Little League and Other Stuff
Hi all! It's been a busy couple of weeks here. I spent last weekend working on a program that I did on Tuesday night at the Bangor Public Library on Franco American Genealogy. I had a very small crowd - it didn't help that it was one of the coldest evenings we've had this winter - but it went pretty well, I think. I created another blog for the class and plan to keep adding to that as well (in my spare time.) If you are interested you can find it at fa-maine.blogspot.com. It has some basic genealogy info as well as links to FA sites.
I saw a bit of cousin Billy last week. We bought a new used car from him and it was a pleasure to do business with him. Since I've been working on this and the other blog and have been going through old pictures, I was struck by how much Bill looks like our grandfather when he was young. (This is where I whine about not being able to scan photos again) Anyway, I'm very happy with my car. It's a Chrysler Concorde, a newer model than the one I traded in, so I'm familiar with it and it feels comfortable. It handled very well the two snowy and messy driving days we had this past week.
We were driving through Great Works yesterday - something I don't do that often these days - and, as I often do when I go by there, I thought about the loss of the little league field there by the mill. I often rode my bike down there in the evenings to watch Roger, Gary and Peter and some classmates play on that field. Of course part of the fun was a visit to the store to buy a soda and Humpty Dumpty bar-b-que chips - still a favorite, though I limit my intake to once a year or so. I'm sure you younger cousins played there as well. I was trying to remember the teams that you all played on, but can't. Let's see there was PCF, and Sewells, and Elks, and...
well, I can think of others, but I'm not sure if they were l.l. teams or farm league teams from when Paul and his brother coached that, like Rotary, Governors, 3E, and KofC. I'm sure you guys can help me out. Who played and what team did you play on? Was that the only field or did you play at the Jr. High too? I remember playing softball at the Jr. High before they built a good field for the baseball team and gave us the old victory field. At least we didn't have to walk a half mile to play anymore.
Well, it's time for me to get ready and go visit Aunt Jeannette, so I can back in time to watch the football games. I'm hoping for a Patriot victory, but I'm not sure they can pull it off.
Talk to you again soon.
I saw a bit of cousin Billy last week. We bought a new used car from him and it was a pleasure to do business with him. Since I've been working on this and the other blog and have been going through old pictures, I was struck by how much Bill looks like our grandfather when he was young. (This is where I whine about not being able to scan photos again) Anyway, I'm very happy with my car. It's a Chrysler Concorde, a newer model than the one I traded in, so I'm familiar with it and it feels comfortable. It handled very well the two snowy and messy driving days we had this past week.
We were driving through Great Works yesterday - something I don't do that often these days - and, as I often do when I go by there, I thought about the loss of the little league field there by the mill. I often rode my bike down there in the evenings to watch Roger, Gary and Peter and some classmates play on that field. Of course part of the fun was a visit to the store to buy a soda and Humpty Dumpty bar-b-que chips - still a favorite, though I limit my intake to once a year or so. I'm sure you younger cousins played there as well. I was trying to remember the teams that you all played on, but can't. Let's see there was PCF, and Sewells, and Elks, and...
well, I can think of others, but I'm not sure if they were l.l. teams or farm league teams from when Paul and his brother coached that, like Rotary, Governors, 3E, and KofC. I'm sure you guys can help me out. Who played and what team did you play on? Was that the only field or did you play at the Jr. High too? I remember playing softball at the Jr. High before they built a good field for the baseball team and gave us the old victory field. At least we didn't have to walk a half mile to play anymore.
Well, it's time for me to get ready and go visit Aunt Jeannette, so I can back in time to watch the football games. I'm hoping for a Patriot victory, but I'm not sure they can pull it off.
Talk to you again soon.
posted by Betsy at 12:51 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Betsy!
Good luck with the new car.
I checked out the web site Nos Histoires...lots of Dubay pictures. I'm not sure you're right about the uncles. I always thought Uncle George was one of the older guys. There is another photo in there from 1919 and that one is labeled (Dubay, Charles Jr.)
I'm about to check out your fa-maine blogspot.
Take care !
Dana
Hey Dana,
Here are the birth years for the Dubay children:
Mary - 1891
Charles Jr. - 1892
Leo - 1894
Dora - 1895 (died 1896)
George - 1897
James - 1898
Hilda - 1899
William - 1901
Henry - 1902 (died 1903)
Eugene - 1903
Rodolph - 1905
Lillian - 1906
Francis - 1908 (died 1910)
Joseph - 1910 (died 1910)
Jeannette - 1912
I was surprised that Leo was older than Gene. I guess it's because Leo lived a more normal productive life and my most vivid memories of Gene are an old gray man in a wheelchair. I don't think he took very good care of himself.
I used these dates to help me identify in that picture. I'll check with Aunt Jeannette the next time I see her. I'll post the other picture too, in case someone else feels like chimeing in.
Betsy
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