Leonard's Story: June 23, 1944

Note: VOCO means "Verbal Orders of Commanding Officer"

[June 23, 1944, page 1]

              UNITED STATES ARMY

              CAMP RITCHIE

              MARYLAND

                             23 June

Dear Arnold,

     I have just received a six

day leave. Eighteen hours after

finishing the course I was alerted.

I am due back the 29th. I

am trying to fly home, I have

a priority which will take me

through, however, it is raining

here and the weather has been

bad all week so I don't know

if I will be able to make it.

If not I'll come up to see you

sunday night. I don't know

how much time I'll have

when I get back from leave.

If I fly home, I'll try to

get a 24 hour VOCO sometime

[page 2]

soon after I return and go up and

see you some night. I'll say hello

to the folks love

                 Leonard

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Leonard's Story: May 29, 1944

[I don’t know why the letters skip a year from June 1943 to May 1944; I suppose they have been lost]

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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: 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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Leonard's Story: September 1957

Bill and Hazel visit Leonard in Madison, Wisconsin, on their way east for a voyage to Europe. I assume Leonard interned there after graduation from USC Medical School.

Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, September 1957

Leonard Nevis at Lake Michigan, September 1957

Wisconsin State House, September 1957

Wisconsin, September 1957

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Arnold and Newlin: April 5, 1957

Bill announces that he has sold the family business and is drawing up new wills. Here we learn of the $10,000 for Leonard's ex-wife Pat.

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