Brothers and Sisters

 Fred Norton, Ann (Norton) Maitland, Bruce Norton, and Phil Norton

Phil, Jody, Arlene, Bruce, Ann, John, Jean, and Fred

Phil and Fred Norton

Bob Haas, Jean (Haas) Norton, and Jim Haas

My Mother's Cousin, Howard English

Recently Howard English sent me some pictures of my mother's family.  Thank you Howard!  He also sent my grandparents' (Harry and Marion Haas) wedding license.  It is posted under weddings.

 Left to right: Jean Haas, Norine Kenny, and Barbara Dye

Left to right: Jean Haas, Norine and Howard English, Marion and Harry Haas, Marcella and Mason Dye, and Barbara Dye. Middle: Patrick Kenny and Karen English.
Bottom: Bob Haas, Howard English, Jini Lee Dye, and Jim Haas. 1947

 Fred Norton, Howard English, Mason Dye, Harry Haas, and Patrick Kenny

Back row: Bob Haas, Barbara Dye, Jean Haas, and Jim Haas.
Front row: Howard English, Patrick Kenny with Karen English, and Jini Lee Dye

Family picnic - 1946

Back Row: Evelyn Bishop (neighbor), Norine and Howard English, Harry Haas, and Patrick Kenny
Front Row: Back of Bob Haas, Marion Haas, Jim Haas, and Howard English

Three Sisters: Norine (Kenny) English, Marion (Kenny) Haas, and Marcella (Kenny) Dye

With Father Patrick Kenny

 Howard and Norine English, Mason and Marcella Dye, Fred and Jean Norton,
Marion and Harry Haas

 Back row: Patrick Kenny and Harry Haas
Front row: Mason Dye and Howard English

 Harry , Jean , and Marion Haas at Letchworth Park 1936

 Letchworth Park 1936

Patrick and Maggie Kenny on right side, unknown on left side, and Norine in front. 

Memorial Day

                                                  Thank you for your service.

Fred, Don, Bruce, and Phil

Memorial Day 1941, Wellsville, New York

Bruce Norton

Bruce Norton

Fred Norton

Fred and Bruce Norton - Summer 1946

Phil Norton

Phil Norton

John Maitland 1943

John Maitland

Don Norton (on the right)

Dad always said this was the last thing he saw before he went overseas.

Left to Right: Robert Haas and Rudy Reinprecht.  

This was taken in 1954 right after docking in England.

Both men from Wellsville went over on the same ship but didn't meet until two days at sea.

Dad went to Washington, D. C. for the dedication of the World War II memorial.

In June 2008 Dad went to Loveland, CO to see the Navy D-Day statue
before it was sent over to Utah Beach in France.

The sculptor, Stephen Spears asked Dad to sign on the inside of the base.

Dad kept a diary throughout the war years.  This is his entry for D-Day.

Norton Family Farm

Norton Family Farm

 Phil wrote on the back of the picture: "Sept. 19, 1943 Sunday. "Our Barn."

                                          I took it from the roof of our house. Looking east".

Phil wrote on the back of this picture: "Sunday, September 19, 1943. I took this picture of the neighborhood. Looking north".

Simply titled "Home"

FWN Sr

*NEW*  Farm Stories by Phillip Paul Norton

Scio, New York

Description of the farm: You're looking at the house, and from the inside of the house, Grandma and Grandpa's main place was in the left side.  In the middle was a huge middle room and upstairs was a huge bedroom and on the right side was Mom and Dad's living quarters.  We spent a lot of time in the huge middle living room. 

Our dad was taken out of school in the 2nd grade because his father, Oliver S. Norton didn't think that Dad was smart enough.  Actually Dad was hard of hearing and that hindered his school work.  Dad overcame a lot (through no thanks from his father) and actually was as bright as any Norton.

Big Round Top and Little Round Top were hills on the farm (names derived from the Civil War).  We spent many hours riding Fanny (the farm horse) into these hills with Molly (the farm dog) tagging along.  

Dad had a very large vegetable garden that was needed to supply food for our large family.  This was during the depression -- we all had to pitch in and help, from cultivation to weeding, doing whatever was needed. One time in particular I remember was that we were planting seeds.  Bruce and I had to dig the holes and Don would cover the hole after Fred did the really hard job of dropping the seed in the hole. We lived on the Schrader farm until I was elementary school. We moved into Wellsville,  (14 Seneca St.) when Dad got a job with the Wellsville Water and Light. 

If we kids wanted spending money, we had to find work to make money.  Fred was very industrious and he delivered newspapers to a big manufacturing industry.  In those days you were allowed to go right into the place and deliver papers to those who were working with the big machinery.

Our house was the main gathering spot for all the neighborhood boys. There was a big plot of land next to our house where we played all sorts of sports. Bruce was probably the best at horse shoes.

*NEW*  FWN Sr.

*NEW*  FWN Sr.

Map of the Norton Family Farm drawn by Phil Norton

Schrader Family Farm, Stanndards, New York

Reunions

                                           Schrader & Braunschweiger Reunion 1927
                                    FWN Sr - Far left third row. Edith Shrader in front of him.
                            I am not sure of the connection between Schrader and Braunschweiger.

*NEW* Schrader Reunion - Year Unknown

Norton / Maitland Family Reunion - 1989

Norton / Maitland Family Reunion - 2007

 Haas Family Reunion

Haas / Kenny Family Reunion

Phil and Jody Norton's Family - 2014
Front Row: Amy, Jody, Phil, Jordan (Jim's child)
2nd Row: Joe, Terry, Robin (Terry's daughter) with Anthony Jr., Laura (Amy's daughter), Paul, Jim (Laura's husband) with Abbey (Laura and Jim's daughter)
Back row: Don, Katy (Amy's daughter), Anthony Sr. took the picture.

*NEW* Maitland / Norton Family Reunion

July 2015

Adirondacks, New York

Wellsville High School

Link:  Remembering the Early 1940's at Wellsville High School

http://wellsville.ny.schoolwebpages.com/education/projects/projects.php?sectionid=14000&

"Nancy Norton from Colorado was recently going through the belongings of her parents, Jean and Fred Norton, who were both graduates of Wellsville High School back in 1941 and 1945.  She found a lot of memorabilia they had saved from high school including pictures, old tickets, report cards and much more.  We have compiled much of the Norton's memorabilia on our web site for others to enjoy and to learn from the past".

"We thank the Norton children for sharing these pictures from the past with all of us".

Thank you!

Fred Norton high school graduation

Jean Haas Norton high school graduation

1943 Members of Wellsville High School Grid Squad
Phil Norton is third row, third from the left. 
B. Norton is third row, fourth from the right. Is that Bruce?

Left to Right: Gene Burdick, Robert Haas, Fred Horn, and John Graves. 

This was the Wellsville High School 4 x 100 track relay team in 1951 when they broke the school record for that race.