Mary Cummins-Smith:
CLASS OF 1961
Cecilian AcademyClass of 1961
Philadelphia, PA
Mary's Story
I went to France in February 1968 with a one-way ticket. I had $1,200.00 in savings. My intention was to find a job in Germany where there were many US Army bases.
Stayed in Paris for 6 weeks then left for sunny Spain along the Costa del Sol.
I stayed in a small beach town, Torremolinos. When the weekend came around, the town was full of soldiers/sailors. Where did all these American guys with military buzz cuts come from? Much to my surprise, there was, and still is, a Navy base west of Cadiz. Most of the guys on the base spent their weekends in Torremolinos.
I hitched a ride to the base and applied for a job. I had been a Feder...Expand for more
al employee in Philadelphia with the Army Corps of Engineers. I resigned that position to go to Europe.
I met my husband, Curt Smith, on the base a few months after I started working there.
All together, I was there for a little over 2 years.
Other places I've lived:
Berkeley, CA
Santa Monica, CA
Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA
Sacramento,CA
Fort Collins, Colorado
Scottsdale, AZ
Moraga, CA (Bay Area)
Scottsdale AZ
Paradise Valley, AZ
Flagstaff, AZ - We have a second house in Flagstaff to avoid the summer heat.
P.S. I don't recommend travel to Torremolinos. We went back in 1999. Torremolinos was ugly and dirty and not at all nice.
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