Arnold and Newlin: Life in Boston 1952

After they wed in Florida, Arnie and Newlin move to Boston, where Arnie is in graduate school at the Massachusetts of Technology and Newlin takes a job as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. Their taxes get a bit complicated having worked in three states: California, Florida and Massachusetts. At first they live in quarters at 100 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Arnie took a risk with this next photo. He was afraid the developer would refuse it for being pornographic or worse, turn him in to the authorities for pornography.

Newlin in the tub

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Arnold and Newlin: 1952 honeymoon

Arnold and Newlin honeymoon at the Coral Court in Daytona Beach. That motel is no longer there, replaced by a high-rise.

postcard of motel Coral Court, Daytona Beach, Florida

postcard from their motel Coral Court in Daytona Beach

Arnold and Newlin on their honeymoon

newlywed Newlin

newlyweds Newlin and Arnold, Coral Court motel, Daytona Beach, Florida

Newlin hamming it up on the beach

Arnold on the beach

Arnold doing a handstand

Arnold and Newlin being corny on the beach

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Arnold and Newlin: 1952 wedding

Arnold and Newlin had a relatively short courtship in San Francisco. They rode the cable cars between their living quarters and the hospital, explored the city, and saw the area sights. Arnold proposed to Newlin on a street corner going home from a laundromat, with Newlin having her hair still in curlers. She was obviously smitten with Arnold and decided that, while not a particularly romantic scenario, she admired him for wanting to marry her in her sloppiest attire.

Newlin returned to Florida to prepare for her wedding, where she lived with her mother in Crawfordville and commuted 30–40 minutes by car to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for work. She had had a few accidents in the past driving home after her night shift, so a family member was always assign to drive her to Tallahassee and pick her up. 

Tallahassee Memorial Hospital W-2, Newlin Ashmore, 1952

In reality, she spent her time working, as her cousin Helen Durrance (Earlie Helen Durrance 1915–2007) arranged everything for the wedding. Happy to have someone else (and someone with experience) take that over, Newlin only overrode the choice of going away outfit — she insisted it be made of cotton instead of wool or heavy silk to accommodate the hot and humid Florida climate. 

Certificate of Marriage for Newlin Ashmore and Arnold Hastings Nevis, September 6, 1952, First Baptist Church, Tallahassee, 
signed by Rev. Jack Eppes and witnessed by matron of honor Sheryl A. Ferrell and best man John L. Mason 

Newlin Ashmore with her nephew Emmett "Bucky" Ferrell, III

groom Arnold Nevis with John Mason (right) and Allan Tisdale (center), before the wedding

Newlin with her sister and matron of honor Sheryl Ashmore Ferrell

Newlin arriving at the church and assisted by her brother Wayne Ashmore

Newlin was escorted down the aisle by her oldest living brother Wayne Ashmore

newly married Newlin and Arnold Nevis walking down the aisle

newly married Newlin and Arnold Nevis exiting the church

bride and groom Newlin and Arnold Nevis, First Baptist Church of Tallahassee

bride Newlin Nevis

newly married Newlin Nevis

the wedding party, left to right: Elise Ferrell, Laura Nevis, Floreine Ashmore Marshall, Ludlow Ashmore,
matron of honor Sheryl Ashmore Ferrell, Byrne Ashmore, bride Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Allan Tisdale,
groom Arnold Nevis, Enwood Ashmore, best man John Mason, unknown, Helen Durrance,
Jean Solomon Turner, and Linda Langston at the First Baptist Church of Tallahassee

Newlin and Arnold Nevis cut the cake at their wedding reception

Wayne Ashmore, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Arnold Nevis, and Emmett "Bucky" Ferrell III

reception line: Nursie Ashmore (mother of the bride), Wayne Ashmore, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Arnold Nevis, Hazel Nevis (mother of the groom), Sheryl Ashmore Ferrell, Helen Durrance, Jean Solomon Turner, Floreine Ashmore Marshall, Laura Nevis, Linda Langston, Elise Ferrell

Wayne Ashmore Nursie Ashmore, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Arnold Nevis, Hazel Nevis, John Mason

Wedding reception line, marriage of Newlin Ashmore and Arnold Nevis,
June 6, 1952, First Baptist Church of Tallahassee, Florida
Bill Nevis (leftmost), Hazel Nevis (her back), Nursie Ashmore, unknown female profile, Wayne Ashmore, Emmett Ferrell, Newlin Ashmore Nevis, Sheryl Ferrell (her back) Arnold Nevis, others 

Newlin's eldest sister Eloise Ashmore Langston is in charge of the wedding guest book

first page of the wedding guest book with bride, groom, officiant, and wedding attendants

Newlin and Arnold cutting the wedding cake

reception napkin from wedding of Newlin and Arnold Nevis

Newlin tosses the bouquet to her bridesmaids

Newlin and Arnold depart on their honeymoon; Newlin's going-away outfit was red (and white);
guests throw the traditional rice at the couple for prosperity, fertility and good fortune

Newlin and Arnold depart on their honeymoon in Newlin's sister and brother-in-law's car

Arnold and Newlin borrowed a car from Newlin sister Sheryl and brother-in-law Emmett. Apparently people wrote on the car with lipstick ("just married" and the like). Arnold and Newlin did not clean it off until the next day, but by then the writing had baked into the finish of car and for the many years Sheryl and Emmett had that car, one could still see faintly the just marrieds on all sides of it.

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Arnold and Newlin 1952

I start a new set of correspondence about Arnold Nevis and his soon-to-be wife Newlin Ashmore, roughly 1952–1960. 

Arnold had been interning at Stanford University Hospital since July 1951. Newlin had moved to San Francisco in 1951 after graduating from Duke University Nursing School and holding a couple of nursing jobs in Atlanta and Tallahassee. She took a job as a nurse at Stanford University Hospital; one morning after the night shift, Newlin was touching up her lipstick, and Arnold, coming onto the 7 am shift, make a crack about her "repairing the damage". Newlin retorted, "yes, want some?" Arnold replied, "no thank you, I prefer mine second hand".

Newlin Ashmore, 1949, Duke University Nursing School

Arnold H. Nevis, 1951, intern, Stanford University Hospital

Stanford University Hospitals W-2 for Arnold Nevis, 1952

Stanford University Hospitals W-2 for Newlin Ashmore, 1952

California Board of Nurse Examiners, application for license as Registered Nurse, Newlin Ashmore, March 13, 1952

California Board of Nurse Examiners, application for license as Registered Nurse, Newlin Ashmore, March 13, 1952

Arnold's sister Laura pointed out that Arnold's ex-girlfriend had been Lynn, so it was appropriate for him to date Newlin now.

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