My mom was 13 when she moved out of the bustling Lee home of the 1930 depression years (when times were really hard) and became a housekeeper/gardener,etc for Bertha Engler, who lived in Helvitia, West Virginia. She loved "Miss Bertha", who was a school teacher by profession and who loved books and the outdoors. Mama got lots of her own personal interests from this time with Miss Bertha. Mama gave me a cookbook that had been Miss Bertha's and I use it quite often even now, the Amy Vanderbelt's Complete Cookbook, copyright 1961. She always spoke highly of her mentor and guardian and so when my sister Linda sent a photo of Miss Bertha when she was young, I was so happy! Hopefully this picture will show up on this blog posting so you can see, too.
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She was actually really pretty when she was young. Not what I was expecting. I never knew Grandma's experience working there was a good one.
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