Steve has been giving me grief about all the stuff I kept from Mom's house. Finding this "Mom share your life with me" booklet that someone gave mom just shows I was right! (I love to say I told you so.)
It is all written in Mom's own handwriting, so it is unique.
Anyway, here goes
Tell about being in a school play or program.
Can recall trying out for a cheerleader. It was by popular vote. So Zola and Glen Bowen and I purchased sweaters alike, made up a new cheer, and practiced in a service station garage and tried out. We won!
After we won, the principal congratulated us, but said to use the old cheers and to not make up new yells. Was he trying to tell us something?
Did you ever pretend to be sick as an excuse to stay home from school?
I can't recall pretending illness - 'cause I loved school and hated Saturdays when we cleaned the house throughout.
Tell about how you spend your Saturdays during the school year.
Moping and waxing floors which were big. We had to dust everywhere and vacuum where carpets were on the floor.
Tell about how you spend your Sundays.
We got up and dressed in our Sunday best and went to church - 3 hours and we drove home and had a super-duper dinner with mashed potatoes, hot rolls, and cherry pie. Good memories.
When on car trips, did you play car games?
We played a game concerning car license plates. Also one finding the letters of the alphabet on sign boards. Dad sang songs to us. They told a story - very dramatic.
What was your favorite radio program? Loretta Young TV program. Inner Sanctum radio.
What was your favorite movie as a youth? Gone with the Wind.
Did the kids ever tease you? About what?
Yes, when I was very young. They used to call me "4 eyes" as I wore glasses from 9 years old on.
Tell of a difficult school essay or term paper assignment: I had to write a long poem about our country. As hard as I tried, I could only do three verses. Ward and Edith helped me and we had a two page poem. The teacher was impressed, but she kept the paper and I never saw it again.
Tell us about your first smoke. Zola and myself went upstairs to her bedroom when her folks were away. Her father smoked, and we went through his farm jacket pockets and found cigarette butts and closed all the doors and windows and started puffing and choking, then clearing out the smell.
If you went to college, tell which college you chose and why. I chose BYU but only stayed one semester as it was wartime and I didn't like an all girls' school. I quit and Zola and I went to San Jose, CA and worked at Moffett Air Field.
Tell your major and how you chose it. Secretarial science as I had been a good student in shorthand and typing and thought they'd be fun and easy to teach.
If you ever hitch-hiked explain. Yes, Rex and I had our car in the garage for repairs and so we got a ride most of the way to my home, but we hitch hiked (the last) thirteen miles. I was pregnant with Craig at the time.
Which do you remember as your favorite time of year? Why? Fall, Winter, Spring. Because I was in school and I loved school and I loved being in school with all the kids. Home on the ranch was rather lonely.
Describe some household chores you had as a child. Dusting, dishes, scrubbing and waxing floors.
Describe some outside chores. Carrying wood for the cook stove. Hauling in water from the well.
Which bones have you broken and how?
I've broken some ribs. I've broken my foot. I broke my achilles tendon twice and left me with one leg shorter than the other.
Did you ever need stitches? Yes. I had staff infection in my breast after Gary was born. They had to cut, drain, and stitch. Stitches on leg for achilles problem. Stitches after each baby delivery. Stitches after lung surgery.
Do you have any other good stories about being injured? I have a scar above my knee from riding a bike and brushing past a gunny sack full of empty cans and bottles and a jagged piece of glass cut my leg.
Tell about an experience at the doctor's or dentist's. Took Craig (3) to a dentist to have his teeth looked at. I hadn't prepared him for the visit and the stubborn son-of-a-gun wouldn't open his mouth. The Dr didn't want to force it open.
Name your best school chums: Zola Gull, Toni Wilde, Bernice Ostler, Ila McAllister
What were some crazy names or nicknames at your school? Red, Grafy
Tell about a practical joke or prank someone played on you?
My brother told me to look at the freight train out on railroad tracks and I did and he said, "I'm going to tell Mom that I saw you pee on a boxcar. I said I didn't and "sob sob". U.P. = Union Pacific.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? An airline attendant.
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