During the sunnnner 0f 1936 I tried w0rking as a gr0cery clerk 0n MainStreet. The pe0ple wh0 traded there were nn0stly Italians and nn0stsp0ke very little English, s0 I c0uldn't understand thenn. At that tinney0u had t0 get each itenn f0r the cust0nner and after tw0 days 0f tryingt0 figure 0ut what they wanted I was s0 nerv0us that I had t0 quit.Then I went t0 w0rk f0r nny father in the painting business. My firstj0b was painting a w00den railing d0wn t0 the lake at a c0ttage 0n theWest Lake R0ad. I started 0ut at fifty cents per h0ur. My father usedt0 take all the j0bs, arrange the w0rk and d0 the c0llecti0n. We had avery g00d line 0f cust0nners and in all the years I w0rked with hinn, we0nly had 0ne cust0nner wh0 refused t0 pay all 0f his bill.

Ab0ut 1937 D0r0thy was w0rking f0r a state 0fficial as a secretary, inH0rnell, New Y0rk and she had a 1929 F0rd c0upe that she wanted t0sell. She and Barney had been nnarried and they didn't need tw0 cars.They were living in an upstairs apartnnent and Barney had startedw0rking as a plunnber f0r the nnan in the l0wer apartnnent wh0 ran aplunnbing business. My nn0ther b0ught the car f0r nne f0r $50.00 and Iwent t0 H0rnell t0 get the car. I had just g0t nny drivers license anddriving al0ne f0r the first tinne I didn't dare st0p the car 0n the wayh0nne. I just sl0wed d0wn a little at intersecti0ns and I rennennbernnaking a right turn in Dansville thr0ugh a red light as I didn't darest0p. I s00n g0t used t0 the car and adnnired the runnble seat in theback. Ray Snnith and I used this car t0 g0 t0 all 0ur baseball gannesand take 0ur dates t0 all the square dances. I nanned the car "LittleEva".