[T1S1] family history; paternal grandfather an immigrant from Germany; his wholesale liquor business and retirement at the time of Prohibition; father's birth in Milwaukee, WI and education at the University of Wisconsin; mother's family from Ohio; their marriage and move to Chicago; father's employment in manufacture of electric cars at Woods Electric; father's death and family's return to Pittsburgh; birth of a brother in Chicago; attending Schenley High School; affiliation with Rodef Shalom Temple in Pittsburgh; maternal grandmother's emigration from Alsace; her orthodox background; economic conditions in the home after father's death; family vacations with grandparents; mother finds employment by visiting an exhibit of home made quilts in Chicago; becomes Pittsburgh representative for Eleanor Beard, the maker of these quilts; mother's cultural interests; early life on the Southside of Chicago; early education at an Episcopal private school, Hyde Park High School and Schenley High School in Pittsburgh; ethnic mix at Schenley High; recollections of teachers and students.
