Philip O Smith 1973 In Memoriam Reed Magazine
He paid for his equipment and fees with his hard-earned money including paper routes, yard work, painting neighbors’ houses, working at Rathgebs on the Avenue and the Shell Station at the corner of Harding and Pacific Avenue. He started all this at an early age and continued to juggle these monetary activities while being a good student and thru faithful practicing his sports skills lettering in baseball, basketball, football and tennis in high school and Junior College. After marrying Julie Wager in 1958 they both agreed he should continue his education. So, after meeting the requirements to transfer to Sacramento State College he earned his way by working at the Shell Station and then worked as a janitor at a grammar school in Sacramento while he earned his degree in Business Administration. He then spent a year in Ireland lodging with a travelling family who took pity on him while he was hitchhiking in Athlone, County Westmeath. He told them he was an English gypsy visiting Irela...