Arnold and Newlin: 1952 wedding

Arnold and Newlin had a relatively short courtship in San Francisco. They rode the cable cars between their living quarters and the hospital, explored the city, and saw the area sights. Arnold proposed to Newlin on a street corner going home from a laundromat, with Newlin having her hair still in curlers. She was obviously smitten with Arnold and decided that, while not a particularly romantic scenario, she admired him for wanting to marry her in her sloppiest attire.

Newlin returned to Florida to prepare for her wedding, where she lived with her mother in Crawfordville and commuted 30–40 minutes by car to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for work. She had had a few accidents in the past driving home after her night shift, so a family member was always assign to drive her to Tallahassee and pick her up. 

Tallahassee Memorial Hospital W-2, Newlin Ashmore, 1952

In reality, she spent her time working, as her cousin Helen Durrance (Earlie Helen Durrance 1915–2007) arranged everything for the wedding. Happy to have someone else (and someone with experience) take that over, Newlin only overrode the choice of going away outfit — she insisted it be made of cotton instead of wool or heavy silk to accommodate the hot and humid Florida climate. 

Certificate of Marriage for Newlin Ashmore and Arnold Hastings Nevis, September 6, 1952, First Baptist Church, Tallahassee, 
signed by Rev. Jack Eppes and witnessed by matron of honor Sheryl A. Ferrell and best man John L. Mason 

Newlin Ashmore with her nephew Emmett "Bucky" Ferrell, III

groom Arnold Nevis with John Mason (right) and Allan Tisdale (center), before the wedding

Newlin with her sister and matron of honor Sheryl Ashmore Ferrell

Newlin arriving at the church and assisted by her brother Wayne Ashmore

Newlin was escorted down the aisle by her oldest living brother Wayne Ashmore

newly married Newlin and Arnold Nevis walking down the aisle

newly married Newlin and Arnold Nevis exiting the church

bride and groom Newlin and Arnold Nevis, First Baptist Church of Tallahassee

bride Newlin Nevis

newly married Newlin Nevis

the wedding party, left to right: Elise Ferrell, Laura Nevis, Floreine Ashmore Marshall, Ludlow Ashmore,
matron of honor Sheryl Ashmore Ferrell, Byrne Ashmore, bride Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Allan Tisdale,
groom Arnold Nevis, Enwood Ashmore, best man John Mason, unknown, Helen Durrance,
Jean Solomon Turner, and Linda Langston at the First Baptist Church of Tallahassee

Newlin and Arnold Nevis cut the cake at their wedding reception

Wayne Ashmore, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Arnold Nevis, and Emmett "Bucky" Ferrell III

reception line: Nursie Ashmore (mother of the bride), Wayne Ashmore, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Arnold Nevis, Hazel Nevis (mother of the groom), Sheryl Ashmore Ferrell, Helen Durrance, Jean Solomon Turner, Floreine Ashmore Marshall, Laura Nevis, Linda Langston, Elise Ferrell

Wayne Ashmore Nursie Ashmore, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Arnold Nevis, Hazel Nevis, John Mason

Wedding reception line, marriage of Newlin Ashmore and Arnold Nevis,
June 6, 1952, First Baptist Church of Tallahassee, Florida
Bill Nevis (leftmost), Hazel Nevis (her back), Nursie Ashmore, unknown female profile, Wayne Ashmore, Emmett Ferrell, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Sheryl Ferrell (her back) Arnold Nevis, others 

Newlin's eldest sister Eloise Ashmore Langston is in charge of the wedding guest book

first page of the wedding guest book with bride, groom, officiant, and wedding attendants

Newlin and Arnold cutting the wedding cake

reception napkin from wedding of Newlin and Arnold Nevis

Newlin tosses the bouquet to her bridesmaids

Newlin and Arnold depart on their honeymoon; Newlin's going-away outfit was red (and white);
guests throw the traditional rice at the couple for prosperity, fertility and good fortune

Newlin and Arnold depart on their honeymoon in Newlin's sister and brother-in-law's car

Arnold and Newlin borrowed a car from Newlin sister Sheryl and brother-in-law Emmett. Apparently people wrote on the car with lipstick ("just married" and the like). Arnold and Newlin did not clean it off until the next day, but by then the writing had baked into the finish of car and for the many years Sheryl and Emmett had that car, one could still see faintly the just marrieds on all sides of it.

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Arnold and Newlin 1952

I start a new set of correspondence about Arnold Nevis and his soon-to-be wife Newlin Ashmore, roughly 1952–1960. 

Arnold had been interning at Stanford University Hospital since July 1951. Newlin had moved to San Francisco in 1951 after graduating from Duke University Nursing School and holding a couple of nursing jobs in Atlanta and Tallahassee. She took a job as a nurse at Stanford University Hospital; one morning after the night shift, Newlin was touching up her lipstick, and Arnold, coming onto the 7 am shift, make a crack about her "repairing the damage". Newlin retorted, "yes, want some?" Arnold replied, "no thank you, I prefer mine second hand".

Newlin Ashmore, 1949, Duke University Nursing School

Arnold H. Nevis, 1951, intern, Stanford University Hospital

Stanford University Hospitals W-2 for Arnold Nevis, 1952

Stanford University Hospitals W-2 for Newlin Ashmore, 1952

California Board of Nurse Examiners, application for license as Registered Nurse, Newlin Ashmore, March 13, 1952

California Board of Nurse Examiners, application for license as Registered Nurse, Newlin Ashmore, March 13, 1952

Arnold's sister Laura pointed out that Arnold's ex-girlfriend had been Lynn, so it was appropriate for him to date Newlin now.

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Flashback: Arnold's early years

Some documents and photos from Arnold's childhood:

Leonard, Arnold and their cousin Leslie Wolfe, Jr., Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 1923

reverse of the photo above — Hazel wrote here with the names and
observes the resemblance to Arnie's son Eddie in the mid 1950s

Arnold, Dolly and Leonard, New Mexico, circa 1925

Dolly, Leonard and Arnold, New Mexico, circa 1926

Arnold, Glendale, 1932 (enlargement from photo below)

class photo, Eugene Field School, Glendale, California, 1932
Arnold is standing, fourth from left

Arnold, 1933 (enlargement from photo below)

class photo, Eugene Field School, Glendale, California, 1933
Arnold is standing, sixth from left

Arnie, circa 1930

The certificate of promotion from 1930 for the Wilshire Presbyterian School shows that the family was living in Los Angeles already in that year. The second certificate of promotion is from 1931 for the Glendale Presbyterian School. 

Arnold attended Glendale's Eugene Field School in 1931, where he had a perfect attendance record and good penmanship. He also entered a kite in the 1932 Annual Kite Tournament. And he got the Premium No. 1 Notebook Certificate in 1933.

June 16, 1933, perfect attendance certificate, Board of Education of the Glendale
City School District, Eugene Field School, for Arnold Nevis

January 26, 1934, certificate of attendance, Eugene Field School, for Arnold Nevis

By 1935 Arnold attends the Eleanor Joy Toll Junior High School, where he is noted for highest merit.

In 1937 Arnold is in high school at Herbert Hoover High School. The 1937 Scroll Year Book features the Boulder Dam. 

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, cover 

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, inside front cover 

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, inside back cover

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, signature page 1

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, signature page 2

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, title page

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, forward

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 7 Boulder Dam

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 8 Boulder Dam

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 9 Boulder Dam

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 10 Metropolitan Aqueduct

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 11 Metropolitan Aqueduct

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 12 school entrance

In the Winter of '40 class, Arnold is in the top photo, third row, third from right.

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 73

Arnold is manager of the Cee track team, second photo, second row, far left.

1937 Herbert Hoover High School Scroll, page 125

A couple of undated photos of Arnold from the 1930s.

The 1939 Scroll:

Arnold's brother Leonard was in the HHHS Boys' Service Club, as was their friend and neighbor Ed Flavell:

Leonard is in the class of Winter '39:

Arnold is in Mrs. R. B. Shearin's class (middle photo) in the back seated near Mrs. Shearin:

Leonard is in the bottom photo, Mr Erwin Howlitt's Study Hall, back row, eighth from the right:

Arnold was in the Forum Club:

Arnold went to the prom with Ms. Balthis, third row, second from left:

Arnold was vice president of the Chemistry Club. Ed Flavell was president.

Arnold is a graduate of Herbert H. Hoover High School in 1940. He was secretary of the Forensics Club, editor of the Purple Press, member of the Boys' League Board, in the Scholarship Club (I guess), and on the Scroll staff.

And Arnold was the transportation manager of the Chemistry Club. His classmates Kennie Flavell, Ed Flavell and Don Stadt pop up through this blog under Arnold's Story.

Dolly is a Winter 1940 graduate. She was the Uniform Representative, member of the Bible Club, and on the Girls' Drill Team. G.A.A.?

In the Bible Club (bottom of the three group photos), Dolly is in the third row, fourth female in from left:

Now attending the California Institute of Technology, Arnold has middling grades

Although he does show improvement over time, it is hard to believe he would eventually get into Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate school with these Caltech grades. He did, however, score extremely well on the standardized tests administered by the U.S. Army during World War II, which led him to technical coursework at Yale Harvard Universities.

Arnold in the 1940s

Arnie in the late 1940s

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