I attended "Modern Business School" located in the Angus Village (Vista Way) in Kennewick. I looked at CBC but knew I wanted to be a secretary so I signed up. The President was Velta Belba. What a weird name but I have never forgotten it. I attended for 7 months of an 8 month program to become an Executive Secretary and got an interview and job offer from Wadco (Westinghouse's first name when they set up a subsidiary at Hanford). I was a temporary typist. I quit Modern Business School and started my career! Remained with the same company for 40 years!
I remember that there were a lot of women on Welfare. They were being paid a wage and had their babysitting paid for so that they could learn a trade and get off of welfare. I thought that was a pretty good deal. I also remember walking across Kennewick avenue to buy lunch at McDonalds once in a while. 19 cents for a hamburger!
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