Huey

[jwg]

When I was about 5 years old and we were in our summer house in Deal, NJ a burglar showed up in my parents room in the middle of the night. Shouts from my father and he ran away. They decided we should have a dog. (Temporarily we had a night watchman.)

A Welsh Terrier was chosen. I wanted to name him Dewey, but my mother would have nothing of that so he was named Huey - certainly not Louie.

The first two pictures are from our summer house in Stormville NY (several years later) -one with a cat who adopted us - and annoyed Huey by sprawling on his chair; and one with me in NYC.

He was a very friendly dog. He would have been a terrible watchdog; although if the would-be burglar rang the door bell he would have barked a lot, since he always did that.

Comments

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Cute photos.

When were they taken?

[jwg.livejournal.com]

I think the photos without me were in ~1952 and and the one with me in about 1950 but that is a complete guess. I think the burglary incident was in 1946 so I was closer to 8. My mind is not clear about the easy dates and various summer places.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Did your mother object to Dewey because of the political reference? The politician? The final photo appears to be deteriorating a bit. It's good you've converted the photos to digital.

[jwg.livejournal.com]

My mother was pro-Truman, my father was pro-Dewey. They agreed not to discuss the matter during the 1948 election season.