RESIDENCES
AFRICA
Syabei (RS)
KLD House
Monduli Govt. house
Nairobi rented house
“Chalet” Nairobi (house we built) Tara Road East and then Manyani Rd.
NAVS Apt.
USA
Michigan Ave., Wheaton
34 Van Schoick, Albany
16 Paul Holly Dr. Loudonville
2917 Cutler, Albuquerque
3015 Euclid, Albuquerque
UK /EUROPE
Chalet Gumflut (ELS) at Chateaux D’oex
Boileau Road, Ealing, England
Muswell Hill, London
Schools we attended
Roy Shaffer:
RVA, Lubeck (W.Va), Christ Home, Westervelt, Wheaton High and Academy, Wheaton College, Albany Medical Scool., London School of Hygiene, Columbia Public Health,
Elizabeth Lane Shaffer
Chateau D’Oex primary, Holmes (Wheaton), Wheaton Academy, Nyack College, Wheaton College
Schools our kids attended
PS 19, Albany, Arusha School, Iringa Secondary (St. Georges), Prince of Wales-(Nairobi School after 1963), Westlake Kindergarten, Westlands Primary, Kenya High (“Boma”), Rift Valley Academy, Columbia High School, Shaker High, Loudonville Primary, Wheaton College, New York State at Albany, New York State University at Oneonta, Northern Illinois University, West Suburban Nursing, George Fox University. University of Illinois, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Phoenix
TRANSPORT
Vehicles we owned: (in alphabetic order)
Chevys 3
Chev panel van which I converted to sedan by adding second seat.
Chev “Carry-all”
Chev. Newspaper delivery truck with open sides
Fiat 500 Purchased for ELS Ended up in roll-over on main road.
Ford s
Dad’s Model A T517 lorry with expanded metal cage body.
Ford Model T Dad’s touring (soft top)
Ford V-8 “Whoopie” (touring model) Purchased from Cliff Miller. Enjoyed by RVA boys.
Ford Station Wagon First car on arrival back in US in ’67.
Ford 1946 sedan Wedding gift from Lanes in 1946’ Damaged in en-counter with a cow on highway.
Motorcycle
Honda 75cc for commuting to AMREF at Wilson.
Dan, in High School had a BSA
Mule-o-bus Dad’s improvised WWI lorry chassis
ox wagons Various wagons at Kijabe. Seemed like mechanical won-ders. Cracking hippo-hide whips over oxen a skill in which I took pride.
Peugeot 404 wagon First car on arrival back in Kenya in ’63.
Railway (and lake steamer) KUR&H from Simba to Kijabe during RVA days. Also holiday trips Nrb to Coast Occasional trips to Kisu-mu thence (once) on lake boat to Mwanza
Saab Purchased second hand in ‘80s. Troublesome ignition and doors but nice to drive.
Toyota Corolla
Airplanes we observed or flew in:
Seen from RVA: BOAC “C” amphibians flying out of Naivasha to-wards Dar.
A small plane emitting smoke and landing in the Kedong below Ki-jabe.
Watching Sikorsky pre-helicopter planes near Christ’s Home
Flying on a Lockheed Lodestar from NY to London 1949
Early Boeing 747 from NY to London ? 74
Kenya Airways (“Pride of Africa”)
Boeing “Dreamliner” in 2004
Ships
Family Round trip Across the Atlantic in 1930-31 Steerage.
Family NY via Cape Town to Mombasa on AMSA Line freighter. 1937
RS with Mundys Mombasa via Cape Town to Southampton 1939
RS alone across the Atlantic. To Worlds Fair 1939.
RS n ELS n Danny on Castle Line boat ____ London to Mombasa via Med. 1951
Family on Castle boat _____ Genoa to Mombasa 1961
Family on SS France Aug. ’55 Southampton to NYC
Lake Victoria steamer Usukuma ? Kisumu, Kenya to Mwanza, Tan-zania in ‘50s
River Cruise boats on Rhine, Nile, Alaska, Danube and Rhone