 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Amai vake vakanga vari Vesta Virginia Bowman, mumwe wavakatanga Long Beach Womens Committee for the Philharmonic Orchestra. Apo aipinda Jefferson Middle School mhuri yake yakapukunyuka kudengenyeka kwa1933. Sezvineiwo, kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika pashure chaipo pokunge makirasi ake apera. Amai vake vakagadzirira vavakidzani vavo soup muchivanze chomusha wavo waiva paLoma Avenue, uyo wakanga wakakuvadzwa. Akaenderera mberi nekupinda uye akapedza kudzidza paWilson High School. Aiita mitambo yakawanda uye akaisa zvinyorwa zvakawanda munhangemutange. Akaramba ari munhu anofarira zvemitambo kwoupenyu hwake hwose, zvikurukuru nhangemutange uye nhandare, tsiva, baseball, uye nhabvu. 