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!