In the mid 1970s we buy a motor boat and take it out on area lakes for frequently family outings. All of us boys learn to waterski. Arnie enjoyed skippering the boat, but he did try to teach Eric to ski, too.
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| Andrew on Lake Santa Fe |
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Arnie driving a boat on Lake Santa Fe
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| Arnie, Eric, Eric's friend Harris Rosenberg, and Newlin |
Newlin went back to work in the mid 1970s as a nurse, first in Shands Hospital, later as a school nurse for Alachua County. The school district administration was located in the old Kirby Smith elementary school (a name now dropped for its connection to a Civil War confederate soldier), where several of Newlin's older brothers went to school when the Ashmores lived in Gainesville in the early 1920s.
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| Kirby Smith Center, Alachua County Schools |
The Florida Museum of Natural History used to feature a small and interesting natural history museum in this building on the eponymous Museum Road, but now the museum resides in another build else where on campus. The Dickson Hall location now hosts the research and collections division.
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| Florida Museum of Natural History, Dickison Hall, 1974 |
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| Gainesville City Hall, circa 1974 |
The 1911 Federal Building, built in the Palladium Classical Revival style, had the main post office and federal courthouse until 1964, when it was leased to the Alachua County School Board, but by 1980 it was turned into the Hippodrome Theater.
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1911 Federal Building, downtown Gainesville, circa 1974
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| Arnie hosting a party for his grad students, circa 1974 |
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Arnie with his grad students, and Joel, circa 1974
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| Eric in the morning: "Basta Paparazzi!" |
In June 1975 Joel graduated from Buchholz High School:
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| Joel's class photo from 1975 |
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| Joel graduates in June |
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| Newlin, Joel, Allan, and Eric, June 1975 |
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Joel and Allan, June 1975
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Joel and Eric, June 1975
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| Graduation Day for Joel and Bill Powell, with Eric |
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| Joel in his graduation cap and gown. June 1975 |
Joel received a new camera for graduation; here he captures Newlin in a very hearty laugh:
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| Newlin |
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| Newlin laughing |
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| Newlin's laughter |
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| Newlin painting the family room |
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| Arnie's ID card, July 1, 1975 |
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| Arnie's business card from 1975 |
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