Joyce Glenn:  

My first job at age 15 was working at Whitsett's Shop in Blytheville, Arkansas which was located next to Ritz Theater. I made $5 a day doing alterations. What I remember most about it is I couldn't afford the clothes I was working on, much less pay for them if I messed them up! I also worked as a cashier at Sterlings and Safeway. After graduating from BHS, I attended college at UCA in Conway. After a brief interruption in my education, I went back to UCA while working full-time at Singer Co. in Little Rock. I graduated from UCA in 1974 with a BSE in Home Economics (now called Family & Consumer Science) and an MSE in 1981. My first teaching job was at my alma mater, Blytheville West Junior High and I had the privilege of working with my mentor, Mrs. Virginia Robinson who was still teaching at Blytheville High School. I met the love of my life when I enrolled in his karate class. We married in 1976 and lived in Jonesboro. I taught at Blytheville for one more year and then got a job at Stanford High School which was closer to Jonesboro. Danny & I hav...Expand for more