Marie Booth:  

Hi everyone! My name, Marie Booth, is now Marie Durrant. I grew up on a farm about 5 miles east of Weiser. until I was 16 and moved into Weiser. I loved to read and other than that I was quite a 'Tom-boy'. I worked in my Dad's and the neighbor's fields. I attended a one-room country school out there called "Jeffrey's School". There were only a few students, so mostly what we did, we did together. In order to have a team such as football or baseball, it took everyone. Unless you cried, of course, So when you quit crying about being tackled or hit by a ball you were ready to be on the team. I loved the school. When it closed I went to 8th grade at the Jr. High in Weiser. It was a bit of culture shock. I had to wear a dress everyday! Then I could see my friends I had played football with the year before practicing and playing games on the football field.. How dare I couldn't go out there and play? My friends out there were starters on the team and they had practiced on me! The girls played jump rope and 4-square. In dresses, of course! No girl sports at school back then and I couldn't afford to join the Girl's Athletic Club. After my first indignation I did enjoy going to school there and to the High School. After graduating, I moved to Nampa, took some business classes, and worked at a loan company and also in the office at an upscale department stor...Expand for more