Military Service
This is the Minnesota city where Jim was stationed and met Barbara
Duluth
Jim's grandfather Charles played taps at this President's funeral in 1901
William McKinley
Jim worked at DEC for this many years before retiring
30
Barbara worked this job when Jim first met her in Duluth?
Waitress
Jim owned a 22-foot Bristol sailboat. What was the boat's name?
ESCAPE
Jim graduated from Northeastern University with this degree after 8 years of night school.
B.S.E.E.
Jim worked on the MG-10 fire control system for this first supersonic fighter jet.
F-102
The Melvin ancestry has been traced back to this year in Ireland with Samuel Melvin's birth?
1772
This is the old New England building where Jim first worked when he joined DEC.
"The Mill" in Maynard MA
Jim and Barbara got married this many days after Jim was discharged from the Air Force?
Four
Jim bought this white convertible sports car in 2003 that they drove to Florida every October.
Porsche 968
Jim's father was a policeman in this Massachusetts beach town for 42 years.
Hull
At -22 degrees F, Jim's favorite car wouldn't start in Minnesota. What was it?
1955 Buick
Jim's grandfather Charles served with this famous group during the Spanish-American War.
What are Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders?
DEC handed out this many holiday turkeys per year to employees by the mid-1980s.
100,000
Barbara received her LPN nursing degree from this Norwood school.
Henry O. Peabody School
The Melvins named their 28-foot Pearson sailboat after these two initials.
J & B
This famous amusement park was located in Hull and attracted thousands of visitors via steamboat from Boston.
Paragon Park
Jim joined the Air Force on this date in 1955 to avoid being drafted into this branch?
October 14, 1955
The Army
Jim was born on this romantic holiday in 1936?
Valentines Day
Jim became Vice President of this manufacturing division in 1994
Module (or circuit) Manufacturing
Jim and Barbara celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party at this famous Boston hotel.
Fairmont Copley Plaza
Jim and Barbara bought and restored a Maine Central Caboose with this number on the side?
671
Jim's father worked this second job during Prohibition, running liquor from Maine to this city?
Boston
This is the Air Force base in upstate New York where Jim completed basic training in freezing, uninsulated barracks.
Sampson Air Force Base
This doctor at Mass General saved baby Jim's life by replacing all his blood due to "blue baby syndrome."
Dr. Robert Goodkind
Jim was in Mexico City during this devastating natural disaster in September 1985?
An 8.0 earthquake
Jim and Barb raised their 3 wonderful children at this address in Norwood MA
77 Hawthorne Street
The Melvins survived this 1976 hurricane by anchoring their new boat in Lake Tashmoo on Martha's Vineyard?
Hurricane Belle
Where was Jim's maternal grandfather, John Stuart, the successful boat builder, born in 1864
Holywell, Northern Ireland