Pat Sabo Oldham's Responses to the Questionnaire
Uploaded in January 2008 but responded years ago, sorry, I had lost it.
1. Current name you go by.
Pat Oldham
2. If you are a female, please include your maiden name while in school.
Sabo
3. Did you have a nickname in high school and if so what was it?
Sorry but Pat was it.
4. Your email address. If you have more than one, give only the one you
want to be published online. The email address page is protected by
a password gate. Please only include one email address.
pattylou at hal-pc dot org
5. Where do you live? City and State please
Houston, Texas
6. Your occupation or if you are retired, what was your occupation?
Mainly a homemaker ( held a few jobs ) but did more professional volunteering
than anything else.
(update: Pat has a management position with FEMA. She has been employed by
FEMA since 2004.)
7. If you are retired, what are you doing now?
I took on a job shortly before retirement age. Can you believe that?
8. Your hobbies and/or pastimes.
Geneology. gardening and organizational service
9. How many children do you have and where do they live?
One son and one daughter
10. How many grandchildren do you have?
4 (update: Pat is a great grandmother as of December 15, 2007.)
11. Did you hold an office while in high school, participate
in sports, the band, the Hussars, etc.?
Being in DECA and working at the PA news was about it.
12. What were your aspirations when you were in high school?
To go to college and enter some type of PR firm.
13. Did you accomplish most of the goals you set for yourself
back then or did you alter your direction?
Altered my direction. Got married and thought the world expected me
to be a wife and Mother.
(webmaster note: Wasn't that what was expected of the gals of the fifties?)
14. What was your favorite song during your high school days?
Blue Moon - Sea of Love
15. What was your favorite movie back then?
East of Eden
16. What were your favorite hangouts? i.e. The Beehive, the
movies, the drive in, Pleasure Pier, etc.
No response
17. Do you have photos of any of these events?
A few and some are in this website already.
18. What was your favorite subject in high school and why?
History and geography
19. Who was your favorite teacher or was there a teacher who
inspired you?
Mrs. Dell Hille
20. What was your most embarrassing moment or your worst
nightmare during high school years?
That's for me to know and no one else....
21. Where did you meet your mate if you are married?
(not necessary to include previous mates if you are
divorced or separated)
DECA Convention in Austin
22. Do you know of any classmates who are deceased? If so,
please relay the information so it can be added to a memorial
page.
Found a few that are on the missing list and have sent them the information
23. What are your favorite websites. Please list no more than
three and please no “Adult” sites.
ixquick.com a search engine and this website too
24. If you could change history, what would you do differently
if anything at all? Keep it brief and you do not have to share,
you don’t have to have anything you would do differently either.
Taken more time to know who I wanted to be.
(webmaster note: Thank God for second chances!)
25. If you could go anywhere in the world and be any thing you
wanted to be at this stage of the game, where would you go and
what would you do and why?
I would love to write a book and also open a B&B somewhere's on
the coast. Go back and relive many years in a different manner.
26. If you could go back to our high school days, which year
would you go back to and why? Considering our high school days
were 1954 to 1958 including Woodrow Wilson Jr. High years.
1958. Change the course of history in my life.
27. Is there anything in particular you would like to see on
this website?
I think you have done an excellant job and what more could a
person ask for.
28. Do you have any photos of yourself then and now? If you don’t
know how to scan or don’t have a scanner, would you be willing to
send copies of the photos so I can scan them for use in the website?
I have plenty of photo's and will send any you want.
29. How computer literate are you? Do you need help with any of
this computer stuff? I won’t mind helping. I give a simple step-
by-step list of how to. I'm not talking instructions, just help
if needed.
Your patience in walking me through many step by step procedures deserves
much credit.
30. Three part question: your favorite color, favorite number, and
your favorite movie of all time.
Blue
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Three Coins in a Fountain
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