Doyle Moreland:  

Life I was born in Canadian County,Oklahoma in 1943.My Father was a farmer and my Mother a homemaker.At the age of 6 years my family moved from the farm to town mainly because my Father could not take the dust anymore.He started building houses with a friend of his.I started school in 1950 at Webster Elementary.I only walked 3 blocks (not miles) to school.In 1954 my Father got a letter from my Uncle,who lived in San Antonio,Texas telling him about a new sub-divission getting ready to be built and there was going to be a lot of work available.Work in Oklahoma was very slow at the time,so my parents decided to move to San Antonio,Texas. We arrived in March of 1954.My Father started work the following day.My parents had rented out our house in Oklahoma completly furnished.They rented a house here furnished on Santa Anna Street and my Aunt and Uncle lived in the garage appartment behind. I remember,the population of San Antonio was abt 500,000. It was the largest place I had ever seen.There was a Handy Andy grocery store at the corner of Santa Anna and Fred. Rd. that was huge to me.It is now a bingo parlor and a lot of conveniece stores are bigger. We moved from Santa Anna to Hill Side Courts on Dewhurst. My Aunt and Uncle followed. This was abt 3 months after coming to San Antonio.I remember us living on the ground floor of the two story appartment,then when the second floor became vacant,we moved to the second floor.It was a lot bigger and not even there anymore. All the while my parents were saving up for a good down pay- ment on a home.After 3 more months of renting,we moved to the 500 block of LaManda off Blanco Rd. I started school in Sept. 1954 at a brand new school called Elma A.Neal Elementary,but it went through the 7th grade. My first job was putting literature on doors about Spud Nut donuts.I don't think I ever put any on a door though.Then I was told I could sell them,but I ate up my profit.The next job was a paper route which I kept for...Expand for more