National news Tuesday evening, March 1, contained the upsetting story of the abduction of Charles Lindbergh Jr., 20 months old. Tuesday at the Eldred School, Mrs. Styles gave her student Jim Leavenworth a certificate saying he had passed the New … Continue reading
March 1931 Sunday Jim Leavenworth started the month off at his friend Ken Crandall’s house. (Ken Crandall Sr. was a carpenter at the Scout Camp.) Grant and Charlie Sergeant, and Herman Bosch were at the Leavenworth home in the evening. … Continue reading
The Empire State Building In March construction started on the Empire State Building. Up to 3,000 men worked on the framework which rose at a rate of four to five stories per week. The masonry work started in June and … Continue reading
R.B. Collins, Madison, N.J., to Mort Austin, Eldred March 9, 1927 Dear Mort, How are all you dear folks? You like myself are getting to be an old man, I will be 87 in July next and you can’t be … Continue reading
The years 1921 was one of deep heartache for Mort and Jennie Austin and their four sons. Thursday, March 24, Dr. Smith arrived at the Austin home to take out Elizabeth’s tonsils. The operation took place on the family’s kitchen … Continue reading
In March of 1913 Jennie and Mort Austin welcomed another son, Arthur, named for President Chester Arthur. Dad’s siblings: McKinley, 14, Charles Raymond, 12, Willie, 10, and Elizabeth, 2.
A New Sister for the Austin Boys In March 1911 McKinley, Raymond, and Will Austin had a new sister—Elizabeth Austin. Mort and Jennie Austin, the happy parents, would have two more sons by 1915. Mort and Jennie would say they … Continue reading
Jennie Crawford, Eldred, to Lillie Austin, Bethel March 20, 1904 Dear Lillie, George [Crandall, her future husband] has been away for 10 days. He is to Shohola today. It rains. The March wind is turning me green. I will be … Continue reading
C.S. Bok, Brooklyn, N.Y., to Mort Austin, Eldred March 11, 1899 My dear old Friend Mort, I am so glad to hear from you. Let me congratulate you for doing so well in having a little son come to bless … Continue reading
Charles Cotesworth Pickney (C.C.P.) Eldred Dies In March 1890 Uncle C.C.P. Eldred, the brother of Mary Ann Eldred Austin, Eliza Eldred Gardner, and Maria Eldred Austin, died. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Eldred was seven when he arrived in Lumberland with his … Continue reading
