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MW: And there was an elementary school in Eagledale, right, McDonald School?

EH: McDonald School.

MW: And that's where you went to elementary school?

EH: Yes.

MW: How many other students your age, in your class age, were there at McDonald when you were there, about? Were there ten or were there fifty?

EH: Well, in the whole school, I don't think we had fifty kids in there.

MW: And it was six grades?

EH: In our class, let's see, we had Carl Ness, Florence Book, Alice Marie Clinton, Carmen Rereicich, Mike Tarabochia, Ruthie Haugan, and I think that was all in our class. And then we had Ruth Howell as our first grade teacher, and then a lady named Edwards, taught us in third and fourth grade, and then we had Trace Lundquist from Scandia, over by Poulsbo, who was school principal and taught fifth and sixth grade.

MW: Were there any Japanese students at McDonald?

EH: We had one, a real prize, we had Peter Ohtaki.

MW: Peter... they lived in Winslow, I thought. But they must have lived...

EH: They lived in Eagledale. Yeah, and then I think he was there for one or two years, while I was in school, because Pete was one or two classes older than me and then they moved to Winslow because I think the mother taught Japanese at the Japanese school.

MW: Yes, she was the instructor.

EH: Yeah.

MW: Well, what kind of activities did you, did the kids in Eagledale do when they weren't at school? Did you go to the beach a lot?

EH: Oh, yeah. Well, down by the Eagledale Ferry dock, that was called Eagledale Park. There was a dance hall there, and an ice cream parlor, and a bath house... and a dock. And the beach was just beautiful, just pure sand, and then they brought the ferry in and the backwash from the ferry washed up all that rocks and ruined that beautiful sandy beach.

MW: That was a sad day.

EH: Yeah. But I had outgrown swimming down there then.

MW: Oh, on to other things.

EH: Yeah.

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