Elodia Arvayo

An Interview with ELODIA M. ARVAYO By Joey Arvayo, a 4th grade student at Stevenson School, Douglas, Arizona 1996/97

Hello my name is Joey Arvayo and I'm interviewing my grandmother Elodia M. Arvayo. Her best friend is Maria Ellena. There favorite games are Hop Scotch, tag, dodge ball and dolls. Her favorite sport is basketball and they like to play against the 5th graders. Her favorite hobby is sewing clothes for her parents. She liked going to school at Joe Carlson, Clawson, and Sarah Marley. With her friends she liked to play paper dolls. They played dolls like this; they are cardboard dolls and baby's. You get the scissors and cut out dresses. They have tabs on them so you put the tabs over the shoulders and waste, and that's how you play.

She was born 3-10-38 and she lived on 827 3rd. St. Her favorite brother and sister are Lito Moreno and Angie Moreno. Her favorite basketball team is the Phoenix Suns and her favorite player on the team is Charles Barkley. She likes the Chicago Cubs for her favorite baseball team. Then she chose Sammy Sosa for her favorite player on the team. Last she likes the San Francisco 49ers for her favorite football team. Her favorite player with this team is Jery Rice. She likes Cadillacs for her favorite car. Her favorite things to wear are dresses, ear rings, necklesses, and bracelets.

She started school at the age of five years old. She liked school very much her favorite teacher was Mrs. Mahonie. One time she ditched school to go to Mexico and celebrate the fiestas and she got busted. So she had detention for 2 days.

Her favorite holiday is Christmas because every body is graceful, generous, and thankful. She chose Halloween to be her least favorite holiday because kids are in danger and the small kids are always yelling, scared of the 7th and 6th graders. Her favorite food is shrimp because it's good, and fresh. Her least favorite food is liver because it smells bad, taste bad, and looks bad.

Well that is the end goodbye!

This interview is presented as written by Joey Arvado while a student in Mr. Jensen s 4th grade reading class, Stevenson Grade School, 1996/97, Douglas, Arizona. No attempt has been made to correct or alter the original presentation. Lee Johnson, editor; The Tombstone, Summer/Fall 1997. Cochise Genealogical Society.

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