1948 Kingston Huskies

Yet another recently discovered photo of the 1948 Kingston (PA) High School Football team.

 

 

 

More to follow.

 

Korean War: 34th Dragons Football

More original pics from my Dad's stint playing football during his time in the Army. 

 

The original pic directly below is one I've seen copies of many times before.

 

The team pic below that is a first for me. 

 

More to follow.

 

  

 

 

 

Brothers of the Brush

I first mentioned the "Brothers of the Brush" contest held by the Kingston (PA) Cake Company in this post. To my knowledge, I had never seen those words in print, but have seen many photos of my Dad as Abe Lincoln.

 

I have a pretty good recall about many of the older pictures or newspaper clippings that I've been finding over the past few months, but the item below is one I've never seen before.

 

I was happy to find it, regardless of its condition.

 

 I've got a lot more "stuff" to post over the coming weeks.

 

Stay tuned.

  

Football: Kingston Huskies and Korea

As I continue to rifle through boxes and the last remaining corners of the basement, I am finding more photos tucked away in places containing - basically - stuff that should have been pitched years ago.

 

Here are but a few of the latest.

 

Above: My dad and unknown teammate from Kingston (PA) Huskies

Below: My dad and favorite receiver ( Korean War ), Steve Bosick

 

 

 

And finally, a pic of Diana and I from May 11, 1964

 

 

This was taken on S. Loveland Avenue in Kingston, PA.

 

Why am I carrying all the books?

 

  

Glimpses from Korea

Found this photo of my Dad taken in Korea, which has seen better days, in one of the many boxes we brought up from the basement.

 

Kinda surreal, if you ask me.

 

More to follow.

  

Fountain Pens & Generals

We continue to discover Williams family mementos tucked away in the last few boxes we recently retrieved from my father’s basement. The fountain pen below was one of our latest finds.

 

 

It has the following inscription on the solid gold band encircling the cap:

E. C. WILLIAMS  

PAST. PRES.  No. 24

N.A.S.E.    W.B.  PA. 

 

 

 

 

 

 According to the various websites I found, in addition to the information etched on the pen's barrel, this is a Waterman's "Ideal" fountain pen manufactured in the USA. The last date etched on the barrel is August 4, 1903. The 0854V etched in the end of the barrel tells a lot about the pen as detailed on this website.

Although there’s not a lot of information online about the N.A.S.E., I did find that the National Association of Stationary Engineers was organized in NYC on the 25th of October 1882, and they had a lodge #24 in Wilkes-Barre, PA in the early 1900’s. Without ordering a book I found at Amazon, I don’t know much more about them to share at the moment other than this old newspaper clipping I found online.
 
 My great-grandfather, Edward Charles Williams, was an engineer at the Kingston Cake Co./Blue Ribbon Bakery for at least the last half of his working career, and he was always nattily dressed in 99% of the photos we’ve found so far. And it appears, much like my maternal grandfather of almost the same era, he definitely enjoyed a good cigar or pipe now and then.

Edward C. Williams and son, Samuel circa ~1930
Nicholson, PA

"Grandpa Eddie" circa ~1955

 

Up next:

Brigadier General Edward Charles Williams

 

Could this Civil War and Mexican War hero be my great-great-great grandfather?
 

 

Samuel Williams - My great-great grandfather

 

Sarah M. and Edward C. Williams

My paternal great-grandparents circa ~1900

 

 

And we all know the story about the Civil War fife pictured below being given to young Eddie prior to Memorial Day 1891. And the hand-painted shaving mug in the photo below is definitely very old.

 

I'm now wondering which "ECW" the mug and fife originally belonged to?

 

 

 

More in a few.

 

1921: Wyoming Tire and Rubber Co.

 

My great-grandfather Edward Charles Williams invested $320.00 in this company in 1921.

 

I wonder what happened to them?

 

Can I retire now?