Chevy Chase is a neighborhood in Glendale, California, named for Chevy Chase Canyon (originally Cañon de Sicomoro). Flintridge is mostly known as La Cañada, a neighbor of Glendale.
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Bill writes about Dolly and Wayne's wedding on February 4, his 60th birthday party, his new Lincoln Sport Sedan in Danube blue metallic, the new furniture and carpets bought before Dolly's wedding reception, and booming business for his Ideal System Company. He still owes $20,000 mortgage on the house in Glendale.
It sounds as if the Glendale chapter of Reserve Officers Association is not thriving, perhaps due to lack of interest.
The enclosure is a sheet with notes taken by Hazel Nevis from a conversation with her sister in law Mary Ann (Nevis) Silva, Bill's oldest surviving sibling. She is said to have a good memory and offers information about her mother Marianne Enos Brown (Mariana Enos de Brum) and father Jacinto Joseph Nevis (Jacinto Josê Neves) as well as Jacinto's father Vincent Nevis (Vicente Neves).
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Hazel has forgotten to forward Arnold's insurance premiums again.
She describes the big 60th birthday party for Bill with their closest friends, children and Bill's siblings. The oldest, Mary, has died already but the second oldest sister, Mary Ann, has a good memory and provided some information on their parents Jacinto and Marianne. Bill was clearly proud to show off his new Lincoln and the modernizations at his business, The Ideal System Company.
Among Bill's birthday gifts are an electric popcorn popper and and an automatic juicer; from the 1940s for several decades kitchen and home gadgets start filling up homes across America.
Hazel remains active in her church.
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Dolly thanks Arnold for his wedding gift (silver tablespoons to match their silver set). As the bride, she had the responsibility to write the thank-you notes. Etiquette requires she write them within one to three months after the wedding, and she is about two weeks out here. Dolly and Wayne had a short honeymoon on account of the needs of his dry-cleaning business.
Arnold and Dolly's father Bill had a 60th birthday on the 16th and their mother Hazel is throwing a party tonight, the 18th, for family and friends.
Dolly and Wayne's residence at 1122-B East Garfield, Glendale, no longer exists; it was torn down for the Glendale Community College (Garfield Campus).
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| Glendale News-Press wedding announcement for Mrs. Eldon Wayne Murphy (Mary Nevis), February 18, 1950, mistakenly putting the wedding on February 14 instead of February 4 |
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Arnold's plans for the summer have been firmed up:
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I wonder about the Andrews family. It might have been them that I heard about second hand from Arnold's time in Boston: some distant cousins were keen to get their son admitted to Harvard University (it might have been Harvard Medical School) and were looking for contacts to boost his chances of gaining admission. Arnold explained that as a student he had no sway with the faculty committee that oversees admission, but not believing him or understanding how it works, they would always press their case, to the point that Arnold would turn off the lights and pretend to not be at home. It might instead have been other distant relatives in Massachusetts than the Andrews.
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