Recap 1915-1920

Alfred's single days are about over.  While being drafted into the Army during World War I, his service was all state side.  He is now back in Linton, Indiana and making plans for the future. Before we move on to his next section, let's recap.  Below is a short timeline of the last five years of Alfred's life and some of the other events going on in the world. 

TIMELINE
ALFRED MOEHLMANN	Year	WORLDWIDE
-Worked in the coal mines -Started seeing Helen Bovenschen	1915	-First phone call from New York to San Francisco -Sinking of the Lusitania by Germany -First transatlantic radio/phone communication – Virginia to Paris -One millionth Model T produced
-Attends Central Business College in Indianapolis -First time voting for president	1916	-Norman Rockwell begins illustration for Saturday Evening Post -Average price for new car $600 -First woman elected to House of Representative
-Begins working for Vandalia Coal Company as cost accountant -Registers for the draft	1917	-U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark for $25 million
-Drafted into the Army Signal Corps and stationed in Vermont -Grandmother Tendick dies	1918	-Time zones and daylight savings time official established -Air mail service started by Post Office
-Discharged from military	1919	-18th Amendment ratified – “Prohibition” -Pop up toaster invented
-Working in the coal mines -Sets wedding date for March 21, 1921	1920	-Railroad industry peaks - First commercial radio station in Pittsburg -Invention of Band-Aids -Indiana Bell established to provide phone service in Indiana

It is now 1920 and Alfred is 25 and living with his mother and uncle.  He is working as a coal miner and saving for up for his approaching marriage.

1920 Census of Stockton Township, Greene Co., Indiana, Diedrick Tendick family

His betrothed, Helen Bovenschen, age 23, is living at home with her parents, four sisters, brother, and her 78 year old grandmother. 

1920 Census of Wright Township, Green Co., Indiana, William Bovenschen family

Helen's oldest sister Anna was married in 1913 and her next oldest, Grace, is planning her wedding for just two months after Helen's. Grace is a high school teacher. Helen's two youngest siblings, Ruth and Wayne, are still attending school.  Her grandmother, Margaret Schmidt Bovenschen, has been a widow since 1911, when her husband Dedrick died at age 78. 

So we are about to move on to Alfred's next stage. We know that his parent's failed marriage has made a huge impression on him.  He has had periods of feeling inferior and now he about to marry the daughter of one of the most respected and successful men in the county.