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Note: As a young man, he played the clarinet and climbed most of the mountains in the Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park area. Alfred 'Pete' Heald received his PhD from the Institute of Paper Chemistry, and moved his family around the country to a variety of laboratory positions in the paper industry.
Wausau, WI 1939-1942 Neenah WI 1942-1951 Wallingford PA 1951-1954 Waterville ME 1954-1961 Hartsville SC 1961 to retirement Retired to Estes Park CO
From letter from Robert P. Heald, dated 3 Mar 1979:
"Dear Pete & Meredith
So nice to get your letter advising of the new generation of Healds coming along.
My two boys were girls so I was unable to carry on the Heald name. Had I had a son there would have been a Prescott in his name, for your Dad was my favorite brother, - but I wouldn't have traded either of my two wonderful daughters for a son.
How well I remember baby sitting for you, Pete, when your folks lived on Bigelow Ave in Peoria. I was in high school then and used to drive up frrom our home on Monroe Street in Dad's 1914 Cole touring car. Incidentally, that was quite an automobile in those days. I can also vividly recall seeing you right after you were born, my first viewing of a new born babe. I think your folks lived in an apartment then on lower Glen Oak Ave. My Dad was so happy there was a male to carry on the Heald name!"
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