Cloudy, 30's. Doug and girls left for Albany and didn't get back 'til 5 pm, got blanket and tape for heater. Clifton and I went to Grand Gorge after file and feed and worked on cold air ducts. Took Sue to parsonage for Halloween party and Carol to Linda's for birthday party and picked them up. Don Armlin shot and killed while hunting coon at night.
Comment: Work on the heater never stopping..Don Armlin was one of the "Armlin Boys" generally known for being bad asses and mountain men living up in the Middleburgh hills. He married Delores Ferris, youngest daughter of Claude and Louis Ferris who lived at "Ferris Camp" or, later, the Baptist Bible Camp. Louise later became my step-grandmother after marrying my Granddad Elmer Hubbard. Claude ran a hunting camp and beer joint where in 1948, I watched the second Joe Lewis, Billy Conn fight on a 12 inch black and white tv with a large magnifying glass in front of it. Claude and Louise had previously lost a two year old boy when he drowned in the swimming pool Claude had for his guests. After that incident, he drained the pool and it was never used again. Don was killed after he climbed a tree along the Ferris Camp road and tried to shake a coon out of the tree. One of his friends thought he would help him and tried to shoot the coon with a .22 but hit Don in the chest and killed him. The meme "He can run but he can't hide" was voiced by Joe Louis after he was asked about Conn's exceptional foot and hand speed.
1 comment:
From Charlotte Haskin Carlson: Delores passed away after a long battle with cancer. Lenny stopped by and visited her on one of his last visits to NY. She was so young when her husband was shot . She was widowed for years and later in life married a man from Schnectady but it didn't last long and she moved back to the Ferris home. I always thought the family home was beautiful and couldn't believe on a trip home they had torn it down. She made her home in one of the cabins near Keyerskill Road.
I remember the empty pool always gave me a scary feeling for some reason. No one talked about it much.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerry Hubbard
To: Charlotte Carlton
Sent: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 3:53 pm
Subject: Re: Saturday, 5 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries: Don Armlin Shot Hunting Coon, Heater Work Continues, Ferris Camp Memories....
Thanks for the info, I think my memory is about right on the age of the boy, I remember my parents talking about it when we were driving by Ferris Camp and I asked them what the big concrete thing was....I was wondering about Delores as I was writing the blog, sad to hear she is gone....
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Charlotte Carlton wrote:
Enjoyed reading your comment today. Delores passed away a few years ago. Didn't remember the son was only 2 years old when he drowned. He was the only boy in the family of 4 girls if i remember right. charlotte
Post a Comment