Gloria Ransom
MRS. GLORIA (RANSOM)
BROUGH
21 FOLCROFT AVE.
FOLCROFT, PA. 19032
(610) 237-8880
AFTER GRADUATION I TOOK SEVERAL COURSES LISTED BELOW:
A. MECANICAL DRAWING
AT BARTAM HIGH SCHOOL
B. TWO YEAR HOME STUDY COMMERCIAL ART COURSE
FROM WESTPORT CONNETICUT.
C. PHILA. COLLEGE OF ART, NIGHT CLASSES.
D.
MODELING SCHOOL 18TH. AND MARKET CENTER CITY.
E. ART CLASSES
AT WALLINGFORD ART CENTER.
F. WATERCOLOR LESSONS FROM DOMENIC
DESTEFINO (WELL KNOWN ARTIST IN THE AREA)
MY PARENTS HAD A COTTAGE ON LONG BEACH ISLAND N.J. WHERE I SPENT ALL OF MY SUMMERS SINCE I WAS 15 YEARS OLD. ALSO, ALL MY WEEKENDS AND VACATIONS, WHEN I WAS WORKING. THE ISLAND HAD SOME BEAUTY CONTESTS AND I CAME IN SECOND PLACE IN "MISS MAGIC LONG BEACH ISLAND" ALSO, FIRST PLACE IN MISS BARNEGAT.
MY FIRST JOB WAS A DRAFTING TECHNICIAN FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. AT 67TH. AND WOODLAND AVE. I HAD THE JOB FOR 30 YEARS; THE PLANT CLOSED AND LAYED OFF A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
MY SECOND JOB WAS AT RAPID COMPOSITION, A COMPANY THAT DESIGNED LOGOS, DREW INK SCHARTS, PHOTOSTATS, TYPESETTING AND PASTED UP ADS. THE LONGER I WORKED THERE I WAS GIVEN MORE DUTIES INCLUDING TYPESETTING, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PAYABLE. I WORKED THERE UNTIL THE OWNER RETIRED AND SOLD THE BUSINESS, ABOUT 10 YEARS.
AFTER THAT I WORKED IN A JEWELRY STORE IN NEWTOWN SQUARE. I STARTED DOING THE DAY SHEET THEN BROKE OUT TAX FOR LEDGER SHEETS. THEN I GOT TO SELL JEWELRY AND LAY OUT THE DISPLAYS IN THE FRONT WINDOWS. I WORKED THERE FOR 7 YEARS THEN THE OWNER RETIRED AND CLOSED THE STORE
AFTER THAT I WORKED AT HALLMARK AND PAYLESS SHOES FOR ABOUT A YEAR EACH THEN DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO RETIRE. NOW I AM DOING ART WORK ON MY OWN. I HAVE A GOOD TEACHER ATHE THE SCHOOLHOUSE SENIOR CENTER IN FOLSOM./ SOME OF MY RECENT OIL PAINTINGS WERE SOLD TO THE BRITT GALLERY ON LANSDOWNE AVE. NEXT TO THE LANSDOWNE MOVIE THEATER.
I MARRIED MY FIRST HUSBAND (WHO I MET AT GENERAL ELECTRIC) WE WERE MARRIED IN 1966 AND HE DIED IN 1996. MY SECOND HUSBAND WHO WAS WIDOWED LIKE ME MET AT A BALLROOM DANCING CLASS. WE WERE MARRIED IN MAY OF 2000.