After a few months we finally got our own apartment in Alpine, New Jersey. It was less than ½ a block from Bill and Kit’s little house that they rented. By early summer, Lorraine knew she was pregnant with our first child. So, we decided to take a much needed vacation up in Vermont and upstate New York. Our first night was spent in a motel in Arlington, Vermont. The next morning, I walked over to the bedroom window and looked out to the magnificent mountains of Vermont with majestic pine trees. The air was cool and fresh. I turned and said very meaningfully “Lorraine, let’s move up here!” She could hardly believe I said that but I was serious. Lorraine had relatives up North – Cousin Sylvia her daughter Betty, Doug and Stanley. Our dream of moving up North, at least 200 Miles North of Alpine, New Jersey, was going to become a reality! Lorraine was very happy at the prospect of living up “North”, as she enjoyed summers with her relatives and hated to go back home when the summer vacation was over! We knew it would take time to plan, find a place to live, but we both wanted to make it a reality. Meantime, we had our beautiful healthy little daughter, Dianne, born while we lived in Alpine in Ally Smith’s apartment. Life goes on. PS: That vacation and those words “Let’s move up here” were a strong impetus. The Move of 200 Miles North (Entry dated September 9, 2011; Page 19 of hand written memoirs) “Let’s move up here” – were serious words. We actually went to see a fine real estate man named Burton Immens in Arlington VT. He showed us around and we told him we didn’t have a lot of money. Finally he showed us a small white clapboard house with green shingled roof. It had no water supply, no furnace, a kitchen with nothing in it and an upstairs with two small bedrooms. It did have a small cellar with an earth floor and there was a stone chimney outside of the kitchen. The sunken living room had a hard wood smooth floor and 4 windows and a door leading out on a sheltered porch. From there, one could see a small
After a few months we finally got our own apartment in Alpine, New Jersey. It was less than ½ a block from Bill and Kit’s little house that they rented. By early summer, Lorraine knew she was pregnant with our first child. So, we decided to take a much needed vacation up in Vermont and upstate New York. Our first night was spent in a motel in Arlington, Vermont. The next morning, I walked over to the bedroom window and looked out to the magnificent mountains of Vermont with majestic pine trees. The air was cool and fresh. I turned and said very meaningfully “Lorraine, let’s move up here!” She could hardly believe I said that but I was serious. Lorraine had relatives up North – Cousin Sylvia her daughter Betty, Doug and Stanley. Our dream of moving up North, at least 200 Miles North of Alpine, New Jersey, was going to become a reality! Lorraine was very happy at the prospect of living up “North”, as she enjoyed summers with her relatives and hated to go back home when the summer vacation was over! We knew it would take time to plan, find a place to live, but we both wanted to make it a reality. Meantime, we had our beautiful healthy little daughter, Dianne, born while we lived in Alpine in Ally Smith’s apartment. Life goes on. PS: That vacation and those words “Let’s move up here” were a strong impetus. The Move of 200 Miles North (Entry dated September 9, 2011; Page 19 of hand written memoirs) “Let’s move up here” – were serious words. We actually went to see a fine real estate man named Burton Immens in Arlington VT. He showed us around and we told him we didn’t have a lot of money. Finally he showed us a small white clapboard house with green shingled roof. It had no water supply, no furnace, a kitchen with nothing in it and an upstairs with two small bedrooms. It did have a small cellar with an earth floor and there was a stone chimney outside of the kitchen. The sunken living room had a hard wood smooth floor and 4 windows and a door leading out on a sheltered porch. From there, one could see a small
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