Helen Magdelene PodhaskieRetail sales
Born Mt. Carmel, PA, Oct. 15, 1916; daughter of Anthony Balita (born Punek, Poland) and Louise Pietrewicz (born Remienkin, Poland); children: Joseph Ian, Michael Joseph.
Education: Educated in Polish Catholic school in Kulpmont, PA. and the public schools in Catawissa, PA.
Languages: Polish, English.
Career: Shirt presser, PA; waitress, New York City; Lacocco's, Hawthorne, CA; Sav-on Drugs, Arieta, CA.
Member of: Den mother, Parent / Teacher's Association (PTA), president (2 years), Garden CIub, secretary (1 year), National Garden CIub, Polish Women's Alliance (PWA) # 814.
Avocations: World-wide travel, summer school at the Jagiellonian University, Poland.
Resident: Arleta, CA.
Summer school impression: Polish ciasses, lectures, parties, side trips on weekends, living at the dorm was great, as was the food and the people.
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association, California 1995.