Dedication This book is dedicated in loving memory of my father and mother. Without the sharing of their many stories this early history could not have been written. To them I owe my memories of YESTERDAY I caught the waves as they rolled by And swept me off my feet I did not wait for the waves to break On the rocks where we would, meet I jumped and laughed as the waves rolled high As a child having lots of fun My memory goes back to yesterday And the home where my life begun