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Jaslowski, John
(Feb. 8, 1936 - Nov. 11, 2007)

When John Jaslowski was three years old, Boryslaw, Poland, where he was born, the son of Zigmund and Pauline (Miklasz) Jaslowski, became a city that the Soviet Union wanted because of its oil industry and investiture. On August 24, 1939, the Russian and German foreign ministers signed a pact in Moscow to divide independent Poland and other countries as they wanted. Barely a week later, Stalin partitioned Poland and placed Boryslaw in his hands. During the Second World War, the Soviet Union marshaled 466,516 soldiers, 3,739 tanks, and about 2,000 aircraft against Poland, and the Soviet-occupied territories were purged a great deal of their Polish families.

Hence the Jaslowski family came to the United States in 1949 with other displaced persons. Because he lost his right hand in Poland, John Jaslowski, nicknamed Johnny Jay, was unable to find a regular job. But he was able to carry a golf bag and caddy for golfers who played on the 18-hole course at Green Valley Country Club on Ridge Pike at Lafayette Hill, near Norristown, Pennsylvania. At the same time, he picked up the game of golf and remained at the same golf course for fifty years. He was a fan of Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and other golfers. He died at Montgomery Hospital, Norristown, after an illness.

From: Edward Pinkowski (2008)

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