In Hudson Falls, I worked at SIEMAN'S - a dry goods store on Johns Street. A large house across the street was turned into an emergency hospital during the flu epidemic. Wiley's was another store I worked for. Just before I left home, I worked helping make shopping bags. My boss was also my Sunday School teacher and had helped me get the job. I really liked sales work better.

I met Thomas Burns when I was working in Philadelphia for the Western Union. We were introduced by a friend of mine, Joseph Marks. I thought he was handsome and he was very pleasant and thoughtful. I was working and Tom was going to business school, so we did not have a lot of time for activities. We enjoyed going to movies and plays. I remember that he took me on a train ride to see his family who lived in Wilkes-Barre. We decided to get married soon after Christmas of 1924. I don't remember that there was any special proposal. We just seemed to drift into an understanding. The wedding was at St. Peter and Paul's in Philadelphia on February 21, 1925. I wore a gold satin dress trimmed in beads and a hat of the same color. Our attendants were Joseph Marks and Rita Brown. We did not have a Honeymoon right away. In September, we went to Detroit and stopped at Niagara Falls. Then we took a boat from Buffalo to Detroit. I was able to get a transfer so worked for Western Union in Detroit also. Tommy got work at Budd Co. and later at Ford. Burroughs was advertising for trainees to take classes. Tommy applied, but he was older than they wanted to hire. He offered to take the classes without pay. They were impressed with his ambition and they paid him to take the training. He worked for Burroughs until he retired in 1961.