Wedding photos finally organized

Harry and Helen Liggett of Akron, OH, on our
47th wedding anniversary September 7. 2004

I never got around to putting our wedding photos in an album, so this year to surprise Helen I scanned the few old black and white photos that were taken along with mementos such as wedding announcements and honeymoon souvenirs and put them all on a DVD slide show.

We did not keep any notes on our honeymoon, but Helen did keep a list of some of the honeymoon expenses. A due bill from my old hometown newspaper where I worked in 1957 was used to pay our hotel bill. Advertising in the newspaper was swapped for credit by the Continental Hotel, a hotel next to the Capitrol that no longer exists. Our most expensive meal at the swank DC restaurants was $6 for two or us and a visit to Luray Caverns was $3.60 for both. The most expensive gas tank fillup was $3.80 and we got two cups of coffee for 10 cents.

Our luckiest weekend began on a Friday the 13th in 1965 when we drove to Columbus to pick up our oldest son, Tom, for adoption. On Saturday we moved into our home in 544 N. Firestone Blvd. in Akron, and on Monday I started a rewrite position at the Beacon Journal. I made A1 that first day with a story about eight merchants arrested for selling on Sunday.

We adopted another son, Robert, a couple of years later in Akron.

Our worst weekend was last October when Tom was admitted to the hospital with complete kidney failure. He has been going to dialysis three days a week for about four hours. A surgeon has now implanted a catheter in his stomach so he can do the dialysis at home. He cannot hold a full-time job any longer, but luckily he is a realtor and loan officer. Tom and wife Susan have two daughters–-- our only grandchildren--–Erin in Grade 4 and Anna in kindergarten. Erin incidentally took the photo above.

Our other son, Bob, is not married at age 38, He finally quit a tax accounting job which took up too much time and joined Network Polymers in Akron as senior accountant.

I retired in March, 1995 and keep busy now running a family history web site for the Summit County Genealogical Society. I also send out a monthly updated e-mail address list to 150-plus Beacon Journal types and, of course, run this web log for retirees.

Harry Liggett in Akron, OH hliggett@ald.net

[I have been coaxing other BJ types to send me someting about themselves to put on the blog.
Now that you have read mine. Where is yours?]