Arnold and Newlin: Gainesville 1972

Newlin's sister Floreine Ashmore Marshall (later Floreine Langston, when she remarried) lived in Gainesville during the 1960s and came to the house countless times. Here she joins us in Westside Park, two blocks from our house on 11th Avenue.

Floreine at Westside Park

Eric and Allan at the park

Joel and Andrew at the park

Eric climbing a dogwood tree in our side yard 

Eric climbing a tree in the backyard

Eric climbing a tree in the backyard

Eric with a wheelbarrow

Eric climbing a carport support

Flo smoked in those years, and here she is sitting outside enjoying a cigarette with some birthday cake. But she quit smoking in the mid 1960s after the school system rolled out an anti-smoking campaign. We kids would see Aunt Flo smoking and ask if she knew that for every minute smoking it was a minute off her life. 

Flo eating cake and smoking in the back yard

Eric taking a break in the wheelbarrow

Eric standing in the wheelbarrow

Eric on the carport

Joel hiding Easter eggs

Allan, Eric, Andrew, and Joel; Eric has an Easter basket

Allan, Andrew, Joel, Eric (with Easter basket), and Arnold

Allan, Newlin and Joel

Allan, Eric, Andrew, and Joel on Easter Sunday

We did not attend cousin Martha Gail's wedding, but Aunt Eloise made sure we got a photo from it.

wedding of Martha Gail Langston and Gary Hurd

Joel

Arnie and Newlin

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Arnold and Newlin: Easter in Sweden 1970

Arnie's youngest sister Laura flew from Los Angeles to Sweden with their nephew Walter (Leonard and Lucille's son) for a few weeks at Easter time. Easter fell on March 29 and it was still winter in Scandinavia. Laura was impressed that it was still a snowy winter in Sweden at the end of March and laughed about her "Easter bonnet".

Newlin and Laura, Sunnerstabacken, Easter Sunday

Walter and Eric, Sunnerstabacken, Easter Sunday

Walter, Sunnerstabacken, Easter Sunday

Walter on a sled, Laura and Allan on a sled, and Joel on skis, Sunnerstabacken

Joel, Walter, Laura, and Allan, Sunnerstabacken

Laura, Joel, Eric, and Andrew, Sunnerstabacken

We went several times to Drottningholm Palace, now the residence of the royal family in its west wing. After Ester we brought Laura and Walter there.

Allan, Newlin, Walter, Laura, and Joel near the Drottningholm Palace church

Joel, Allan, Andrew, Newlin, Laura, Eric, and Walter, Drottningholm

Newlin discovered the delights of fondue in 1970, but it appears here that we have started with a hearty split pea soup for dinner:

Joel, Andrew, Newlin, Eric, Allan, and Laura

The family gathered around the fondue pot

We visited Stockholm after Easter with Laura and Walter. Among the sites we went to the Wasa Ship Museum, where the Swedish warship Wasa was housed. It sank in 1628 and was salvaged in 1961. Because the centuries old ship would have deteriorated if allowed to dry out, it was impregnated with polyethylene glycol by spraying it over the course of seventeen years. 

Joel and Laura at the entrance to the Wasa Varvet Museum (it now has a permanent museum location)

17th century Swedish warship Wasa that sank on her maiden voyage (attribution: OneHungLow January 2009) 

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Arnold and Newlin: 1969

Nevis family photos from the first half of 1969:

Arnold and Newlin lunching with a friend at the Faculty Club in the Reitz Union, University of Florida

Arnie in his office at the University of Florida

Eric with a basket of Easter eggs

Eric hunting Easter eggs

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Arnold and Newlin: 1965

Nevis family photos from 1965:

Andrew's school photo from Littlewood, 1965

Andrew hunting Easter eggs in the backyard

Andrew with his Easter eggs

Joel with Easter eggs

Joel, Arnie, Andrew, and Allan, after church

Arnie, Allan, Joel, and Andrew

Andrew, Arnie, Joel, and Allan

Arnie, Andrew, Joel, Allan, and Newlin in Fanning Springs at the first Ashmore family reunion

Andrew with cousin Ferrell Barwick, Fanning Springs

Allan in the football uniform and helmet he got for Christmas

Andrew and Allan in their Christmas presents (frontiersman and football uniform)

Andrew in frontiersman outfit

Andrew in Allan's football uniform and helmet

Arnie in the 1960s

Allan, Andrew and Joel hanging stocking by the fireplace

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