litters of baby pigs. One of them was real mean and chased us away. For children born and raised in the city this was a real adventure. I celebrated by 10^th birthday here too.

Aunt Em's farm

On our return trip home we encountered lots and lots of rain. Dan and Daddy had to get out in the rain and mud and put chains on the tires, slipping and sliding as they worked. When we reached Holbrook they told us ours was the first car there in a week. We were so glad to get back home to South Gate in time to start school.

In Oct. of '27 I got pink eye from some books brought form another [school] that had not been fumigated. I lost my eyesight - couldn't tell day from night. Mother took me every other day on the street car to an eye specialist in L.A. I lost over 15 days of school - All the kids in my class wrote me one day - I had to wear glasses for a year after this and the kids called me 4 eyes or grandma.

224 E. 98^th St.

In late 1927 or early 1928 Mr. Thomas Haverty, the owner of the plumbing company daddy worked for, passed away and the plumbing company was liquidated. One of my parents' good friends were Roy and Anis Alters and their family. He was employed by Haverty Co. Too. They lived in Los Angeles at 92^nd and San Pedro. He and daddy were unemployed now so they formed a partnership in the plumbing business. They called their business "A.M. Plumbing" and their motto was "We Mean Early." We moved to 224 E. 98^th St., Los Angeles in 1928 in the summer, just 6 blocks from the Alters home. Our home was a big 2 story, 3 bedrooms and large hall upstairs and mother used the room at the far end of the stairs for a sewing room and we girls shared 1 bedroom and Danny had his own room. The folks bedroom downstairs. We had a large living room, dining room, kitchen, service porch and bathroom. A front porch that ran clear across the house.

There was a Public Library at 180^th and Main St. and mother, having been a school teacher in Iowa, hustled us all down to the library and got us all library cards and from then on we made regular trips every week or two for more books. I still love to read - books are such good friends and such a fun way to visit far away places, the people and their way of life.

At this time Danny was attending David Starr Jordan High School in Watts, but had to transfer to John C. Fremont at 76^th and San Pedro, Los Angeles. We girls were enrolled in 99^th Street Grammar School. We made life long friends in school and in
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