A
Albright, Lois; 105, 107, 140
Alexander, Harriet; 146
Andrew, Dave; 122
Apache Trail; 89
Appalachian Mountains; 15
Aragon Ballroom; 62, 139
Arizona; 79, 111
Apache Junction; 105
Dewey; 111, 155
Douglas; 113
Goldfield; 89, 142
Phoenix; 64, 69-71, 73,
80-91,
97, 104, 113, 123,
140, 141
16th Street; 88
E. Cocopah; 88
E. Mohave; 82
Glendale Avenue; 88
Godfrey Street; 80
Lincoln Drive; 88
Solar Drive; 110
South Central Avenue; 89
Prescott; 66, 104, 150
Scottsdale; 131
Tempe; 89
Tucson; 80, 143
Arizona State Electronics Association; 70
Arizona State University; 125, 158
Arrowhead Coal Company; 97
Atkins Lane; 159
Austria; 6, 11, 171
B
Bach Festival; 142
Baldwin Wallace College; 142
Bartlett Lake; 110
Battle of the Bulge; 84, 176
Battle of White Mountain; 171
Belgium; 176
Berndt, Agnes; 67, 68, 86,
89, 93, 133. See also
Grabiec, Agnes
Berndt, Earl William; 67, 68
Berndt, Leslie Steven; 68
Berndt, Linda Susan; 2, 68
Berndt, Otto; 67, 68, 86, 89,
134, 176
Bielczyk, Kleofas; 72, 73, 76,
174
Bielczykova, Mañia; 72. See
also, Grabiec, Mañia
Billingsley, M. W.; 105
Blue Bird Mine; 89, 142
Boice, Rev. Dr. William S. ; 104
Bristow, Mrs.; 91
Buchanan, Archie; 88
Buchanan, Hayden Lee; 88,
142
Buchanan, Jessie; 88, 142
Bud Brown’s Barn; 112
Bulanda, Betty; 66, 67, 73, 76,
141, 165.
See also Grabiec,
Elizabeth (Betty)
Bulanda, Carl; 66, 67, 73, 76
Bulanda, James Edward; 67
Bulanda, Jean; 67
Bulanda, Joe; 66
Bulanda, Marilyn Elizabeth; 67,
141
Bulanda, Tillie; 66
Burr Elementary School; 59
Bushnell Hospital; 85
C
California; 88
Van Nuys; 88
Camp Chorrera; 82
Canada; 156
Carnegie Hall; 107
Cernuska, Mary; 89
Cernuska, Mike; 61, 89
Certified Electronics
Technician; 150
Chicago Civic Opera Company; 62
Chicago Theater; 140
Chicago Tribune; 53, 62
Christian Appalachian Project; 102, 135
Churchill, Winston; 172
coal mining; 6, 9, 15, 16, 31, 32, 96
black lung; 17, 96
company houses; 15
company store; 16
gob piles; 166
mining accident of 1925; 33
scabs; 33
scrip, 16
slag fires; 166
unions; 32
Colorado; 88, 96
La Junta; 96, 97
Oak Creek; 96-100, 149
Steamboat Springs; 98
Cowman, L. B.; 147
Crabec; 173
Crane Technical High School; 58
Czech Republic; See
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia; 5-7, 9, 13, 40, 72-77, 141, 151,
152, 156
Karvina; 5-7, 9, 13, 74, 98, 171, 172
map of; 5
Oder River; 6
Ostrava-Karvina; 6
Prague; 172
Stare Mesto Frestat; 5, 6
Czechoslovakian Federation; 171
D
Dairy Queen; 124
Davis, Adele; 127
Demetriades, Christine; 129.
See also Nardozzi,
Christine
Demetriades, Christopher; 158
Demetriades, Meagan Jo
Anne; 158
Demetriades, Peter
Christopher; 158
doughnuts; 122
Dubc˘ek, Alexander; 172
Dunn Coal Company; 97
Dyna Tronics; 70, 150
E
Eichenaur’s Health Food Store; 127
Eklund, Elizabeth. See also
Watson, Elizabeth Ann
Eklund, Eric; 156
Electronics Hall of Fame; 70
Ellis Island; 13
Encanto Park Band Shell; 104
Encanto Park Lagoon; 141
F
Family Life Radio KFLR; 146
Farkas, Jenny; 158, 159.
See also Nardozzi, Jenny
Farkas, Maryanne Sarah; 159
Farkas, Zoltan; 158
Ferdinand, Archduke Francis; 171
Field Museum; 53
First Christian Church; 104
43rd Tank Battalion; 84
France; 84, 85, 145, 171
Nancy; 84
Franek, Agnes; 14
Franek, Joseph; 5, 9, 18, 47
Franek, Karolina; See
Grabiec, Karolina
Franek, Mary Marcal; 5, 10, 40, 47, 98, 156
Franek, Rudolph; 6, 10, 11, 14, 46, 51, 62, 152
G
Galloway School; 35
school bell; 37
German '88'; 84
Germany; 11, 12, 145, 171
Bremen; 12
Bremerhaven; 12
Gewelke, Annie; 71, 72, 76, 89, 96, 97, 122.
See
also Grabiec, Annie
Gewelke, Cynthia Joy; 72
Gewelke, Donald Barry; 72
Gewelke, Douglas Steven; 72
Gewelke, Elmer; 72
Gewelke, Laura Jean; 72
Global Spectrometer; 159
golabki; 65, 95
Grabiec, Agnes; 14, 21-25, 27-34, 36-40, 44,
49-56, 57-62, 67, 82.
See also Berndt, Agnes
Grabiec, Annie; 19, 29-34, 38,
49, 71, 79, 82.
See also Gewelke, Annie
Grabiec, Carolyn Lee; 69, 142
Grabiec, Denise Lavonne; 71
Grabiec, Diana Kay; 71
Grabiec, Elizabeth (Betty); 13,
19, 27, 32, 35, 39,
46, 57, 60, 66, 167.
See also Bulanda, Betty
Grabiec, Frances; 13-14,
15-19, 27-34, 35-40,
43-47, 57, 65. See also
Meardy, Frances
Morgantown rescue; 43
Grabiec, Frank Jr.; 18, 19,
27-34, 36-40, 42-47,
49-56, 57-62, 65-77, 80,
97, 112, 166
ax murder; 42
bell tower; 66, 69
Grabiec, Frank Sr.; 6, 9-14,
19, 96, 142, 149, 171
arrested; 38
born; 6, 173
Certificate of Naturalization;
96
died; 99
emotional breakdown; 37
married; 13
mining accident; 33
truck crash; 98
Grabiec, Gary Steven; 69
Grabiec, Helen; 17, 30-34, 46,
133-138. See also
Hayden, Helen
Associate of Arts Degrees;
109
baptized; 103
beautician; 58
born; 17
breakdown; 128
cataracts; 129
classical music; 21
coal-miners’ union song; 32
congestive heart; 134
diabetes; 134
died; 137
divorced; 131
Frank Sr. & Helen reunited; 97
hair; 135
high blood pressure; 134
high cholesterol; 134
high school graduation; 60
Holy Communion; 58
James and Helen meet; 80
married; 81
parenting; 115-131
Phoenix, moves to; 79
poppy seeds, grinding; 123
prejudice, overcoming; 105
remarried; 130
starts school; 36
swim team; 59
voice lessons; 62
war effort; 83
Grabiec, Joseph; 6
Grabiec, Joseph David; 18-19, 24, 29, 36, 53,
57-62, 70, 71, 82, 84, 89, 95-100, 134
Grabiec, June; 69. See also
Keck, June
Grabiec, Karolina
America, arrives in; 13
asthma; 79, 95
bakery, working in a; 50
baptized; 91
bootlegging; 44, 45
born; 5
Chicago, arrives in; 13
Chicago, returns to; 46
christening of Agnes; 14
christening of Mañia; 10
christening of Verna and
Frances; 13
died; 98, 99
Karolina & Frank meet; 9
Mañia visites gravesite; 75
married; 13
Phoenix, moves to; 79
pneumonia; 64
Pullman car, cleaning; 50
West Virginia, moves to; 15
Grabiec, Kathleen Joyce; 71
Grabiec, Mañia; 9-14, 17, 40, 72-77, 171-
172, 174. See also
Bielczykova, Mañia.
Grabiec, Marlene Susan; 70, 142
Grabiec, Matreena; 70, 71, 89, 95
Grabiec, Veronica (Verna); 13, 14, 25, 34, 35,
36, 44, 46, 57, 63.
See also Kropp, Verna
Grabiec, Wayne Carl; 69
Grabieck; 173
Grand Canyon; 76
Great Depression; 50, 55, 123, 127
Grobowski, Joe; 42
Guadalcanal; 69
Guam; 86
|
H
Hageman’s Garage; 98
Hawaii; 152
Hayden, Bertha; 88, 92
harmonica; 92
Hayden, Bonnie; 88
Hayden, Dixie; 88
Hayden, Helen. See also
Grabiec, Helen
Hayden, Herbert E. (Jim's father); 81, 88
Hayden, Herbert Thomas; 107-114, 120, 150
Hayden, James Alfred; 69, 71, 80, 83, 84, 108-
114, 115, 121-131, 135, 139-143, 152, 165
died; 112
Mail Carrier, U. S. Postal
Service; 87
retired; 109
wounded; 84
Hayden, Jimmie Lou; 84, 116-131, 135, 142. See
also Watson, Jimmie Lou
All State High School Chorus; 125
baptized; 103
born; 84
Miss Polonia; 146
YMCA Youth Chorus; 145
Hayden, John W. (Jim's brother); 88
Hayden, John Robert; 74, 89, 107, 113, 116, 117,
122, 134, 137, 150-154, 159
vision of parents; 152
Hayden, Judy; 88
Hayden, Madge; 81.
See also Mitchell, Madge
Hayden, Nancy Lee; 28, 83-90, 94, 108, 111,
116, 121-131, 134, 147, 148, 155-160
Hayden, Sally Sue; 88, 95, 138, 148, 157.
See
also Nardozzi, Sally
Hays, Dr. David Stokely; 18, 27, 28, 38, 166
head tax; 12
Hitler, Adolph; 171
Hole-in-the-Rock Mountain; 89
Honc, Mrs.; 166
Hopitu; 105
Horseshoe Lake; 110
Hospice of the Valley; 136
Hungary; 150
I
Illinois
Bartonville; 66, 141
Chicago; 13-14, 45-47, 49-56, 57-62, 63-77, 79, 82-90, 97, 111, 139, 140
12th Street; 53
Chicago Avenue; 53
Division Street; 62
Huron Street; 53
Lake Shore; 53
May Street; 52
Meade Avenue; 51, 72
Milwaukee; 53
West Bell Avenue; 55
West Division Street; 51
West Huron Street; 52
Wicker Park Avenue; 55, 61, 80, 82
Green Valley; 66
Peoria; 66
Fayette Street; 85
International Society of
Certified Electronic
Technicians; 70
J
Japan; 158
Okinawa; 158
Jitney; 15, 17, 32
K
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse; 12
kapusta; 95
Katula, Anna; 39.
See also Paskey, Anna
Katula, Mrs.; 23, 39
Keck, June; 55.
See also Grabiec, June
kielbasa; 95
Kirkbride, Ann; 96
Kirkbride, Frances; 6, 96, 97
Kodak Brownie camera; 1
kolaczki; 23, 33, 95
koron; 12
Kropp, Audrey Ann; 25, 62, 64, 82, 83, 139,
140, 159
Kropp, Betty Jo; 64
Kropp, Frances Laura; 64
Kropp, Joseph; 63
Kropp, Joseph (son); 64
Kropp, Verna; 63, 64, 73, 83, 86, 98, 99, 139,
140, 174. See also Grabiec,
Veronica (Verna)
poem, "My Mom"; 174
Kusick, Rudy; 42
L
Lake Michigan; 53, 62
Leigh and Nardozzi Caterers; 149
Lewis, C. S.; 114
Lichner, Al; 45, 50, 58
Lichner, Ann; 6, 13, 45, 51, 58, 117
Lichner, Paul; 49, 51
Liszt, Franz; 7
Louisiana; 81
M
Mackinaw River; 66
mangle; 124
Mansfield Place; 167
Maricopa Technical College; 109
Mars Rover; 159
McLaughlin, Mignon; 111
Meardy, Carole Jane; 23, 62, 65, 85, 88, 140,
159, 167. See also
Spencer, Carole Jane
Meardy, Frances; 65-77, 84, 85, 97, 110, 128,
140, 141, 165. See also
Grabiec, Frances
Meardy, Gary; 141
Meardy, Richard Eugene; 65, 85, 86, 141
Meardy, Silas; 65, 66
Merry Makers; 112
Mexico; 156
Mitchell, Gus; 88
Mitchell, Madge; 88
Moffat Coal Company; 97
Morini, Rosalinda; 62, 80
Munich Agreement of 1938; 171
N
Nardozzi, Bob; 149, 159
Nardozzi, Carolyn; 138
Nardozzi, Christine; 149, 157
See also
Demetriades,
Christine
Emily Elizabeth; 158
Nardozzi, Jenny; 149, 152, 158.
See also Farkas,
Jenny
Nardozzi, Jeremy; 149, 159
Nardozzi, Sally; 158, 159.
See also Hayden,
Sally Sue
Nebraska; 88
Lincoln; 88
Nemeth, Julius; 13, 53, 61
Nemeth, William (Willie); 53, 61, 62, 79, 90, 141
Nevada; 76
Las Vegas; 76
New Mexico; 113
Albuquerque; 113
New York; 12, 107
New York City; 13, 73
O
Ohio; 66, 142
Bedford; 67, 165
Alexander Road; 142
Cleveland; 66
Oklahoma; 80, 81, 92
Chickasha; 81, 88, 142
Pauls Valley; 80
P
Paderewski, Ignace; 7
Painted Desert; 110
Panama Canal; 82
Papago Park; 90
Paskey, Anna; 167, 178.
See also Katula, Anna
elopement; 167
Paskey, Samuel; 167
Pearl Harbor; 82, 83
Pennsylvania Academy of
the Arts; 160
Peterson, Rev. D. M. ; 91, 103
Petrified Forest; 110
Phoenix; 157
Phoenix Boy’s Choir; 159
Phoenix Opera Company; 104
Phoenix Symphonic Choir; 104
Piaza, Joseph; 38, 42
Piaza, Katie; 42
Piercy, Rev. Jim; 104
pierogi; 63, 95
pierzyna; 6, 39, 141
Piestewa Peak; 88, 110, 141.
See also Squaw Peak
Piwo; 99
Pokrzywa, Chester; 61
Poland; 11
Polish; 5, 6, 7, 17, 36, 39, 51, 56, 61, 64, 93, 94,
95, 99, 116, 122, 123, 140, 146, 174
polisinki; 95
Popovitch, Mr.; 45, 46
Porter, Cole; 104
posipka; 33, 123
Postal Telegraph; 58-59
Prince, Bob; 88
Prince, Elsie; 88
Prohibition; 44
Q
Quade, Nick; 109, 147, 156, 159
R
Reader's Digest; 111
Regitz, Bill; 160
Regitz, Karyn; 76, 160, 167
Riverside Pool; 89
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; 32, 57, 83, 172
Rossi, Frank; 58
Route 66; 80
S
San Carlos Hotel; 80
school.
see also Galloway School
Catholic; 52, 58
continuation; 58
scrip; 16
September 11, 2001; 136
Shedd Aquarium; 53
Simpson Creek; 167
Simpson Creek Collieries
Company; 15, 16, 97
Slovakia; 172
Bratislava; 172
Smith, Hannah Whitall; 114
South Korea; 113, 156
South Mountain; 141
South Mountain Park; 89
Soviets; 172
Spain; 156
Spencer, Carole Jane.
See also Meardy,
Carole Jane
Spencer, Fred; 140, 167
Squaw Peak; 88, 141.
See also Piestewa Peak
St. John’s Catholic Church; 14, 58
Stalin, Joseph; 172
Stevenson Park Church of
Christ; 91, 103
Stump, Dr.; 96
Superstition Mountains; 142
T
Talcott School; 59
TBN Television Network; 127
Texas; 81, 88
Camp Barkeley; 81
Dallas; 88
Ft. Worth; 88
Titanic; 10, 11, 12
Tovrea, Mr.; 80
U
U. S. Armed Forces; 145
U. S. Army; 61, 68, 81, 145, 150
U. S. Department of Defense; 113, 156
U. S. Navy; 68
Union League Boys Club; 54, 69
United Christian Youth Camp; 104
United Kingdom; 171
United States Marine Corps; 69
University of Phoenix; 131
Utah; 85
Brigham City; 85
|
V
Verdi, Guiseppe; 104
Virginia; 149
Gloucester Point; 149
W
Watson, Elizabeth Anne; 113, 145, 155, 159. See
also Eklund, Elizabeth
Watson, Jesse; 134, 145
Watson, Jimmie Lou. See
also; Hayden, Jimmie
Lou
Watson, Zachary Andrew; 66, 145, 156, 159
Weldon Stables; 89, 141
Wells High School; 58
Wesson, Mrs.; 91, 92
Wesson, Nora; 92
West Virginia; 30, 32, 34, 41, 66, 91, 135
Barbour County; 17
Bluefield; 43
Clarksburg; 32, 167
Fairmont; 32
Flemington; 15
Galloway; 15-19, 22-50, 66, 68, 97, 140,
165-169. See also; ax murder; 41
Morgantown; 43
Philippi; 167
Simpson Creek; 32, 39, 40
flood; 40
Weston; 38, 96
White Castle; 53
white house on the hill; 38, 43
Wilson, Olivia; 98, 99
Wilson, Woodrow; 171
Winestock, Dr.; 63
Wisconsin; 54
Salem; 54
Works Progress Administration (WPA); 57
World War I; 11, 12, 15, 171
World War II; 61-69, 82-86, 123, 127, 134
World’s Fair, 1933-34; 53
Wrasena, Josaphine; 6
Y
YMCA; 69
YMCA Chauncy Ranch Camp; 69
YMCA Sky-Y Camp; 66
YMCA Youth Chorus; 145
Yurich, Peter; 149
Photo Index
Agnes’ Christening Day, 14
Ann, Helen, Agnes, Betty,
Frances,
and Verna; 60
Anna Katula Paskey; 167
Annie and Elmer Gewelke; 72
Baby Helen; 18
Betty and Carl Bulanda; 67
Chicago Family Reunion; 86
Dad Holding Me in Utah; 85
Demetriades Family, The; 157
Farkas Family, The; 158
First Holy Communion; 58
First Miss Polonia in Phoenix; 146
Frank Jr. with Landlord; 61
Frank Sr. on Graveyard Shift; 96
Frank Sr. with Helen; 98
Frank Sr. with Karolina; 97
Galloway Road; 29
Galloway School; 35
Garden, The; 22
Grabiec Family, 1923; 18
Grabiec Family, 1929; 51
Grandma Karolina and Me
with Her Dolls; 93
Grandma Karolina’s Driveway; 99
Grandmothers Hayden and
Grabiec; 93
Haunting Memories; 41
Hayden Family, The; 118
Helen in High School; 59
Helen and Jim; 82, 83
Helen and Opera Friends; 107
Helen in Front of Birth Home
in Galloway; 165
Helen Walking in Phoenix; 101
Helen with Frank Rossi; 58
Helen’s Girls Hanging Laundry; 124
Helen, Then and Now!; 153
Hilltop View of Galloway,
West Virginia; 16
Hopitu Program; 106
Horse Posing with Mom
in Arizona; 90
James and a Friend in the
U. S. Army; 80
Jeremy, 2004; 159
Joseph and Matreena Grabiec; 71
Joseph as Postal Messenger; 59
Joseph, Karolina, and Frank Jr.; 60
June and Frank Grabiec Jr.; 69
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse; 13
Karolina, 4
Karolina 1950; 169
Karolina and Helen in Chicago; 79
Karolina with Helen’s Girls; 92
Karolina with Her First
Nine Grandchildren; 87
Karolina, James, and Helen,
May 18, 1941; 81
Karvina, Czechoslovakia, 5
Kids in Grandma’s Tubs 1948; 92
Kleofas’ and Mañia's
Wedding Photo; 72
Little Hayden Sisters; 103
Liz and Eric Eklund; 156
Mañia and Kleofas Bielczyk; 73
Mañia Meets Her Sisters
and Brothers; 74
Mañia with her Grandparents Mary Marcal and
Joseph Franek; 47
Mañia's Christening Day; 10
Meardy Family, The; 65
My Favorite Doll; 93
Nancy and Nick; 148
Nardozzi Family, The; 149
New Neighborhood for
the Grabiec Children; 49
Otto and Agnes Berndt; 68
Phoenix Symphonic Choir
Together at Karolina’s
Gravesite; 75
Verna and Joe Kropp; 64
Visit to Blue Bird Mine; 142
Watson Family, The; 145
Young Betty; 24
Young Frances; 24
Young Helen; 54 |
|
