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#1
- 1948
In
El Paso during the
time we lived in the
garage apartment behind
Grandma's house on
1209 Prospect.. Daddy
was out of the Army
after WWII and was
working for Abe Feinberg.
Abe
Feinberg owned the largest
if not the only scrap
metal company in El Paso after
the war. Daddy
started out driving
a flatbed truck for
him right after the
war. He used to
tell funny and sometimes
scary stories about
competing for the right
of way with the street
cars in down town and
the trouble driving
and/or backing over
the street car tracks. He
and Daddy became very
good friends, and Abe
wanted him to stay so
much, he offered Daddy
a full partnership. After
much soul searching,
he decided that he wanted
to own his own farm.
We
went to East Texas where
his family lived and
he farmed for almost
a year in the
Sulphur
Springs / Cumby area
east of Commerce, Texas.
Then he gave up and
went into the Air Force. He
never gave up on his
dream, though, and fulfilled
it in a successful way
after he retired to Arkansas. Daddy
was born at
home in the Cumby community. Both
grandparents are
buried in a small cemetery
which was behind a little
country church.
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#2
- 1949
Taken
about the time Daddy
went into the Air Force
and we moved to Louisiana. Grandma
made the suit Ruth is
wearing as well as
all winter coats she
had before we went
to Germany.
Grandma did this on a
pedal sewing machine.
Mom used a pedal Singer
also into the late 50's.
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#3
- 1950
Taken
in Albuquerque, just
before Susie was born.
When
we moved to Albuquerque,
there was just not
enough housing available. So
Mother and Daddy bought
a house. He
had to have a co-signer,
and Abe came to the
rescue without hesitation. Mother,
Susie and I actually
lived in El
Paso with
Grandma for about
3 months while the
house was being completed. I
went to the grade
school down the hill
from the house.
Ruth had
a very unfriendly
start in grade school
in Louisiana,
but the teacher in El
Paso was
absolutely wonderful. She
turned the entire
scholastic experience
around for Ruth. After
that, I always loved
school. I
still
enjoy classes and
learning of any kind.
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#4 - 1950
Susie
was born on May 21,
1950 in Albuquerque,
and Ruth was
born May 23, 1943 – same
Sunday in May. The
picture of Mom, Susie
and Ruth was taken
in the carport of
our house in Albuquerque. Susie
was about 1
week old.
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#5
- 1950
The
picture of Ruth
in the chair was made
while we were living
at Grandma’s
while our house
in Albuquerque was
being finished.
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#6
- 1950
Taken
at the new house
in Albuquerque – this
was the carport
wall. Daddy
had an old Ford he
rebuilt and painted
it himself – Ming
Blue. Susie
helped by painting
this wall as high
as she could reach – of
course, Ming Blue. Even
after many coats
of white paint,
it was never the
same again.
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