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KB: So then it was just you, your sister, and your mom and dad living with the family.

SO: Yeah.

KB: And then after that, do you remember how long you lived there?

SO: Maybe six months or so, I can't remember when we moved downtown.

KB: So you moved back to...

SO: We stayed in the Park Apartments for quite a few years.

KB: Do you remember where those were?

SO: Where?

KB: Yeah.

SO: It was on Glisan Street (...) and Park.

KB: And so you moved, your family moved to the apartments. Was Dad working at that time?

SO: I think he worked at the restaurants as a helper.

KB: Do you remember what restaurants?

SO: No, I think it was on Eighty-second. I don't remember.

KB: So he got a job pretty soon after you returned? And then Mom, what was Mom doing at this time?

SO: She was, she worked in a laundry, ironing.

KB: And where was that? Was that close to where you lived?

SO: Yeah. It was downtown on First or Second Avenue Southwest.

KB: And then you were starting high school?

SO: Yeah, I started high school, Franklin High School, when I came back because I was a freshman. They let me continue. I was a little bit late, because it was after, middle of September, I was a week or two late, but I was okay.

KB: And because you were living off of Gladstone Southeast, you started there at Franklin.

SO: Then my... three other years I went to Washington High School (...). I was in Northeast Portland for about six months or so. That's when I started Washington High School and when I moved downtown to Park Apartments, I still went to Washington for three years.

KB: So you could finish your high school at Washington.

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