Out West
Life with her father was not like Betty (now calling herself Beth) thought it would be. She worked all day, as a cashier at Camp Cook (where was voted the "Camp Cook Cutie") and when she came home, her father expected her to clean and make him dinner. She didn't come out West to be locked up with an old man -- she'd come to see things, to have a good time. Eventually, he kicked her out for being lazy and staying out late. Then Beth was on her own. Eventually, she was picked up for underage drinking, and sent back to Medford. But one taste of California left Beth wanting more. She drifted back.
Not associating with her father, she lived life on the edge of poverty. She spent her days hanging out at soda fountains, hoping to be discovered, at night she worked as a bar or "b-girl," someone employed by bars to make men stay and buy more drinks. Though she did some small-time modelling, there's no proof that she ever made it to celluloid. She lived in apartments she shared with other girls in similar situations, or when nothing else was available, she would get a cheap hotel room.
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