Please remember that life is not always easy -- but it is always worth living.  Love is important and love in the family will always see you through any problem.  Keep close to your family at all times.  They will always be there for you.

Keep life-long friends and be sure and finish your schooling.  This will be important to you later in life.  Be responsible for your mistakes, as well as the good things that come to you.

Last, but not least, listen to your parents and elders.  You may not agree or think they know anything, but they have lived awhile longer and want you to be happy and not make the mistakes they may or may not have made.  The day will come when you will think "Gee, I wish I had listened" or maybe "How glad I am I did!"

Remember how much I love you all, and how wonderful you have made life for me.     

Awards I have won in my life:  "Emerald Princess" for selling Avon!  (Earned a trip to San Francisco to see the Ice Follies.

What I am good at:  My job ... typing and medical transcription.  Cooking, shopping and reading.  Making macramaes.

Here are some things I have enjoyed collecting and doing in my life:  I love Christmas and love the decorating and good feeling of giving to those I love and work with.  Collect Christmas ornaments and knickknacks.

I took lessons in piano and French horn.

My best vacation was to Hawaii (Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii in February 1977 and November 1979.

My first dog was Trixie when I was four.

My favorite pet in my life was:  No favorites.  I love them all!

I remember a favorite toy as a child.  It was a big, big 2-seated swing in the backyard!  (Built by Bob Folline's father for me.)

Here is something else I would like you to know about me:

I love music!
I love my home!
I love my animals!
I love my children!
I love my grandchildren!
I love Charlie!

(Not necessarily in that order!)                 

I was four years old during the depression.  What I remember most about it was my father said, "Clean up your plate ... think of the starving children."

I lived in Portola and Richmond, CA during World War II.  I was a student in high school and Heald Business College and worked as Roadmaster Clerk for the Western Pacific Railroad.

After the war was over, what I wanted the most was to see my boyfriend, brothers, and others come home.

The first President I voted for was Dwight Eisenhower.

The best President in my lifetime was Franklin Roosevelt.

The greatest historical event in my lifetime was the assassination of President John Kennedy and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - WWII 

The greatest medical change in my lifetime was a cure for TB, innoculations for polio and heart transplants. 

I never though I'd live to see a cure for cancer .... not yet! 

What I remember most about: 

1920's:  The marvelous music.  Ragtime!
1930's:  Elementary classmates that continued through high school.
1940's:  1947 marriage; 1948 death of father.  Big band era and all the great dances!!
1950's:  My home and three wonderful children.  Having our own T.V.
1960's:  Enjoying things together as a family.  Togetherness.  Graduation for Paula 1968.
1970's:  Debbie and Dennis graduate.  Weddings of children - 1st.  Grandson - Caleb - 1st.  Granddaughter - Aubrey Arline.  Hawaii vacation 1977
My Favorite Radio Show was Orphan Annie and Jack Benny
My first car cost about $900 in 1948
The first house I had was rented.  Finally inherited the family home where I was raised.
I remember when:  Bread cost 20 cents, milk cost 35 cents, gasoline cost 20 cents, a hamburger cost 50 cents, and eggs cost 35 cents.   

I have been to three states (in 1984).

I'd like to see Europe or Japan because I would like to travel some.

I've been to these countries:  None

I like to travel by airplane because it is fast and exciting.

My longest trip was to Hawaii when I was 52 years old.  It took 5 hours by jet.      

Jack and Jeanette McCollister, Vallejo, CA
Jack and Janet Sadler, Los Gatos, CA
Jim and Alene McCollum, Redding, CA
Don Chandler, Menlo Park, CA
June and Hank Mitscherling, Sierra City, CA
Matt and Marie Russo, Napa, CA     

Favorite color:  Blue and lavenders
Foods:  Steak and Lobster Tail
Animal:  All my wonderful dogs and Kelly, my cat.
Song:  "Peg O My Heart" and many others too numerous to write in.
Poem:  Eternal life forever is, Death but a mortal dream.  Those gone from sight still live and love, They only absent seem.
Book:  No favorites, but love to read.  Possibly "Gone with the Wind."    
Singer:  Al Jolson and Frank Sinatra
Movie Star:  Cary Grant and Clark Gable
Sport to Watch:  Ice Skating    
Sport to participate in:  Swimming
Things to do in my spare time:  Reading and listening to music.  Sitting in front of the fireplace.  

I have been married for 36 years (in 1984).  We met in Reno through mutual friends.  We had dinner and danced .... not together.

We were married in Portola, California on September 13, 1947.

This is the type of wedding ceremony/reception we had:

White wedding (small) at the Christian Science Church with reception at home (500 Nevada Street).

Wedding guests I remember:  Just family and close friends.

I was 24 years old when Paula was born.       

These are the schools I attended:

Grammar:  Portola Elementary
High School:  Portola High School
Others:  Heald Business College in Oakland, California - Diploma in 1944 for
   Private Secretary 

My favorite subject was always spelling and music.

These are some of the awards I won in school:  Music awards in band and choir.  Student Body Representative.

These are some of the clubs I belonged to in school:  Drama Club and Ski Club

I had to walk 1/2 block to school each way .... through 4 ft of snow.          

My first job was for the Portola Reporter and I was 13 years old and got paid maybe $2 a week.

My first car was a 1946 Chevrolet.

My first real boyfriend was Bob Folline.  He was accidentally shot the day before starting our Senior year.

My first trip in an airplane was in 1930 and I circled over Beckwourth Airport.

When I first saw television I was 22 years old.

My first time in the hospital was in the Western Pacific (W.P.) Hospital in Portola because of a tonsillectomy.  I have also had rheumatic fever.

Other firsts I remember and when:

Airplane flight to San Francisco to Santa Cruz from Reno in 1947.
First jet ride in 1968 to take Paula to San Francisco to Healds Business College.
First baby - 1950 - Paula
Twins! - 1952                    

I remember an eccentric relative:  My Aunt Minnie

The best family story - the one that is retold over and over is:  My Dad brought a salesman home to dinner.  He told him my mother was hard of hearing and told my mother the salesman was hard of hearing.  (They shouted at each other all night, and the kids, who were wise to the scheme, thoroughly enjoyed the evening.)

My most famous relative is Queen Elizabeth because my mother's maiden name was "Tudor".  She was a decendent of the House of Tudor in England. 

Brothers:  Herbert Fountain, Bertram Dale, and Richard Clarence
Sister:  Pauline Louise      

My  Maternal Grandmother:  Jennie Brown
My  Maternal Grandfather:  Charles Tudor
My Mother:  Juanita Claire
My Paternal Grandmother:  Louisa Weston
My Paternal Grandfather:  Jeremiah Vardeman Janes
My Father:  Joseph Clarence Janes

My family came to the United States from England and Ireland.

My father worked as a Manager and Owner of the Portola Mercantile most of his life.  In his early life in drove cable cars in San Francisco.

My mother worked as a housewife (telephone supervisor for Bell Telephone in San Francisco prior to that.)

I remember my father liked to do these things:  Fish, hunt, play cards and cut wood.

My mother liked to dress up fancy (formal gowns, etc.) and go out - mostly to lodges -  and was very active in City affairs.       
        

My name:  Arline Claire Brown
Maiden Name:  Janes
Nicknames I have had:  Blondie and Arlina
I was  born on Monday the 13th of July 1925 at 9:25 p.m.
I was  born in Portola, California and weighed 9 lbs. 1/4 oz.
Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States the year I was born.
As an adult, I am 5 ft. 5 inches tall and have gray colored hair and hazel eyes.
I am right handed and my most outstanding physical feature has always been my hair (blond and now gray) and fingernails.