General Discussion

Started staying home to keep an eye on my great aunt. She had suffered a stroke, and was kind of odd without the stroke. I also helped out at my parents' grocery store. I remember doing inventory on Jan. 1 of each year. I also stocked, ran the register, helped in the meat department. I could trim scraps from bones, to add to beef that was ground. I took turns with my brothers to clean the saw, the grinder head, the meat slicer. My Dad would process deer and other game after hours, so we'd have to stay to help, weighing and wrapping, then really cleaning and disinfecting the fixtures and surfaces. I wasn't crazy about staying on school nights, but my Dad put the money he got toward Christmas. I learned everything I needed when I worked at the store. My brothers and Dad were the jokers. Lots of silliness when there weren't many shoppers.

When I was old enough, I got a part time job as a salad girl at Johnny Garneau's. I worked there till I moved away.