12.13.07

Love Song to a Fruitcake

Posted in Daily Journal, Advent Calendar at 12:10 am by Administrator

O Fruitcake! How I long to set you free,
And see you where you surely ought to be,
Upon my plate where I may gaze at you,
And share my love for you, Fruitcake, anew.

Constrained within your wrappings, there you lay,
Those bits of red and green… just what are they?
I’m sure you know, but how am I to say
Sweet words of love and taste of you today?

I hear their voices. Hark! They come too soon!
And you, my dear, must sense the piper’s tune.
Alas! My love for you they do not share,
To taste of Christmas fruitcake they won’t dare.

The die is cast; my spirits cannot lift.
Your fate, my darling Fruitcake, is re-gift.

Written for the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories - Day 14.

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Grandfather, Retired

Posted in Daily Journal, Directories, Niedzialkowski, Occupations at 12:01 am by Administrator

In 1964, my grandparents, two of their children, and a cousin were listed in the Worcester city directory.

Worcester Directory 1964 Entry for Kostanty, Frederick, Henry, and Ralph Niedzialkowski

SOURCE: Massachusetts City Directories, Worcester 1964, page 742, Kostanty Niedzialkowski & Ralph Niedzialkoski; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2007); citing Polk’s Worcester (Worcester County, Mass.) City Directory 1964 CXXI. 1964. Boston, MA: R.L. Polk & Co.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Worcester Directory 1964 Entry for Kostanty, Frederick, Henry, and Ralph Niedzialkowski. The records state the following:

Konstanty Niedzialkowski was retired and resided at 40 Barnes av.;
his wife Helen also resided at 40 Barnes av.;
Kostanty’s son Frederick F was a draftsman working for Heald, and resided at 14 Gifford dr;
Frederick’s wife Janice V also resided at 14 Gifford dr;
Kostanty’s son Henry was a driver and resided at 40 Barnes av;
Kostanty’s cousin Ralph F was a polisher for C&K International and resided at 13 Montrose; and
Ralph’s wife Jane J also resided at 13 Montrose.

The addresses listed in this entry were the addresses I remember visiting in the 1960s.

Ralph usually spelled his name Niedzialkoski rather than Niedzialkowski. Later, Ralph changed his surname to Newman because people had such a difficult time spelling and pronouncing the name. Apparently the name change was made after 1964.

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