1960s

The Coopers' dock after ice on Sandusky Bay broke it up.




The Coopers all dressed up for Easter 1964.

The Cooper children:
Jerry, Laurie, Roger
Glen, Beth

Christmas 1965 at Grandma Fowles' home in Cleveland.
Back Row: Roger, Aunt Ruth Crawford, Grandma Fowles, Laurie, Mom with Dad behind her.
Front Row: Glen, Beth, Jerry.

All three Cooper boys were boy scouts. Jerry made Eagle Scout in 1969.
Laurie, Mom, Dad, Jerry, and Roger are in back and Beth and Glen are in the foreground here.

Anne peeks at her mirror twin.

Anne 'reads' to Shelton.

Hiking at Sleepy Creek.

Anne's third birthday.

Christmas card 1960.

Wendy makes her appearance. Shelton is covering his nose as instructed so as to not infect the tiny baby.

Christmas 1963.

First day of Kindergarten. Anne walked to school with neighbor Mike Bitting.

The Hubbells in 1964.

We dressed as Indians for Halloween in 1964.

First bike for Anne, 1965

Making pancakes for breakfast. Daddy and Anne did this together many Saturday mornings.

Anne and Wendy mixing something for the Easy-Bake Oven.

Anne decided to make a garage for Shelton for his birthday. It was accomplished with a lot of help from Daddy.

We had beautiful drifts of snow in the backyard in 1965 and made this snow cave/fort.

Anne's big doll was the same height as her when she got her. By 1966, she had grown a bit.

Early artwork by Anne.

Early schoolwork by Anne.

A successful corn crop.

Halloween 1966. Anne's the owl.

Carving pumpkins on the kitchen floor.

We played twister for my 9th birthday.

Lois Trautvetter and I roasted marshmallows in the fireplace.

Anne got the mumps and had to stay home from school for a week, but Wendy somehow avoided it, despite crawling into the same bed.

1st piano recital. I played Wild Horses.

The infamous chemistry set. Mother is still unhappy with some of my projects!

Greta, Lois and Anne perform a fancy dance for parents.

Eating lunch in the cherry tree. Tommy Hawes (neighbor), Anne, and Shelton.

Wendy's birthday party. She's the one holding the red balloon.

Anne and Daddy went fishing at the ponds at NBS. Anne felt quite successful with her bluegills, despite having to clean all of them. Daddy got a bass from the deeper portion of the pond.

Anne was selected to be a patrol in 6th grade. You had to have good grades for this honor, and then you got to wear the special belt and help direct kids safely to and from school.

Dogsled ride in Barrow, Alaska, 1969. This was the trip of a lifetime, driving up the ALCAN highway to Fairbanks. We flew to Barrow for an overnighter.

Being Hubbells, we had to camp at Lake Lebarge, of Sam McGee fame.

And Mother later painted this view of the lake for Uncle Johnny and Aunt Mary.