Protected: Ardis History 1963-2000 II Pinewood, NYC Rev 8
Granddad Randall Ardis said, “If the Russians ever bomb America, they’re going to hit all the major cities: Columbia. Sumter. and Pinewood.” The family move to Sumter was…
Birthday Letter to Lorraine
Lorraine, darling, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! On this birthday I’d like to look back at our happy times and share them with you again. This photo of all of us is my…
Allan’s Education
ALLAN’S EDUCATION A GOOD START My education began in Cortland, NY, a small industrial city in central NY state. My schools were on the factory side of town, and my…
Goldfinger Story Narrated PowerPoint
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Clothes Make the Man
Stockbridge, MA, in the Berkshire mountains Clothes Make the Man This Christmas card features Norman Rockwell's painting.of Stockbridge, MA, as a quaint town in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts.…
Problems Are Opportunities
PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES (category) Subtitle: a Second Chance This post was written to help new starts get started and to help mid-career professionals restart their careers. MID CAREER INDUSTRY CHANGE…
Problems Are Opportunies
Also titled Getting a Second Chance This post was written to help new starts get started and to help mid-career professionals restart their careers. MID CAREER INDUSTRY CHANGE Climbing the…
Ardis History 1750-1950
The Ardis family originated in Scotland and German-Lithuania. The Ardis facial features of reddish wavy hair, and blue eyes, a strong jaw are characteristics of both the Scots and the…
Allan’s Career Story
GETTING STARTED Factory life was my early destiny. Growing up in an industrial neighborhood in Cortland, NY, I was comforted by the booms and clangs, smells and aromas, smoke and…
Your car, sir
Coming back from a business trip early in my career, my plane landed in Boston late in the evening. As I came out of a terminal door with my brief…
Ardis History I 1950-1963 Cortland
Table of ContentsPt I CORTLAND 1950-1963 1NEIGHBORS IN CORTLAND included: 4MEMORABLE EVENTS ON RIVER ST. 7LIFE REFLECTED IN MOVIES 13END NOTES: 14FOOTNOTES 14PHOTOS 15 ARDIS HISTORY I 1950-2000 Cortland Cortland,…
Eulogy To A Hammerman
Eulogy to a Hammerman Eulogy To A Hammerman November 11, 2018 The forge shop on River Street has been demolished and the smaller hammer room at the Carriage…
Cortland Reminisces Part I Industry
These stories about the factories in Cortland were posted in Past and Present Cortlandites Reminisce. Allan C Ardis March 24, 2024 Contents INDUSTRIAL CORTLAND.. 3 INDUSTRIAL POWERHOUSE. 3 UNION MADE..…
Part IV East Side History
Part IV Cortland Reminisces-East Side History- ACArdis These are bits of causal history . All posted as stories on Past and Present Cortlandites Reminisce. Allan C Ardis April 14, 2024 …
Part III East Side life
Part III Cortland Reminisces-East Side Life- ACArdis These stories of blue-collar life in Cortland in 1950-1980 were posted in Past and Present Cortlandites Reminisce. Some Comments are included. A Melodyland…
Part II East Side Walks
Part II Cortland Reminisces-East Side Walks- A.C.Ardis These are stories of life in the blue-collar neighborhoods in Cortland in years 1950-1990 posted in Past and Present Cortlandites Reminisce. Some Comments…
Allan’s Career
Allan's Career story is listed in the menu Career Stories.
Cortland Industrial Reminisces
Cortland Reminisces stories were posted on Facebook on the Cortland Reminisces page. They are organized here in these catgories: Part I Industrial Cortland Part II East Side Walks : Walk…
Part I Industrial Cortland
INDUSTRIAL CORTLAND Part I CORTLAND REMINISCES-INDUSTRY-Allan Ardis Posts These stories about the factories in Cortland were posted in Past and Present Cortlandites Reminisce. Allan C Ardis March 24, 2024 Contents…