ELIZABETH CRAWFORD HITZ: A PEACHTREE CHILDHOOD

Center are Elizabeth Crawford "T" and husband Alex Hitz, Sr. on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary party held at the Piedmont Driving Club in 1970.  Left to right, their eldest son Alex, Jr. and wife; their son-in-law Bob Foreman, Jr.; the celebrants "T" and Alex; their daughter, Elizabeth Hitz Foreman; and their younger son, Lieutenant Colonel James Crawford Hitz, USMC and wife Norma.  Alex is pronounced "E-lek."





The new house at 168 Peachtree Circle, still standing as of 2018.


An interior view of Montrose in 1953, from "Brookwood Hills" by Betsy Crosby and Elaine Luxemburger.


Rhodes Hall, still standing and restored, in 1960:

Courtesy Georgia State archive, Rhodes Center in 1944, with house to right:


Posted February 2018 by Bob Foreman III.  lovethatbob13@gmail.com
Grateful acknowledgement to Jim Hitz and Linda Fritsch.

A FEW KILBURNIE CRAWFORDS IN AMERICA written by Jim Hitz (1928-2021)


Kilbirnie, Scotland:

















Posted February 2018 by Bob Foreman III.  lovethatbob13@gmail.com
Grateful acknowledgement to Jim Hitz and Linda Fritsch.

VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH ALEX M. HITZ, JR. (2004)

Click here to go to interview.

Alex (pronounced "e-lek") and wife Caroline Hitz arriving at the last season of Grand Opera at the Fox in 1968.