On the Frontenac, Summer 1939.

As mentioned in the first Evangeline post, Capt. Bill's position as master of various freighters permitted him to take family and other guests on the ships' voyages. As a follow-up, Chuck O'Malley has sent an outstanding video clip with scenes from one such voyage — on the Frontenac in the summer of 1939. The cinematographer is Capt. Bill's son-in-law Bob O'Malley Sr. The cast includes Cap and three of his children: Eileen, Dorothy (in the black-and-white plaid), and Tom. But the star is either a very young Shirley Temple or else Bob and Eileen's daughter Sharon O'Malley Cassidy.

Evangeline Charity Moran Mooney - Part 3.

(Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here.)

The 1918 influenza ...

• There were two waves of influenza in 1918, and a third in early 1919. The first wave, which began in March and peaked in July, was comparatively mild, with relatively few deaths and quick recoveries. People called it the "3-day fever", an illness that passed much the same as seasonal flus usually did.