December 22, 2018 in Recreational Life
Van Schaacks Attend the Van Nuys Air Show in 1962
Jim and Joyce Van Schaack and kids, with Jim’s Dad, Roy Van Schaack and brother in law Roy Powell and son Tom Powell all attended the Van Nuys Air Show in 1962. Lee and Dana get to take their first plane ride at this air show. The Van Nuys Air Show included old and new aircraft from WWl, WWll, Korea and more. It was a great show.
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Joyce & Jim Van Schaack Visit Lowell & Lorene Brewer
Joyce and Jim Van Schaack visit Joyce’s sister and brother in law, Lorene Brewer and Lowell Brewer at their home in Indiana.
Read moreDecember 22, 2018 in Family Life
The Story of the Van Schaack Family
The Story of the Van Schaack Family begins when Joyce and Jim meet in high school. In the fall of 1946 Jim joined the Army and trained at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, then was sent to Tokyo, Japan. Jim was assigned to the 1st Cav. Div. 8th. Cav. Reg. in Tokyo, Japan. Jim was then assigned to 8th Army Special Services and was sent to be director of A & R Athletics & Recreation at the Gohra Hotel in Gohra, Hakone, Japan. Jim returned home to his parents in Los Angeles in 1948 and started college. The Van Schaack’s
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Stamos Family Take a Vacation to Visit the Van Schaacks
Pilot Tom Stamos flies he, Dana and Adam Stamos on a vacation to visit Joyce and Jim Van Schaack in Tarzana, California. Up Up and Away!!!
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Jim and Joyce Visit Telluride Colorado in 1976
Jim and Joyce and Chris Van Schaack travel to Telluride to vist Lee and Linda Van Schaack and visited main street where they saw the bank that was robbed by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the old hospital that had been made into a museum, the telluride cemetary, the old jail, the old railroad terminal that was no longer in use, and the old opera house. Jim also shares some old photos of Telluride in this portion of the video. They then go see the water fall where the old power plant was located. The video shows the old
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