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Note: DAD GRAD.FROM UNIV. OF MD. MEDICAL SCHOOL IN 1926. HE USED TO HAVE A BAND AND PLAYED THE VIOLIN DURING SCHOOL.HE SET UP PRACTICE AT 2746 THE ALAMEDA AND WE LIVED ABOVE THE OFFICE WHILE WE WERE GROWING UP MOM, CHAS. & I HAD SCARLET FEVER TOGETHER THERE. WE MOVED TO 614 HASTINGS RD IN 1940 AND WWII STARTED 7 DEC 1941. DAD WENT INTO THE ARMY AND WE WENT TO COLUMBIA,S.C TO FT. JACKSON WITH HIM. THEN HE WENT TO CALIF.AND MOM WENT THERE WHILE WE STAYED WITH AUNT OLGA & UNCLE JOHN. DURING THE WAR, CHAS. BECAME MAN OF THE HOUSE AND THE 3 OF US WORKED TOGETHER FOR BLACKOUTS.CHAS WAS AN USHER AT THE SENATOR THEATER AND MOM WOULD KNIT SCARFS WHILE WE WATCHED MOVIES. WE GREW UP ON BACK-RIVER-NECK DURING EARLY SUMMERS AND WENT TO ATLANTIC CITY FOR EASTER..STEEL PIER WAS GREAT AND HORSEBACK RIDING ALONG THE BEACH, EARLY IN THE MORNINGS. WE HAD A GOOD CHILDHOOD AND I'M GLAD, BECAUSE WHEN DAD CAME HOME, THINGS WERE DIFFERENT. CHARLES WENT INTO THE AF AND I WENT INTO NURSES TRAINING AND THAT ENDED OUR FAMILY UNIT TOGETHER.
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