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| I was born in New York City, June 28, 1949, at 5:00PM in the Sloan's Hospital for Women. My brother Ted and I grew up in River Edge, New Jersey. A suburb 10 miles NorthEast of New York City. We lived in a 4 bedroom, Ries, 2-story home that sold for $11,500 in 1949! Mom always said she didn't know how we were going to make the payments! She wore one housecoat for 5 years and got a weekly allowance of $10! |  |
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| Dad spent many hours reading his spy and mystery pulp fiction novels. | Dad, Ted, and me (L) outside our River Edge, New Jersey home, 1954 | |||||||
We would visit Nannie at W218th
Street in Inwood section of New York City, right across from the
Columbia boathouse. Here are some
photos from the late 1940's of brother Ted at the Baker Park, Uncle
Bill Wolf, Uncle Ken, Uncle Lew, and Uncle Bill. |
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Nannie, Christmas, 1950. |
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| Click on a thumbnail below from River Edge, New Jersey plus Inwood Park and Jones Beach, New York City. | ||||||||
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| Click on a thumbnail above from River Edge, New Jersey plus Inwood Park and Jones Beach, New York City. | ||||||||
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Ted and I were close then and still are. Even when we don't agree. |
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Easter Sunday, 1956. The First Congregational Church of River Edge, New Jersey, gave out palm fronds to all the kids. |
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Dad and me in the rocking chair up at the Lake Teedyuskung Pocono Lake House. 1957. |
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My cousin Judy Davids and me standing on the bench that Uncle Harry Wolf Sr. built in 1938 at Lake Teedyuskung in the Pennsylvania Poconos. We use to draw rude pictures of her older sister, Janet, as the wicked witch of the East. | |||||
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Grandma Davids, Ted and me in the Living Room, 290 Concord Drive, River Edge, NJ. 1955. | |||||||
Here are my Roosevelt Elementary School homeroom classes from 1959, 1960, and 1961. There's Danny McQuire, Barbara O'Reilly, Joan Logan, Eddie New, and everyone else. Here's the roster for the class of 1959. |
I was graduated from Roosevelt Elementary in 1961. My best buddies were Peter Geiges, James Nershi, and Danny McGuire. | |||||||
| CHERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIVER EDGE, NEW JERSEY 1959 teaching staff of Cherry Hill Elementary. 1959 office staff of Cherry Hill Elementary. 1962 teaching staff of Cherry Hill Elementary. |
We drove from New Jersey to Florida in 1955 to visit Grandma and Grandpa Davids. The lived in a bungelow in St. Petersburg. I would run across the street from the motel to have breakfast with Granddad! Here are some pics of their house and our visit to Ross Allen Snake Farm and Mullet Key, 1955. |
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| A recent photo of the front of Roosevelt Elementary School. Roll your cursor over the image to see the old playground! Courtesy of James P. Hawkins. 2001. | ||||||||
We had a lot of good times
growing up in River Edge and Oradell, NJ, with Uncle Harry and Aunt Laurel. We had lots of great dinners and Holidays at their house at 616 Cooper Avenue. |
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Backyard Oradell party 1954 | ||||||
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| Johnnie McKenna, Paul McKenna, Ted Davids, Peter McKenna, and Me posing ready to play 'Guns' in the Cottonwoods behind the McKenna's house. Enlarged photo of all the Cottonwood's Gang. River Edge, New Jersey. | ||||||||
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Bill Davids reclining
in the old, dark purple velvet chair at Christmas. 1955 |
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The Concord Court Gals. Helen Quinlan, Martha McKenna, Marie Dillion, Shirley Buckelew, Mary Burke, Muriel Scanlon, Beverly Brophy, and Mom. 1958 |
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The Burkes, River Edge, NJ. 1975. |
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I was a member of the local DeMolay Chapter in Hackensack, New Jersey and achieved the role of Master Councilor. I didn't understand the meaning of the White Rose, an embedded symbol of DeMolay, until I read "The DeVinci Code!" |
Personal artifacts of my membership in DeMolay, Roosevelt Chapter, Hackensack, New Jersey. |
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