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Taking the ferry to San Rafael for Wilma and Gene
Horwitz's wedding, June 1953. From left to right:
Homer "Stretch" Conzett, Galen Fisher and Mary Ann
"Quack" [Quackenbush] Fisher.
"Yamarka," Russian Tea Dance,1948.
From left to right, bottom row: George Dove, unkknown, Maideh [Mazda] Magee, unknown, Netti
[Konopka] Turner, back row, first on left: Victor Shick; far right, with accordion: Peter Komor.
of them felt there was no opportunity for them in their field at home, or they liked it
here, or they married Americans!
One of the greatest things — and I guess what I-House is all about — is that so many
of us have kept in touch with both those who left and those who stayed. We've visited
I-Housers abroad and had reunions when they've visited here. And we've thought
about and remembered many who just happened to pass through our lives at exactly
the right time.
Taken from an interview by Tonya Staros on June 4, 2010; editing assistance by Jeanine Castello-Lin
