60th Anniversary Announced in Local Paper

A member of the family contacted the local newspaper

We appreciate the loving support of our  children.who wanted to  make our anniversary known to the local newspaper.

Just for the record,  our children are arriving this week  to be with us for our anniversary.  One  came from Sweden near  Stockholm, while others are traveling  from various  parts of the United States.  The family reunion will take place during the four days from Thursday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Sept. 26. We will renew and affirm our marriage vows at the 9:00 am Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Wimberley.  All parishioners attending that Mass, and our family and friends, are invited for coffee and doughnuts in the parish hall following the Mass.  It is truly a special and memorable event for us, and we are deeply  grateful.

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The Shepherd

The Shepherd - by Adelard Daniel Poirier  1909

      This is my favorite painting among all the art done by my father.  The original painting has been displayed in our  home for many years.  Most members of the family like this painting and will recall seeing it on the wall in the living room of our home when they were children.  Now over 100 years old, the original painting has become darkened with time, and the paper is crumbling around the edges. By making this digital copy  I hope the painting will be preserved for future generations.

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Dream Car - Dream Home

by Adelard Daniel Poirier 1924

     This was a sample of the talent my father had in commercial art.  I believe he could have done well in that line of work.

My father liked big four-door sedans, like the Willys-Knight.  The last car he owned was a 1927 Willys Knight four-door, 8-passenger sedan, maroon body with black trim.  The big car  had  comfortable  front and rear bench seats, and two “jump seats’ for children that folded out from the back of the front seat.

     The use of the car stopped some time after I was born, as the great depression got worse.  My father never drove the car again, and he could not afford  another car in his lifetime.

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A commercial ad designed by 

Adelard Daniel Poirier

 probably in the 1920s

My father  did not pursue work as a 
commercial  artist.  

During the last 20 years  of his life -- beginning in the great depression of the 1930s -- he worked doing manual labor

 in a glass factory and at the 
Dewey and Almy Chemical Plant

not far from Edmunds Street in North Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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