Candid: Living Life to the Fullest

A collection of shots of Eldon in his daily life.

October, 1971 - Lutheran Golf League. No doubt he terrorized and
dominated Lutherans everywhere he lived in both this sport and bowling.

Great action shot. Left arm nice and straight.
I'd hate to be that ball...

Eldon had a knack for finding cars that were a good value but had
a certain level of attractiveness, too. This, too, is the only picture I've
found in which he's smoking one of his pipes. He kicked smoking
cold turkey before I was born.

60th birthday, 9/20/80
Gastons Resort - Lakeview, Arkansas.
The staff gathered 'round to sing Happy Birthday.
The print is a classic old Polaroid.

George Cady on the left and Eldon on the right. July 1985.
What a haul! I believe they're bass.

Nothing written on the back of this print, however, the woman looks
very much like my dad, Richard Newkirk's, mom Norma Newkirk.
I'm guessing this was taken at my parents' wedding.
(Mom and Dad, can you confirm?)

Writing on the back of this print reads:
E. Gladow
Kentucky tobacco
Aug - '46

(Nothing written on this print. The fish speak for themselves.)

Nothing written on this one, either, but I'm
absolutely mesmerized by it. The blurriness, in
combination with the fact that he's dressed in a
nice suit, walking down a busy street in what looks
like a big city has my mind racing as to where he
may have been and what he would have been doing.

College (KSU) graduation, I presume, but nothing
is written on this print.

Writing on the back reads:
9-75
Lake Superior

 Now we come to a funny little booklet of three photos of Eldon, stapled together, with a fancy cut around the outsides of the prints. Each of the photos has "Eldon in Tex." written on the back. I believe my mother was born when the family lived in Texas, so perhaps she can add context to this (Mom??).

Looks totally different in this picture. Strange. 

Love the raised eyebrow here. 

That's a box of kettle corn he's looking at, and perched on the deck rail
is, I presume, the kettle. This appears to be on the deck of Eldon and
Irene's house in Gladstone, MO, though it must have been early on
because now there is a whole neighborhood where this picture
shows trees in the background.

On the back is written: Eldon "70".
"70" must signify 1970, not 70 years of age. 

Nice cursive handwriting on the back of this one reads: Eldon sharpens
his knife on grindstone using water power at Moose Pass. A quick
Google search leads me to believe, then, that this was taken in Alaska.

Handwriting on the back of this one is difficult
to read. My best guess is:
1990 H.C. Sr Picnic.
Anyone know what H.C. may have stood for?

'86 written on the back.
This is Eldon in his chair in the living room of his house in Gladstone.
That candy jar on his left was always filled with licorice-flavored candies
that nobody ate but him. Here he models a blue cable-knit v-neck sweater,
likely a birthday (September) or Christmas gift. He was always a well-
dressed man.