Tag Archives: Theme: Saturday in the Attic

This find tells me something about my dad that I did not previously know.  He was a volunteer fireman for the Northlake Fire Department in Cook County, Illinois.

This is one of those finds that can certainly help with genealogical research…and it has.  It’s the Sons of the American Revolution membership card for my great-granduncle, Joseph Webster GARRISON. I write about this today because I just received his application in the mail.  A quick glance seems to indicated that it may be adding 3 more generations to this line!  Not bad for $10.  After I have time to digest the information, I’ll post more.

This darned column has been on the fritz due to the holidays, but I think I’ve got it rip, rearing, and ready to go.  And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. This week’s attic find is a dues book for my grandfather, Harold MILLER.  At one point, he was a member of the United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 1114 (likely in Chicago).  This particular book was issued on 1 March 1945.

Okay, these really aren’t in the attic.  In fact, I don’t even possess them.  These are two baby blankets I made for the first born of two of my friends.  I came across the pics the other day and thought I’d share them in today’s column. The blue one is the first one I did.  It was for baby Logan, whose parents are friend’s of my husband.  The yellow one was for baby Tyler, whose mom is one of my best friends.

This is a sticker/decal for the Amalgamates Lithographers of America union, Local 4.  I have many lithographers in my family, so I am not sure who this belongs to; I assume it’s my grandfather’s.

I’m going to try a new “column” called Saturday in the Attic, where each week I will post some sort of memento. I’m kicking this column off with something I wanted to post last week, in honor of what would have been my paternal grandparent’s 65th wedding anniversary if they were still with us.