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We had a move that really shook me up the year I was going into Grade Twelve which of course is Graduation Year. Our parents did not want a fuss made of them and not only did not tell their friends until the last minute but they did not tell my sister and I who were moving with them.
We lived near a military base and my parents made the young military apprentices very welcome. These fellows were getting their schooling while getting their military training.
At their graduation, I met Frank, my future husband. We got married young and lived on very little. I made bread and stretched meat although it did not seem we were short on anything. I made pies from apples and other fruits I picked. Cinnamon buns were easy to make.
We had one footstool and the rest of the furniture came with the duplex. We did not have a phone for the first year. It took us three years to afford a car. Our son, Frankie, was born a year after we got married. We were careful and he was well dressed and well fed all the time. We got an extra $8 family allowance a month when he was born which helped. Frank's pay was $125.
Frank was away a lot so we had to split the money up so I could pay everything on the home end and Frank needed money on his end. If the military overpaid, accidentally, they took the money back in a lump sum.
We always ate well, had a tidy home and had a happy family. There is always something to enjoy even when the cupboards look bare and the furniture is old.
Bev Sobkowich from Chilliwack BC
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