Oral History Interview with Albert Voss, December 6, 2001 Page: 4

                                
SPRING, THE 21ST . (NAME UNCLEAR) AND SHE WAS BORN ON APRIL 24TH. SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND
WE VISIT IN NEVADA. HE WAS IN THE NAVY ALSO. HE ENDED UP ????? IN NEVADA AT AN AIR
FORCE BASE.
JERRY
WAS HE THE ONLY BROTHER OR SISTER THAT SERVED?
A.H.
YES. HE WAS PART OF THE OLDER FAMILY. I HAD YOUNGER SIBLINGS. DON'T ASK ME
ABOUT THEM. I'LL GET IT ALL SCREWED UP.
JERRY
SHARE WITH US IF YOU WILL WHERE YOU WENT TO SCHOOL.
A.H.
I STARTED SCHOOL IN HENNINGFORD ,NEBRASKA AND STARTED IN THE 1ST GRADE. WE
DIDN'T HAVE ANY KINDERGARDEN. ON THEN I CAN REMEMBER, BUTTONING A LITTLE GIRL'S
COAT AND I WAS MADLY IN LOVE WITH HER IN THE 1ST GRADE. THEN, WE WENT TO COUNCIL
BLUFFS, IOWA AND I WENT TO ?????? SCHOOL IN COUNCIL BLUFFS THROUGH THE SEVENTH
GRADE. THEN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FACILITIES FOR 8TH GRADE SO THEY SENT US TO THOMAS
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL TO GO TO THE 8TH GRADE. I WENT TO THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH
SCHOOL IN THE 8TH GRADE AND THEN I WENT TO BLOOMER (???) JR. HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 9TH
GRADE AND I GRADUATED FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE 10TH TO THE 12TH
GRADE.
JERRY
YOU HAVE EXCELLENT RECALL. YOU REALLY DO.
A.H.
I DIDN'T DO TOO BAD THEN.
JERRY

THAT'S GOOD. WHEN YOU MOVED TO COUNCIL BLUFFS, DID THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE DEPRESSION?
A.H.
OH YEAH. THAT'S WHERE THE JOBS WERE. I GRADUATED IN '38. I COULDN'T FIND A JOB
OF COURSE IN THE DEPRESSION TIMES. I THINK I FOUND ONE JOB WHERE I GOT PAID 50 CENTS
AN HOUR. 50 CENTS AN HOUR WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT
BUT IT WAS. I DECIDED I MIGHT JOIN THE NAVY I WENT DOWN TO SEE IF I COULD GET IN THE

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