Month: August 2020

Trumbull – Dear High School Graduate (1) – Dave’s Graduation And News From Dan – June 25, 1944

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My sister Nan graduated from high school in 1944.

Judy Guion's avatar"Greatest Generation" Life Lessons

We are now at the beginning of the summer of 1944.  Lad and Marian are back in Pomona, California; Dan is in London; Ced remains in Anchorage, Alaska; Dick is in Brazil and Dave is home in Trumbull for a few more days before he heads back to Camp Crowder, Missouri.

David Peabody Guion

Trumbull Conn., June 25, 1944

Dear High School Graduate:
There are certain reoccurring events in the life and progress of my children that serve as period stepping stones, aside from birthdays – – such as turning you over to the Shelton draft board, and, what I have immediately in mind, graduation. I saw the youngest of my sons receive his diploma last night and it brought back memories of that same occasion for each of you. As far as I can recollect, however, the whole affair, as managed the other night at Bassick (Bassick High School…

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Searching For A Middlebury Friend

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I was reading about famous women in the field of physics, and there was no mention of Ann Eckels, who was a friend at Middlebury College “Back in the days”. Not long after graduation there was an item in the news that Ann had made a very significant discovery in the field of Astro-Physics. What was that discovery and what has happened to Ann since then?

She discovered that the earth was not round but rather pear shaped. I think Ann is now 85 and living in Boulder Colorado. She has 2 children William Bailie and Jean Bailie. She married a man named Bailie.

Oh and by the way she is from Laconia New Hampshire – a part of New Hampshire that I know.

Remembering A Friend

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Today I was continuing adding to my collection of postcards. I have so many different interests in my collection – it can get expensive. This morning I was looking at postcards of Nantucket. I have so many happy memories of that magical island. Today I looked at postcards for sale of Siasconset. My mother’s golfing friend Grace McCreary had a house in Sconset and my mother and I were house guests several times. Grace’s house in Sconset was very large. It was GRAND. There was a buzzer under the dining room table. This was used to alert the staff. The house had several wings. In the days of grand house parties I’m sure it had many a tale to tell. It was a house from a different era.

My mother’s friend Grace – a golfing friend, a neighbor in Belmont, a church friend.

Researching An Old Friend

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According to the 1940 U.S. Census Lewis S. McCreary was born about 1874 in Michigan. His daughter Grace was born in 1911. The family lived on Clifton Street in Belmont. They had 2 maids – one named Hana Shea born about 1888 and Mary F. Sullivan born 1905.

Grace was born in 1911 – my mother was born in 1912. Grace’s father was in the plumbing equipment business – he had his own company. Grace’s father was about the same age as my mother’s father. My mother eventually became a librarian. I think Grace had similar interests. They enjoyed playing golf together at Oakley Country Club. They were just good friends and laughed a lot together.

How did Grace have such a grand house in Sconset on Nantucket? I think this was a family house of her grandparents the Spragues.

My mother passed away in October 2000. Grace passed in 2003.

Connecting The Dots

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How do I bridge the 2 year gap in writing Janet’s Thread 2 WordPress has me stuck back in time to July 2018. It doesn’t seem to realize that I’m the same writer only 2 years on. Honestly I can’t go away for a day, much less 2 years, and things change. Adapt – as my sister Nan would say.

A Challenge To Myself Continues

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I have tried to add some recent photos to my blog and I have added 2. But I wanted to transfer many more from my camera – that part of the challenge continues. Also I want to get rid of that long list of categories. And I want to place the list of recent blog entries.

Postcard – Street in Frankfurt Germany
Postcard – Flamingoes in Miami Florida.

A Challenge To Myself

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I want to ad images to my blog posts. I have hundreds of old images that I have been drawing on frequently, but now I want to add some new ones.

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