David Alder, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998

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OHI David Alder 7-1-8 s1:4 LK And probably the best speller, too, eh? DA Well, through - T-H-R-0-U-G-H is thr--oog. LK That's the exactly the way I did it, too. Do you remember what it was like, getting here to Salt Lake? Do you remember your first visions of it, when you first saw it? DA Yes. I remember. What I first saw [was] the railroad station with the sign on it, "Salt Lake." We rented a house on 9th South between State and Second East. 860 Foster Avenue. It was called Foster Avenue at that time . Then it was changed to Rice Street. And then it was changed to Edison Street. Now , it ' s Edison Street. I went to grade school. In fact, I went to the Sumne r School which was located on 6th South and 3rd East . From then un t il the 8th grade. I still remember some of my teachers . I r emember in the 6th grade I had Jeanette Rosser . I remember her because she was strict and we had to have our hands clasped on the desk and sit still. In the 8th grade, it was Miss Schwabaugh. I t was later called Junior High, but I finished the 8th grade in East High School and the first part of the 9th. That was the year that East High had been built, 1914. LK You were in the first class? DA The first time the building had been opened. It had just been built. What I remember is the electric clock in each room. -Y These hands would jLmp, a minute at a time, and we used to sit there and watch the clock. (laughs) Then, in the middle of the