Childhood

Mount Adams, Cincinnati, Ohio. I was born here in 1940

4943 Winneste Ave, Winton Terrace, Cincinnati, Ohio. I lived here from age 3 to age 13. After the end of WW2 Winton Terrace had expanded to become Winton Hills.

I attendeed grade school (1-6th grade) at St. Bernard Catholic Church and School, Winton Place, Cincinnati

Jim, Donna and Me 1948-1949 school year ages 6, 7 and 8.

The Tyrrell kids

Dressed for church

We recycled an old bike from grandfather's basement

Mom at our Hamilton Ave apartment

Me at about age 13 with my dog, Teddy, a Pomeranian mix, on Hamilton Ave.

Mom and Teddy on the porch of our Hamilton Ave apartment

My brohter Jim and Teddy at our store and home on Chase Ave

J&R Foods. Our Corner Grocery store was at Chase & Chambers Sts. We lived in the apartment above the store. That could be my Dad at the basement doors.

I attended St. Boniface School, Northside, Cincinnati for grades 7 and 8.

St Boniface Church and Rectory, Chase Ave., Northside

St Boniface Church

The organ at the back of St Boniface Church

The alter sits in a marble shrine. The domed sanctuary is surrounded in mosaic angels.

Mosaic pillars and arches of St Boniface Church

One of many stained glass windows of St Boniface Church

The mosaic "Stations of the Cross" at St Boniface Church

A marble statue in St Boniface Church

A marble statue in a vestabule at St Boniface
High School

With my mom at Sacred Heart Seminary. I was never far from my Kodack Brownie Hawkeye camera

My brother Jim and me at Sacred Heart Seminary.

Jim and I often enjoyed a few sets of tennis together.

West Night High School.

Me. High School Graduation

My sister Donna. High School Graduation

My brother Jim. High School Graduation

This was my first car, a black & white 1957 Chevy Bel Aire.

Our house on Chambers St. The railroad ran along the tree line when we lived here and there was no fence. There was a huge tree in the back yard.

Drive-in movie theater 1950s

Car hops
Ham Radio K8ARV

I bought a used Hallicrafters SX99 receiver

I built my own transmitter, a 35 watt CW Heathkit

The wiring instructions for the kit was a schematic diagram.

My semi-automatic Vibroplex telegraph key. Commomly called a "bug," it made sending code lightening fast by automatically making the "dots."

I bought a Johnson Viking Valliant 200 watt AM/CW/SSB transmitter

I bought a used microphone

I built a Heathkit Q-Multiplier to improve reception of my receiver

My ham radio station K8ARV (c1959)

QSL Cards - Ham operators exchanged these cards to acknowledge and confirm our contact. QTH is location.

Cards came in all designs. I got this card from Eric. It depicted the log book we kept that was required by the FCC

I got this card from Bill. His card detailed his equipment, Rcvr, Xmtr, and Antenna

I got this card from Jack. He designed his own card

The FCC exam study book

I had a Gonset G76 Transceiver for my car
First Job

The Main branch of the Cincinnati Library (c 1958)

The library "stack levels" looked like this

Finding a book using the library catalog

Selecting a book from the library catalog

Books were loaded on :trucks" for reshelving

The 'Book Fountain' at today's Cincy Public Library