Dad (25) Mom (21) Robert 3 months in Traskwood, Arkansas where Dad was the school principal and taught the high school math courses. Mom taught first grade and was an excellent teacher of reading. In July Mom took me on a train trip to Vero Beach, Fla. where her parents had retired with her three younger sisters.

Robert with Williams Baptist College shirt

Robert wearing Williams Baptist College shirt. When it was Southern Baptist college they had a high school department in which I did my junior year of high school in class with WW Two vets twice my age in 1947. It was a good experience. I was in the Aviation Club when Bryant Denison was the president. We flew my uncle's Luscombe frequently after classes and I learned a lot from Bryant. He flew P-47 Thunderbolts in Pacific Combat and was shot down once so he joined the caterpillar club when he used his parachute, and then he spent one day on his raft before he was picked up by the US Navy.

Robert with Starduster 2

Robert with freshly painted Starduster 2 just rolled out of Special Products Aviation Conway, Ark.

Debbie Morin 1973

Debbie Morin in 1973 with nice grouper her family caught fishing the ocean from their boat which is right behind her She shot the rest of us in the picture that I put in awhile ago There just wasn't anyone here that day as it was late Sunday and our weekenders had all headed back to Dade Co. She was a very sweet lady Her husband Bob was killed by a car running off the road where he was running his crew that were working on a project for Southern Bell in 1986 He was only 42

Sawyer family 1971

Jim and Maxine Sawyer with son Mike in the front yard at Williams Cottages in 1971 I worked for Jim in 1959 when he was a partner in Electro-Standards Labs in Miami I repaired and calibrated electronic test instruments We had certification from the National Bureau of Standards We also manufactured an oven tester of our own design I built them from scratch for a contract with Sears We also did the test equipment for Otis and Miami Elevator

George Wesley 1972

George Wesley visiting Williams Cottages in 1972 He was and still is a very good friend who was one of the trio of Robert's brother Jim, and Jack Murphy in Hialeah, Fla from the 8th grade (1955) onward till Jim and Jack passed away George comes to visit me and my brother Carroll here in Ark. with his wife Eileen

Dan Post Steam Boat

Danny Post and his wife riding in the beautiful scale model steamship he built They owned Post Boat Repair on Little Torch Key He built this steamship model from plans It really was beautiful workmanship and he also built the steam engine from a kit that powered the boat It had a closed cycle for the water so that the only time he lost water was when blowing the whistle It was a model of a real ship