In the long summer evenings we'd all play, run sheep run, hide and seek, and kick the can. We also played softball or 3 flies up. We also loved to roller skate down San Pedro St. because it was paved - so smooth.

Willa and I had many friends at school but June Oxburg, Betty Peterson, Margaret Clark and us have been life long friends since 1928. In High School we met Henrietta Freconnet and all of us have visited back and forth through graduation from H.S., raising our families, and becoming grandparents and some of us great grandparents. Heavenly Father has called June, Margaret and Willa home, but the three of us are still close.

Grammer School Grads

I always enjoyed school. Math and History were my favorite subjects. I really had to work hard to get good grades in English - Spelling was easy. One day going out for Physical Education I got hit in the mouth with a ball bat - OUCH!! I loved being in school plays. Memorizing lines came easy for me. We did at least one play a year. The year I was in the 7th grade I got to work in the school cafeteria. It was really fun and we got our lunch free. In the 8th grade I took sewing and made the dress and jacket that I wore for graduation on June 19, 1931. We neighborhood kids walked to and from school together - probably ½ mile or so.

My Dad kept up on what ships were docking at the harbor and one day the "U.S.S. Constitution" or "Old Ironsides" was in port and it was open for visitors. Daddy had contributed pennies for the refurbishing of Old Ironsides when he was in
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