Thu 8/6/2020 10:05 PM
Mark,
That’s what I must have seen somewhere.
The one story that I remember was that your Dad was only once in a position to draw his gun. Unfortunately, he was in the police car, and his seatbelt prevented him from doing so. Is that a true story?
John, IV
Thu 8/6/2020 10:20 PM
Mark,
It just shows how important it is to ask questions. I’ve been telling this story wrong for years. Ouch!
Also, it would help if you told me more about yourself. You love to fish is one place to start. Are we talking rainbow trout or something larger?
I sent one summer trapping lobsters in a place called Winter Harbor, Maine, just across the bay from Bar Harbor. We had a great time and did it in a rowboat. ?
John, IV
Fri 8/7/2020 8:49 AM
Mark,
Winter Harbor was one of the best times. For the first time in my father’s navy career, we lived close to family.
The setting of lobster traps is one of my more vivid memories as it was one of the first times I remember getting in trouble. My friend’s dad was a lobster fisherman; Keith Tory and I would use his dad’s rowboat and set lobster traps. Only the lobsters were valuable, so I got to bring home crabs for my mother, who loved crab meat. She would make sandwiches, but not for me as I didn’t care for them.
How did I get in trouble? Well, the entire community must have ratted on me. It seems even then; you were required to wear a life vest on a rowboat. Who knew? Not me. Ouch!
Years later, when I lived in Maryland, I learned just how dumb crabs are. In Maryland, you can tie a string to a chicken neck and catch crabs off the pier. They will grab onto the chicken neck and not let go. That is dumb.
The punishment for the crabs was more than I got.
John, IV
Dr. John Elcik
Fri 8/7/2020 9:13 AM
Cousins, etc.,
By now you may realize that I enjoy writing.
Yet, Mark knows that I can get the story wrong. I thought it was his father’s police car that was shot up years ago and in truth, it was his stepbrother Ronnie’s. For years I’ve been telling the story wrong.
Time to fess up. There are other stories I tell. So, to fact check, I’m going to tell part of two stories I tell and see if anybody here can as Casey Kasem would say, tell, the “rest of the story.”
Who in our family was a Warlock? How do we know this to be true?
Who owned the dog “Kippy” and what Kippy’s story could I tell? (It still can bring a house down with laughter.)
These are the first two that come to mind.
John, IV
P.S. In a shout out to Nancy, do you still have a copy of the children’s book where the farm was the site of drawings to illustrate the story? What was the book’s name? And who was the author? Please and thank you.
Family History
Dr. John Elcik
Fri 8/7/2020 9:41 AM
Cousins, etc.,
My earlier post mentioned my Dad’s career in the Navy that took us on world adventures. My brothers and I lived in Japan (where Jeff was born), the Philippines, and Guam. When we came home it was always to 45 Davis Street.
We loved being with all our aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Doing the family tree has identified some questions that I never knew to ask. I have two Aunts that I don’t know anything about. It is understandable that I don’t remember Eleanor H. Elick as she passed in 1956, just four years after I was born. But I feel I should know something about Mary D. Elick (1923-1998). I don’t.
Can anyone help me with information on either Aunt?
Please and thank you.
John, IV
On Aug 7, 2020, at 9:41 AM
Cousins, etc.,
My earlier post mentioned my Dad’s career in the Navy that took us on world adventures. My brothers and I lived in Japan (where Jeff was born), the Philippines, and Guam. When we came home, it was always to 45 Davis Street.
We loved being with all our aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Doing the family tree has identified some questions that I never knew to ask. I have two Aunts about whom I don’t know anything. Understandably, I don’t remember Eleanor H. Elick as she passed in 1956, just four years after I was born. But I feel I should know something about Mary D. Elick (1923-1998). I don’t.
Can anyone help me with information on either Aunt?
Please, and thank you.
John, IV
Friday, August 7, 2020, 11:02 AM
John,
I hope I’m not stepping on my mother’s toes by responding. She and I, many years ago, were able to locate enough copies for each of us kids to have one of our own.
-becky
