IN SEPTEMBER OF 1918, I STARTED TO MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS ON THE OLD ZIVKOVICH HOUSE WHERE I BOARDED. RUMORS STARTED THAT I WOULD MARRY ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS. IN SIX MONTHS I HAD NEVER TALKED TO THE GIRL EVEN ONCE. I HAD NO GIRL FRIENDS IN THE TEN TEARS I HAD BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY.

I MARRY and BEGIN A FAMILY (Zora Thompson is now writing for Mike Popovich)

FROM THIS POINT I (Zoe Thompson) AM GOING TO TELL THE REST OF THE STORY AS BEST I CAN. IN THOSE DAYS MANY MARRIAGES WERE ARRANGED AND I BELIEVE THIS HANDSOME YOUNG MAN IN THE HOUSE WAS. LIKE A PROMISING HUSBAND FOR THE ELDER DAUGHTER. POP ALWAYS SAID HE WAS TALKED INTO IT. BUT MY MOTHER WAS A BEAUTIFUL, CAPABLE WOMAN SO IT COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN MUCH PERSUASION. I THINK THEY WERE MARRIED ON JAN. 20, 1919 AND DOROTHY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER ON THE 19th. I FOLLOWED 16 MONTHS LATER.