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place in Arizona would fill the bill. It was called Pleasant Valley and the post office was Young. So in the fall of 1919 Dad sold the ranch in Wills Canyon and we moved to Cloudcroft. That was the only time I lived in a town until I went to high school in 1928. Although I did not know it at the time, my Mother was pregnant with her fourth child and we could not leave for Arizona until the baby was born

Floyd and I enrolled in a "City School." My teacher was a Mrs Reddock, highly touted as the "best teacher anywhere." I saw nothing remarkable about her and much preferred Aunt Ivel. We had some trouble with Mexican students and had a few fights but I now know it was not the fault of the Mexicans. They were the first minority group we had ever been exposed to and we hardly knew how to work with them.

I remember we were vaccinated for small pox after we were chased down and forcefully handled. Floyd's vaccination did not take and he was given shots every little while for the rest of his life because he had no smallpox scar on his arm. Imagine being in the Navy and getting vaccinated every time you got new duty. None of them ever took.

All this time, we were waiting to move to Arizona. Finally on January 6, 1920 the baby was born and we would be able to leave as soon as Mother felt that she could travel. I think this is the only time Ruth held up the parade in her whole life. Most of the time she was out front.