Ralph Kuehl - My Stay at the Lark Ellen Home for Boys - 1939-1942 My name is Ralph Kuehl. I was there 1939 - 1942. My dad was an alcoholic and didn't want or could support me. I think the volunteers of America were running the place then. I remember the man running the place - he administered the punishment. Each wing on the second floor had house mothers and it gave some normalcy to life there. We visited Lark ellen at her home, elsewhere, and was impressed. She, in her younger days, could span, I think, 3.5 octaves during her singing career.
I was and still am now impressed with orphanages. I wish they would still have
them now. I am now 82 and was in the Navy and later became an electronic
engineer working in aero space, autonetics, Hughes Aircraft ,etc in
California.
Contact: Jack Wooldridge at: ralfcool93@beyondbb.com |