Daniel wrote that Bill had been laid off from Air-Co. He wrote that they thought there wouldn’t be a Christmas that year but that he Bill was hired, soon after, at Quaker State oil refinery. In the same entry, Daniel mentioned that he was in 8th grade and only Margy and Dick remained unmarried. He further wrote, “We were without work for over a month. We were on unemployment for a while. For a while I was wondering where my next allowance would come from.”[1]
[1] A Year in My Garden