything, but I must admit it was all very delicious. I wish you could have seen Mary trying to manipulate the chopsticks. She was very persistent about it & chose to use them instead of the spoon they brought for her. Then it was time to take a bath. I was disappointed in not being able to get a real hot bath with massage and all, but we did bathe Japanese-style. The tile tub is about 2 ft. square & 3 feet deep. You wash yourself outside the tub, scoop up the water from the tub with a little basin & rinse yourself off, then get into the tub of scalding hot water up to your shoulders to soak & relax. It really felt good for the room was quite cold. Everyone soaks in the same water after they have scrubbed well. From the bath, we got right under the featherbeds, all very cosy, the four of us in a row. We left the hotel about 8:30, after we had breakfast in our room, to board a train to Yokohama where we toured one of the shopping districts until it was time to go back to the ship where it was waiting for us. I bought a kimono and obi (belt) for Mary & me & ‘happi<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>coats’ (shorter in sleeves & length than the kimono) for the boys. We visited the toy stores and bought some interesting mechanical toys for the children, then to a hat shop for some feather hats for me. We did not see Mt. Fujiyama as it was dark when we were in that area. We left Japan at noon on the third day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had Gib dressed in my clothes as a glamour girl & he got a do-it-yourself ship model. I had taken Mary to an indiscreet spot where she could watch the proceedings, as she could not go to sleep. When it was time to take her back to bed, she raised a terrible fuss. When I got her to our room, the captain knocked at the door and gave her a huge stuffed doll. Later at the children's party, she got a lovely blond-haired doll. They had all of the balloons they wanted and party hats, etc. A number of people had cocktail parties to which we were invited, including two by the captain, so towards the end of the trip, the five military families aboard went together and gave one.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My brother & I were a part of the show. Gib & Robert were in a skit called ‘Chicken Fight.’ He was in another one called ‘A Trip to California.’ I was in something called ‘Flower Girl.’ I have no memory of this. I will have to ask my brother.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We arrived in San Francisco on Monday, February 1, where we were met by a chief who formerly worked in Stan's office in Sangley Point. He took us to his house first, and they drove us down to Alameda where they had a Quonset Hut reserved for us on base at the Alameda Naval Air Station.”</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love my mother’s detailed descriptions of our adventures. I wish we had more pictures aboard the ship.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mother kept the ephemera for her scrapbooks (which she never got to complete) of this trip. This included daily schedules & meal menus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mother told me “once when we arrived into a new port, we stood on the upper deck near the horn. As it blew to announce our arrival, it scared me so much that I would cry out in screams. Nobody knew it until they looked at me & saw my red face & wide open mouth, because they couldn’t hear me.” No more standing in the upper deck so close to the ship’s horn. Dad caught upset Mary in the photo above.</span></div>
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FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-83107578348329088502020-05-08T07:21:00.000-07:002020-05-12T08:48:21.901-07:00Domain of the Golden Dragon: Crossing the Two Main Longitudes Part 1 <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Part 1</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My father, Stanley G. Cooper, served in the US Navy from 1941-1967. He served across the United States & in the Pacific in two foreign countries, the Philippines from 1957-1960 & Japan from 1964-1965. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">During WWII, he served on several ships in the Pacific crossing the International Dateline & the Equator. Ten years later with his wife, Martha, & children, Gib & Mary, Lieutenant Cooper obtained passports to travel to his first duty station overseas at the U. S. Naval Station Sangley Point in Cavite City, south of Manila, on the Philippine Islands. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His job title was the “assistant War Plans Officer, Logistics Planning Officer and a few other things” as he described to his parents.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SAILING TO MANILLA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 17 December 1957 - 4 January 1958</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">On the 17th of December 1957 with the proper paperwork, the family boarded the MSTS (Military Sea & Transportation Service) GENERAL DANIEL I. SULTON in</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">San Francisco.</span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We boarded the </span><span style="font-size: large;">ship at noon & sailed at 3 p.m. I was very pleased to find the ship was more luxurious than I had expected. They kept us very busy with various volunteer activities. I worked in the game & book check-out room which was across from our cabin. We had bingo parties, dances, movies, card tournaments, etc. I won an electric razor & Stan won a portable steam iron at Bingo.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 22. We spent the day with friends & a short time to tour the city. By 6 PM we were back on the ship.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We missed the International Dateline Ceremony as we crossed on Christmas Day. The Ship’s Master decreed that Christmas should be celebrated. Stan & I were presented with our “Golden Dragon” certificates at the end of the cruise. They had religious services, Christmas trees, & we picked Santa Claus up on a buoy at 5 a.m. when all little children are asleep. They had a nice party for the children & gave out gifts.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary stood the trip very well, & was no problem. Everyone did their utmost to make it a pleasant & comfortable trip for her. (Mary had a body cast on for her hip dysplasia.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Of course, Gib & I (Martha) were miserable with ‘mal de mer’ the first few days out. Stan was a little & Mary not at all.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We entered the San Bernardino Straits at 10 AM on Friday, 3 January 1958. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Surprisingly, it was very chilly until we reached Manilla Bay the next morning. We passed Samar & a few smaller islands, coming very close at times, giving us a good look at things. We saw a small primitive native village & natives coming toward us in their outrigger canoes (banca boats). We passed Corregidor at about 5 AM. After breakfast, we spent most of our time on deck seeing the sight of the harbor. With a few exceptions, it was now cleared of the sunken Japanese war vessels.</span></div>
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1) This is a photo of my great grandparents, Andrew Gabuzda (1843-1917) with Maria Szabol (1857-1926) of Raslavice, Austria Hungary (now Slovakia). I love that this was taken in a studio of them dressed in national clothing. Four of their 8 children came to the United States from 1899-1908.<br />
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2) This is an unknown ancestor, but my family & I guess that he is from my Piña line, my paternal grandmother's grandfather or my 2nd great grandfather. He was either born in Spain & immigrated to Cuba; or was born in Cuba. He looks to have served for the Spanish military. I will have to research more about this uniform. This photo, also, looks to be taken in a studio.<br />
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3) This photo of Elizabeth Gibson Cooper (1828-1905), my 2nd great-grandmother, was taken in Dublin, Ireland, in 1883 after the deaths of her husband, Austin Cooper, & her son, Henry Cooper. She is in mourning when this was taken at the E. & J. Lauder Photographic Studio on 22 Westmoreland St. of Dublin, Ireland. She came to the United States the following year, & settled in South Dakota with one of her daughters by 1900.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My mother & I loved Reminense magazine. She responded to a question asked in the Jul/Aug 2001 issue. A reader asked if anyone knew what a certain wooden item was that looked like an anchor, which she found in a vacant house. My mother wrote a personal letter explaining what the piece was. She wrote, "This item is a clothes hanger from a wardrobe trunk. To be more specific: the trunk was about 4 feet high & about 2 feet square & opened up from the front into two equal sides." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The hangers for day dresses had a very short vertical piece. My older sister, Irene, attended college in <span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the early 1930s when the very strong and sturdy trunk was purchased for her for $30. Eventually, it became mine [my mother]. Because I was a Navy nurse during World War II & later married a Naval officer, this wardrobe trunk has been all over the world & now occupies a place in the loft of our garage. This style trunk today is worth about $300-$400 to collectors.” [as of 2001] What would be its value now in 2020?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Opening this one brought my brother and me back in time. Mom had made this a "Time Capsule" box for us in some sort of way. The items were covered by an old sheet. We found dress-up costumes from our history. I found some photo memories for a few of the items.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This trunk belonged to my mother when she belonged to the United States Naval Nurse Corp from 1944-1949. To my surprise, when I opened it; it contained items that belonged to my father who was a career Naval officer from 1949 to 1967. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My mother wrote in her calendar pages, that I took some advanced recommended art classes during the summer of 1967. I was so surprised by this oil painting I had forgotten about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This painting was even seen in the local newspaper with my mother's comments on the clip out. I found the clipping first & found the painting later after digging in some labelled boxes.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have memories of my father, Commander Stanley G. Cooper, Executive Officer, inviting my fourth-grade class at Shelton Park Elementary School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. My teacher, Mrs. Johnson gladly accepted the invitation writing a letter to my father on February 7, 1966, with her signature & all of the classmates' signatures.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The date of April 2,1966, finally arrived for the young invited “shipmates” to tour the ship ported in US Naval Base Norfolk. I found pictures & documents years later filed away in my mother’s home. Memories flashed right back as if it were yesterday of 54 years ago. After our delightful trip, Mrs. Johnson had us write Thank You notes to the officers & crew involved as we felt like royalty. My father also sent these letters around to each involved with an official memorandum attached. The students were also assigned to write an essay of our summary of the trip. Here is my summary written by a 10-year old.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Our trip to the U.S.S. Austin (LPD-4)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">By Mary Cooper</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We were in our classroom when my father came in.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we went outside to wait for the cars, but they were already there. We went to the cars & away we went. I was in Mary Ellen’s car. We sang songs.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">When we were there, we walked in, where we were divided into groups. Our guide showed us the well deck. That is the place where they fill it with water, let ships in & load.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we went into another room, the side ports. If the well deck is too full, the ships go beside & the crane goes in & out.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we went to the place where, if one person is sick, they have a bed that has two mats & a rope that ties around it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we went outside & saw the front of the ship & got our picture.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we went to the pilothouse. We sat in the captain’s chair.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we saw the boats & life rafts.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We went to the other side of the ship & he showed us the flight deck. Then he showed us the captain’s private boat.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We were told that they had special grey paint because if they have a storm & if the lightning strikes they will not get hurt.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we went to eat our cake. On the cake it said,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We ate the cake & we got a hat. Then we went to the wardroom & watched cartoons.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we went to the bathroom. We said good-bye & left.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">You should go there often</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">You’ll be proud of it</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Because it’s the world’s best ship.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">So go to the USS Austin</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">You’ll be proud of it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Because it’s the world’s greatest ship.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Yea!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">When we got out of the car we sang the song to my father & said thank you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I later found my artwork about my memory of the trip.</span><br />
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<br />FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-53034389916785672072020-01-04T07:17:00.000-08:002020-01-05T12:10:59.728-08:00Family Camera History - Part 3<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kodak Six-20 C Camera</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I posted an earlier blog about taking my mother's camera to a local camera store that also works with analogue cameras. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her first camera was the Kodak Six-20 C produced in the 1930s. I am sure that this was the camera she used as a teenager to produce her first photo album.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found a copy of the Kodak Six-20 Instruction Manual online. Looking at the Price List at the end of the manual, I found more answers to this camera. The most important fact was that a roll of 620 film only had 6 exposures! The cost was $.25 for a roll of film. So there were not 9 pictures as I had hoped, but Mom had taken all 6 exposures & ready to take out the roll of film when the winding key had broken off of the camera. No wonder the film was never developed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I got a phone call from George's Camera Store informing me that my pictures were ready to be picked up. I was so excited. I opened the envelope & a large roll of negatives rolls right onto the floor. Of the six pictures, only three came out that could be recognizable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was surprised that mom still used this camera 15 years later when I have photos of her using a more updated camera in the late 1940s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The history of mom's first camera, a Kodak 6-20 lasted her for 15 years. This camera took pictures as they told her story from her teens to her early married life. I am thankful she saved this unusable camera for memory sake.</span><br />
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<br />FamilyFilmFabricFoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065205595874363041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744374344828031830.post-30480015805930686942019-11-13T08:40:00.000-08:002019-11-16T09:42:40.387-08:00Memories of Tokyo Olympics 1964<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">I was raised in the military lifestyle of the United States Navy. My father’s career of service brought our family all around the world. I am so thankful for this experience.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">My parents, brother & myself were excited to find out that we were to be sent to Japan. My father served on the USS Oklahoma City CLG-5 as the Operations Officer from 1963-1965 stationed in Yokosuka. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Our family lived in Negishi Heights Naval Housing in Yokohama.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: large;">In a letter to Marty, dated 2 October, Stan types, “I am still working on the Olympic tickets & will try to get the gym finals on the 23rd finalized as soon as possible. Yokosuka reported they have plenty of tickets available on the first-come-first delivered basis. We are trying to communicate with them on my getting four seats for us as I only want to go on a family basis. I do not want any feelings hurt regardless of age.” The ship returned to port in Yokosuka on 14 October. He was not able to get the wanted tickets ahead of time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: large;">On Sunday, 18 October 1964, the four of us, drove to the Yokohama train station to board the train to Tokyo & purchase tickets for the gymnastics events for that day. Dad was disturbed as he could only purchase tickets for 3 seats together in the same area, which he obtained.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: large;">After discussion with all four of us, my mother contacted by phone our new housekeeper, Teruko-san. It was arranged for her to meet me at the Yokohama train station to bring me to her home as she would watch me until the other three returned to pick me up to take home later in the evening. I remember, my parents, taking me back to the Tokyo train station, buying my train ticket for me to board & ride ALONE to Yokohama. I was eight years old! I am pretty impressed with myself to be able to get to Yokohama & that we found each other. I do remember falling in love with Teruko-san’s dog, a Japanese Spitz named ‘Shirei’ which means white in Japanese.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">I remember this event. I was enthralled by seeing all of the world flags flying in the wind around the stadium, along with the Olympic flame. As I have shared before, we were a family with cameras. My mother just received a new camera, the Kodak Instamatic 300. She took the color shot below. My brother took the black & white pictures at the same event. I am sure my father had his movie camera. I will have to hunt down movies from this time.</span></div>
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