LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

 This is the fun part of being a 'collector'.

I have spent years rescuing a variety of items that others consider junk or trash.  Doing the research on these artifacts is so much fun.

It often provides fun and interesting history.

I just wanted to share something I found when digging around in some papers I acquired many years ago at an estate sale, then stashed away.

There were a little stack of postmarked envelopes, most postmarked from North Carolina.  There was one in particular that caught my attention.  I travel quite a bit on weekends for leisure and I'm fairly familiar with even the small towns in my state.  This little town represented on the postmark was totally unfamiliar to me.

So, off to google it.  What I found was a little town that ceased to be in the mid 1960s.


I found this cool website that has information about this little township as well as a visitor register where people are sharing memories of this town.  Here is a link to the site:

LEAKSVILLE website


Something else I found amusing was the 'return address'.  It simply reads that if the addressee doesn't claim within 5 days, return to sender.  Also, take note that there is nothing more than the name, city, and state.  Wow.  Can you imagine how small the area must have been?

I know this is a short post, but thought it was worth sharing.

March 5, 1946 Russian Spy Ring Newspaper article

With the internet behind their wings, I guess they are just upping their game these days...but as this article details, we have had issues with Russia for decades.

This article is from my personal collection of vintage newspapers & clippings. This was in the Tuesday, march 5, 1946 edition of the Detroit Free Press.  Front Page.

Nicolai Zabotin appears to be the ring leader.

October 12, 1932 Hillsdale Daily News MICHIGAN clippings

I acquired a few pages of this newspaper.  I am sharing clippings to assist with genealogy & ancestry research. 

It is very time consuming for me to scan all this information, so please be sure to comment if you see something that helps you.  It will be an encouragement for me to continue this project.

 Norman B. Collins, president of two Chicago banks, was kidnapped with his wife. pictured with their son Norman S. Collins.

 Samuel Insull wanted for imbezzlement

 Prohibition has increased crime!

 Mrs. Margaret Heldt of Eagle Bend Minnesota hammers toes so drivers can get through picket lines.

 Stalin

 Clifford Weatherwax of Hillsdale college attends Olympic games. School dental report. Hillsdale College performance of "Glittering Gates". Mentioned are Joe Barrow, George Culver, Miss Blanche Zimmerman, James Kirkpatrick, Miss Muriel A. Foster.

Advertisement for Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. B.R. Nye picture.

 Advertisement for Leo J. Dutcher Funeral home

 Blondie of the Follies.  Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Jimmy Durante, Billy Dove, Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Jack Denny.

 Arthur Maillefert will not remain prisoner.

Garden City, Kansas
The Garden City sugar refinery will begin operations employing 250 men. Joe Stewart, plant manager.

USNA Naval Academy Walking through time ~ NAVY HISTORY

Came across some magazine publications in my literature collection from the USNA

Here are some of the more interesting pictures.  I have included the names of the people in the pictures...hoping it will help with some genealogy research or just provide family and friends a snapshot of someone they knew, admired, or loved.

From 1954:  LCDR. Arthur Radford in vintage flying gear standing beside a plane with his hand on the prop.

From 1954: Navy's Blue Angels. LCdr. Richard L. "Zeke" Cornier of San Diego, Dayl Crow of Oklahoma City, Roland "Auz" Aslund from Vancouver, Washington, and Ken Wallace from Elizabethton, Tennessee

From 1954: LaCrosse - Jack Jones makes another tremendous save as Bill Martin checks his opponent's stick. Mattison Burt watches.

From 1954: Track - Mark O'Hara, Bernie Czaja

1954: Boxing- Pat Byrne & Tiger Trone

From 1955: Navy-Duke football game. Ron Beagle, Len Benzi, Earl Smith, Pat McCool, Joe Gattuso, George Texter

I'd love to get some positive comments if you see something you like.

1954 Navy Vs. William & Mary ~ American Football

I captured a few images from the game program that I thought I would share.

Hoping someone that might be related to one of these fine chaps might enjoy the pictures.

There are many more in the program, so if you think a relative of yours might have been involved and would like me to look for a picture, just let me know.

I put the names in the body of my blog...hoping that someone that might be doing a search of relative names will happen upon this post when the search engines crawl.

This is J. Philip Monahan

 Charlie Sumner & Jerry Sazio

 Walter F. Boone

 First Row: Jim Royer, Jim Owen, Alex Aronis, Hugh Webster, Captain Phil Monahan, Bob Craig, Joe Gattuso, John Hopkins, and Ronnie Beagle
Secon Row: George Thomas, John Honse, George Textor, Dick Dutnell, Bob Davis, John Weaver, Jack Garrow, Frank Bendrick, Pat McCool, George Welsh
Third Row: Dick Echard, Bill Smith, Wilson Whitmire, Ed Malynn, Chet Burchett, Vernon Dander, Lee Brantley, Paul Gober, Bob McElwee
Fourth Row: Jim Byrom, Geore Warren, Ken Holden, Leonard Benzi, Bill Hepworth, Bill Mohn, Jim Wood, Vince Monto, Dick Guest, Jim Hower
Fifth Row: Merl Johnson, John McHugh, Jim Barker, Charles Levis, Dave Korzep, Don Jahn, John Russell, Roy Freeman, Bob Vaselenko

 And this was just a fun advertisement in the program

Tea party hosted by H. Richmond Favrot. New Orleans newspaper clipping. 1955

This is the description of the picture on the left.  "A tea given for two members of the younger set was hosted this week by Mrs. H. Richmond Favrot (center), who entertained at her home on Nashville Ave in honor of  Miss Eugenie Wilson (left) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Wilson, Miss Marion O'Niell (right) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. O'Niell Jr. Mrs. Favrot's coctail suit was of teal blue taffeta, Miss Wilson wore a Dior blue taffeta dress, and Miss O'Niell was frocked in an emerald green cocktail model. They all wore white camellia corsages.

The picture on the right is of Mrs. Edward Alvis, Misses Erin Brady, Julie Ann Claverie, Beverly Quick, Gail Perrin, Betsy Lauderman.

Marriage of Delores D. Goad and Eugene G. Roguszka ~ 1958 newspaper clipping

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Wedding was held at the home of Mr & Mrs Thomas T. Walker.  Mr. T.E. Halgren officiated at the double ring candlelight ceremony.   Bride was given in marriage by Stephen D. McCutcheon.  Mrs. Myrle Brill was matron on honor. Best man was Thomas T. Walker.

Beautiful description of the wedding.

Miss Greenville, SC Contestants~ 1963 Newspaper Clipping

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I love genealogy and researching my family, so I hope this helps someone else as they do research on their own family.

This is a clipping from the Greenville News, November 26, 1963

12 contestants qualified for the Miss Greenville pageant.

Mary David, Dainne Langley, Elaine Barton, Ann Cunningham, Sharon Duke, Karen Cromer, Gaile Edwards, Kaye Jones, Peggy Wiliams, Glenda Hollingswoth, Elizabeth Simpson, Patricia Arnold.

1954 Army Navy Football Game Program

I have been fortunate enough to acquire a full magazine program from the 1954 (actually, I got 2 of them).

My hope is that it will end up in the hands of someone that is friends or relatives of one of these great men. 

In order to hopefully reach as many friends or relatives as possible, I took the time to actually type every single players name...as well as every man whose photo appears in the magazines.

So, although it's a great piece of history for children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of some of these people...it has some great ads too.  I have those outlined as well. Pepsi, Coke, and those ICONIC cars~!  I documented every page!

Here are a few pictures from the program magazine and below the pictures are the names and details of all the advertisements.  Please share so we can reach as many as possible.

 

This is basically a page by page description of the entire magazine.

 

Letcher Aviation "hats off" advertisement

Broadmoor Hotel and the Colorado Springs chamber of commerce SALUTE the United States Air Force Academy advertisement

Body by Fisher advertisement

Reddy Kilowatt Philadelphia Electric ad

General Dynamics Ad

Chevrolet Ad

****Picture (football & military uniform on same page) Robert G. Farris, Capt. USMA

Caltex Petroleum ad

****Picture (football & military uniform on same page)  J. Philip Monahan, Capt, Navy 1954 team

Bulova Official timepiece of the Army Navy game ad

**Cartoon of Bob Farris "toughest assignment" (the first non-playing captain in West Point's history)

'55 Pontiac ad

Letter from US President & picture

Letter from US Secretary of Defense & picture

****Picture & Bio of Robert T. Stevens Secretary of the Army

****Picture & Bio of Charles Sparks Thomas Secretary of the Navy

****Picture & Bio of Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force

Leaders of battle today article

****Picture Lieutenant General Blackshear M. Bryan Superintendent USMA

****Picture Rear Admiral Walter F. Boone  Superintendent USNA

**Cartoon Eddie Erdelatz & Earl Blaik

IT&T Advertisement 

Davison Chemical ad

Statistics of the Army Football Squad 1954 (all names of players, coke bottle with gold football charm - coke ad)

Lucky strike ad with the Army players on one page & Navy players on opposite page

Statistics of the Navy Football Squad 1954 (all names of players, coke bottle with gold pompom charm - coke ad)

McCormick Ad

McDonnell Aircraft Ad

***Picture Brigadier General Edwin J. Meessinger, Commandant of cadets USMA

****Picture Captain R.T.S. Keith, Commandant of Midshipmen USNA

Philco ad with Miss America

****Picture Brigadier General Harris jones, Dean, USMA

Cadillac Ad

****Picture Colonel Earl H. Blaik, Director of athletics and head football coach, USMA

AMOCO gas ad

****Picture  Capt C. Elliot Loughlin, Director of athletics USNA

GM Diesel ad (featuring a submarine)

****Picture Lieutenant Colonel James T.L. Schwenk, Graduate manager of athletics USMA

Ford Thunderbird Ad

****Pictures of Lt. Col. Edwin W. Richardson, public Information Officer.  Joseph M. Cahill, Director sports information.  Col. Elliott W. Amick USA (Ret) Assistant Graduate Manager of athletics

Fairchild Aircraft Division ad

****Pictures E.E. "Rip" Miller, Asst director of athletics  USNA,    Commander C.S. Mintner, Jr. Executive officer, Dept of physical education USNA, Captain M.D. Gilmore secretary-treasurer Naval Academy Athletic Assoc.    Commander r.C. Giffen, Jr.  Officer rep of football, USNA.  John T. Cox  Director of public relations Naval academy athletic assoc

Grumman Ad

****Pictures George Blackburn -Backfield Coach, Captain L. Dobbs -Backfield Coach, Carney Laslie -Line coach, Paul J. Amen-end coach, Paul Kietzel - line coach, Captain Felix A. Blanchard - Plebe coach

Hallicrafters Ad

Army coaching staff article

Oldsmobile 88 Ad

****Picture Edward J. Erdelatz, head football coach, USNA

Sperry gyroscope co Ad

****Navy Coaching Staff with picture of Len Eshmont, Dick Duden, Eddie Erdelatz, Ben Martin, Frank Foster, Homer Hobbs

2 small ads, Vincent J. Spelman & Co (Sailmakers) and Micro Switch Honeywell

Shell Oil Ad

****Picture of Army Varsity Football Squad - 1954. John Wing, Jerry Hagan, Billy chance, Godwin Ordway, Pete Vann, bob Farris, Tom Bell, Joe Franklin, James Miller, Charles Bliss, Joe Cygler, Pete Lash, Richard Murtland, Robert Reynolds, Thomas Shuff, Nichlas Bruno, Glenn Allen, Donald Smith, Donald Satterfield, Art Johnson, Joe Bishop, Bob Kyasky, John Politis, Albert Oppel, Richard Fadel, Russell Mericle, Ralph Chesnauskas, Norris Harbold, Darrold Erickson, James Kinzer, Mike Zeigler, Flay Goodwin, Ronald Melnik, Howard Glock, Edward Szvetecz, Frank Burd, William Cody, Donald Shannon, Donald Reid, Michael Petruno, Richard Stephenson, Paul Sullivan, Pat Uebel

Allis-Chalmers Ad

****Picture of Navy Varsity Football Squad - 1954.  Jim Royer, Jim Owen, Alex Aronis, Hugh Webster, Capt Phil Monahan, Bob Craig, Joe Gattuso, Joh Hopkins, Ronnie Beagle, George Thomas, John Honse, George Textor, Dick Dutnell, Bob Davis, John Weaver, Jack Garrow, Frank Bendrick, Pat McCool, George Welsh, Dick Echard, Bill Smith, Wilson Whitmore, Ed Malynn, Chet Burchett, Vernon Dander, Lee Brantley, Paul Gober, Bob McElsee, Jim Byrom, George Warren, Ken HOlden, Leonard Benzi, Bill Hepworth, Bill Mohn, Jim Wood, Vince Monto, Dick Guest, Jim Hower, Merl Johnson, John McHugh, Jim Barker, Charles Levis, Dave Korzep, Don Johan, John Russell, Roy Freeman, Bob Vaselenko

AC defense products Ad

the Jam handy Organization Ad

Service Series Scores

Treadwell Construction Co Ad

**Cartoon of Bob Farris "Army's Spark-plug captain"

GMC Hydra matic Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. H. Glenn Allen, Joseph a. Bishop, Michael James Petruno

Philadelphia Gear Works Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Peter Joel Vann, Michael Grant Zeigler, Patrick Norman Uebel

Pepsi-Cola Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Thomas J. Bell, Charles F. Bliss, Thomas Kilby Shuff

Exide Batteries Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Peter Waller Lash, Ronald Peter Melnik, Howard George Glock

Veedol, Tydol A. Ethyl Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.Jerome Francis Hagan, Richard Anthony Fadel, Nicholas J. Bruno

Canada Dry Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.Donald Wade Satterfield, Godwin Ordway, III, Robert A. Kyasky

Steel and Alloy Tank Co Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Joseph P. Franklin, Fred Gerard Knieriem, William Francis Cody

Mobiloil Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Arthur D. Johnson, Norris Brown Harbold, Jr, Joseph Cygler

New Departure Ball Bearings Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Edward Szvetecz, Russell A. Mericle, Richard E. Stephenson

Republic Aviation Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Ralph J. Chesnauskas, Billy J. Chance, Donald W. Holleder

2 half page ads. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co, & Berwind-White Coal mining Co

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Frank Albert Burd, Albert F. Oppel, Flay O. Goodwin

Automotive Thrust Bearings Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Richard Charles Murtland, David N. Thomas, John Raymond Wing

2 half page ads. Arma Corp. & Robertson Products for industry

**Cartoon of Phil Monahan "Navy's big ground-gaining captain"

2 half page ads, Drive careful ad and Florsheim Shoes Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Robert William Hepworth, Patrick Richard McCool, James joseph hower

2 half page ads. Collins Radio & Sun shipbuilding

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Ronald Gerald Beagle, Leonard Fred Benzi, Alexander Basile Aronis

2 half page ads. Leone's fine foods & rare vintages and Eseco electric service engineering

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. John Holmes Honse, III,  Kenneth Leroy Holden, Joseph Anthony Gattuso

2 half page ads. Eastern Stainless Steel Corp & Bendix Radio

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. George Thomas Welsh, Wilson Royer Whitmire, George Paul Textor

2 half page ads. Greyhound & Martin-Parry Corp

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Richard Clark Dutnell, Roy Bell Freeman, Jr., Robert J. Craig

2 half page ads. Remington & Kollsman

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Edward Eugene Malynn, James Ellwood Royer, John Clark Weaver

2 half page ads. Hughes aircraft, ERCO

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Frank Edward Bendrick, Paul Dominic Gober, Jack Afred Garrow

2 half page ads. Dutch Masters & the Pennsylvania Co

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. James Leon Owen, Hugh Larimer Webster, John Isaac Hopkins

2 half page ads. Hollingshead Corp & Aerojet-General

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Richard Payne Guest, Robert Wythe David, Richard Dean Echard

2 half page ads. Cities Service & I.T.E company

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.James Newton Barker, Vernon Allen Dander, Olgert Vincent Monto

2 half page ads. Dempster Dumspter & Bellevue Stratford

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.Carroll H. Joseph Wittner, William Theo. Mohn, Jr. David Anthony Korzep

2 half page ads. Alan Wood Steel & Purolator

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Chester Wayne Burchett, Robert Fred Vaselenko, James Thomas Byrom

2 half page ads. Stetson hats, Coleman instrument Co

cartoon

4 ads. Raytheon, Arundel, USF&G, Jamestown metal

This is West Point article

2 ads. Moore-McCormack Lines & STD Corp (Sword maker)

This is Naval Academy article

2 ads. Wayne pump co & Philadelphia gas works

Army and Navy men of football since the beginning article

2 ads. Gremco & Stroukoff

4 ads. SKF Ball & Roller bearings, Sylvania, Flying equipment sales co, Audio Products corp

***Pictures of Donald E. Reid, James H. Kinser, & J.E. Clarkson

Ads. Elastic stop nut corp of America, Ford Instrument Co, Curtis Bay Towing (tow boats), & Davidson transfer & storage

Ads. Aro Vision-eering & Flexitallic

Ads. Piasecki Helicopters & e.W. Bliss Co

Ads. Gahagan Construction Corp, Atlantic Gulf and pacific Co (dredging), Wigton-Abbott Corp

cartoon

Ads. J.M. Willis, Durham Aircraft Service, American Steel Band co, Ward Leonard

Ads. Hollingsworth, hycon Mfg. Kiwi shoe polish, Philippine air lines

The Service Academies article

Ad. CF&I

Reader! At-Ten-SHUN!!! article

Ads. Rohr, Greer test equip, northern Ordnance, ARC (aircraft radio corp)

ads. Streetcars, oerlikon Tool & Arms Corp of America, C.J. Langenfelder & Son, Continental Motors Corp

ads. The Brown Palace Hotel,  Loral Electronics, Meirath & Gasket Co, Watson Elevators

ads. Aetco, Soreng, S. Morgan Smith, & Coro Jewelry

West Point Alma Mater (music & words)

ads. Green Spring valley club whisky, Magnavox, Jacob Reeds Sons (military uniforms), McWilliams Dredging

Navy Blue and Gold (words & music)

ads. Seelye Stevenson Value & Knecht, Webcor,  Buy bonds ad & TRC 

Words & Music for ON, BRAVE OLD ARMY TEAM

words & music for ANCHOR'S AWEIGH

ads. Black Knights of West Point, Scintilla Division, Red Cross

cartoon

Rheingold lager Beer

Miller Beer (back cover)

 

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