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Unk's Autograph Book:


Here's a collection of silly poems and good wishes that were found in an autograph book Unk had when he graduated from Business school:

You'll find some long-lost (and now.. not forgotten) relatives have signed his book.


Twenty Five and still alive...
I hope.. I hope.. I hope (brother Thomas Byron)

Roses are Red.. Violets are Blue
Honey is Sweet.. and so are You", "Mother Dear"
(Grandma Ellen Byron)

The man who kisses
but does not tell
Will hate the poet said.
May hold all kinds of jobs if he only holds his tongue?
EGB (brother Eddie Byron)
(his forte was not poetry!)

When you are old and cannot see..
have brains enough to think of me.
(sister Kate Byron Kaelin)

Having nothing to say
and no time to write
I'll just sign my name
(brother Joe Byron)
footnote: Hitched (?) Aug. 11, 1940

Way back here... Where none can see..
I write.. Remember me.
(sister Helen (Byron) Chaneski)
(written on the last page of the book..
PS- (she wrote the same in my autograph book!)
Anyone else?)

To my cousin Bill Byron,
May you always have loyal and true friends,
for then you will be the man that is worthy of them,
loyal and true!
(cousin (this is not his sister, Margie)) Margaret Byron Monaghan
Question?..who were her parents?

Dear Willie,
Two in a hammock.. about to kiss
All of a sudden.. they went like (SIHL)
YEAH... YOU try inverting letters!)
Your cousin, Grace (Trainor) Thompson
Bill Byron is my name, United States is my nation
Jersey City my dwelling place, and heaven.. my expectation
And when I'm dead and in the ground
and all my bones are rotten..
This little book will show my name.. when I am quite forgotten!
(cousin) Helen Trainor
(How did she know??)
Mrs. Margaret Trainor (Unk's aunt)
Goodbye sweet repose.. think of me
when you are under the cloths.
(I think she taught poetry to Uncle Eddie!)
Dear Willie,
Just to make you angry.. just to make you mad (frown-Editor's note)..
I'm writing in your autograph book..
Upside down!
Your (sister-in-law) Florence
(Eddie's wife)
Roses are red.. Violets are blue
Tommy is sweet.. and so are you
(sister-in-law) Eleanor Byron and
Snookum Pies (her baby (born Sept. 14th..Tommy Byron Jr.)
Congratulations Mary Alice!
You figured it out!
Willie.. When you are sitting all alone
and thinking of the past..
Remember you have one true love.. that will
love you to the last! (sister-in-law) Nora
(Joe's wife)
Roses are red.. violets are blue
I drink all week and so do you.
John (Dutch) Kaelin (Kate's husband)
A man's ambition must be Great..
to write his name upon this Slate
No one knows the other one's Fate
But here's to yours, I hope it's Great!
(brother-in-law) Mitchell A Chaneski
Helen's husband
New York boys are handsome
Bayonne boys are smart!
But it takes a Jersey City guy
To win a girl's heart!
A loyal friend..
Irene (Renee) Chaneski -(Mielko)
Many have written before me... but I'll be darned..
if any one will write after me!
Helen E. Chaneski
TRIVIA QUESTION!!!!!!! for Mitchell, Bob & Ray only!
Guess Who Wrote the Note on the left?
( it WASN'T Aunt Helen Maciaszek!)
in fact.... Aunt Helen figured out who it was!





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