Does anyone know: • If the Orchard Terrace in the following 1949 ad was the Abel Myers’ Orchard Terrace which was the Eldred School from approximately 1926 to 1942? • Who F. Stickel was? Orchard Terrace, Eldred. Beautiful location; quiet, … Continue reading
I am currently working on the second time through the World War II years and found this recipe of my grandma Myrtie Briggs. I know that sugar was rationed, so I wouldn’t think this cake could be made too often. … Continue reading
Once again I could use some ID help with the following folks who were listed in the 1940 Census as having a boarding house. Thank you. Karl Angerstein, 59, widower owned a boarding house. Gus and Frieda Dasener ran a … Continue reading
Ceclia Sullivan was one of the Eldred teachers who boarded at Alfred and Bessie Hill’s place. One year at sugaring time, Alfred, Bessie, their children Billy Lass and Joan Hill, and Art Austin went to Cecelia’s home. They feasted on … Continue reading
I have one more chapter to complete on boarding houses from 1925 to 1930 and my rough draft will be complete. There are a few folks who owned boarding houses that I have no info on. I am hoping one … Continue reading
This is my mom and her brother in their band uniforms. Pal the dog found his way into many photos. This looks to be around 1938 or 1939.
The third Smith wedding in a year (March 2012 to February 2013) took place over the weekend. Before the wedding I was working on the WWII years and writing multitudinous “notes to remember.” In the week since the arrival of … Continue reading
Today I actually started moving my gargantuan collection of information and photos to the final book file to write Book 3, Farewell to Eldred, the story of the Town of Highland in the years 1920 to 1950. I am enjoying … Continue reading
Notes for Aida Austin’s 1943 Diary: Aida (81) often walked to the Village (Eldred, known as Halfway Brook Village when she was young). Art and Bill Austin were her nephews in the Army. Marjorie Bosch was the daughter of Herman … Continue reading
