Arnold's Story: July 31, 1950

A sympathy card from Arnold's friend's mother Vera Cummings. Carl Cummings' nickname was Bud.

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Arnold's Story: May 22, 1950

Arnold stays in touch with his deceased friend 's mother, Vera Cummings. 

May 21 was "I am an American" Day, honoring naturalized American citizenship. It started in 1938 spread nationally by 1940. Later it became Citizenship Day and moved to September, being renamed Constitution Day.

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Arnold's Story: May 13, 1948

A letter from Vera Cummings thanking Arnold for sending roses remembering her son Carl's death four years earlier. Carl was a close friend from high school in Glendale. Vera Cummings gifted a Limoges china plate to Arnold and his new bride Newlin several years later, in the 1950s. Someone in the family may still have that plate, although some twenty years ago it was dropped, it broke and had to be repaired with glue, so perhaps no one opted to keep the damaged plate. (The Cummings home at 813 N. Central Av., Glendale, is now a real estate business, the neighborhood having been absorbed into the nearby business district.)

Vera Cummings' description of Hazel Nevis arriving home with her hat on is accurate. She always wore a hat and gloves, well into the 1970s. Hazel was a notoriously bad driver. Her daughter-in-law Lucille said that she was indignant when accused of bad driving. Hazel always got into her car and adjusted the mirror first thing, then of course she checked her lipstick and hat and fixed her gloves. And generally without looking in the mirror a second time she would back up. One time she forgot to put the car in reverse so instead of backing out the garage at 501 E. Mountain St., she rammed the car through the wall of the garage. It went partially through that wall and stuck out the other side, on the second floor over the patio. 

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Arnold's Story: May 14, 1944

Hazel Nevis writes to her son Arnold on Mother's Day, 1944. 

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Arnold's Story: May 6, 1944

Carl Cummings may be the close friend that Arnie lost in the war. He stayed in touch with his friend's mother and she gave him a Limoges china plate. It stood in a place of honor in our home in Gainesville for over fifty years. 

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Arnold's Story: April 3, 1944

Two Lauras are mentioned here. One is Arnie's younger sister Laura Nevis, who recently had chicken pox. The other is Arnie's paternal Aunt Laura Mello. Arnie's cousins Wilfred, Stanley and Edwin are his Aunt Laura's children. Ed Mello died the war on February 21, 1945. 

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Arnold's Story: March 12, 1944

On leave from Army Air Forces training in Connecticut, Arnie visited New York City to see the sights and attend church services. I am not sure which church he would have gone to, as the only church near Rock Center is St. Patrick's Cathedral, and it seems unlikely he would attend a Catholic mass.

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