Frigidaire inheritance, and other things!!!!

[norgeway]

Well, Don and I went to my hometown of Lenoir today,Thru the generosity of my late neighbors Sister,I got lots of great things, First up...a 1975 Avocado green Frigidaire Imperial! It has been turned off for about three months so it needs a good scrubbing!

 

[norgeway]

And Matching Range!

A little background, Bertha Reavis was out neighbor from 1939 until she passed away at the age of 101 last month, as I was growing up,it was always a great part of my day to stop at her house on my way in from school, she more often than not had a hot homemade biscuit for me, I remember the day she got these appliances, I was 10! Before these she had a 1939 Frigidaire fridge, that is still running at her neices house, and a 1952 Thrifty Thirty Frigidaire range!She was truly as important to me as either of my Grandmothers.

 

[norgeway]

A Set of Club!

She got with Green Stamps to match the avocado appliances, which she almost NEVER used!They hung on a pegboard over the stove.

 

[norgeway]

Her Mixer!

Made by Superlectric.

 

[norgeway]

Her GE Frypan...

That also was hardly used.

 

[norgeway]

Betty Crocker.

Mixer bowls, her daughter who passed away several years ago had a General Mills mixer which died years ago, so now I have spare bowls.

 

[norgeway]

Circulair Fan.

Berthas Husband Raymond Reavis, 1910-1977, was over the normal draft age when WW2 broke out, so he went to the Norfolk Va Navy Yard to work during the war, they rented a small , upstairs apartment which was very hot! Fans were in short supply then, and this is the only one they could find! 1942, runs like a top!

 

[norgeway]

last...

I know some may say, "Why did he not throw that old black pan away!" well, it probably has more sentimental value to me than anything else,it is the pan she always baked her biscuits in...ever since she started housekeeping, they were married in 1935! I can see me as a 7 or 8 year old kid waiting for one of her wonderful biscuits! She would pull them out of the old Thrifty Thirty oven and fix me one with whatever homemade jelly or jam she had,No I wouldnt take anything for this old black pan.

 

[norgeway]

Oh yes!

She lived by herself up until a few months before she died, this month she would have been 102!

 

[xraytech]

What a great group of items to remember a great lady by Hans,

I'm quite fond of the set of Club Aluminum.
I'd love to see more of that mixer too

 

[strongenough78]

We still have a set of green club cookware.

 

[appnut]

Thanks for sharing Hans.  That fridge is one handsome, great looking fridge.  All Frigidasire!!!  I assume yoiu will be installing both of these in your kitchen? 

 

[rockland1]

Great memories!

 

[qsd-dan]

Nice score there. Memories that are tied with them is certainly "icing on the cake." I imagine looking at these appliances and other goodies is like stepping back into time.

 

[joelippard]

That is so cool!

The stove looks like it's brand new!  I'm so glad you were able to get these.

 

[rp2813]

Hans, I can understand how that old black pan would be the most precious of all the items you received.  I hope you enjoy many years of making biscuits with it!

 

[pulltostart]

Great memories!  Nice that you were able to get these items that have meaning to you.

 

Start baking.

 

L

 

[112561]

We had that stove in white, traded it for a 2001 Magic Chef Your new presents are spectacular, what a nice thing for your friend's sister to do, and a wonderful way to remember your friend!

 

[dynaflow]

Hans

thats exactly like the gold stove u and i picked up
pretty sure the ice maker will fit from my poppy Frigidaire yours if u want it