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GS: And what was life like on Bainbridge Island? Where did you live?

TS: Well, I lived with a family that I worked for. They wanted me to stay there. And it would be more convenient for them and for me too. So I stayed with this family on Pleasant Beach.

GS: What was the family's name?

TS: Herber, John Herber family.

GS: And they still live on the island?

TS: No, I think one of the boys lives there now.

GS: What did you do for the Herbers?

TS: Well, I did chauffeuring, because this man was a businessperson that traveled quite a bit so he needed to go in and out, you know, take it to the ferry, and I pick him up again. He might be gone for a week or so, so he wanted me to stay in the family house with the family.

GS: And then you chauffeured...

TS: Yeah, I only chauffeured the lady of the house, because she wasn't able to drive that time. Although later on I taught her how to drive so she could do that herself, eventually.

GS: And where did you normally drive her to?

TS: Well, to the grocery store, mostly. And I used to take the boys to take a piano lessons, one of the boys was taking piano lessons so I took him to a private house, and took him over and bring him home, you know.

GS: And where was the grocery store?

TS: Grocery store was Bainbridge Gardens and also the Lynwood Center.

GS: Do you remember any other things that happened during that time, community events that you attended or anything?

TS: Well, sometime, I don't have too much to do, and I used to help the gardener. There was a man who was putting in landscaping there, in that place, and he needed sometime another hand to help him out so I gave him, helped him out doing some of the things for him, otherwise, there wasn't too much to do. I thought I might learn something from him, doing, yeah.

GS: And what did you do on your days off?

TS: Well, I used to take a walk towards Point White and different places, short distance, you know, I used to take a walk, because I never had any chance to find out what people were doing and so forth.

GS: And did you see other Japanese on the island?

TS: Only place I remember was a family that had a greenhouse, Lynwood Center, there off of Lynwood Center, there was a greenhouse. I can't remember his name, but he had a greenhouse and then, that's about the only place I kind of visited.

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