Jesse Eldon Butlercirca 1946
In his own history, Lou made note of a few major events in Eldon's life, but we have very little written history. However in his collection of notebooks Lou left quite a few pictures of Eldon; from those we are able to get a glimpse into his life.
A few mementos left in Eldon's scrapbook indicate that he played tennis and participated in track during his high school years.In addition he was very involved with the Centennial High School newspaper, Centennialight. He was the printer and also made up and printed many of the items used by the school in all areas. In April 1945, Eldon was named Lion of the Month by the Pueblo Lions Club. He received this honor for his work with the print shop.
Eldon with the school news press
One of several notes requesting Eldon to be excused from class to operate the press.
Aunt Edna (Mable's sister) - Eldon - unknownmid 1940's
Obviously he wasn't as big as his older brother, Chuck!
Leona remembers Eldon as a good natured young man
Delbert - unknown - Eldon - Charlotte CarpenterThis appears to be some sort of school project. Note the box on the side is labeled "SOPHOMORES."
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Eldon was a good, fun loving person. I can't even remember ever being upset with him. I'm sure he was'nt a saint, but he seemed to be very mature for his age. Perhaps it was because he had two older brothers in the Navy during war time. He was very close to his family. He tried to see that his brother's girlfriends didn't miss out on too many things, and he also befriended the soldiers from the airbase. The boy in the picture with Eldon and Aunt Edna is Tommy, a soldier from the base. Eldon was an exceptional tennis player. When they were younger, the boys played a lot of tennis at the park. Eldon was the one that everyone wanted to beat. elb
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