1954 -- No residence noted Alexandria VA
1956 -- Manager of Ranch Ice Cream Company and Ranger's Market; Residence Alexandria VA
1957 -- Residence Alexandria VA
1958 -- Residence Alexandria VA
1959 -- Residence Alexandria VA
1950 age 35
Death of father Fristus Haywood Howell on 23 June 1950 in Goldsboro NC at the age of 78. That post is here.
1954 has no Garland Howell in the directory, nor any West Lee. No Ranch. No Ranger's Market.
1954 has no Garland Howell in the directory, nor any West Lee. No Ranch. No Ranger's Market.
1956 age 42
Garland works as the manager of Ranch Ice Cream and Ranger's Market. He hired at least two family members to run his delivery trucks, see the photos below. And, no, this wasn't ice cream made with Ranch Dressing! That wasn't even a thing at that time. I can't find anything on Google about this ice cream business, nor of Ranger's Market.
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| Garland's nephew Bill Vidunas, the Ice Cream Man, age 17 about 1955 |
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| Garland's brother, Haywood Howell Credit: Bill Vidunas |
He lived at 376 West Lee, Alexandria Virginia, according to the City Directory. However, when I try to Google the address I only get North and South Lee streets. There is no West Lee. Well, that was frustrating! Was the directory wrong? Did this street get a name makover?
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| Garland and Lena Howell 1956 Alexandria Virginia |
Manager Ranch Ice Cream and Ranger's Market. Home 376 West Lee, and the address for both businesses is 3000 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria. But, when I look for that address now, I finally found it -- in the middle of a river! This is crazy! On a good note, it isn't too far from where Katie Howell lived in 1952.
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| 3000 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria VA |
1957
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| 1957 Garland and Lena Howell |
1958 age 44
Garland lived with Lena E, his wife on 376 West Lee NA, Alexandria Virginia, and works for Ranger's Market. Again with the West Lee address which I cannot find. I searched for Ranger's Market, and the closest I get is an Old Town Farmer's Market -- nope, don't think that has anything to do with it.
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| Garland and Lena Howell 1958 City Directory, Alexandria VA |
1959 age 45
Garland lived with wife Lena on 376 West Lee G, Alexandria Virginia. Again, same address on West Lee, with both Garland AND Lena listed on separate lines. The black circle shows Garland at Ranger's Market -- one assumes he is still manager. The Red circle is Lena, who is the cashier at Ranger's Market.
So, I searched this particular directory to see if I could find West Lee. Guess what? There actually was a West Lee Street. This directory had a street by street enumeration of residents, so here it is, including the cross streets. The red circles are in two columns, and the red arrow points to Garland's name. The listing is as follows: Lee West (Groveton) -- from 2500 Richmond hwy west, 1 north of Collard. I searched for Lee and Richmond Hwy, and found Janna Lee road, but no house number 376. I searched for Collard and Lee and got no intersection there. I am lost as to what that road may be now.
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| Garland and Lena Howell 1959 City Directory, Alexandria VA |
So, I searched this particular directory to see if I could find West Lee. Guess what? There actually was a West Lee Street. This directory had a street by street enumeration of residents, so here it is, including the cross streets. The red circles are in two columns, and the red arrow points to Garland's name. The listing is as follows: Lee West (Groveton) -- from 2500 Richmond hwy west, 1 north of Collard. I searched for Lee and Richmond Hwy, and found Janna Lee road, but no house number 376. I searched for Collard and Lee and got no intersection there. I am lost as to what that road may be now.
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| 1959 Directory Listing showing West Lee |
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| Garland Howell, manager Ranger's Market no listing for Ranch Ice Cream |
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- Fristus Haywood Howell Part 5 -- https://howellfamilyresearch.blogspot.com/2017/10/fristus-howell-part-5-1950.html
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