This is a family photograph of me and my family back in 1944 or maybe 1943. That is my dog, Teddy, and I had another dog, an all white fox terrier named, Betty. She is not in the picture. My mother, Vivia, is seated with my niece, Lulu Ann on the grass in front of her. My sister, Norma, is seated on the right holding son, Gordon Lee. Roy, her husband and my brother-in-law, was off in Stuttgart, Germany as the war in Europe was winding down. The black or dark, unpainted, building in the background is Tommy Rice's blacksmith shop and my dad eventually bought the lot it was situated on and the lot adjacent to that and then had Bob Clink move the blacksmith shop on my lot on Railroad Street and transformed it into a 4-room house without running water or indoor plumbing. When I got out of the Army, Patty and I moved into the blacksmith shop and all of our 5 children were born while we lived there. We moved from Gordon to Brookville in December 1962 on the coldest day of the year. Patty's uncle, Ed Eurich, moved us using his old trailer to haul our goods.
5 comments:
Did you realize that three of the people in the blog picture have passed away?
Your Mother, Lulu and Gordon Lee. He was killed in Vietnam, she apparently had a stroke fell and hit her head on the bathtub and was dead when they found her. Of course the dog has been dead the longest. Your sister is till alive, but everyone keeps saying she's in bad shaped.
And I know what shape you're in. LOL
Norma is about ten years older then you.
Yes, Norma is older than I am.
Neat! I like seeing old pictures. This one was before I was born, which was after the war. My brother was born in '43 though.
Nice memories, Abe, even when they are sad.
I am sad but at the same time I feel godd when I am thinking of the members of my family who have passed away.
I like the way everyone is looking at camera and smiling.
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