Category Archives: Farewell to Eldred
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Camp Shelby is located 12 miles from the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was built to accommodate 55,000 soldiers and is the second largest training camp. It cost more than $22 million. Home of some 50,000 fighting men, Camp Shelby … Continue reading
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Wait and Boyd, 1926–1931
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Telephone, Tether, and Wells
This and the next post features envelopes from the 1920s and 1930s, usually addressed to C.M. Austin, my grandfather, Charles Mortimer (Mort) Austin. I am the keeper of most of my mom’s massive amount of photos and other information from … Continue reading
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Yulan Boarding Houses, 1920
Yulan Boarding Houses Bodine’s Cottages, Henry and Blanche Bodine Grand Vue, Bornstein Park Hotel, Atwell Bradley Cold Spring Farm, Crandall Washington Beach Hotel, Henri Darriensecq Laurel Cottage, Abel Hazen Lakeview Farm, Kaese Highland Cottage, Edith V. Kalbfus Minisink Lodge, M.A. … Continue reading
December 1941
December 1941 is the only month I have not posted. Here are the links to the previous months of 1941. January 1941; February 1941; Aida and Lon, March 1941; The Village and the A&P, April 1941;May and June 1941; Clambake … Continue reading
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1930s Yulan, Washington Lake and Crandall Hotel
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
January 1934
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
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January 1933
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
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November 1941
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
