One of Grandma Millie’s wonderful qualities was her *generosity and compassion. Att and Millie seldom lived alone. The first 6 months of their marriage they lived with Joe, Vera, and their two kids. When they finally could rent a house of their own people from home started coming to California to look for work and would stay with Att and Millie. The first were two boys from Newdale. Att had a great time with them. They laughed and talked about the good all days in Newdale, or they played cards. Some nights the three of them just got in a car and went someplace, leaving Millie home alone. She was sure glad when they didn't find work and went back to Idaho. That was the worst time she ever had with someone living with them.
Millie always gave so much of herself*. She would do all of the cooking, cleaning and washing for her guests. Sometimes they were sick and Millie had to nurse them back to health. She says, “I wonder now where everyone slept. I know the davenport was always had someone sleeping on it. It was usually the kids. We didn't have a lot of personal belongings then, only a few clothes. So no one had a large quantity of things to move and store. We just had the basic necessities. I cooked for so many different people that I got used to it and didn't worry about it. In fact so many people came to live with us that I don't even remember all their names.” Gwen said that since they lived in California at least they didn't have to have blankets for everyone because it was so warm. They always had someone living with them even when they moved to Idaho.
*Qualities passed down to Gwen
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