The early years

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HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The happiest times of my life  </B><B>in Kiamesha NY with my family</B></div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="137e5e930.png" border=0 width="350" height="403" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                <IMG SRC="137d58be0.png" border=0 width="344" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mom, Dad and me on the boardwalk at the lake                                       Me on the slide  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="137fb8a40.png" border=0 width="696" height="420" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>               Uncle Joel, Aunt Toots, Uncle Norman, my Mom,myself with ball and cousin Harriet</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13824a2b0.png" border=0 width="330" height="555" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <IMG SRC="138890f30.png" border=0 width="400" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                 Mom and me                                                                                 Great Grandma Sara</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13816c140.png" border=0 width="364" height="532" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="13866e060.png" border=0 width="366" height="518" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Great Grandma Sara                                                                      Cousins Harriet and Joan</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1384006e0.png" border=0 width="768" height="622" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My favorite picture of all time, Mom, Uncle Joel, my Nana & Grandpa Ida & Joe, me in chair and my dad.</div> <bR> <div> <B>At our home in Fort Lee NJ shortly after WW2</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="138978760.png" border=0 width="376" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="138b78990.png" border=0 width="376" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  Mom, dad & me                                                                Dad, Mom, Uncle Joel, & me</div> <bR> <bR> <div> THE DRESS</div> <bR> <div>     <IMG SRC="1396c27f0.png" border=0 width="450" height="639" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I had a dream. Uncle Joel was coming home from the war and he was bringing me two dresses. One white with red flowers, the other white with green shamrocks. I told my mom. She just shook her head and said it was a nice dream. Surprise !!! 3 days later Uncle Joel arrived with the two dresses for me exactly as I saw them in my dream. The one in this picture is the white and green one. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Here are three of my favorite photo's of me in my youth</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13935ebe0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <IMG SRC="13945e8d0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="397" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> At age 15 in Central Park, NYC                                                           In my early 20s Paramus NJ</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="139590140.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="532" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>    </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>             In my mid 20s Paramus NJ</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>