Here's wishing all of you a safe, happy and healthy New Year!
As is my custom each year on this day, I'd like to wish my older brother Ken (Lorain's First Baby of 1958) a Happy Birthday!
Here's Ken in front of our old Brady homestead at 1604 W. 30th Street in Lorain. He's about one and a half years old here. The photo dates from May 1959.
The car is also in this photo of my sister circa 1956 at my parent's first house at 305 W. 30th Street in Lorain. I remember that disc saucer-style sled.
There's a story behind that car.
As I might have mentioned, Dad's side of the family was extremely generous, although they weren't in the least bit wealthy. His grandfather (Grandpa Esterle) gave Mom and Dad their first home at 305 W. 30th. It was a 'kit house' that he owned and had been renting out. And at some point in the early 1950s, Dad's mother (Grandma Brady) told Mom and Dad to go to Elyria and pick out a new car, as she wanted to buy them one. That's the car in the photo.
Mom always spoke lovingly of Dad's family, reminiscing how sweet and kind and generous they were. She always said Grandma Brady was practically a Saint.