Frank was the one who first introduced Richard Grayson to ham radio in 1946.
Helendale, CA 92342. 714-628-6201.
Flo has inherited, through her mother, the largest of the four diamonds mentioned in the will of Jacob Mandelbaum.
Helendale, CA 92342. 714-628-6201.
I met Frank and Flora at Frank's 90th birthday party, which Nick took me to when I was in LA for the marathon.
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An interesting article, from https://www.vvdailypress.com/article/20130217/NEWS/302179997 :Apple Valley couple celebrates 70 years
By RENE DE LA CRUZ, Staff Writer
Posted Feb 17, 2013 at 5:46 AM
Updated Mar 27, 2013 at 7:49 AM
APPLE VALLEY -*- After 70 years of marriage, Frank and Flora Yaffe agreed that
a mixture of tolerance, faith and a good sense of humor is the glue that has
kept the couple together.“We’ve had our hills and valleys over the years, but we just take life one day
at a time,” said Frank Yaffe, 91. “We’ve always prayed to God and asked for
guidance.”The Apple Valley couple married on Feb. 7, 1943 in Chicago. They celebrated
their milestone anniversary during a small celebration with family Sunday.“I gave my wife a bunch of candy and a card on Valentine’s Day, which surprised
her because I usually don’t do anything on that day,” said Yaffe, who met Flora
while serving in the Navy. “We met Oct. 27, 1941, and we had our first date
that night.”Yaffe said he did not remember the movie they saw that night in Chicago, but he
did remember that it was love at first sight.“He’s always had a great sense of humor, and that was something that attracted
me to him,” said Flora Yaffe, 88. “I think we love each other more now than we
ever did. I think time makes love grow stronger.”The couple said they moved to California in the early 1950s because Chicago
became too expensive to raise a family.“We had our house built in Orange County for $13,000,” Flora said. “Our house
payment was $74 a month. I still remember them pulling out the orange trees
when they built our house.”During his career as an electrician, Frank Yaffe found time to dress up as
“Taffy the Clown,” entertaining young and old with magic tricks.“Frank performed for Jimmy Durante, walked in parades and entertained fire
departments in Hollywood and Beverly Hills,” Flora said. “He loves children,
especially babies, and he loves to make them laugh. He’s still a quite a clown
to me.”The couple moved to Silver Lakes in 2001 and eventually settled in Apple
Valley.“We have three daughters, four grandkids, seven great-grandkids and five
great-great-grandkids,” Frank said. “It all started because we decided that
love and family comes first.”Flora said potential brides should make sure they’re ready for commitment and
are willing to put everything aside in order to raise children and build a
family.Frank said he believes the biggest problem with today’s marriages is couples
who have premarital sex, live together out of wedlock and are intolerant of
each other’s needs.“All those things cheapen a marriage,” he said. “Get married, stay married and
work together to solve your problems.”Their daughter, Robin Tschumper, is visiting from Minnesota; she said her
parents keep in touch with family across the country through a webcam and
Skype.“My dad has always been into technology,” Tschumper said. “He had a TV and
computer before anyone in the neighborhood. My mom is not a techie at all, but
we did get her a Nook for Mother’s Day and she likes it.”The couple said they are looking forward to many more years together.
“As we got older, I think we learned how less important it is to always be
right,” Flora said. “Just love each other, no matter what.”-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriage Notes for Frank Yaffe and Flora Estelle LEWIS-3252
Also have the marriage date as 1942 08 7.
Larry was teaching Communications for a year in Australia, which is where they got married.
He immigrated when he was about 15.
Immail Mikhail Nikolaevitch GOULOUM-BEK
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M23L-8QX Son Nick says his name was Michel, not Michael. I suspect he adopted that name when he was in Paris. Nick says he spoke Russian and even taught Nick's brother some Russian.
His surname in Georgia was Golum-Bek, but it became Beck after immigration to the USA; that's according to Nick. But he has a postcard dated 1939 where Dimitry addresses his wife as "Mrs. Bubsy GolumBeck", at 1325 Newport Ave., Chicago.
On son Nick's birth certificate, his birth place is listed as Riga, Latvia, but Nick is sure it was Georgia, whereas Bonnie is confident Latvia is correct. We have linked to a Family Search record (M23L-8QX) that says he born 8 July 1900 in Riga, Latvia. From Nick about that: "I believe that is wrong. My sister found that information on an application for a visa in Constantinople when my father was escaping from Russia. The Red Bolshevik army had defeated the White Army and had escaped to the Black Sea, where they were picked up by two American cruisers." Another source has it that he was born 1901 06 16, but on son Nick's birth certificate he listed his age as 42, so that can't be right.
From a blurb for the opening of his hair salon in Chicago: "Dmitri, a Russian nobleman and a former Captain in the Czar's cavalry, has led a highly adventurous and colorful life. Driven to the Black Sea in retreat by the Bolsheviks in 1920, he and his troop of White Russians were dramatically rescued at Sebastapol by an American destroyer.. Faced with a complete reorganization of his life he became interested in hair styling and discovered he possessed an unusual artistic ability... He studied in Constantinople, Palermo, Vienna, and then in Paris, where for a number years he worked under the famous Emile... Since his arrival in the United States in 1927 he has been hair stylist for exclusive salons in New York and Chicago, and numbers among his clientele many leaders in the social world." -- Dmitri of Paris Salon of Creative Hair Styling, 4802 Broadway, telephone Sunnyside 2666. (in Chicago).
Dmitri was trained at the Alexandrovsky Military Academy in Russia.
Obituary, in the Evanston Mail, 2/25/1952: "Robert Beck, 50, 609 Davis Street, died Feb. 19 in the St. Francis Hospital. He had operated the Dimitri Beauty Shop at the Davis Street address, and had been an Evanston resident for 20 years. Surviving are two sons, Nicholas and Michael; one daughter, Bonnie, and a brother, Vladimir Sochevanoff. Funeral services were conducted Friday at 11 a.m. from the chapel at 1460 Sherman Ave."
Michel lived in Gori, Georgia, as a young boy.
Dmitri was fighting against the Bolsheviks for the White Russians, as a Captain in command of 1600 Cossack troops, at the age of 16. He was captured and about to be executed, but a soldier recognized him as his childhood friend, and let him escape from the paddy wagon. He made his way down to Sebastopol, got on an American destroyer, and made his way to Constantinople, and then eventually to Paris. As a Cossack, he was accustomed to braiding the manes of his horses elaborately, so that provided him the skill he needed to become a hair dresser for women.
destroyer, and made his way to Constantinople, and then eventually to Paris. As a Cossack, he was accustomed to braiding the manes of his horses elaborately, so that provided him the skill he needed to become a hair dresser for women.Listed as "Robert" on Nick's birth certificate.