1974 Jan 10 – Nov 23, 1974

A winter ice storm and chimney fire, plus Myra and I accompany Deb on a youth group trip to Atlantic City
HouseWinter1974-001 My folks' house, Winter 1974. You can see the camper we used to return East cross-country from California along the left side of the house. There was a huge ice...
1 My folks' house, Winter 1974. You can see the camper we used to return East cross-country from California along the left side of the house. There was a huge ice storm that knocked out power for over a week. To keep warm we burned wood in the fireplace which we slept in front of in sleeping bags. After several days, chinks in the chimney mortar resulted in the rafters and the roof catching fire.
HouseWinter1974-002 View from rear of my folks' house, Winter 1974 during the ice storm. You can just make out Mocha, our German Shepherd, who had a dog run between two trees.
2 View from rear of my folks' house, Winter 1974 during the ice storm. You can just make out Mocha, our German Shepherd, who had a dog run between two trees.
AtlanticCity1974-001 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
3 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
AtlanticCity1974-002 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
4 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
AtlanticCity1974-003 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
5 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
AtlanticCity1974-004 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
6 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
AtlanticCity1974-007 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
7 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
AtlanticCity1974-010 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
8 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
AtlanticCity1974-013 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
9 Mom and I accompanied Deb to a Young Judea convention in Atlantic City. Our hotel overlooked the Steeplechase Pier and its amusement park.
MyraSpring1974-001 My mother, Spring of 1974. I was 17, a junior in HS so she would probably have been 37 since her birthday is in June. I took this beauty shot to finish out a...
10 My mother, Spring of 1974. I was 17, a junior in HS so she would probably have been 37 since her birthday is in June. I took this beauty shot to finish out a roll of slide film I needed to get developed.
United Peoples Apathetic Front Membership Card In senior year my group of friends devised a clever plan to get our group picture into the yearbook. We formed an extracurricular club called the United Peoples...
11 In senior year my group of friends devised a clever plan to get our group picture into the yearbook. We formed an extracurricular club called the United Peoples Apathetic Front. Our mantra was that we did nothing, we proudly stood for nothing, and we didn't care! It took some convincing, but we recruited our history teacher to be the club sponsor once he learned that he had very little to supervise.