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Note: Shouse, Dorothy Age: 8 Year: 1930 Birthplace: Roll: T626_1225 Race: Page: 7A State: Missouri ED: 120 County: St Louis Image: 0748 Townshi p: Central Written by Jacque and Carolyn, Dorothy's daughters: Dorothy Pogue Brock ·Born July 30th, 1921 in St. Louis, Mo ·Preceded in death by 2 older sisters, Ferne and Irma and mother, Mabel Anna Weese ·Grew up in St. Louis, met her first husband, Les Pogue, who died in August 1968. They married in April 1941 and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1945 and onto Buena Park in 1949 and onto Fullerton in 1955 ·She and Les had 4 children, Carolyn, Jim, Tracy and Jacque who all grew up in Fullerton ·After her first 2 children were in school, Dorothy completed her high school education and was active in the Buena Park School District PTA ending up as President of the Buena Park PTA and Vice President of California PTA. At the same time, was active in the First Baptist Church of Buena Park as a Sunday school teacher ·The family moved to Fullerton in 1955 and became members of the First Baptist Church of Fullerton. She began working for the Fullerton School District at Troy High School as a Teacher’s Aide from 1968 - 1976, then as a secretary at Endeavor school for the trainable mentally retarded students. Dorothy referred to them as her “TMR kids,†and shefound this to be one of the most satisfying experiences in her career. She was very hands on with the young adults including driving the school bus and supporting their Director ·Dorothy remarried on September 20th, 1975, to Ben Brock, a widower, with 3 daughters, Marsha, Barbara and Linda bringing the count to 7 children. ·During the first 10 years of Ben and Dorothy’s marriage, Ben made sure that Dorothy and her 2 youngest children, Tracy and Jacque, got to do all of the things that she hadn’t been able to do, but wanted to do. These included camping and fishing trips in the Sierras in Independence, California, boat trips in the family boat that Ben fondly namedthe Marlin Bar, which was a combination of his 3 daughters’ first names. Trips included wonderful stays on what was fondly known as “BrockIsland,†Lake Mead, Lake Comanche, Lake Isabella and Lake Perris to name a few. They also dug clams at Pismo Beach and Ben, being the marvelous cook that he was, brought the clams home to make a big pots of clam chowder. ·When Mom retired in 1979, Ben and Dorothy and Jacque moved to CanyonLake, California, so that Ben, upon his retirement shortly after the move, could put the Marlin Bar in his own backyard and get down to some serious daily fishing. ·Both Mom and Ben went to real estate school, got their licenses and began a new career in homebuilding and real estate sales. The two of them personally contributed to the greater development of Canyon Lake. Although they didn’t personally sell 2,600 of the original 3,000 vacant lots, they certainly contributed to the success of that community. ·Even with a new business, they still managed to visit their son, Tracy and daughter-in-law, Sandy, in Germany, and Ben made sure that Dorothy got to do something else Mom always wanted to do with a cruise to Alaska and a helicopter ride onto a glacier. ·Ben and Dorothy enjoyed weekend getaways to bed and breakfast places, romantic dinners and dancing and playing bridge with their friends.Dorothy always loved getting in the car and going places. They enjoyed their road trips to Vegas and Laughlin and they had wonderful friends, Fern and Byron, that lived in Vegas and participated in many lake fishing and water-skiing trips by meeting up with their boat which added to the fun. One of her fond memories was a visit to Texas to pick pecans at Ben’s brother’s farm. They also enjoyed their trip to Banffand Lake Louise in Canada. ·Dorothy was everyone’s best friend, helping neighbors, which included getting her 80-plus year old neighbor her first driver’s license and driving neighbors to church while she was still able to drive. Shewas always a loving and caring daughter to her widowed mother, Mabel,making a home for her the last 15 years of her life. She always usedher wonderful sense of humor to help even when dealing with life crisis. Laughter was a huge part of her life and it made so many other people and family members not take life so seriously and keep it fun. ·Dorothy had children over 19 years, so she had to fulfill the needs of her children at all different ages and different stages simultaneously. While she was helping to get a Halloween costume ready for her 5-year old, she was helping advise on child-rearing for her 28 and 30-year old kids. ·Everyone that knew her will miss Dorothy and their lives were all changed for the better for having known her. She will be loved and remembered forever by her family and friends. The year Dorothy was born: 1921 Previous Year | Next Year World | U.S. | Economics | Sports | Entertainment | Science Year by Year: 1900-2004 View a 1921 calendar World Events World Statistics population by decade Nobel Peace Prize: Karl H. Branting (Sweden) and Christian L. Lange (Norway) More World Statistics... Major treaties signed at Washington Disarmament Conference limit naval tonnage and pledge to respect territorial integrity of China. U.S. Events U.S. Statistics President: Warren G. Harding Vice President: Calvin Coolidge Population: 108,538,000 More U.S. Statistics... Congress passes Budget and Accounting Act, which creates the Bureau of Budget (June 10). U.S. Congress, in a joint resolution, declares WWI ended (July 2). First burial is held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery (Nov. 11). Economics Federal spending: $5.06 billion Consumer Price Index: 17.9 Unemployment: 11.7% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02 More Economics... Sports Sports Links Pro Football Summary Pro Basketball Summary Pro Baseball Summary World Series NY Giants d. NY Yankees (5-3) Stanley Cup Ottawa d. Vancouver (PCHA) (3-2) Wimbledon Women: Suzanne Lenglen d. E. Ryan (6-2 6-0) Men: Bill Tilden d. B. Norton (4-6 2-6 6-1 6-0 7-5) Kentucky Derby Champion Behave Yourself NCAA Football Champions California (CFRA) (9-0-1) & Cornell (NCF, HF) (8-0-0) Entertainment Entertainment Awards Pulitzer Prizes Fiction: The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton Drama: Miss Lulu Bett, Zona Gale Nobel Prize for Literature: Anatole France (France) Miss America: Margaret Gorman (DC) More Entertainment Awards... Events The Sheik, directed by George Melford, debuts and establishes star Rudolph Valentino as cinema's best-known lover. The Cleveland Playhouse opens, becoming the country's first resident professional theater. Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence wins Pulitzer Prize. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, the rotund actor, director and producer, is arrested on manslaughter charges, after a woman died following a partyat his house. He was acquitted after three trials, but his career in film never recovered. Science Nobel Prizes in Science Chemistry: Frederick Soddy (UK), for investigations into origin and nature of isotopes Physics: Albert Einstein (Germany), for discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect Physiology or Medicine: None awarded Vitamin D is discovered and shown to prevent rickets. Vitamin E is discovered. 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Dorothy Shouse Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1922 Relation to head-of-house: Daughter Home in 1930: Central, St Louis, Missouri Family and neighbors: View Results Occupation: View Image Education: View Image Military service: View Image Rent/home value: View Image Age at first marriage: View Image Parents' birthplace: View Image Owned a radio: View Image Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Central, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: 1225; Page: ; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 748.0.
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