WEST ORANGE, NJ — Ella Parker was born June 1, 1921, in Walterboro, S.C. Her parents, Elizabeth Dawson Small and Lewis Small, had six girls and one boy. Parker attended grammar school in Waycross, Ga., and then moved with her family to New York, where she was hired as a housekeeping attendant for more than […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Dorothy Graesser was born May 26, 1920, in Newark. Her parents, Charles and Mae Eisele, gave birth to two beautiful daughters, Mildred then Dorothy; the two became best friends. Graesser graduated from Miss Beard’s School, now known as Morristown-Beard School, in June 1938. She then worked at the cosmetics department in […]
