Mitchell, Adele D S
From Central Park Historical Society Encyclopedia
SPOUSE: John W. Mitchell (deceased)
CHILDREN: 3 Sons - John E. (U. S. Navy)
Robert E. Carl D.
PARENTS: Dorothy and Edward Sengstacken
BROTHER: Eugene H. Sengstacken (served in U. S. Navy - Korea)
GRANDFATHER: Henry Sengstacken came to Central Park in 1896. Town was rural, had dirt roads,General Store.
FAMILY BUSINESS: Lumberyard - Sengstacken and Schaaf
General Store - Henry Sengstacken Grumman Employees (both parents)
STORES/SHOPPING - Goettelman Brothers - Butchers (Mom's brothers), late 20's early 30's.
Walton Deli, Geffken Deli, Ralston's, Fredricks', Bogner's Ice Cream Store. Fortsch Brothers Butchers, Klinglehofer Butcher, Bank, a small "super market" - (can't think of the names of the brothers that ran it - on Broadway north of RR, 1st store after gas station.
SCHOOL ATTENDED: Powell Avenue K-8, Farmingdale High School.
CHURCH ATTENDED: St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Sunday School, Choir, Walther League - Youth.
PROGRESS WITNESSED: Rapid growth, street widening, farms gone, Grumman Aerospace.
AVAILABLE TRANSPORTATION: Car and Long Island Railroad.
AVAILABLE RECREATION: Self-styled - ice skating, sledding, skiing @ Bethpage State Park.
DEPRESSION: Vaguely remember
WWII: Recall all of it. I was in the Cadet Nurse Corp at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1943 - 46.
We were signed up for Military Service (U. S. Navy) but did not go to active duty since we were assigned to the hospital and then - Praise God - the war ended: