march

RUTH THE PROUD

CANADIAN

MARCH 2 1932

JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF....

I WAS BORN TO JULIA &WILLIAM WALKER
IN ETOBICOKE ONTARIO CANADA...

I DID NOT KNOW MY FATHER AS HE PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS TWO YEARS OLD...

I HAD A BROTHER ROBERT AND I HAVE A SISTER BETTY...

I WENT TO ROSELANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM

KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE EIGHT..

THEN TO YORK MEMORIAL COLLEGIATE FOR
TWO YEARS....

I QUIT SCHOOL WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN AND WENT
TO WORK AS MY MOM COULD NOT AFFORD TO PUT
ME THROUGH SCHOOL ANY LONGER..

MY FIRST JOB WAS WORKING IN A LADIES HOSIERY

MILL...WELDREST HOSIERY..FROM 1948 TO 1961

I THEN STARTED AT EATON`S OPTICAL AS A RECEPTIONIST....AT THE DOWNTOWN QUEEN ST STORE.....

THEN THEY BUILT A NEW STORE AT ONE OF THE FIRST BIG MALLS...CALLED YORKDALE....FROM
THERE I HELPED OPEN ANOTHER STORE..CALLED

SHERWAY GARDENS...THAT IS WHEN I DECIDED TO BECOME AN OPTICIAN...

I DID NOT KNOW IF I COULD DO IT AS I HAD BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME...

MY BOSS AT THE TIME AND MY HUSBAND TALKED ME INTO IT...AND FOR A WHILE I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER MAKE IT....BUT I DID AND WAS SO GLAD THAT I DID NOT GIVE UP...

I RETIRED IN 1990...AND SINCE THEN HAVE ENJOYED ..MANY THINGS...MAINLY MY HUSBAND KEN AND I DID A LOT OF BOATING..WE SPENT MOST OF THE SUMMER AT OUR BOAT...I GUESS THAT BRINGS MY LIFE RIGHT UP TO DATE ...HOPE I HAVE NOT BABBLED ON TOO MUCH...WILL NOW SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES..IF YOU HAVE TIME TO LOOK....

MOM DAD