Wednesday, November 18, 2009

And my Dad worked a number of years with dairy cows, Holsteins. He was 5 lbs. underweight for the war - something like 145 and 6' 2". Plus he and his brothers were selling milk to White City to the CCC and they called each day for the order - like 800 quarts a day. So he was needed here. The dairy was on D Street from present day Penneys to Beacon Drive. And while I was really little we moved to Los Angeles so he could attend the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, present day Biola University. Then we had a Bible Bookstore here in Grants Pass in the front of our house. He preached at Merlin Baptist Church and Jerome Prairie Bible Church. He worked with his brothers on a big farm in Cave Junction where I enjoyed a lot of cousin times and helped herd the cows in each evening. And later he became a real estate realtor and greatly enjoyed getting listings and selling houses. And all along he was a carpenter, learned as a boy, and enjoyed many building projects, 6 houses, remodeling projects, coffee tables, clocks, and a very nice myrtlewood dresser.