FAMILY FOUND

CONTENTS








Copyright 2004
Alex LeDoux
ajledoux3@comcast.net

Synopsis of Future Pages:

2-20-1938 (PIECES)

He is born to a Pisces mother and a Sagittarius father, his life reads like it was straight from a Pieces Astrology Forecast.  Couple that with being Attention Deficit Disordered  (A.D.D.) and we have a very complex individual.

INTRODUCTION

The introduction will introduce Alexander who discovers, a few weeks before his 63rd birthday, extraordinary facts and secrets about himself and his sister Phyllis that were kept secret from both of them their whole lives.

CHILDHOOD YEARS

The childhood years will reveal what it was like living with an Irish-Catholic foster family until he was twelve and begging his father to take them out of this home and to live with him and his new wife.. What it was like being lied to about how he and his sister ended up living with this foster family.  Alex was always in trouble in school, the teachers all knew he had the ability to do more than the other students, he got high grades in grammar school in Somerville but he always seemed bored. When he and his sister were moved to Springfield, MA one year he was a year behind that city's school system.  When he returned to Somerville he was now a year ahead.

TEEN YEARS

These are the tumultuous years where he had very little parental supervision and he started to search for his identity and became exceptionally streetwise. 

Finishing his 7th and 8th years of learning in a catholic school, being taught by Franciscan Brothers was a big change from the Public School System.  High School started in the ninth grade in a Catholic School and he was taught by Dominican Nuns until he was expelled in the tenth grade and switched back to the public school system where he was again ahead of the other students by a year.  School bored him and he quit school and went into the Army as soon as he turned seventeen.

MILITARY SERVICE

In and out of trouble his whole military service he was given a General Discharge under Honorable Conditions.  He spent almost three years in Germany where he had easy duty at Western Area Command Headquarters, United States Army Europe.  He really didn't want to leave Europe and was offered some pretty good opportunities by the owners of different German night clubs.  However, the Army made him rotate back to the States and receive his discharge.  He could go back on his own as a civilian if he choose to.

PHILADELPHIA

After a few months living at home joined a magazine sales crew traveling around the states.  After covering the New England area the crew arrived in Philadelphia where he jumped ship.  Caught up with an army buddy from Germany and decided to stay in the Philadelphia/ South Jersey area and started out as a bartender in the 13th and Locust nightclub area. Bought into his first nightclub at age 21 in South Jersey

NEW JERSEY SHORE

Gravitated to the South Jersey Shore resorts in the summers where he established himself in the City of Wildwood.  Patented his first two inventions at this time.

FLORIDA GOLD COAST

Wintered in the Florida Gold Coast from Palm Beach to the Keys.  Worked at several of the most exclusive resorts and private clubs in the area.

CALIFORNIA

Went to Santa Monica for about six months to take over as bar manager in a hotel/private club on the beach.  Connected up with old friends from the east coast and Las Vegas and eventually returned to South Florida resorts.

THE 1970 NEW YORK TOY FAIR

Invented a line of board games and formed a corporation to manufacture and distribute them and introduced them at the New York Toy Fair in February 1970.  This is another story that will be related in depth.

Met his future wife who was originally from South Jersey/Wilmington, Delaware area a month later and because she disliked Florida married her in May 1970 and moved back to South Jersey.

THE LODGE AT ANGLESEA

Re-established himself in the Wildwood, NJ area accepted a position as the Maitre'd at a 52 acre Hotel/Resort. 

His first and only child was born about a year later.  His marriage was a disaster from the beginning, but he tried to hold it together. 

Finally gave in to his wife's wishes and giving up everything again, moved to Delaware to start all over.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

Developed a unique Decorating Business after going through six separations from his wife and eventually losing his eyesight from stress for almost a month, was treated by the VA Hospital and after gaining his sight was advised he had to get rid of the things that were causing all his stress and forcing him to depend on alcohol. 

He divorced his wife and eventually left Delaware abruptly a few years later, giving up his new business and everything he had just accomplished, purchased a one-way-ticket on the first bus to arrive.  His next destination was Atlanta, Georgia. 

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

After working around the clock out of a labor pool for six months, to get himself back on his feet financially. 

Set himself up with a nice apartment and clothes and started to establish himself again in the food and beverage industry. 

He immediately ran into a lot of his old "wise guy" friends from Philadelphia, South Jersey and New York.  He went into the restaurant and nightclub business with help and a few words  from them.  

Became a silent partner and manager of several "gentlemen clubs" in Atlanta.

Developed a new Night Club concept in the early 1980s when he created the "Celebrity Club" whose motto was, "Where Stars Are Made Every Day For Just A Song" on Ponce De Leon Ave. in Atlanta. 

This was the first nightclub in the states to use the "Karaoke type of equipment".  It had Several Private Recording Booths where patrons could record themselves. 

The main lounge had a large stage where the performers were taped for both audio and video.  By screening potential performers before they were allowed to get on stage,  gave the club an atmosphere of an open mike night for the  entertainers. 

It was geared towards professionals and amateur performers with lots of potential, to show off their talents, similar to the "Catch A Rising Star" and the  Comedy Club Formats that were opening in New York and LA,  which were just catching on Nationally. 

WEST GEORGIA

Needing a break from this lifestyle and heavy alcohol use, he eventually gave in to a request for him to move to a small town in West Georgia, where he agreed to take over as Maitre'd at a local country club, for what he said was only to be for a six month period. 

He ended up staying at the country club for five years, where he established close friendships with some of the  members who were the most influential in the area.
 

Stayed in the area after leaving the country club and set up another business.  His business Millennium Multimedia was developed to  do computer consulting and custom software.  Developed several unique software applications that were several years ahead of their time. 

In 1999 his whole world changed

FAMILY FOUND

After spending a couple of years researching the Internet for his  LeDoux and Bessette family roots of his grandparents and ancestors. 

Found some cousins living in Massachusetts that he hadn't seen or heard from since the 1950s.  After contacting one of them he confirmed that his father and most of his aunts and uncles had passed away.  He also found out that his stepmother had been in contact with his ex-wife and son when his father was dying.  That his step-mother and son  had stayed in touch after that and that not only had his stepmother recently passed away, but that his ex-wife was also deceased and that his son was searching for him. 

He re-united with his son and grandchildren and attended the birth of his youngest grandchild and namesake Alexus in 1999. 

In November of that year he moved back with his son in Delaware. 

This is when the mystery of the secrets in his life start to be revealed.