Trubee Jones:  

Life At 77 I don't think there is a way to do a SHORT bio! I was born on the Army base at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX. and shortly after Dad was reassigned to Ft. Warren, Wyoming where my sister Joan, was born. Dad was reasigned to Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii in 1931. We had a wonderful life growing up there until Dec. 7, 1942 when the Japanese attack ended it. With bullets flying around and planes roaring overhead we dependents all fled to the hills and were later evacuated off base to a school above Honolulu as soon as the attack died down. We moved in with friends in Waimea and didn't return to Schofield for sometime. When we did the base was ready for war and we had to be, too...ID tags, gas masks to be carried at all times, and suitcases packed ready for when we dependents could be evacuated to the "States". So at 14 and my sis at 11 we watched Oahu fade into the distance from our evacuation ship,in April, '42. We went to Grants Pass, Or. where my folks had a house and there I finished highschool at Grants Pass Highschool. I went to George Pepperdine, in CA., for a year then returned to Oregon to finish my BA. at Southern Oregon College. Also had a chance to act in the restart of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival for 3+ years, married, moved around and ended up in Eugene, Or., where my then husband entered the U of O. I taught...had a baby...moved around some more and returned to Ashland, Oregon where both my husband and I taught, I in elementary school and he at Southern Oregon College. I divorced there and accepted an assignment to teach on the island of Guam. My little son Jason and I joined a group of teachers to fly to Guam to teach. I signed a two-year contract but decided, when to sign up again and Jason and I ended up staying on Guam for nine years. During those years we had a house blow away during Typhoon Karen, ...Expand for more