Few people owned cars in the early years. Since so many lived near church or in the Clintonville area, they took streetcars a lot. Some youngsters remember being embar- rassed to board the streetcar after a Greek Easter service because their parents were struggling to keep their candles lit for the ride home. The children were self-conscious that their old world ways would seem conspicuous. It didn't occur to the youngsters at the time that the only people riding a streetcar at two o'clock in the morning were probably a few derelicts who wouldn't notice them anyway.

When we encounter some rough spots in life, we think we've been through a lot. Yet, when we ponder what our ancestors had to face in coming to a new land, it boggles the mind.

They had to have large doses of tenacity to survive. When you think of the involvement of coming to a new land, finding a job, starting a business, supporting a family, and trying to communicate in English all at the same time, we can see why they stuck together.