My mom & dad, Alice & Elmer Kofoid, about 1957

Mom, correcting papers. She was teaching second grade at Santiam Grade School in Lebanon. I think she corrected papers every night of her life. I would help sometimes, but not very willingly.






This is the kitchen of our home on Hwy 20 about 2 miles north of Lebanon. We moved there about 1950 and my parents lived there until they built the house on F Street in Lebanon



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My dad, watching TV on our black and white set with 3 channels to chose from. The first time I saw TV was about 1953. The TV was in a store window and it was a grainy picture of the Liberace show. By 1957 the TV wasn't so grainy. "I've Got a Secret", "What's My Line", "You Were There" and "American Bandstand" were some of the programs that were popular.  I can't remember the man's name...he had something to do with the government and TV...and about this time, he described TV as a "vast wasteland". I wonder what he would think now!

Dolph and me...about 1957

These pictures are from old slides.  They were probably taken after we were married (Oct. 1957). They were taken at Dolph's folks place on O'Neil Street in Lebanon.

May was sewing a button on Dolph's shirt sleeve (and I was learning how!)
We were on our way to a dance job...probably New Year's Eve...as I don't think the band dressed quite so formally for other occassions. We loved New Year's Eve dances because everybody wanted a live band and we got paid more. Dolph thinks it was $75. On regular weekends he made $25 to $35 a night depending on the length of the job. We usually had to drive 2 or 3 hours each way plus a 4 or 5 hour job.