Miss Lottie's Journal - November 1932 - December 1932

[Note: The above photo was taken on the Skyline Drive atop of the Blue Ridge Mountain as it looks down into the Shenandoah Valley. The Peaked or Massanutten Mountain is shown as the light blue range in the background as it rises from the floor of the Valley to meet the sky.  If one follows Rt. 33 west from Elkton, one would literally go around the tip of this beautiful mountain range and into Harrisonburg. This photo has not been edited. This range of mountains are truly blue when viewed from a distance. The area between the Blue Ridge and Massanutten is the area covered in the Journal of Miss Lottie Davis.]
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November 1932
November 1932 came in on Tuesday.
  1 Nov 1932 - Mr. Caldwell died age 81 years.
  3 Nov 1932 - New ventilator  in Sit[ting] room at Harold's.
  8 Nov 1932 - President Roosevelt elected.
  1 Nov 1932 - Planted pole in lot for light.
  3 Nov 1932 - Mr. Hedrick operated- Mollie Miller house.
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November 1932 - continued
14 Nov 1932 - Mrs. Keezle operated on.
15 Nov 1932 - Went to Singer's Glenn with Mr. Smith.
15 Nov 1932 - Mrs. Minor Heatwole killed herself in Washington.  Mr. P.A. Carver S.
16 Nov 1932 - Mr.Ike Shifflett died lived on mountain.
19 Nov 1932 - Miss Edith Hammer-Melvin Hensley married.
17 Nov 1932 - Mr. William E. Nicholas killed by engine 69 years.
12 Nov 1932 - New coat at B Ney's $9.73 + soup spoons.
17 Nov 1932 - Grany new coat at R. $13.00.
20 Nov 1932 - Miss Frances Miller wife of Dr. S.P. Miller of Greenville, S.C.
28 Nov 1932 - Mr. Clint Shifflett house burned.
23 Nov 1932 - Mr. Brown operated on.
30 Nov 1932 - Fire at Walter Eppard.
30 Nov 1932 - Fire at Gibsons.
30 Nov 1932 - Mr. J.R. Cover died age 74 years Suddenly.
30 Nov 1932 - Mrs. Smith's brother died 42 years old died in California. 
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December 1932 
  1 Dec 1932 - Daddy fixed hog pen.
  2 Dec 1932 - Mrs. Owen Hensley had limb taken off.
  3 Dec 1932 - Mr. J.R. Cover funeral on Saturday AM [morning?]
  2 Dec 1932 - Mr. Jett Monger died age 43 years.
  5 Dec 1932 - Got hogs from Uncle Luther 2 hogs weigh 370# cost $22.92.
  5 Dec 1932 - Harold got 1 hog 198 # 144# - $11.16.
  6 Dec 1932 - Mrs. Smith's brother funeral on Tues-
  1 Dec 1932 - Miss Leona Shifflett & Henry Dean married.
10 Dec 1932 - Mr. Green Armentrout died 80 years old Sat.
17 Dec 1932 - First snow fell on Sat.
13 Dec 1932 - Mrs. Kirsey died age 70 years old.
12 Dec 1932 - Mrs. Owen Hensley came home from hospital.
17 Dec 1932 - Second snow fell on Sat.
     Dec 1932 - Mr. McGuire got new car.
18 Dec 1932 - Earl, Mable, Charles and I went to Strawberg [Strasburg?] Sun.  Zero weather Snow 10 inches deep.
20 Dec 1932 - Mr. David Powll [Powell] died 75 years old Funeral on 22 on Thursday.
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December 1932 continued.
20 Dec 1932 - Mrs. Lula Breeden died 26 years old.
22 Dec 1932 - Mr. Jim Bailey hand hurt.
24 Dec 1932 - Miss Minnie Plum married.
26 Dec 1932 - Mrs. Floyd Brill new baby.
28 Dec 1932 - Miss Evelyn Leap  married.
23 Dec 1932 - Mrs. Walters died Mrs. Sallie Life mother.

Another Immigrant Who Became An American Legend.

               Glenn Ford

Today’s article is about another famous man who was born at Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec City, Canada on the 1^st of May 1916.  His name was Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford.  He was the son of the Quebecois Hannah Wood Mitchell and Newton Ford, a railway man.  Ford was a great nephew of Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald through his father and was also related to United States President, Martin Van Buren.  When he was eight years of age, he and his family moved to Santa Monica, California.  He became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America in 1939.

Glenn Ford died at the age of ninety on the 30^th August 2006. The media recalled his long Hollywood career [106 films, his many romances and marriages]. The Associated Press wrote, "He was a star to the end of his career."

Glenn Ford was much more than that, yet none of his obituaries mentioned his extraordinary patriotism or his distinguished military career. Ford rose to the rank of Captain in the United States Navy after years of dedicated service which began with World War II and continued through the Vietnam War.

He was undoubtedly a star, one of Hollywood's enduring major stars, but as his biography on a Web site devoted to his long life states, his accomplishments were even larger than life off-screen.  As his son Peter once told NewsMax.com, Ford was "one of those Ronald Reagan, true-blue American types."

At the beginning of World War II Glenn Ford served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.  As a Marine he helped build safe houses in occupied France for those hiding from the Nazis and he was among the first Americans to enter the infamous Dachau concentration camp at the end of the war.  He went on to serve in the Navy and at war's end he was commissioned a Commander in the Naval Reserves.

Committed to service in the armed forces, Ford also served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Third Marine Amphibious Force in 1966-1968.  During the Vietnam War, he once went on a jungle mission with a Special Forces Team.  Ford was the only actor to have served with both the Green Berets and the French Foreign Legion and his military record is well recognized in both the United States and France as a highly decorated veteran.

Among his numerous medals and commendations are the Medal of Honor presented by the Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Medaille de la France Libre for the liberation of France;  two commendation medals from the U.S. Navy; and the Vietnamese Legion of Merit.  He received the rank of Captain with the U.S. Naval Reserves in 1968; retiring in 1977.

Ford bravely served his country in two wars in the front lines facing enemy fire on many occasions and never expecting to be treated like a Hollywood star but as a fellow fighting man.  He was indeed a hero both on and off the screen.

 

Commander Glenn Ford

In 2004, Glenn Ford told NewsMax.com, "Let's never forget that to remain free we must always be strong. That's an important lesson I learned in my Navy career in World War II.  National defense must be the top priority for our country. If you are strong, you are safe. Now is the time for every American to be proud. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave. If we are not brave, we will not be free."

Glenn Ford lived the motto of the Marine Corps, Semper Fidelis –He was always faithful to the nation he served so long and so well. 

An American Composer

Irving Berlin

 Irving Berlin was the professional name of Isidore Baline (1888-1989), an American composer of popular music, one of the most popular songwriters in United States history. He was born in Russia and moved to New York City with his family in 1893. His father, a cantor who led the Jewish congregation in music during the religious ceremonies, died in 1896, and the young Berlin was forced to look for work to help provide for his impoverished family. At the age of eight he sold newspapers and became a street singer. With no formal musical training, Berlin took jobs as a singing waiter and began to compose music and write lyrics. His first published work appeared in 1907, when he wrote the lyrics for the song “Marie from Sunny Italy.”

Despite his inability to read or write music, Berlin became a lyricist in the music-publishing business, and in 1909 he published more than 20 songs. He made his stage debut in 1910, performing his own songs in a vaudeville review, and in 1911 the publication of “Alexander's Ragtime Band” established his reputation as a songwriter. Berlin wrote for the Ziegfeld Follies, and in 1919 he formed his own music-publishing business. In 1921 he became a partner in the construction of the Music Box Theater in New York, and he staged his own popular revues at the theater for several years.

Berlin wrote about 1500 songs and became one of the most successful songwriters in the United States. Whether for Broadway musicals or films, for humorous songs or romantic ballads, his compositions are celebrated for their appealing melodies and memorable lyrics. Berlin played and composed in an unconventional manner, using primarily the black keys of a piano fitted with a lever, which shifted the keyboard for automatic transposition. In 1973 he donated the upright piano to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Cover of White Christmas

Among the numerous musical comedies and revues for which Berlin wrote music and lyrics are Watch Your Step (1914), The Century Girl (1916, with Victor Herbert), Annie Get Your Gun (1946), Miss Liberty (1949), Call Me Madam (1950), and Mr. President (1962). In 1942 Berlin wrote and produced This Is the Army, using only military personnel. In 1955 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented Berlin with a special medal authorized by the Congress of the United States for his patriotic songs. Berlin wrote music for the films Top Hat (1935), On the Avenue (1937), Blue Skies (1946), Easter Parade (1948), and others. Among his many popular songs are “Everybody's Doin' It,””There's No Business Like Show Business,””God Bless America,””White Christmas,” and “Easter Parade.” In 1968 Berlin received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Berlin died in his sleep on September 22, 1989 of natural causes, in New York City at the age of 101 and was interred in the woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx,  New York City.

Miss Lottie's Journal

Journal Of Miss Lottie M. Davis

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September 1932

September 1932 came in on Thursday-

 2 Sep 1932 – Clarence Rogers hurt.

 4 Sep 1932 – Mr. Jim Rhodes operated on Sun[day].

 4 Sep 1932 – Elected new officers and Teachers.

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September 1932

 4 Sep 1932 – Mrs. MV Leap went to Mr. Charles Leap.

 7 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Harold Morris new baby.

 8 Sep 1932 – Mr. Harry Woodard came home from Hospital.

 8 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Gale Leap new baby, Gale Ann.

    Sep 1932 – Rev. Coffey hurt in fall.

12 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Kyger new roof on house.

10 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Lester McGuire came home [from] hospital.

12 Sep 1932 – Helen Lamb new baby 7 lbs.

16 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Jim Breeden fell in bath room broke hip.

18 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Harold Morris taken to hospital.

21 Sep 1932 – Daddy taken to Charletville [Charlottesville] Hospital.

19 Sep 1932 – Taylor boy dies age 19 years.

21 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Walter Hammer went to Hospital.

22 Sep 1932 – Miss Annie P. Kite taken to old Folks Home.

22 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Maggie Life died 72 yrs old. Richard

21 Sep 1932 – Fire at Shenandoah Shop building.[N&W Railroad Shop in Shenandoah.]

24 Sep 1932 – Went to see Daddy in Hospital.

28 Sep 1932 - Went to see Daddy in Hospital.

27 Sep 1932 –  Coffman car stolen burned at will wood.

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September 1932

Mrs. Robert Ayre died 80 yrs at Ingham.

23 Sep 1932 – John R. Rothgeb died 65 yrs. yard conductor.

27  Sep 1932 – Taken X-Ray of Daddy.

26 Sept 1932 – Miss Vasthite Hammer and Bennie Good married. 

Sep 1932 – Stearn came home.

October 1932

2 Oct 1932 – Went to see Daddy.

2 Oct 1932 – Mr. Jett Monger went to hospital.

1 Oct 1932 – Mr. Brown operated on.

   Oct 1932 – Mr. Funkhouser left R.M. Hospital.

4 Oct 1932 – Daddy goes to bed with T.F. Germ. [T.B. Germ? meaning Tuberculous?]

13 Oct 1932 - Put up 22 cans of beans.

16 Oct 1932 -  Dr. McCullack hurt taken to Hospital by Dr. E. B. Miller.

 9 Oct 1932 – Lura [Laura’s?]baby taken to Washington Hospital.

19 Oct 1932 – Miss Pearl Ware married.

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October 1932

22 Oct 1932 – Daddy came home from Charl[ottesville?] Hospital.

23 Oct 1932 – [Alian or Alaer] Baugher 21 years old.[Could this be Allen Baugher?]

21 Oct 1923 – Mr. McGuire started painting.

21 Oct 1923 – Reu Van Deaver came to Elkton, Virginia.

22 Oct 1923 – Mr. Joe Leap died age 43 years.

24 Oct 1923 – Mrs. Poe Hensley new baby.

24 Oct 1923 – Mrs. George Shifflett new baby [____?]

31 Oct 1932 – Mrs. Sites baby dies 9 months.

18 Oct 1932 – Mr. L.E. Long taken over the light.

29 Oct 1932 – Trip on Skyland Trail [Drive?]