Ethel Leighton Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: LKN6-Y9H.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ^{2 8} The 1920 census recorded Earl J. Beecher, 27, living with wife Ethel O., 27; Robert L., 8; Ethel L., 4; and Esther L., 4. Everyone was and their parents were born in born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1930 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded renting at 359 Laurel Street: Earl Bucher [indexed wrong], picture operator - amusement, 38, living with wife Ethel, 40; twin daughters Ethel, 14 and Esther, 14; and son Robert, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1940 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded renting at 108 N. 9th Street: Earl J. Bucher [indexed wrong], motion picture projectionist - theatre, 47, living with wife Olive E, 50; and twin daughters Ethel, clerk, single, 24 and Esther, cashier, single, 24. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. In 1935 they were all living in Pottstown, Montgomery County.

4. Newspaper: Morning Call: photo of Corporal and Mrs. James R. Smith, 16 Jun 1942, Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ¹ (photos) CORPORAL AND MRS. JAMES R. SMITH who were united in marriage May 6 in Jeffersonville, Ga. Mrs. Smith is the former Ethel L. Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beecher, 108 N. 9th St., Allentown. She was employed by the F. W. Woolworth Co. before her marriage. Her husband, who is stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Smith, 834 Chestnut St. Attending the couple were Technician Sergeant David A. Peterson, Sergeant Albert Baker.

5. Residence: Camp Kohler on 21 Nov 1943 in Sacramento, Sacramento, CA. ¹¹

6. Residence: on 7 Jan 1949 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ³

7. Census in 1950 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ¹² The 1950 census recorded at 108 N. Ninth Street: Earl J. Beecher, operator/manager of bicycle sales & repair shop, 58, was living with daughers Esther L. Beecher, partner in bicycle shop, 33, and Ethel L. Smith, 33, and her husband James R. Smith, letter carrier for U.S. post office, 31. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

8. Newspaper: Morning Call: Divorce: James R. Smith, 1851 S. 3rd St., Allentown, from Ethel L. Smith, 1851 S. 3rd St., Allentown., 12 Apr 1967, Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ¹³

9. Residence: on 22 May 1980 in Northampton, Northampton, PA. ⁴

10. Obituary: Morning Call: obituary of Mrs. Ethel L. Mehlman on 21 Jun 1984 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ⁵ Mrs. Ethel L. Mehlman, 68, of 500 Seneca St., Bethlehem, died Tuesday in Allentown Hospital. She was a sales clerk at F.W. Woolworth Co., Allentown, retiring in 1949. Born in Pottstown, she was a daughter of the late Earl and Olive (Leighton) Beecher. Surviving are a daughter, Candice M., wife of Edward R. Potak of Northampton; a sister Esther, wife of Alfred Danas of Allentown, and two grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Allen Union Cemetery, Northampton. The Schisler Funeral Home, 2119 Washington Ave., Northampton, is in charge of arrangements.

Ethel married James Richard Smith, son of Arthur L. Smith and Grace C. Bleamer, on 6 May 1942 in Jeffersonville, Twiggs, GA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce in Apr 1967. (James Richard Smith was born on 21 Nov 1919 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA ^{11 14} and died on 2 Jul 2005 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA ^{14 15}.)

Ethel next married Walter Mehlman.