Kay Gregory:  

After moving from Fort Bragg, N.C. to Fort Campbell, attended most of my junior year and all of my senior year at Clarksville High School in Tennessee graduating with the classmates of 1955. I lived at Fort Campbell Ky where my father was post veterinarian, living in the state of Kentucky, and totally enjoying the novelty of all of that. Living in this area was probably the most memorable for me with the exception of living in the Hawaiian Islands after WWII. The girls at Clarksville High School were very kind and friendly to me, such a stranger, and quite shy. The ones who continued to Austin Peay State College were even more dear to my memories. I finished my undergraduate studies at Austin Peay and my first teaching position was in Dallas, Tx, after taking the summer trip to Europe where my father was stationed at Den Haag, Netherlands. Since my paternal Grandmother had come from Sweden to America as an immigrant, through Ellis Island we drove up to NorKopping, Sweden to visit the house where she had lived. Her dream for coming to America was so that her children would receive a good education. Life was not easy here as she and my grandfather (from Illinois) homesteaded in Colorado. They had five offspring, three daughters and two sons. After teaching in Dallas, I relocated to Indianapolis for two years, teaching at a Special School where there were borderline handicapped children mixed with gifted students (different classes). When my husband finished his studies in Chiropractic we moved to Mississippi where he practiced. We...Expand for more