I am Doris Oden Darrow, born in the late 1920s in a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, California, known as Venice. In the 1980s, my grown children asked me to write down as many memories from my childhood as I could. In 1987 I sat down at our old Royal typewriter and began my first blog. It is reproduced here, as faithfully as possible. The dates are manufactured, as Blogger's tools only allow dates as far back as Jan 1, 1999.
Local Gossip
During recess in 6th grade, I noticed that Barbara Brown, Letty Derus, Joy Morgan, Christine Walker, and Sophie Marcus, and some others, all quit talking when I walked up to them. My feelings were hurt, because I just knew they were talking about me. My sister Rachel tried to comfort me.
On the last day before Christmas vacation, when I came into the classroom, there on my desk was a pile of Christmas gifts! Those girls had planned the surprise for me.
One gift was a 5-year diary.
I was amazed. "How much did that cost?" I asked!
That same Christmas Daddy let each of us kids keep for ourselves the dollar that Uncle Glenn always sent to us. I searched the Sears Roebuck catalog for weeks until I decided on a 21-inch baby doll, for 93ยข.
I named her Elena Raye.
On the last day before Christmas vacation, when I came into the classroom, there on my desk was a pile of Christmas gifts! Those girls had planned the surprise for me.
One gift was a 5-year diary.
I was amazed. "How much did that cost?" I asked!
That same Christmas Daddy let each of us kids keep for ourselves the dollar that Uncle Glenn always sent to us. I searched the Sears Roebuck catalog for weeks until I decided on a 21-inch baby doll, for 93ยข.
I named her Elena Raye.
Years later I took home-movies of our little Janice putting that big baby doll in a big pink cradle. Then, doing a little trick photography, I came in for a close-up showing that it was our REAL baby Joanne in the cradle.
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