According to Ruth Godwin Gadbury in Godwin-Hill and Related Families, page 69-70, "Julia Day Alva Godwin, third daughter of Enoch Godwin and Nollie Hill... born near Lometa, Mills County, Texas, married Frank Brock Trainer... at the home of her parents near Lometa by Rev. Forrester, Baptist Minister...
Day Alva attended grade school at Long Cove and graduated from Lometa High School in 1931. After attending John Tarleton Agricultural College in 1931-1932, a junior college at the time, she was governess to the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martin on the Old McNutt Ranch near Comstock, Texas, for a year. She spent the next two winters teaching at Juno, Texas, a grade school with about 20 pupils in grades one through six in Val Verde County, where she received $75.00 per month.
In 1951 she returned to teaching and continued her education at Ohio University where she received her B. S. Degree in the summer of 1957, cum laude. That year she began teaching in Central School in Chillicothe where she remained for nine years. She taught a total of 27 years, retiring in 1975 to become a happy gardener and traveler.
Day Alva and Frank had met on a train trip to California in September of 1935. Frank had been visiting relatives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Day Alva and her mother were on their way to visit Alvin and Clarissa Hill and their new baby in California. They later corresponded, then Frank visited her in Juno, where she was teaching. They became engaged and were married the following July.
Their first home was Toledo, Ohio, then for short periods in several towns where Frank was transferred by the railroad for which he worked. There were stays in Willard, Ohio, Painesville, Ohio, then new Castle, Pennsylvania, where their first baby was born. In 1939 they were moved to Chillicothe, Ohio where they have lived since.
Frank had graduated from high school in Chillicothe and was a machinist apprentice at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad shops there for four years. In all he worked for the B&O about 20 years.
In October of 1942 he enlisted as a Seabee in WWII, serving in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. While in the service he received a Presidential Commendation for making a great number of aluminum pens for setting broken bones of war casualties.
After the War, Frank was promoted to shop foreman on the B&O Railroad at Chillicothe and later to night supervisor of the shops. In 1953 he accepted a job with the Atomic Energy Commission Plant in Piketon, Ohio, a happy change for Frank.
Day Alva, a Baptist from age 13, became a Methodist to be with Frank in his church. Frank sang in the Trinity Methodist Church choir and took part in the Atomic Operetta guild for three years.
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After Frank's death in 1965, Day remained single until 1991 when she married Charles F. Beckman, owner of a plant nursery. They lived happily in Arizona and Ohio until his death in 2002, then Day moved to Illinois to be near her son.
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Day Alva attended grade school at Long Cove and graduated from Lometa High School in 1931. After attending John Tarleton Agricultural College in 1931-1932, a junior college at the time, she was governess to the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martin on the Old McNutt Ranch near Comstock, Texas, for a year. She spent the next two winters teaching at Juno, Texas, a grade school with about 20 pupils in grades one through six in Val Verde County, where she received $75.00 per month.
In 1951 she returned to teaching and continued her education at Ohio University where she received her B. S. Degree in the summer of 1957, cum laude. That year she began teaching in Central School in Chillicothe where she remained for nine years. She taught a total of 27 years, retiring in 1975 to become a happy gardener and traveler.
Day Alva and Frank had met on a train trip to California in September of 1935. Frank had been visiting relatives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Day Alva and her mother were on their way to visit Alvin and Clarissa Hill and their new baby in California. They later corresponded, then Frank visited her in Juno, where she was teaching. They became engaged and were married the following July.
Their first home was Toledo, Ohio, then for short periods in several towns where Frank was transferred by the railroad for which he worked. There were stays in Willard, Ohio, Painesville, Ohio, then new Castle, Pennsylvania, where their first baby was born. In 1939 they were moved to Chillicothe, Ohio where they have lived since.
Frank had graduated from high school in Chillicothe and was a machinist apprentice at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad shops there for four years. In all he worked for the B&O about 20 years.
In October of 1942 he enlisted as a Seabee in WWII, serving in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. While in the service he received a Presidential Commendation for making a great number of aluminum pens for setting broken bones of war casualties.
After the War, Frank was promoted to shop foreman on the B&O Railroad at Chillicothe and later to night supervisor of the shops. In 1953 he accepted a job with the Atomic Energy Commission Plant in Piketon, Ohio, a happy change for Frank.
Day Alva, a Baptist from age 13, became a Methodist to be with Frank in his church. Frank sang in the Trinity Methodist Church choir and took part in the Atomic Operetta guild for three years.
***
After Frank's death in 1965, Day remained single until 1991 when she married Charles F. Beckman, owner of a plant nursery. They lived happily in Arizona and Ohio until his death in 2002, then Day moved to Illinois to be near her son.
***
According to Ruth Godwin Gadbury in Godwin-Hill and Related Families, page 69-70, "Julia Day Alva Godwin, third daughter of Enoch Godwin and Nollie Hill... born near Lometa, Mills County, Texas, married Frank Brock Trainer... at the home of her parents near Lometa by Rev. Forrester, Baptist Minister...
Day Alva attended grade school at Long Cove and graduated from Lometa High School in 1931. After attending John Tarleton Agricultural College in 1931-1932, a junior college at the time, she was governess to the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martin on the Old McNutt Ranch near Comstock, Texas, for a year. She spent the next two winters teaching at Juno, Texas, a grade school with about 20 pupils in grades one through six in Val Verde County, where she received $75.00 per month.
In 1951 she returned to teaching and continued her education at Ohio University where she received her B. S. Degree in the summer of 1957, cum laude. That year she began teaching in Central School in Chillicothe where she remained for nine years. She taught a total of 27 years, retiring in 1975 to become a happy gardener and traveler.
Day Alva and Frank had met on a train trip to California in September of 1935. Frank had been visiting relatives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Day Alva and her mother were on their way to visit Alvin and Clarissa Hill and their new baby in California. They later corresponded, then Frank visited her in Juno, where she was teaching. They became engaged and were married the following July.
Their first home was Toledo, Ohio, then for short periods in several towns where Frank was transferred by the railroad for which he worked. There were stays in Willard, Ohio, Painesville, Ohio, then new Castle, Pennsylvania, where their first baby was born. In 1939 they were moved to Chillicothe, Ohio where they have lived since.
Frank had graduated from high school in Chillicothe and was a machinist apprentice at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad shops there for four years. In all he worked for the B&O about 20 years.
In October of 1942 he enlisted as a Seabee in WWII, serving in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. While in the service he received a Presidential Commendation for making a great number of aluminum pens for setting broken bones of war casualties.
After the War, Frank was promoted to shop foreman on the B&O Railroad at Chillicothe and later to night supervisor of the shops. In 1953 he accepted a job with the Atomic Energy Commission Plant in Piketon, Ohio, a happy change for Frank.
Day Alva, a Baptist from age 13, became a Methodist to be with Frank in his church. Frank sang in the Trinity Methodist Church choir and took part in the Atomic Operetta guild for three years.
***
After Frank's death in 1965, Day remained single until 1991 when she married Charles F. Beckman, owner of a plant nursery. They lived happily in Arizona and Ohio until his death in 2002, then Day moved to Illinois to be near her son.
***
Day Alva attended grade school at Long Cove and graduated from Lometa High School in 1931. After attending John Tarleton Agricultural College in 1931-1932, a junior college at the time, she was governess to the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martin on the Old McNutt Ranch near Comstock, Texas, for a year. She spent the next two winters teaching at Juno, Texas, a grade school with about 20 pupils in grades one through six in Val Verde County, where she received $75.00 per month.
In 1951 she returned to teaching and continued her education at Ohio University where she received her B. S. Degree in the summer of 1957, cum laude. That year she began teaching in Central School in Chillicothe where she remained for nine years. She taught a total of 27 years, retiring in 1975 to become a happy gardener and traveler.
Day Alva and Frank had met on a train trip to California in September of 1935. Frank had been visiting relatives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Day Alva and her mother were on their way to visit Alvin and Clarissa Hill and their new baby in California. They later corresponded, then Frank visited her in Juno, where she was teaching. They became engaged and were married the following July.
Their first home was Toledo, Ohio, then for short periods in several towns where Frank was transferred by the railroad for which he worked. There were stays in Willard, Ohio, Painesville, Ohio, then new Castle, Pennsylvania, where their first baby was born. In 1939 they were moved to Chillicothe, Ohio where they have lived since.
Frank had graduated from high school in Chillicothe and was a machinist apprentice at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad shops there for four years. In all he worked for the B&O about 20 years.
In October of 1942 he enlisted as a Seabee in WWII, serving in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. While in the service he received a Presidential Commendation for making a great number of aluminum pens for setting broken bones of war casualties.
After the War, Frank was promoted to shop foreman on the B&O Railroad at Chillicothe and later to night supervisor of the shops. In 1953 he accepted a job with the Atomic Energy Commission Plant in Piketon, Ohio, a happy change for Frank.
Day Alva, a Baptist from age 13, became a Methodist to be with Frank in his church. Frank sang in the Trinity Methodist Church choir and took part in the Atomic Operetta guild for three years.
***
After Frank's death in 1965, Day remained single until 1991 when she married Charles F. Beckman, owner of a plant nursery. They lived happily in Arizona and Ohio until his death in 2002, then Day moved to Illinois to be near her son.
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