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 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: June 1961 WEN

Bill works in a flower bed of snapdragons and stocks on the side of his property facing North Jackson Street, Glendale. 

Bill tending garden in his side yard near the intersection of N. Jackson and E. Mountain Streets

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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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Arnold and Newlin: 1960 Los Angeles

Although these photos are stamped May 1961 and June 1962, they probably date from 1960, before Arnold and Newlin left California for Florida, and just developed later. Newlin is pregnant with Andrew in the following shot, but he was not born until September 1960. The location of the first set of photos is likely Knott's Berry Farm, an attraction in Buena Park, California. The second set are in the back yard of their rental in Westwood, near UCLA. And the last set are at Bill and Hazel's house in Glendale.

Joel, Allan and Newlin Nevis

Allan and Joel with one of the Mason's kids, California, 1960

Allan is on the right, 1960

Allan (waving at center), 1960

Joel and Allan, 1960

Allan with the Masons' children, 1960

Allan with the Masons' children

Arnold and Newlin celebrate Allan's fifth birthday in Westwood (Los Angeles) and in Glendale with Arnie's family in January 1960.

Arnie with Allan's birthday cake in the back yard of their rental in Westwood

Allan at play

Allan with birthday cake

Allan and Newlin

Joel and Allan at play at their Nevis grandparents' house (501 East Mountain Street, Glendale), spring 1959

Arnie, Joel, Allan, and Newlin in Glendale

 Joel and Allan at their grandparents' house

Allan, Joel and Hazel

 Allan and Joel with their Aunt Laura

Allan, Joel and Bill

Joel in a studio photograph, California

Joel and Allan on the couch

Joel and Arnie in Glendale

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