Maybe from the Neighborhood watch?
On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 10:56 AM Mike Dumas <mdumas42@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, that's my point. The unforgettably-named Avonelle was not part of your family, but Dave Dobbins's. I never heard of Dave, but his mom's name is very familiar to me for some reason. Too late to ask our moms about this, but maybe my mom also knew Avonelle. Could it be Avonelle was part of the "Hen Party" (stitch 'n' chat) group that your mom and mine were going to when you and I were in kindergarten? (One year, for Christmas, they fixed up the girls' old love-worn dolls. You know, like how they beautified the lion, the tin man and the scarecrow after they gained entrance to Mario Lanza's Oz.) That would explain why I'd likely hear her mentioned now and then.--On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 3:42 PM Alex Magdaleno <eng42b@gmail.com> wrote:That was Dave Dobbins writing.😀--On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 12:56 PM Mike Dumas <mdumas42@gmail.com> wrote:Wait, what?? "My mother's name was Avonelle." I thought that was your mom's sister's name, Al. Can't be two Avonelles in the same universe. It must be familiar to me from overheard parental conversations. The friendship was fairly active if a kid down the block got wind of it. Got any more details on this?--On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 8:43 PM Alex Magdaleno <eng42b@gmail.com> wrote:Here's what he said when I asked him how our parents knew each other.------Back in the 1940s our parents were neiborhood Watch called civil defense. They wore whit military hats had black out curtains on every window.Most of our neighbors worked at Douglas aircraft in one form or another from machinists to drivers to riveters like the movie Swing Shift.My parents small house at the top of the hill had block parties served coffee doughnuts and bar b ques. Our living room floors and dining room had hardwood finished floors covered with oriental are rugs.When the evening shifts were over a lot of aircraft workers wives and hubbies came to our house to dance into the early dawn with the large RCA RADIO GLARING Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman.John Wayne's cousin lived further down in Betendo near West Athens school his name was Joe Signs. His son accidental was shot in military training.John came to our house several times to dance while making movies.All the families knew (Avie). My mothers name was AvonelleAll the parents after the war were in the Woodcrest PTA or West Athens and we all attended the meetings in the auditoriums.Our neighborhood was like millions of other patriotic families back during the war years and afterwards,Up on the top of the hill we played Kick the can, red river, hud and seek, had b b guns, then we had massive dirt clod fights with our neighbors across the street whose dad was a animal doctor.Oh so much to tell people what growing up in south LA WAS ALL ABLUT.--On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 3:41 PM Alex Magdaleno <eng42b@gmail.com> wrote:They lived just over the top of the hill on Berendo. They had to work hard to get David into Bret Harte instead of Gompers.I don't think he ever came over our way, maybe to walk to Washington. Here's his picture from WashingtonOn Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 3:26 PM John Dumas <jdumasfelix@gmail.com> wrote:HI Al,Dave and Pam were returning home from a trip to South Dakota. They stopped at an Idaho gas station to get gas. David Dobbins was a customer there and started up a conversation with my brother. Dave asked Dobbins where he was raised and that led to the discovery that Dobbins originally lived on Berendo south of Imperial. Dobbins now lives in Coeur D'alene Idaho.It's curious that I never knew of Dobbins. I guess my world was smaller than I thought 😉.JohnnyOn Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 12:31 PM Alex Magdaleno <eng42b@gmail.com> wrote:Yes I knew him well and my parents knew his parents. We email every few years. How did Dave happen to meet him,On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 10:11 AM John Dumas <jdumasfelix@gmail.com> wrote:Al,Do you recall a guy named David Dobbins? My brother Dave met him at a gas station in Idaho. They had never met before. David Dobbins turns out to have lived on Berendo south of Imperial in the 114 hundred block. He said he graduated from Washington High around 1960 - 61.Johnny
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