Jack + Sophie at June 1957 wedding Debbie Meranski + Al Sonnenstrahl

Sophie and Jack dancing at Baltimore wedding Deborah Meranski and Al Sonnenstrahl.Debbbie born l935 daughter of Sophie's youngest brother pediatrician Dr.. Israle Peter Meranski born l903 Orchard St. Hartford and Jen Goldberg Meranski native of Baltimore

#78 p 10Jack and Sophie had a delightful visit with the Meranskis and Geetter and Pollack relatives who attended. Jack Barrett enjoyed discussing Naval architecture and engineering with the bridegroom Al Sonnenstrahl. Deborah Meranski was a l957 graduated of Gallaudet University for the hearing-impaired Washington D.C and taught art history there more than thirty years, becoming emeritus l996. She had a son Sam in computer work and daugher Beth Benedict who is a dean at Gallaudet and whose husband Dwight is in the deaf sports program. Beth was the first deaf aide to a United States Senator (from Minnesota l982). Sam and Beth each have two young children. Sophie and Jack enjoyed the oopportunity to get to know Deborah's younger brother Danny, born l951 wqho hears normally. At that time her was five or six years old, and Jack talked with him about the BaltimoreOrio9les Baseball team and took an interest in the Baltimore team for severla years following the l957 trip. Dr. Israel Peter Meranski was a graudate l921 of Hartford Public High Schooll Trinity Coillege l925 and University of Maryland Medical School l929. A representative of the Salvation Army attended Deborah's l957 wedding to honor years of volunteer unpaid work pediatrician Dr. Meranski performed for needy children. His wife Jen was his secretary and nurse and gave Deborah an unusually thorough education in speaking and lip reading as well as the deaf sign language, which has been favored in more recent years.Jen's parents assisted "Pete" greatly during his medical school years in Baltimore, and the June 9, l9029 marriage (which Sophie attended) followed his graduation from medical school. He served in U>S. Army l942 - l946 in Geoirgia and France and located hhis nephew Arthur Meranski ih France, after Arthur pazrticipated in tanks landing in Normany under Gen. George Patton June l944.