My Dad (at left) and his half-uncle Clayton MacNeal in a field somewhere in northern New Jersey in about 1912. They are probably on the estate of one of the Childs brothers of the then-popular restaurant firm. My Dad was an only child who lost his father when he was less than 2 years old, so Clayton became all but a big brother to him while they were growing up. Clayton worked for the Childs chain for many years beginning in about 1916 in New York City, married in 1927 and again in about 1938, and had a life-long career in the food service and hospitality business in locations all over the country. He died in Los Angeles in 1959.