Our home was filled with the true "Sprit of Christmas". We all had so much to be thankful for. Our family was together and grandpa D.J. Millard, Aunt Wanita, Uncle Forrest and Margerite Brewer were with us. We were all in good health, had a lovely warm house, good friends and neighbors - Mother fixed a scrumptious dinner, we had a beautiful tree and in the evening we all stood around the piano as mother played and we all sang Christmas Carols with our friends, neighbors and loved ones. This is the traditional way all our Christmas days ended.

Mother always made our birthday specially "Our Day." She said this is the one day in the year that was "ours" alone. When we were growing up we always had a part and when we were older a special dinner with our best friends and family. This is a tradition I have carried on with our children and when mother got older my husband and I made our home the gathering place for family and friends at all the holidays through the year.

I guess I'd better back track to starting high school in September 1931. John Fremont High School, 76^th and San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, Pathfinders, and the school motto was "Find a way or make one." I took: Secretarial course B⁹ and A⁹ and music appreciation 1 semester; 1 year of clothing; 1 year Social Studies; 1 year English (a dream teacher, Mrs. Culyhouse - helped me so much - got a B); Algebra 1 year (good teacher too) and the fun class Gym - all four years B¹⁰ and A¹⁰; Typing I & II 1 year; English 1 year; Biology 1 year; Bookkeeping 1 year (more later on this super teacher); Home Nursing 1 semester; B¹¹ Shorthand I, Typing III, English (Am. Lit.); U.S. History and Civics I; Salesmanship; A¹¹ Typing IV; A¹¹ English (Passed A¹¹ English exam and didn't have to take 12^th grade Eng); History and Civics II; Shorthand II; and Business Organization, B¹² Shorthand III; Office Practice I; Business Correspondence; Economic Geography; A¹² Shorthand IV, Office Practice II; Law, A¹² Art Appreciation.

These were good years, lots of good times, scary times,
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