Coral’s family history · Chapter 19

My Recollections of Alvie

Coral remembered Alvie as a generous grandfather who took the children to Celoron Park and welcomed them at the Erie Railroad station in Ashville, also called Boomertown. Watching the telegraph and the station’s machinery became part of her childhood memory.

Her account preserves local details about Celoron’s amusements, the Pier Ballroom, and the steamboat City of Jamestown. She recalled journeys on Chautauqua Lake and the excitement of visiting the park.

Alvie’s workshop produced shelves, stools, swings, and bobsleds. Coral also described his interest in early movie-making and his service as an air-raid warden during the Second World War.

These recollections are valuable as personal testimony about work, recreation, and family life. This summary omits intimate medical details, family disputes, and names of potentially living relatives. Coral’s complete first-person account remains in the family edition.