Memorial Day - All Our Veterans

©2010 A.B. Deller, digital copy of newspaper clipping, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday Morning, March 11, 1945. 

Original held by D. & M. Deller

When we say the word "Veteran" or speak of honoring those who have served on Memorial Day, I immediately think of the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.  But a few weeks ago, I was reminded that the soldiers and sailors were not the only ones serving their country.  They left behind many family members who did their part on the home front; and in many cases were left after the wars end, grieving for those who had died.

I am thinking of our Great-Uncle and Aunt, Edward Curtis Jones and Jessie Colclasure Jones.  Their only son, Edward Curtis Jones Jr., after two years of college, left his home in Tennessee, and entered the U.S. Army Air Force in January 1942 as an Aviation Cadet.  He  was killed in action over Budapest, Hungary, July 2, 1944.  He was survived by both his parents, and in March 1945, three sets of parents, including Curtis and Jessie, represented their lost sons in Memphis, Tennessee, as their sacrifice was honored.

So while I am thankful for all those men and women who have served with the military, I am also thankful for all those family members who supported them.

Wordless Wednesday - Dudley E Jones House

Dudley E. Jones House, Scott Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, c. 1899

©2010 S. Taylor-Colby, digital copy held by A. B. Deller, 
original held by S. Taylor-Colby.

Dudley E. Jones House, Scott Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, c.1970

©2007 A.B. Deller, digital copy, original held by D. & M. Deller

 ©2009 A.B. Deller, digital photo

Dudley E. Jones House, at it's new location on S. Broadway St., 

Little Rock, Arkansas, c.2009

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun! December 2, 1950

OK, this is late, obviously, but as someone else said, it looks like fun.  Randy, over at Genea-Musings, has challenged us.

Your mission, should you deign to accept it (come on, it's fun!), is to:
1) Go to the dMarie Time Capsule Website - http://dmarie.com/timecap/
2) Select a date in your family history that you want to know about. You might pick a birth date or wedding date of your parents or grandparents.
3) Enter the date into the search form, and select the news, songs, toys, books and other things that you want to feature.
4) Share the date, why you picked it, and the results of your Time Capsule study on your own blog, in a comment to this post, or in a comment or post on Facebook.

So off I go - I chose Charles Franklin Deller and Carolyn Jones Wedding day (I was just updating their profile in RootsMagic with media earlier today),  

December 2, 1950.  

Let's see what we find...

Top News Headlines this Week:

Nov 26 - China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
Nov 30 - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
Dec 2 - Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight

Top Songs for 1950:

Harbor Lights by Sammy Kaye
If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake by Eileen Barton
I Can Dream, Can't I? by Andrews Sisters
The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page
Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole
All My Love by Patti Page

U.S. President

Harry S. Truman

U.S. Vice-President

Alben W. Barkley

Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: All About Eve, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best Actor:  Jose Ferrer in Cyrano De Bergerac

Best Actress: Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday

People born on December 2

1950 - Merrill Ashley, St Paul MN, ballerina (NYC Ballet)

On TV in 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
The Burns & Allen Show

Top Books in 1950

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Florence Nightingale by Cecil Woodham-Smith

1950 Prices:

Bread: $0.14/loaf
Milk: $0.82/gal
Eggs: $0.70/doz
Car: $1,750
Gas: $0.27/gal
House: $14,500
Stamp: $0.03/ea
Avg Income: $3,815/yr
Min Wage: $0.75/hr
DOW Avg: 235

They were right... this *was* fun!  And educational!

(Not Really) Wordless Wednesday - Edward Curtis Jones

 ©2007 A.B. Deller, digital copy of portrait, original held by D. & M. Deller

Edward Curtis Jones, 1889 - 1960, c. 1890

Curtis, as he was known to his family, was the oldest son of Arthur Clifton Jones and Georgia A. Jackson; and later brother to Dudley Emerson and Arthur Jackson Jones.  He was born 25 August 1889 in Sedalia, Missouri, moved with his family to Little Rock, and graduated from the Little Rock High School in 1908.  Though we don't have his college records, we know he went to some institute of higher education; in every census after 1910 his occupation is listed as  Engineer.

He registered for the World War I draft, and fought in Europe, along with both of his brothers.  Family members recall seeing a picture of all three brothers together on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, but it has been lost.

He returned to Little Rock, and to his wife, Jessie M. Colclasure in 1917.  The couple lived with his parents until after 1920, and their only child, Edward Curtis Jones, Jr., was born in 1921 in Arkansas, probably in the family home.  By 1930 the little family had moved to Memphis, Tennessee.  The next public record we hold is a newspaper clipping from 11 March 1945 that pictures a line of grieved parents, including Curtis and Jessie, as the "Army Recognized Their Sons' Valor in Europe's Sky,"  E. Curtis Jones Jr. had been killed in action over Hungary in World War II. 

His wife, Jessie, died in January 1957 of pneumonia and stomach cancer, after a fierce battle, and is buried at Memorial Park in Memphis.  We believe Curtis died on 7 March 1960 in Memphis Tennessee. He was survived by his brothers and their spouses, and one niece and her family.

Wordless Wednesday - Dudley Emerson Jones 1892-1971

©2007 A.B. Deller, digital copy of portrait, original held by D. & M. Deller

Dudley Emerson Jones 1892 - 1971; 

son of Arthur Clifton Jones

Little Rock, Arkansas, c. 1893