Where did the kids go to school?
Well, they were not ready for school until we left the lake. We moved in November I think, and Charles started school in September or October. We got down to the Medford area and we rented a little cabin out toward Oak Grove area, I think. I wanted to be sure that this very precious son of mine had the right kind of a teacher. So I inquired of the principal, “What kind of a first grade teacher he would have?”. He said “ I think she is pretty good.” I didn’t learn until later on that she was his wife. Anyway, she turned out to be a good first grade teacher. So it worked out all right for us too.
I don’t know if being isolated made me a little more concerned for the welfare of the children or not. But maybe it was my particular personality. I know the kids had been affected by being up there in the long winters, as I said before. When they got down to Medford they would stroke the grass and things like that. Things they had not had contact with for months. They found it something good to remember.
I remember when Pete came. That was before he was married. He was bringing his bride and we were particularly thrilled to have Becky there too. I remember when the Ordwines. She was also a bride. I got a little mixed up on her name. We had come from Glacier, where I had known some Sourwines. And I introduced her as Mrs. Sourwine, and she didn’t really like that very much. But I think I could be forgiven since I had not known any Ordwines before. We still keep in touch with them. And the Armentrouts, and the Foiles and the Crouches. Breynton Finch has been gone for quite a while. I don’t know if Amy is still living or not. Ethel [Wilkinson] would have known. I haven’t heard from Amy for a couple years now. She lived next door to us for a while. I remember we were having a tea over there. A very elegant tea over at her big house and we had to carry dishes back and forth.
Anyway, it was very nice party. We had planned it for quite sometime. Of course, we had just our neighbors because people we lived with, and the people we worked with and the people we played with were all the same people at Crater Lake. It was small community, probably smaller then the it is now.
I remember one of the work (maintenance) men there thawed plumbing if the plumbing got frozen. He would come and thaw it out. What was his name. His name was Cliff Hazel.
Then I remember Ferdie Hubbard and Eleanor. Ferdie was a ranger. He was at the East Entrance for awhile. They were from Medford. So when we moved to Medford and they were also down there. We saw them often.
