Mitchell, Adele D S

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: