Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1950 — Page 4
Mr. Moore the four-year-old. Born In N. Walcott St Outer Fringe
Ave,
earlier marriage.- They are and Marilyn. Son Bob is atteiding 8 college in California. : It is a big and. happy tamiyy | One which he little dreamed of/ A youth born at 26 N. Walcot St.
In 1900, Walcott virtually {ringed Indianapolis. Hardly a’ home, stretehed east of the styéet. Open) fields. were everywhere, play in,
but there weren't oy many play-| mates,
.- MR. MOORE "the youngest | of three ¢childreh, all boys, and] the junior by A0 years. As time passed, howeser, he gained more and more fyfends in the neighbor. hood with the city’s expansion,
He i at the Walcott St, address yAtll his first marriage in 1926. then one brother, Wil-|
Hamy/ ‘had been killed in 1912 In a raljfoad yard accident, and his! father, also a rallroader, had passed away in 1922, Today he is the only surviving member of the family. His other brother died in! 1934, his mother in 1944,
” » . “SUCH CRISES occur In every family," Mr. Moore sald. “They are-hard to take, but they are inevitable. Life can't grind to a bait whatever happens.” And much has hapmfred to him. | "One event changed the course of! his life. At 17, he obtained his mother's permission to join the) Navy In World War 1. He had’: completed two years at Technical High School and thought be never! would go back. The Navy fooled He Him,
While serving aboard the USS
' signed to an pfficer qualified to carry him through the remaining studies necessary for graduation.) _ This be did during off hours.
MEANWHILE he’ shouldered! his full share of duties and worked his way ip to Boatswain's! Mate 1c. Coming through with-| out a scratch, although his ship)
discharged in 1921. He Intended to re-enlist and make the Navy a career, He had his eye on an officer's post. Illness of of bia father kept him home, however, and he’ ran-over the re when he could old Jating.
of Indianapolis
TODAY IS a Rge day In the Myron J, Moore household, He Negotiations are held over the; Mr. Moore not only marks his 50th birthday, but he apd his wife, Mary Jo, are celebrating their sixth wedding annivepéary.
Joining them will be his two children by his first wife, Mrs. Dian Brahaum, and Richard, pws two of her three chilgfen by an
Jason on active duty, he was as
ONCE WAS given up us lost, he was!
whole lives.
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fought for a place!
“strove to keep ‘the peace.
—an the citizenry welcomed. the Birth records. in. population that day,
. MR TODAY, however, Ave, Mrs, Mildred Pash,
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her birthplace at 1222 W. Market White River Pkwy, W. Dr.
oe. eT BUT 50 YEARS ago all this lay ahead. It was cold and: bleak in the city Jan. 1;71900. Snow spilied from a gray sky
the 20th Conary TC sla 1s the SOU birth. ste three Indianapolis residents who ny lived here their
Fifty years ( of momentous history Rave psd. | They have lived through it, helped create it. The turn of the century ushered in a period of peace and progress, culminating in the violence of World War IL
SCIENCE AND industry strode with giant, _dteps fiito i the numbing impact of ‘the world’s greatest depression. Labor fought even harder on the production " lines and battlefields of World War IL 3 Atomic energy unleashed its fury an a stunned world. Global economy reel tions of nations strained while United Nations’ Selegates
new. year
ty Hall show 19 additions to the city's ve boys and five girls. Some are dead, others have moved away. No trace can be found ‘of three,
Mrs. Dile Richardson, 713 N. Drexel 1648 N. New Jersey Bt, and Myron J. Moore, 346 Congress\Ave,, are 50. Here are the stories \of how they have hat
Mrs. Dale Richardson
Mrs. Dale Richardson at 50 and as a fwo-month-old baby.
‘We Were Fortunate,’ Despite Floods, ‘War, Depression
MRS. RICHARDSON, born Gladys Harris, today can't find turning point.”
‘her first home but her second on Bank Ave. However, she. remem- bles in the first half of the cen-
potential good upon from inflation, rela-
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Mrs. Pask's father, William B. Lane, m——
dashed all hopes of a musical career.
LIFE BEGAN $0 look more {pleasant When she met and fell: in love ‘with Farrell Alexander, t After a four-year courtship, they married in 1928. Her happiness (was short-lived for he died two
AY 2, Mrs. Pask posed this way. “No Matter How Bad Things Are, There's Always a Turning Point’ -
THERE IS a strain of tragedy woven through the life of Mrs. i Pask. It wasn't evident in her childhood! years but cropped out jus as she matured into womanhood. Each crisis she has faced with! courage and carried on, * = years later. Her philosophy: THAT WAS the last she saw Working as a dental assistant “No matter how bad things are, him, The dread message came| land store clerk helped pass the how dark the picture, you can't qs days after he landed in France.) hours until she decided to stay let things get you down indefi- Nevertheless, she continued t0'p ro and take care of her aging nitely. There always has to be a&'keep current the Liberty War parents, ‘A year after her mother
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| Scrapbook. died in 1939, she married John B, St. | “It could be, and I hope it willl She tried to put aside her pask— Both he and her father cuts across the site mot anfy of ear out, that I've had my trou- thoughts. It was difficult. They gied in 1047.
had planned long “for the years, Again she faced sorrow. But Mr, Moore's parents, Mer. and Mrs. Joo Mout, bers both. well. a tury.” — Ito come. She even knew what with, the ‘courage shawn before, : Then : / 1 The Market 8t, _home w 8 a neat Yive-room cotiage surrounded ® nn =» her wedding dress was to have she has bounced back. : Today - * His DUTIES ou the board PY 2 White picket fence. /It en- . | LOOKING AT her, no One. sfie has a cheerful greeting for
Jim meant extensive traveling. closed a large yard of thick green
, heighborhood children
‘country and sometimes last
long as eigh — weeks, {something of a vacation for her{mer evenings found the Harris| [as they journeyed to Los Angeles,
* » = BUT JOHN and Cynthia Har-|
er him to Omaha, but he pre-| iferted to stay hete. as! LB Be | HE APPLIED for a job with Real Silk. In recent months he the Pennsylvania Railroad and bas suffered ill health but now is was hired as a fireman: On ‘his On the road to recovery. way to report for duty, he stopped | CI tat the Real Silk Hosiery Mill, ALWAYS A thinker, Inc. He never got to the round- hours have given him (house. He accepted a job with/look at the world he lives in. {the mill and has been with the! “If management and labor do! concern ever since, a total of not drive each other to extremies,! |27 years. I believe good times lie ahead, " vi {he sald. “We must keep our | italy interested i Jator, dui. heads during the present economic] |branch 38 of the American Fed- [situation just as we must in a {eration of Hoslry Workers in| Oren policy.
‘Our danger, as I see it, is 1928. H { on e has held office in the! war with Russia. If it can rise, In 1913 she relived the scene
sn alfred the first year and} avoided, fine. If not, let the next] urrently 1s vice president. {war be fought overseas, too. His enthusiasm led to his being “It's a great age. The world! named for a seven-year period has progressec more in the past to: the national ‘executive board 50 years than anytime since the of 22 members. It conducts con’, birth of Christ and the tract negotiations with manage- spread of his {ment on a nation-wide basis, Aloore said,
10,000 Babies Mothers' New Year's Gift to Nation [Marrs married Mr. Richardson
Nearly 10,000 babies will have been born in the United States!/from School 18. .From the days before this New Year's Day Is over, according to U. 8. Public Health he swung on the gate on Bank| Service. statistics, Ave, he followed her to marriage. ! Some will manage to get themselves born in taxicabs and ele-| “We were just kids. when vators, byt the majority will prefer a more conventional éntrance, started dating,” Mrs. Richardson! What sore-of-Hves cam the newcomers expect to lead? said. “I remember so well coming
Although he voluntéered for {duty In World War II, he was
spring obeyed sharply the Pp. m. curfew whistle. It “Even when I was old enough
lardson laughed,
{when the family moved to Bank]
|the river bottoms, lor's hand, she watched the water]
{when the angry water poured into {the Bank Ave. home. Furiously ond floor, | ! » » .
originalignd they moved east to 317 teachings,’ Mr, {Keystone Ave.
{two sad events happened: Her | sister Eva, older by two y [dea of tubérculosis, The following year Miss Gladys/|
Ther». is no “de finite answer, home evenings. Dale and I would | mostly. because mo One knows creasing, - but Al = slower rate tdlk by the gate. From the up-| whether the present threft of war than formerly althongh a-great Stairs front bedroom Dad would will materialize Into terrible de call, ‘Young man, if you want to
spurt of war bables upset birth rate calculations “made \ beTore house.’ World War II i ae =» By the time today's baby ls-old THEN IN "18 another sister,
enough to drive an automobile, A there probably will be no piace|lives With the Rithardsocn aos downtown to park it unless elty| {helps fill a gap in the Richardson administrations get busy in the! family life, for . they have no next .few years. The number of children, i cars per ‘capita is still increas: “We have had a govd, average ing life,” she sald.. “Our only regret. Instead of “worrying about the 18 not having children, we Jove Grim Reaper when he reaches them 80. : 50 years of age, our New Year's ~ Other personal crises in her child may by that time expect to life were the deathk of a third jenjdy life for another 50 years. Sister, Mrs. Ethel Mathers, nf Life’ expectancy can be length- 1936, her father in 1934 and her! tly increasing over Yat Of the ened enormously if. medical sci- mother in 1038, stronger (7) sex. {ence learns Yo cure the diseases| She has two sisters living, Mrs. After MAbriage, today's baby which now kill mst, sudh as Cleo Grollinger, Los Angeles, and pat BT and heart diseases, and Mrs, W. J. Steinhilber, Norfolk, hit. The earn to keep human bode and rca; Ton, ut buf ruin Sting out. 40 fast, mit Ind,
struction and mass slaughter or will be banished” forgver by agreement of all nations for perma{nent peace,
If global conflict can be avertad, our New Year's babies can {look forward to long, peaceful {and prosperous lives, Belentific and Industriat fndyancement will open new vistas besith, entertainment, educa tion and ‘production The boys ‘will find a buyers’ market in matrimony. There are, how- at this time, slightly more women {than men In the United States, with the number of women con-
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MRS, RIC HARDSON was - agwould guess the difficulties which igrass’ and peach trees/in which bride of three months when her have fallen her lot. played. husband was called into service./a line in her face, and her figure Often nis{ Bright flowers splashed along the Like other wives ‘then and a!still is that of a teen-ager. Beau-] \wite accompanied him: making it} hefringbone brick walk, and sum- quarter century later, she dread: tirul, silver hair is the only con-| {ed his going, fearing he would youngsters cluttered under: the not be among those to return, {New York, Washington, D. C,, and/¥8 lamp a half block from, Fate dealt kindly with Mr. ™ The firm wanfed to trans-| {other distant points: me. Richardson, however, and now|and Lillian Lane, she was for-| |the couple look forward to cele-/tunate in being the 2 on into a series “of \brating thelr 33d wedding anni-| |parents who could bestow u {kept on the job as a knittér at ris were strict parents. The off- |versary. But/ it was 9 ry was a high point in their|
rouble world conditions and to have dates, I had to be home ®hort finahtes in "17 meant no) the Jong by 11 or the next time I wanted honeymoon. They made up for it
time to) "w 1j0st at the. outset of World W to go out, I didn't,” Mrs, Rich- utset o rid War a 1I by taking “that trip” Simultaneously he
| She had just started School 16 Agara Falls. ‘Like so many newly- married ss ®
{Ave., driven from their homie by couples, the money just didn't go!
For hours, cliatehing her moth: fous local concerns,
ia raging flood which spilled over {around. So, until 1936 Mrs. Rich- ing area on three xides of what |ardson did office work with var-|once-was Highland Park, built NCE / 888 [the second apartment in Indi- / anapolis and- added others, Two THE GREAT pessiin hand- he named for his<children. a } / Those early years for: rs. / td them thelr Most-Severs: blow. | Pask and brother William were
{they hauled furniture to the sec- although both were working. “We got through. It {My - husband never TWO FL QODS- were enough work but N.| nothing. Hefe, In the years keep abreast the bills and hold - (1916 through 1918 one joyful and on to the Insurance,” {1% he Say; As Wany.44 40 heigh Comfortably situated today un-|dressed in ears, | {less some major disaster befalls favorite mory yook characters. them, happiness Hut have. ne particular | plans in mind. She confesses atomic science FA by her father. too deep fir her and worries about! lives in one handed down through Russia's attitude in*world politics. |the years. The moves meant shift- | She would like all proven Commu-! Ing grade schools, and she was
inists
{lieves the nation should firm up ge hoo) when it was located Sow its foreign policy. High prices ‘and wages don’ | concern her too much for she is sonal crises. World War I spread convinced the economic situation over the globe. Her flance volun-| talk to m © {will level off of its own accord. y daughter, come in hey But when problems begin to heavy heart,
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a TBN {by picking up sy Martin, died. She leftio, ither in White River or the/tor embarkation. She waved as
rool streams of Canada.
MARVIN CURLE
‘BARTON, CURLE & McLAREN
ESTABLISHED BY W. E. BARTON IN 1894 INSURANCE AND SURETY BONDS
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She ‘plunged with fevor into study of the piano, dreaming of
everyone and a bright smile.
There isn't] She has no worries about the
the day she might take the con-| fututre. {cert stage. | “You don't, if you make a One cold winter night in the point of staying young,” she said.
cession to the years since her| early {pirth at 255 N. Highland Ave. The daughter of William.
'20's she |friend. On the way home, the|get, I always will find my greatest, {streetcar broke down. Mrs. Pask! {enjoyment with young peoplé. ja caught a cold which developed that I am a good bit like MotHer illnesses and'and Dad.” ; Snr the 25th her ample worldly goods. : * " A Her father founded an engrav-j} - : |ing firm which since has become! A {the William B. Burford Printing |* Co. For 50 years, he owned and operated the U. 8. Desk, File & Cabinet Co., 313 E. South St.
to Ni gstate and Handled promotional advertising.
MR. LANE developed the hous-
the happler ones, The mother and was tough. | oo ther joined In the fun with the was out ‘of| youngsters, his “income fell to] Birthday parties were gigantic. We were fortunate tol Highland Park would be. rented
Your 6 years of -continuous
patronage is our inspiration to
she said. |porhood. children would attend
costumes depicting
view 1950 and years to come
they ‘anticipate years of| EVERY MOVE of the family
was . into another home owned Even today she’
with greater confidence. We"
sincerely thank you far your
in this country deported; be- raduated from Shortridge High f town. Then began the series of pei
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teered. With smiling face but she followed him upon her mind, Mrs. Rich-ito the East coast... n can forget them quickly; There she swung down the rod and reel td street at his side as he marched
WE WISH YOU A "HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
*the ship pulled to sea.
EDW. E. MCLAREN
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