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M: Is-that a teacher's college then? No, the University of Pittsburgh
isn't, is it?
T: No,.
M: So you went there because that's where your father wanted you to
go. Well, that's why I went to Stephens, because my mother
wanted me to go there.
T: I didn't know you went anywhere else.
M: Yes, that's about how it is. You don't know that. After you went
back for your year then, did you go back home to teach?
T: Went to Mount Lebanon in.Pittsburgh. Mount Lebanon is a
district in Pittsburgh.
M: Do you remember what your salary was when you started?
T: In Monongehela, my first year?
M: Yes.
T: It was 1000 dollars.
M: That was just for- nine months of teaching?
T: Uh huh.
M: What was it after you went back the next year to Mount Lebanon?
T: I think 1200 dollars. It was the highest tax evaluated district
in the state of Pennsylvania. You had ten months of school.
M: What year was that?
T: In 1931.
M: You taught at Mount Lebanon then for how many years?
T: Till I came down here in 1936.
M: Is that where you met your husband?
T: Down here.
M: You didn't know him then. How did you end up in Florida then?