A Calling Card

The calling card of Mrs. W. Glass Meggs, from when manners dictated the polite thing to do was to leave a card upon calling.

All Miami Is At Work

Miami Herald, Sunday, September 26, 1926

Home Owners and Families Don Overalls and Labor To Repair Damage

By Ruth Barnard
Staff Writer for The Herald

Like a family of ants, whose dwelling can be destroyed at one blow and rebuilt almost as quickly, the family Miami is progressing with its new abode. Every district in the city is recovering from the hurricane with astonishing rapidity. There is no shirking; he who once might have been termed sluggard, is working with every bit of his strength to remake his home and city into a place of security and rest.

In a choice section of the city, on a spot high and attractive, last week there stood a bungalow of block stucco. Today that home is a wreck; only a bit of furniture remains intact. Mrs. J. D. Critchlow, who with Mr. Critchlow, owns the residence, is in Atlantic City. Mr. Critchlow is connected with the Columbia Court Hotel. Yesterday, armed with a screw driver with which to loosen a stove, and with a truck on its way, he arrived at the scene of ruin to place the few remaining pieces of furniture in storage. It had taken the entire morning to find a storing room.

A part of the roof on the residence belonging to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Meggs at 264 N. E. Seventeenth street was blown away and other damage was done to the home. The last few days have been full of work for the whole family. The daughter, Marjory putting on overalls and climbing to the top, held the roofing for the only carpenter they could obtain. Donald, the oldest son assisted in repairing windows and helped with the roof. Mrs. Meggs officiated at a general and thorough housecleaning and drying out program. Mr. and Mrs. Meggs have been residents of Miami for 20 years.

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Excerpted from The Miami Herald, September 26, 1926.

The Lang Sisters

Clockwise, starting at bottom left: Bernice, Nellie, Kate, and Lettie. This photo was probably taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s at the home of Bernice Lang MacDonald in Folkston, Georgia.

The Meggs Kids at Flagler Street

Left to right: Eleanor, Bill, Marjorie and Charlotte

Notice to Our Customers

Dear Papa

Going through my archive of photos, news clippings, and letters, I came upon this letter from Nellie Lang to her Papa, Felder Lang. It appears to be dated, October 7, 18.6 - I interpret this as 1886, when Nellie was ten years old. I wonder if Nellie won the doll, or if Felder gave each of the children a prize for writing letters!

Mrs. Wm Glass Meggs and son Bill, 1925