Nov 8, 2017

Happy Birthday: Richard Byron Varley Senior Nov 8

Dapper in his straw hat as a young man in San Diego.......









He married the girl of his dreams, Miss Bessie Ida Arnim from Orange, Ca.








Bessie worked at the Boston Store in San Diego with her friend Hannah Varley.





Richard Varley and his brother Bill loved just spending time together.


Their father, Lazarus Varley was born in Burnley, England.


His mother was Mary Jane Byron.


Richard Varley lived in Fall River Mass when he was a child and then the family ended up moving to San Diego when he was a young man.


When Richard Byron Varley was a kid he used to make newspaper deliveries to Lizzie Borden.



He always loved dogs, particularly bull dogs.









Happy Birthday to a wonderful person/




Richard Varley and Bill Varley were one of the first people in San Diego to drive automobiles.

my girl Coco




A new house for Grandma and Grandpa at 4501 Van Dyke Ave, San Diego in the new development of Talmadge Park around 1930



Richard Varley and daughter, Frances on Utah St in San Diego, 2nd house from the corner of Utah and Upas around 1918


The Varley Family in San Diego around 1910 perhaps near their family home on N St:  Richard, Hannah, Sam. Alice, their mother Mary Jane Byron Bowers Varley and their father Lazarus Varley, kneeling Bill and Mary Jane called Mamie.



Nov 7, 2017

Remembering Richard Byron Varley II: Happy Birthday

E. A. Arnim: Flatonia, Texas




From the collection of Bessie Ida Arnim Varley.


My Father's Brother, Uncle Ed Arnim.










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photographer:  C. J. Wright of Houston, Texas




tags:  E. A. Arnim, Uncle Ed Arnim, Bessie Ida Arnim Varley, photographer C. J. Wright of Houston Texas, Arnim Museum, Sam Arnim. Flatonia Texas,



E. A. Arnim, Sr. and partner Jonathan Lane opened the Arnim & Lane Mercantile Store on Flatonia’s North Main Street in 1886, when the town was still in its infancy. Arnim’s eldest son, Judge E. A. “Sam” Arnim, Jr. spent a lifetime amassing an extensive collection of objects of local historic significance. In 1988, the Judge’s widow, Ann, had the idea of establishing a museum in Flatonia in his memory. The Flatonia State Bank offered its building, located across the street from the old Arnim & Lane store, to house the museum. The collection soon expanded through a generous outpouring of additional donations from numerous other families with deep roots in Flatonia history and has not stopped growing yet.


copied from:       http://www.arnimmuseum.org/



All The Dogs Of My Life

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Oct 30, 2017

1948: Creation and Catastrophe Answering Questions at The San Diego Arab Film Festival

This film answers the questions that everyone is always asking me about the reason for the Palestian--Israeli Conflict.

That is what one member of the audience said in the question and answer session after seeing the film,  1948:  Creation and Catastrophe presented at the San Diego Arab Film Festival this past weekend at the AMC 20 in Mission Valley.

It is a powerful movie and received several standing ovations as the director and the creator explained they had been working on this project for 10 years and the difficulty of obtaining the interviews.

This program will be great on PBS--everyone should see it.  Very many screenings and interviews about this very important film will be happening during the first of the year particularly in March.

The director said to be sure and look at the website and the facebook page for the most current news about the movie.

Here is a lik to the website:


https://www.1948movie.com/

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This website has a link to the facebook page, as well.

Spreading the word--this is time well spent.