Growing Bolder Community

When the Act 3 saga ended, I had returned from war to my friends and family. While I was away, my parents had moved from Catalina to a little town called Hemet, Ca.. Several months later, after spending time working on Catalina Island, I moved to Hemet. It was a very small town at that time, dealing in growing Apricots, Walnuts, Olives and Peaches. There was also a lot of chicken and turkey...

At the urging of my eldest daughter, I will try to write something that makes sense. Born in Long Beach, Calif., my parents, Al & Emma Pallas, moved to Catalina Island, Ca. in 1930. I was five at the time. It was at the tail end of the depression and life for my parents was rather tough, but we survived those days when my father got a job with the Santa Catalina Island Co.. William Wrigley...