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DG: And did you come back to the land that your parents had leased before the war? Where did you live when you came back?

TS: We went to Woodland for a while too, just working for somebody. And had to find a job, so my father went to Woodland, and asparagus, washing asparagus and all that. They had it, so, I mean, you had to do anything that was available.

DG: Did you live in Woodland?

TS: Yeah, lived in Woodland.

JS: Do you know how long you were in Woodland?

TS: Just a short time.

JS: And then you returned to Clarksburg?

TS: Clarksburg, yeah.

JS: So you were out of high school then. Did you look for a job too? Did you find a job?

TS: Yeah, I was doing housework for a while. There was nothing else I could do.

JS: Did you live with a family? Or did you go...

TS: I lived in a family house. I mean, whoever wanted a houseworker, I just went in there, cleaned.

DG: In Sacramento?

TS: Yeah, cleaned house and washed dishes.

JS: Were you taking any classes at that time?

TS: No, no.

JS: Just working.

TS: Just working.

JS: What was that like? How did they treat you?

TS: They were nice families. Yeah, they were nice families.

JS: And how long did you do that?

TS: Not too long, and then got married, so, you know.

JS: So you were dating your husband then, after the war.

TS: Yeah, yeah. He was in the service, so... yeah.

DG: And your parents were able to lease more land, to start leasing land again and farm? Or did they ever return to farming?

TS: Yeah, they, well, that's all they could do, so lease the land and farm again.

DG: Tomatoes again?

TS: Yeah, tomatoes again.

JS: So can you tell us a little about your husband's family? So you, what year did you get married?

TS: Gosh, nineteen.... I should've looked it up.

JS: '49?

TS: Something like that. Well, my son is, he's collecting social security, he told me, so got to be sixty, what, sixty-two, five?

DG: Sixty-two, I think.

JS: Sixty-two?

TS: Sixty-two they collect now?

DG: I think.

TS: I think so. Well, Janet is too, I think she's collecting. They're a year apart, so her brother and her.

JS: So you got married and then you, your son is the oldest?

TS: Yeah, my son is the oldest, and Janet, and I got two younger ones.

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