Ann Graduates

In June, 1952, Ann graduated from high school. I still had a bad back. I rested in the sun most of the time. I couldn't attend Ann's Baccalaureate. Ann felt so bad I couldn't go. Her father and sister went. She still remembers my not going because I had attended all school functions before. On graduation night we had a small party for Ann. Her Aunt Lunette and Uncle Ralph came to visit as a surprise. They lived in Dover, N.J.

Graduation was held out-of-doors. It was a beautiful night. Ann got the Music award, the English award and the American Legion award. When she received the American Legion award, we all jumped. It meant that each of our three daughters had received an American Legion award. Carm and Phyl had won it at their eighth grade graduations and now Ann from high school.

Now we had three married children, one would be a senior in college in September and Ann would be entering college. Ann was accepted at two colleges. Saint Elizabeth's was one of them. She chose Saint Elizabeth's College. Phyl was happy that Ann and she would have a year together in college. By now my husband and I were really modernized. We had lost a lot of the old Italian customs. The last two girls got more privileges than Carmela had.