This Month's
Profile...
Sarina
by Hilda
Maston
New member Sarina (she uses only one
name) was born in New York. She left school when she was
16 years old and obtained a job at the phone company as
a long distance operator. Her father was very ill so she
became the family breadwinner at that early age.
After she grew up a bit, she decided that
she had had enough of the big city and wanted to live in
a more country place, so she moved near San Diego which
still had some suburban regions left. She couldn’t find
a job in San Diego so she moved to Los Angeles, where
she found work as the obituary columnist for the Los
Angeles Herald.
Her next job was with United Airlines.
She worked for them for 27 years, until she retired. As
she put it, somewhere in that time frame she got
married, had a daughter, and divorced her husband.
While working for United she had access
to Airline passes, so she took her mother and daughter
to Seattle to see the King Tut Exhibit. They had a
little time before the exhibit opened, so they decided
to take a ferry ride. When the ferry pulled in to
Bainbridge, she fell in love with the place. She went
back to California, got United to transfer her here,
sold her house, and moved herself and her daughter to
Bainbridge Island where she lived for many years.
After that, she decided that Bainbridge
had lost some of its appeal, so she moved to Suquamish,
wanting to live in a smaller town.
While visiting her daughter on
Bainbridge, she read a letter to the editor in the
Bainbridge Herald that was written by Tom Thresher.
Sarina decided that she liked the way this minister
thought and decided that she wanted to hear more of what
he had to say.
She attended services a few times and
reports that she loves the church, loves the friendly
congregation, and loves cooking soup for the Soup and
Something Simple Sundays. She is a new member of the
deaconate and has already attended a meeting.
By the way, she added yet another job to
her resume. When she found out that her pension from
United was not what she expected, she walked into the
Post Office at Rolling Bay, and applied for and got a
job as a postal clerk -- adding
another
job to the career of the lady with one name.
A warm welcome to new member Sarina!
