Arnold and Newlin: Whittier 1967

Bill and Hazel decide that their multi level house in Glendale is no longer easy for them to scale the many stairs (seven levels, according to Newlin), so they sell it and move to Whittier, where Leonard and Lucille already live in their mountain-side home. (Before selling the house in Glendale, Bill subdivides the two lots and builds a contemporary house on the former grove side in very close proximity to the existing mission-style house. He assists the buyer with financing, but that guy eventually cannot make the payments, so Bill reacquires the title and sells it again.)

The new place was planted with a ground cover of oxalis in the front and back yards in lieu of grass. It was a good choice for California since it does not need to be mowed frequently like grass, but it was a surprise to Joel seeing a Florida weed valued as a California lawn. The only negative with oxalis was that all footprints showed in the oxalis, though I suppose it would have been easy to follow a prowler's footsteps.

the "new" house in Whittier — new to Bill and Hazel

backyard: corner of garage, open patio, redwood picnic table and benches, yard

backyard with orange tree and amaryllises

Bill's birthday with Hazel, Laura and Leonard standing

Bill's birthday

Lucille, Larry and Kathy at Bill's birthday party

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Arnold and Newlin: Road Trip West 1965, Disneyland

Arnie and Newlin take their children to Disneyland with Leonard and Lucille and their children. The only granddaughter for Bill and Hazel is Kathy Nevis, daughter of Leonard and Lucille.

Leonard, Lucille, Andrew, and Newlin

Mark Twain riverboat

Leonard with Kathy, Lucille in pink behind them

Walter, Lucille, Larry, Kathy, Newlin, Allan, and Joel on Main Street

Lucille, Walter, Larry, Kathy, Newlin, Allan, and Joel on Main Street

Joel driving

Joel enjoys driving

Lucille and Kathy

Andrew, Newlin, Walter (in the coonskin hat), Joel, and Allan wait to board the submarine in Tomorrowland

two Mason boys, John Mason, Andrew, Newlin, Joel, and Allan on a pier off the coast of Los Angeles County

two Mason boys, John Mason, Andrew, Newlin, Joel, and Allan 

Andrew, two Mason boys, Allan, and Joel

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Arnold and Newlin: Road Trip West 1963, California 2

Bill and Hazel Nevis and family gather in their front yard for  photos in the summer of 1963:

Lucille, Laura, Bill, Kathy, Hazel, Leonard, Larry, Allan, Walter, Newlin, Andrew, and Joel
501 Mountain Street, Glendale, California

Bill, Arnold, Lucille, Kathy, Hazel, Leonard, Larry, Allan, Walter, Joel, Newlin, and Andrew

Bill, Lucille, Arnold, Kathy, Hazel, Leonard, Larry, Allan, Walter, Joel, Andrew, and Newlin

Bill, Laura, Lucille, Kathy, Hazel, Leonard, Larry, Allan, Walter, Joel, Newlin, and Andrew

Bill and Hazel with their grandchildren Larry, Kathy, Hazel, Walter, Allan, Andrew, and Joel

Bill and Hazel with Larry, Kathy, Hazel, Walter, Allan, Andrew, and Joel

Laura, Bill and Hazel

Bill and Hazel

Newlin, Joel, Andrew, Arnie, Allan, and Hazel Nevis

Joel, Laura, Bill, Hazel, Arnie, Allan, and Andrew

Allan, Hazel, Andrew, Joel, and Bill

Newlin, Allan, Bill, Andrew, Hazel and Joel

Andrew, Arnie, Joel, Hazel, Allan, and Bill

Andrew, Newlin, Allan, Bill, Hazel, and Joel

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Arnold and Newlin: Road Trip West 1963, California 1

The family reaches California and indulges in more activity, such as horseback riding and visiting the Los Angeles Zoo.

Joel and Allan riding horse

Andrew riding a horse

Allan and Joel climbing on a train, ignoring the "Keep Off" signage

Allan, Joel, Newlin, and Andrew

Newlin, Andrew, Joel, and Allan at the Los Angeles Zoo

Newlin, Andrew, Joel, and Allan at the zoo

Joel, Allan, Andrew, and Newlin at the zoo

Newlin, Joel, Andrew, and Allan at the zoo

Joel, Allan, cousin Walter,  and their grandmother Hazel at Disneyland (possibly Lucille in the sunglasses)

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Arnold and Newlin: California Nevises 1961

Some photos of the Nevis family in California circa 1961. Leonard sometimes invited Bill, Hazel and Laura out sailing on his sailboat. Hazel and Bill visit Clear Lake and its nearby neighbor Borax Lake in northern California. They visit Bill's family in the Central Valley, enjoying a picnic at Mooney Grove Park (now part of Visalia).

Laura, Hazel, Bill, and Leonard on Leonard's sailboat, Newport Beach, California, circa 1961
Laura looks very young here, so this might be circa 1955 instead

Hazel at Borax Lake (also called Little Borax Lake), circa 1961

Hazel, Clear Lake, California circa 1960

picnic with Nevis relatives in Mooney Grove Park, with Hazel on far left, Stanley Mello, Raymond Mello, Don Rose standing

Stanley Mello, Bill Nevis, Don Rose, and Raymond Mello in Mooney Grove, California, 1961

Lucille Nevis with sons Walter and Larry, circa 1961

Hazel, Lucille, Leonard, and Walter at Rim Forest in 1961 or 1962

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