Hello Halfway Brook Friends. We have been having freezing temps at night for two weeks here in Arizona, and it has been a pretty hard winter back east, though sometimes the temps have fluctuated to something more reasonable. I received … Continue reading
1934 January at the Leavenworths Monday, the first day of January 1934, Garfield started work on some roads for the TCWA and continued into February. Howard Stevens was in charge of the project. Garfield was paid “his first $15 for … Continue reading
January 1933 at the Leavenworths Friday, January 6, Garfield played at the Hall for Dr. Smith’s send off. Monday Austin and Dorothy Smith were at the Leavenworth’s for the evening. Mid-January Anna and Jim skated on Bosch’s Pond. Anna also … Continue reading
November 1941 It rained quite hard most of Saturday in Eldred. Herman Sr. and Jr. were down to see Lon in the evening. They asked about putting up signs forbidding hunting. Harry Wormuth was in to see Lon after the … Continue reading
October 1941 Wednesday, October 1, Lon (84) received a birthday card from his brother Ell. Thursday, October 2, one of the state police stopped in to see if Lon had seen anything of the neighbor’s adopted boy. “A lot of … Continue reading
A trip down nostalgia lane with a few more photos of activities and people enjoying their time at Green Meadows. Thank you to Diane Pankow, for sharing the photos. One summer a dog chased a fawn to Green Meadows, where … Continue reading
September 1941 Monday, September 1, was Labor Day. Art was at the old Austin farm for quite a while in the morning. Tuesday morning Aida was once again at the A&P. In the afternoon her niece Lillie stopped by for … Continue reading
In 1950 Charlie Pankow married Ann Hughes, a regional account manager for the Woolworth Company, who had been a guest in the Highland Lake area. At the time Ann, her sisters, brother, and mother Lillian Hughes lived in Brooklyn. Ann … Continue reading
Green Meadows—Matchmaker’s Paradise Green Meadows (first Bosch’s Lake House, then Green Acres) was the most popular venue on Highland Lake for many years. Located on the swampy end of Highland Lake, Green Meadows did not even have a beach, just … Continue reading
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