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Mrs. Brook's sister wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. She went to collage for 2 years to be a teacher. As she was in collage she fell in love with a young man. After dating awhile they decided to get married. Back then you could not be a teacher if you had a husband. They still got married and she was a teacher. So they keeped there marriage a secret. She teached for one whole year then quit. …Brett

When Mrs. Brooks was a young girl she had many hobbies. Her hobbies were to have paper dolls. She also liked to make scraps books about the Dionne quintuplets. Mrs. Brooks spent her spare time playing with paper dolls, or working in her scrapbooks or swinging on her trapeze swing.
One day Mrs. Brooks wanted to swing on the trapeze swing. She asked her brother to give her a push. He did but he did not let go. She fell on her back and got knocked out. She seemed all right once she woke up. As the days went on she got sicker and sicker and then she had to skip the whole 5^th grade. …Carmen

During the Net Gap project we met a woman named Mrs. Brooks. Mr. Finan’s fifth grade got to learn about Mrs. Brook's oral history. She met her husband during the war when she was part of a group called the USO (United Service Organization). In Tacoma, Washington was where men could go and play the jute box, play cards, or dance with the 40 woman that were part of the USO (United Service Organization). …Michael

Thank you for coming in to our class, Mrs. Brooks. We all enjoyed having you here. I learned a lot a lot about the way things were a long time ago. Before you came I never knew that the road stopped so far from the Point. I never knew that tar was used on roofs, I thought it was only used on boats. Thank you again for your time and energy. …Clyve

Thank you, Mrs. Brooks

Mrs. Brooks came to our school and told the stories about her life when she was younger. One of the things that Mrs. Brooks liked to do when she was young was make a photo album of the Dionne Quintuplets. She said everyday something about those Quints was in the newspaper. Pictures and stories. That is one of the things she liked to collect back then.

When Mrs. Brooks was young her sister and her were going to the store to get some milk, but first they had to cross a bridge that was over a river. The store was on the other side of the bridge. They couldn’t go on the regular bridge because they were building it. So they put up a bridge for the people to walk on after they build the other bridge. Right in the middle of the old bridge there’s a pump type of thing that pumps up and down. Well Mrs. Brook's sister was walking a cross and got her long coat stuck in the pump. After a moment it tore right up her coat to her arm and teared up her arm very bad. That was a horribal tragedy that happened during the depression years. …Courtney

Thank you, Mrs. Brooks

Mrs. Brooks came to our school and told us about an accident that happened to her when she was a 5^th grade. It happened at her house outside on a trapeze swing. She was swinging and asked her brother to push her so he pulled her back but didn’t let go and she couldn’t hold on any longer so she fell. She hurt back and had to stay in the hospital for a while. Then she got sick and missed the whole school year and had to go back the next year.

Her telling us her history gave us a better idea of what this place was like in the past. …Kieran

During the war the USO was the United Service Organization. They were looking for some volunteers to help the soldiers and sailors. Tacoma, Washington is where they could go and play the jute box and play cards. To make it feel like home, Lady volunteers came and helped the men. Mrs. Brooks was working in a department store then. They came to the USO to help. 40 girls came and danced with soldiers. Mrs. Brooks had a nice evening. She met her husband there and started their romance. …Ashlee

Mrs. Brooks used to drive in a car. It was not fancy or dependable. She got her first car when she got married. 18 was the age to drive. Her hero was her principal, Mr. Steele. She always liked to stay after school and help him. During WW2 she got married. She was separated from her husband when he was transferred. Sugar was rationed and shoes were hard to find. …Jim

Thank you, Mrs. Brooks

Mrs. Brooks came into our class for net gap and told us some stories. I’ll tell you my favorite one. One day when Mrs. Brooks was outside playing on her swing with her brother she asked him to push her, but he didn’t let go of her legs. She fell on her back and was knocked out for a few minutes. She thought she was fine but after a while the doctor said that she was sick. They said part of the sickness was probably from her falling. She had to stay in the hospital for quite a while. She had to miss her whole 5^th grade year. Mrs. Brooks had to take her hole fifth grade over when she was supposed to be in 6^th grade. She had a hard time adjusting to all the new kids. Mrs. Brook's teacher understood what happened to her so she too good care of her. …Jackie