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Have we met by camille baker6/28/2023 ![]() When he was seventeen years old, Bob met Dorothy Bowman at the Ridge Rink Roller Rink on N. During WWII Bob served in the Army Air Corps in Alaska. Bob worked for an optical company until he got a job driving a bus in Alaska. His first daily job was working for a druggist on 1st Avenue for $14 a week. His first paid job was helping a friend with a paper route distributing the ‘The Buyer’s Guide.’ He earned 15 cents each day. ![]() While growing up, Bob helped with family chores such as mowing the lawn, chopping and piling wood for the wood furnace, washing dishes, and emptying the pail of melted water from the ice chest refrigerator. He was very familiar with the waters of the North Puget Sound, having spent many hours fishing in places such as Point-No-Point and Jefferson Head with special fishing buddies. This hobby has filled his life with many wonderful experiences on the waters of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. They bought him a fishing pole, which was the start of a lifelong love of fishing. When Bob was in elementary school, his uncle and aunt were visiting from Alaska. His favorite school-aged activities were roller skating, touch football, baseball, track, and going to school games. ![]() He was the second oldest of four children: Ruth, Bob, Russ, and Bill. ![]() His parents were Marie Antoinette and John Baker. Robert Camille Baker was born Main the Fremont area of Seattle. ![]()
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