Evon Margaret Clawson:  

It is now June, 201, ad Peg Beeter Trinchitella1 who lives in Arizona emailed me. Unfortunately she has developed melanoma on her arm. She says she is now in God's hand. I you want to contact me, I can give you her email address. Life In 1930 I was born and lived in St. Mel Parish until the day I married Bob Clawson. The West Side of Chicago was to me then a "little bit of heaven". St. Mel Grammar School and Prov provided us with an excellent education. I worked in the dime store on Madison, went to the movies at the Marbro and Paradise and all the other many movie theaters around. Used the library on Crawford Avenue a lot. Went ice skating at Garfield Park. Drank Green River at the drugstores. Gathered at corners to talk with friends. Curfew was at 10:00 pm, and before that curfew was when "the street lights went on". After graduating from Prov, I worked for an insurance broker. There were nine young women and our supervisor, Erma, who was like a mother. We enjoyed dinner together downtown, went to movies and plays and also ice skated and bowled together. The summer I married Bob, four of my co-workers married also. We all also became pregnant that summer. The years I worked there were happy. In four years I was pregnant four times, but we only had three children. Brian, Lynn and Tom are all in their forties now. Do you believe??? After renting for some years, we bought a house in Westchester and lived there 25 years. Westchester to m...Expand for more