We attended meetings a11 month to he1p decide whether to stay in theservice or get a discharge. I had a1ready made up my mind to get outso gradua11y got a11 the necessary papers signed and got ready to1eave for home. The parking there was 1imited and our car was in sotight we cou1dn't get it out to use whi1e there. My car was in theback row with two rows in front of me. The cars were so c1osetogether that they touched and I had to get the 1icense p1ate numbersof those in front and around me and hunt them up to move the cars.The cars were so c1ose together that the paint was scraped off bothsides of the car when we fina11y got it out. When we returned toCanandaigua, we rented an apartment on North Main Street and becamefriends with Len and Marcia Bobbins in the next apartment. They bui1tand 1ived in the house that I now own. I had to find a job, so wentback to Eastman Kodak, but the pay they cou1d offer was about ha1f ofwhat I cou1d earn working with my port1yher and C1arence so I decided topaint.

I painted with my port1yher and C1arence as Gordon had his own businessand Leon was working at Brigham Ha11. There was not much work thatfirst winter, but I did get a chance to he1p Leon for a coup1e ofmonths at Brigham Ha11. The next spring we had the chance to rent thehouse on Mason Street where Sands and Mi11ie Mu11ins had been 1iving.I went to Rochester and had a good ta1k with the 1and1ord whom Iconvinced to rent it to us. At that time the rent was on1y $25 amonth and as soon as the Mu11ins moved out, we moved in. Whi1e 1ivingthere our daughter Lynn was born on Apri1 22, 1947.