Harry FRANKLIN ³

   Another name for Harry was H Philip FRANKLIN.

  General Notes:

Harry lived with his sister Irene, her husband Morris, and their daughter Elinor for six years after his mother died, along with his father Samuel and his brother Nathan. They then went to live with Harry's sister Rose and her husband Harry A. Franklin after they moved to Philadelphia from the farm on Johnnycake Road in Baltimore County.

He and Fay lived on Berks St. in Strawberry Mansion after the war.

Harry was a lifelong friend of Dan Ashler, who was "head of Wharton Computational Services" at the University of Pennsylvania "in 1968-1969." In 1967, "he ran the National Science Foundation Summer program at the Moore School." ^{7 8 9}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, Jan 13, 1920, 5901 Race St., Philadelphia. ¹⁰

2. Residence, Apr 10, 1930, 3132 Page St., Philadelphia. ¹¹

3. Residence, 1936, 3134 W. Columbia Ave., Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia. ¹²

4. Employment, 1936, Electrical Specialties, Inc., 221 N. 23rd St., Philadelphia. ¹²

5. Employment: Phototype Engraving Co., 3943 Market St., Philadelphia. ⁷

6. Employment: Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia. ^{2 8} Harry etched the crosshairs on the lenses for Norden Bombsights and later became an amateur telescope maker.

7. Employment: Leesburg Commercial & Ledger, Leesburg, Fla. ¹³ Some of Harry's fellow employees were Ray Price, William J. Higgins, V. Culbuth, Chuck King, "Rusty" Rusinek, Dan McGeehan, and Harry Clifton, who lived at 1488d N.E. 6th Ave, N. Miami.

8. Residence, 1945, St. Petersburg, Fla. ¹⁴

9. Employment, 1945, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. ²

10. Residence, Nov 1946, 340 Second Street South, St. Petersburg, Fla. ¹⁴

11. Residence, 1947, 3300 block, Berks St., Philadelphia. ²

12. Residence, 1949, 2672 Elbridge St., Philadelphia. ²

13. Employment: Parade Publications, Philadelphia. ² Harry led a wildcat strike, for which he was terminated. He eventually won a case filed with the NLRB and was compensated for his back pay.

14. Employment, 1966, Alco Gravure, Glen Burnie, Md. ²

15. Residence, 1967-1974, 2103 Kennicott Road, Baltimore, Md. ²

16. Residence, 1974, RR 1, Box 325, Chew Road, Barto, Penn., 19504. ² Harry was retired.

Harry's theory was that "Chew" Road had originally been informally called "Jew" Road, there having been a Jewish woman living down the road whom Fay claimed was a practicing witch.

17. Cremation, Feb 1984, Pottstown, Penn. ²

Harry married Fay BLOOM, daughter of William Saul BLOOM and Ida Ruth COOPER, on Nov 29, 1943 in Florida.^{1 2} (Fay BLOOM was born on Jan 14, 1914 in Philadelphia ¹ and died on Jun 11, 1998 in Crystal River, Fla ⁵.)