So, soon after school began we applied through Franklin County Children’s Services for a license to become Foster Parents, and it wasn’t long before our first foster daughter, Jenny, arrived. For this family Foster Care had become a ‘mission’ of sorts. In Champaign-Urbana, a member of our church had become Foster Parents and they taught a Sunday School class one Sunday shortly before our move to Columbus where they discussed their commitment to helping children who had no permanent family- thus necessitating a temporary Foster Care arrangement. His optometrist’s only comment was, “Did you know that he couldn’t see?” And, sure enough, on the way home with his new lenses, Scott was looking out the window and said: “Look, Mom! The trees have leaves! And see the bricks on those apartment buildings? I didn’t know they were made of bricks!” Oh my! One day his teacher suggested that we have his vision tested, and sure enough he was fitted for glasses. It wasn’t long before school began and Scott started first grade at the nearby Devonshire Elementary School. It was so hot that day and the car had no air conditioner! The hamster got overheated and suffered a stroke! Kathy took it out of the cage and carried it in her shoe to Columbus! Although the hamster never fully recovered, he lived for quite awhile as part of our family. On the ‘big day’ we loaded up the car, and with the 3 children, Kathy Baxter (a high school piano student who often babysat for us and who offered to go with us to help us move) and also with a small cage holding our pet hamster, we headed out for our new home and our new life in Columbus Ohio. We used the GI bill to acquire a loan on the house and returned to Champaign-Urbana to get ready for the move. The 2 nd level was slightly below ground and included a 4th bed room and a bathroom as well as a large tiled-floor area which would be perfect for piano teaching and, it was connected to a finished and paneled basement area (1 st level) which could become a playroom for the kids and also had a separate laundry area. The 3 rd level was the street level front entrance with a large kitchen, small dining area and large living room. The 4 th level included 3 bedrooms and a bathroom.
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It had 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths with a basement. Housing Development in the Devonshire area of North Columbus. It was a brand new 4-level house that had been used as a ‘showplace’ for the new AmblesIde Dr. The one that we liked the best was located at 6209 Ambleside Drive in Columbus. We hired a realtor from Columbus who showed us many houses. We asked my sister, Ruth, to take care of the 3 children and ,pulling our camper to stay in, we headed out to Columbus to go house hunting. He was offered the job as assistant professor of Physiology which was to begin during Fall quarter 1965! All this was taking place about the same time as graduation ceremonies, so he missed his graduation celebration but we were thrilled with the OSU offer. Even though his advisor said that OSU was not a serious offer, he decided to apply anyway. He seriously considered 3 choices: 1) A Redland College for Girls in California, 3) working in a Post Doctoral position in Utah and 3) Ohio State University. Keith completed his requirements for graduate studies at the University of Illinois in 1965 and began looking for a job. There were 5 of us by then (Keith, Elva, Scott, Teraysa and Todd) and one summer we took time off to take an actual vacation! We traveled to the Niagara Falls area as campers and, camping became a way for us to continue to ‘see the world’ as a family for many many years.and we loved it! In spite of our meager income, we were able to save $10 a month for emergencies!Īs Keith’s graduation for his PhD approached, we decided to use the savings to buy a used Shasta camper. Keith also worked on weekends at ‘odd jobs’ such as lawn moving etc.
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We lived very frugally on the GI bill monthly check of $160per month plus tuition from about 12 piano students that Elva taught every week to supplement our income.
Scott was a year old by then and soon would be two years old and our dog, Ebony, moved with us as well. Chapt 5 1965-1968 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohioĭuring ‘our” graduate school days, Keith and I had moved from Lawrence, Kansas to Champaign, Urbana, where Keith began his graduate studies in earnest at University of Illinois.
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