Memoirs of Frank T. Barber
Memoirs of Frank T. Barber
Overview
My name is Frank Timothy Barber, and I was born on August 9, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. For the first few years of my life I lived with my family at 1216 Fletcher St. on the north side of Chicago. When I was six, my parents bought a house at 2838 Wenonah Ave. in Berwyn, Illinois. We lived there from 1926-1934 where I attended Emerson Grammar School. In 1934, at the height of the Depression, my family moved back to Chicago and lived at 801 Bradley Place on the near north side of the city. There I attended Horace Greeley School for two years. I then went on to Lakeview High School for my junior and senior years. I graduated 5th in my high school class graduating class of 500 students. The other four were girls. I attribute this to the fact not only did I play sports in high school, but I had a job delivering newspapers in the mornings. The girls had more time to study. After high school, I enrolled at Wright Junior College on the west side of Chicago. While there, I met a girl who invited me to a bicycle club meeting in Columbus Park with the intent of joining it. I enjoyed cycling so much that I joined the club in 1940. That same year, I enrolled in DePaul University Law School and attended in the evenings. At that time, one could attend law school with just two years of college. Also, at the same time, I was hired as a secretary at United Carr Fastener. The classes in typing and shorthand that I had taken at Wright Junior College enabled me to get the job. When the war came, I enlisted in the Navy and quit both my job and law school. In the enlistment line, they found out that I could type and do shorthand, so I was pulled out of line and was immediately chosen to work at the recruitment office in Chicago. In 1944, the Navy sent me to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York to begin training as a Naval Officer. That is where I was when the war ended. After the war, the G.I Bill of Rights had arrived which paid for the college education of veterans. I took advantage of the opportunity and enrolled in Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. I attended for two years and earned my Bachelor’s degree in chemistry. During my last year at Northwestern, I went back to DePaul University Law School at night to earn my Juris Doctorate. I spent a year traveling back and forth between the two universities on the elevated train. 1947 and 1948 were momentous years for me. I was hired in the Patent Law Department of Armour and Company in Chicago in September of 1947, passed the Illinois Bar in April of 1948, and married my wife Betty (nee Rand) on May 1, 1948. The rest of the things that have happened to me since that time until the present writing make up the contents of this book. When I wonder to myself why I have written this book, several reasons come to mind. In the first place, it provides family history which may be of interest to my son and daughters and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, etc., etc. at some time in the future. In the second place, for those interested in history, or writing about history,, it provides day-to-day detailed information in the slice of life of a person (myself) who lived in some momentous times in history, such as the Great Depression of the 1930’s, and World War II, and all the things that have happened since then.Description
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Overview
My name is Frank Timothy Barber, and I was born on August 9, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. For the first few years of my life I lived with my family at 1216 Fletcher St. on the north side of Chicago. When I was six, my parents bought a house at 2838 Wenonah Ave. in Berwyn, Illinois. We lived there from 1926-1934 where I attended Emerson Grammar School. In 1934, at the height of the Depression, my family moved back to Chicago and lived at 801 Bradley Place on the near north side of the city. There I attended Horace Greeley School for two years. I then went on to Lakeview High School for my junior and senior years. I graduated 5th in my high school class graduating class of 500 students. The other four were girls. I attribute this to the fact not only did I play sports in high school, but I had a job delivering newspapers in the mornings. The girls had more time to study. After high school, I enrolled at Wright Junior College on the west side of Chicago. While there, I met a girl who invited me to a bicycle club meeting in Columbus Park with the intent of joining it. I enjoyed cycling so much that I joined the club in 1940. That same year, I enrolled in DePaul University Law School and attended in the evenings. At that time, one could attend law school with just two years of college. Also, at the same time, I was hired as a secretary at United Carr Fastener. The classes in typing and shorthand that I had taken at Wright Junior College enabled me to get the job. When the war came, I enlisted in the Navy and quit both my job and law school. In the enlistment line, they found out that I could type and do shorthand, so I was pulled out of line and was immediately chosen to work at the recruitment office in Chicago. In 1944, the Navy sent me to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York to begin training as a Naval Officer. That is where I was when the war ended. After the war, the G.I Bill of Rights had arrived which paid for the college education of veterans. I took advantage of the opportunity and enrolled in Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. I attended for two years and earned my Bachelor’s degree in chemistry. During my last year at Northwestern, I went back to DePaul University Law School at night to earn my Juris Doctorate. I spent a year traveling back and forth between the two universities on the elevated train. 1947 and 1948 were momentous years for me. I was hired in the Patent Law Department of Armour and Company in Chicago in September of 1947, passed the Illinois Bar in April of 1948, and married my wife Betty (nee Rand) on May 1, 1948. The rest of the things that have happened to me since that time until the present writing make up the contents of this book. When I wonder to myself why I have written this book, several reasons come to mind. In the first place, it provides family history which may be of interest to my son and daughters and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, etc., etc. at some time in the future. In the second place, for those interested in history, or writing about history,, it provides day-to-day detailed information in the slice of life of a person (myself) who lived in some momentous times in history, such as the Great Depression of the 1930’s, and World War II, and all the things that have happened since then.Description
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- Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
- Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.
Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.
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To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Additional non-returnable items:
- Gift cards
- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
- Book with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
- Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
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Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.
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