Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittm 1 ?
A. Yes. But you see, I was little
rn . But I brag now about never having
job. I had eventually to make out an
instance, when I was a school nurse. But the
education knew me, knew that I had specialized in
and so they cam and asked rn would I like to
( lawter )
Q. Af'ter being out of school for two years, you said back and
they skipped you a grade. So you really hadn't lost
you?
A. No, no. I didn't lose the whole three years.
Q. Wh5& school did you go to?
A. Trapp, Trapp School. It's now the Ambruster storage lace, I think.
It was for a long time-tents and so fo&h.
Q. Had you mved from Washington Street at this time? '
A. Yes.
Q. And what was the address of your next home?
A. 229 West Jefferson. .-Ik was jmt back of where we
had the nicknarre of lXmest and was a I can
remnJ3er seeing the secretaw's book--the
what you call them now-for the
worked at the Frwlklin Ldfe--he
an old policy that
he just dim1 t pay
anything. He was
thing.
Q. This is the house on Washington Street?
A. Yes.
Q. So it was sort of a shock to you all to have to move.
A. Yes, it was strange. He built on a kitchen and a bat We couldn't
have the bathroom work, but ev~rythi~ was ready to link
and the sewerage cam along that street. The street
know, that's what it was like then. Then another
to pave, they paved with cedar blocks.
Q. c&, they dl&?
A. Yes. This big around. (d{mstrates )
Q. Rowd blocks about, about
t
i&t inches in dlamtes??