of the children in the family and we chose items for each child, then they went to the cafeteria which was filled with Fremonts contributions for Los Angeles poor for Christmas. This was so great.

Family tradition prevailed and all the family gathered at our house for Christmas. Mother had a scrumptious dinner, as usual, our tree was beautiful, gifts few, but the "sprit" was there in rich abundance and the day ended with mother playing the piano and all of us gathered round to sing carols. We had so much to be thankful for - warm homes, good food, clothing and good health and the freedoms we enjoy in this great country.

We all were looking forward to New Years day and a trip to Pasadena for the "Rose Parade." We'd had a couple of rainy days but hoped for a sunny parade - turned out to be wishful thinking. The rain came down by the buckets and the parade was shortened. Lots of people along the shortened parade route rented their lawns so you could park your car and view the parade. The poor band people and drill teams were drenched as were many of the riders on the floats. Several of the participants became ill afterward and 2 of them died of the exposure.

January 2nd was another day of vacation as schools were closed by the Board of Education because of flooding. After these exciting holidays school seemed dull and hard to get back into good study habits, but the semester was drawing to an end and there were finals coming up so time to hit the books. American Lit and English, U.S. History and Civics, Salesman ships, Shorthand and Typing were my classes this semester. Typing itself was easy but getting my speed up was hard as I didn't have a typewriter to
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