Click to read post on January 1945. January 1946 Tuesday, the second day of January, Chet Middaugh skidded logs for Jim. Sunday Jim paid $15 to have the mill machinery he had bought from Perry Barnes Jr. in December, drawn … Continue reading
January 1, 1944, Italy Arthur Austin, T/Sgt, 5th Army Headquarters, Italy, to Mary Briggs, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn Dear Mary, Well, here it is New Year’s Day and I think it a good idea to catch up on my correspondence… Your … Continue reading
“The Japanese took Manila,” Art’s aunt Ella Leavenworth wrote on Friday, January 2. The warm start to January ended the third day with a storm. Art’s cousin Charlee was with their aunt Anna Leavenworth in East Islip. Charlee’s father Anthony … Continue reading
January of 1941 was almost two degrees colder than normal in New York. But the month started off on a “lovely, clear and warm Wednesday,” according to Ella Leavenworth. Her son Jim bought his first car for $25. On the … Continue reading
January 1940 Garfield and Ella Leavenworth started 1940 off with all of their family (minus Stella who was perhaps not feeling well) in at some point. Lee and Clara enjoyed a goose dinner with them. Grandson Jimmy and his dad … Continue reading
Christmas 1938 Sunday, Christmas Day, there were some snow squalls in the afternoon. Perhaps that’s the day a photo was taken of Dottie Wait (nicknamed Spider), her dad Alex Wait, and Jim Wade in front of the Wait and Boyd … Continue reading
Arthur Austin started work as a secretary in charge of checks and letters at the Sullivan County Highway Department, at least by 1937. He would work there for eleven years, counting the four years he served in World War II. … Continue reading
January 1935 Tuesday, January 1, eight inches of snow fell and drifted. Bill Meyers Jr. plowed. Anna took the mail over to Bill and Lottie Meyers. Erwin Avery delivered the milk with a tractor Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday, January 3, … Continue reading
October 1931 John Love finished a driven well (machine pounded rather than by hand) on Thursday, October 1. Ken McBride was over to play with Jim Leavenworth on Saturday. They often got together in October. The middle of October Garfield … Continue reading
A belated Happy 100th Birthday to my (Austin) second cousin Dorothy (Dot) Hale. Dot turned 100 on December 25, 2014! Dot was born to Burt and Lillie Austin Calkin. Lillie was the only first Austin cousin of my dad Art … Continue reading
