| Lawrence Czaplyski
Lawrence Czaplyski was born in 1925 to Joseph and Roze Czaplyski (Czplijkie).
Joseph Czaplysik and Rose _
Birth: Circa 1896 Poland
Immigration: Unknown
Marriage:
Rose ________ born New Jersey (per 1930 census)
Children:
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Frances circa 1918 born New York State
- Mary circa 1920 Michigan
- Thomas circa 1922 Michigan
Thomas Czaplijski, born 22 May 1921 died 1 September 2001
military 20 Jan 1943 to 26 Jan 1946 married to Regina born 15 February 1922 died 2 March
2005 buried Calverton Cemetery
Srvice: CPL US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
- Edmond circa 1924 New York
- Lawrence J. 1925 New York
Service: Enlisted 2 Febraury 1944, Fort Dix, Air Corps, 3 years high shcool
- Raymond SSDI 112-28-8665, born January 2, 1930 deid 26 May 2004 last residence
Smithtown, Suffolk, New York
Service: 27 December 1948 to 12 September 1952,
A1C US AIR FORCE KOREA
1930 Census:
1930: Brookhaven, Suffolk New York
Woods Road, Joseph Czaplijkie, rent 10 dollars, radio, age 34, married at age 21, born
Poland, farm laborer, Rose, wife age 28, married at 16, born New Jersey, Frances daughter
age 12, born New York, Mary daughter age 10, born Michigan, Thomas son age 8, born Michigan,
Edmond son age 6, born New York Lawrence son age 4 years and 4 months, born New York, Raymond son age 3 months born New York
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I recently found a paper that Lawrence wrote some years ago about how he and
Eileen met in July 1941.
In 1941 life was easy to a certain degree for the young. The bad economic
situation affecting the country from the depression affected many families
in St. James. St.James
at that time was still mainly a farming area, so you could always make
some cash working picking
potatoes or other types of farm work.
My close friend Jimmy Quigley & I still had time for fun and mischief.
He earned his money delivering goodies for Lobers Bakery in Smithtown, and
Eileen and my lives were never the same because of that
fortunate job.
Eileen's family, usually all seven of them, lived at 201 East 82nd Street, NYC
then and spent summers
in a small cabin on Cambon Avenue, St James. I saw the family in the
lobby of the movie house in St James
before we met and know that it was Eileen I saw and couldn't stop staring at.
On his bakery route, Jimmy stopped at the log cabin and while he was
there one time made a date
with Eileen's twin sister Peggy. While he was making the date all the kids
were stealing the buns our of the back of the bakery truck.
Fortunately he got the date but lost his job due to all the lost buns!
Mrs. Goehle said she didn't want Peggy going out alone and Jimmy
said he would arrange for a friend to go along with Eileen.
Fortunately, I was asked to go along on blind date, incidentally my first date ever,
and at the ripe old age of fifteen, started something wonderful for the rest of our lives.
We went to the movies in Smithtown and saw "Affectionately Yours"
with Merle Oberon and George Tobias, then a stop at The Sweet Shop. All evening
I can remember how nice Eileen was and I'm sure it was love at first
sight. Eileen said she also felt that way and thought I was very nice and
hoped she would see
me again. Though this was when there wasn't any phone in the cabin, she sure say
plenty of me after that.
We had fun swimming, walking wherever we went, movies, church, to the beach, the lake
and some nice private spots that were ours alone.
Those happy times and memories of them will never be forgotten
and the end result has been a wonderful family and two people who
love each other more than ever. The second best event after the 1st date
happened on August 31, 1946 when we were married.
November 2011 |
