Dolph's New Thumb

Dolph had his thumb joint reconstructed last Thursday. It was in a splint for a week, and yesterday they removed the splint and put it in a cast. He had a choice of about 10 colors. I thought that the hot pink would be nice, but he opted for blue. The cast will be on for 3 weeks and then he will do physical therapy to get it to work like a thumb again.  If you like the gory details of the surgery, you can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jqOkBE-eHw

Dolph

This is a picture of Dolph with his handle bar mustache. It was taken between 1952 and 1956. 1956 is when he got out of the Navy.

 

 

 

This picture was taken after we were married. He was working at Graves Music, but I don't know if it was in the Albany or the Eugene store. I notice that he had added a few pounds since the Navy picture was taken!

More Slides...

This was taken of Karen and Eric when we lived on E. 24th Street in Albany (before 1970). We lived across the street from the grade school. I made Karen's dress. I made one like it for me, but there are no pictures of us together. That's probably because it looked better on Karen.

Another fish picture of May and Adolph. I notice that May caught the BIG fish and she looks pleased!

Karen & Colleen

Karen and her friend, Colleen Beggs. Taken about 1968 (second grade?) when we lived in Albany.

Fishing Runs In The Family!

 These were probably taken on one of our camping trips to a mountain lake...probably Detroit Lake...as that was a favorite camping spot for us.

We have lots of fishing pictures...with two granddads (and one grandma!) that liked nothing better than fishing, Eric definitely inherited the fishing gene. I don't see Karen out fishing a lot...she probably inherited her gene from me!

Big Fish!

 Adolph, May and Dolph after one of their deep sea fishing trips.
Adolph and May, after they bought the cabin at Seal Rock, went deep sea fishing almost every week. I think it cost $7 each to go. I went a few times, but it was a total loss of $7, because I don't really like to fish and ocean going boats aren't high on my list either! We ate a lot of salmon. They had most of it canned, but it was really good barbecued. I would appreciate it a lot more now than I did then.

My mom & dad, Alice & Elmer Kofoid, about 1957

Mom, correcting papers. She was teaching second grade at Santiam Grade School in Lebanon. I think she corrected papers every night of her life. I would help sometimes, but not very willingly.






This is the kitchen of our home on Hwy 20 about 2 miles north of Lebanon. We moved there about 1950 and my parents lived there until they built the house on F Street in Lebanon



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My dad, watching TV on our black and white set with 3 channels to chose from. The first time I saw TV was about 1953. The TV was in a store window and it was a grainy picture of the Liberace show. By 1957 the TV wasn't so grainy. "I've Got a Secret", "What's My Line", "You Were There" and "American Bandstand" were some of the programs that were popular.  I can't remember the man's name...he had something to do with the government and TV...and about this time, he described TV as a "vast wasteland". I wonder what he would think now!

Dolph and me...about 1957

These pictures are from old slides.  They were probably taken after we were married (Oct. 1957). They were taken at Dolph's folks place on O'Neil Street in Lebanon.

May was sewing a button on Dolph's shirt sleeve (and I was learning how!)
We were on our way to a dance job...probably New Year's Eve...as I don't think the band dressed quite so formally for other occassions. We loved New Year's Eve dances because everybody wanted a live band and we got paid more. Dolph thinks it was $75. On regular weekends he made $25 to $35 a night depending on the length of the job. We usually had to drive 2 or 3 hours each way plus a 4 or 5 hour job.

Too good not to share!

Karen, Spring of 1962

I've finally got my pictures, computer and scanner all in one place!!!

This is Karen at about 14 month's old. We were living in Eugene on Bell Avenue. I made her top. I think it was about the first of many things I sewed for her. These pictures are from slides that her Grandma May or Grandpa Adolph took.

Sailor Guy!

Dolph joined the Navy in 1952. He attended the Naval School of Music in Washington DC. Before he graduated, he was sent to the USS Yorktown (an aircraft carrier) for their band. As Dolph tells it..."They needed a trumpet player real bad, and I was real bad, so they sent me". Actually he was a very good trumpet player.

 The year before and the year after we were married, he played in a dance band. We spent many Friday and Saturday nights in (smokey, boozey) Elk's Clubs where the band was booked. We would then drive back to Lebanon in the middle of the night. I can remember trying to see the side of the road driving back across the mountains in the fog! The guys in the band kept asking us when we were going to get married and we would always tell them that we didn't have money for the license. We told them that one too many times and one night they took up a collection and gave me the money! We used it to buy the license. We got married on a Friday afternoon and went to the coast on our honeymoon. The band was playing in Florence that weekend and they couldn't find a trumpet player to replace Dolph. They told him that if he would play, they would pay for our motel room on Saturday night. We were so broke that we took their offer...we spent one  night of our three day honeymoon at the Elks Club. The band booked the "honeymoon suite" at the Paddock Motel in Yachats for us. The "honeymoon suite" consisted of a table, some chairs and a bed that was draped with some old curtains. It looked pretty good at night but lacked a lot in the light of day.

While Dolph was in the Navy he spent two years at sea off the coast of Korea and Japan. He was also stationed in Norfolk Virginia. I like this picture of him in the coolie hat and kimono.

Getting Ready For The Big Day!

Dolph, getting ready for church (at 5:30 am), the day before the Oregon/Wisconsin Rose Bowl Game. Can't guess who he wants to win!