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By Boyce Thompson

Walking in the Thompson Party Footsteps

Though I had never ventured this deep into the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona, as I looked at the rock jutting over the path, I felt like I had been here before. Then I realized: I had seen this site in the  infamous Arboretum Picnic pictures. I say “infamous” only because my grandfather, William […]

Filed Under: Families, Thompson Tagged With: Fred Gipson, J.E. Thompson, Mabel Thompson Filor, William B, William Boyce Thompson

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Palatial Party Boat Was Converted Into Lean-Mean-Fighting Machine

Little did grandmother Meanie know as she snacked on the decks of her uncle-in-law’s party boat, the Alder, that those same decks would years later come under daily fire from Japanese warplanes. That’s right, William Boyce Thompson’s 294-foot-long yacht, the Alder, which he used to sail to cushy ports around the world, was donated to the U.S. Navy […]

Filed Under: Families, Miscellaneous, Thompson Tagged With: Jamestown PG-55, The Alder, William Boyce Thompson

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Jimmy Filor and His Family Died in Plane Crash

Tony Thompson vividly remembers the day in 1951 that his uncle, Jimmy Filor, died in a plane crash. “I remember coming home from swimming at the Bronxville Field Club to find my mother in tears after having learned that Pop’s cousin, who they were very fond of, had crashed, along with his wife and two boys, […]

Filed Under: Families, Filor Tagged With: Elizabeth Filor, Ely W. Moore, J.E. Thompson, James Nicholas Filor, Jimmy Filor, Mabel Thompson Filor, Ross Litton Filor, Ross Litton Sibley, Tony Thompson, William Boyce Thompson, Yole Ranch

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