University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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Daily, the Sooner Yearbook, as well as other University Publications such as class bulletins. Oh, I like working in the backshop ias the J- Press is knowni but I put in a lot of overtime hours...half because of the money and half because there's always work that has to be done. I guess I get a little tired of it sometimes. Money being an inescapable necessity, Jerry's Jerry Laizure BELOW: jerry talks with his daughter in a Ararequiet momenti representing the numerous responSIbIlitIes of communication involved in a married life. wife also works. Employed at Wacker's Department Store in downtown Norman, Peggy enjoys her work, but wishes she and the rest of the family could spend more time together at home. Since Jerry and I both work, Jennifer goes to a day care center during the afternoon. It seems like Sunday is the only time we all have together. Of course, time at home is what Jerry enjoys best. Both Peggy and Jerry have grown accustomed to their home in Parkview apartments, but know all too well its inadequacies. For the rent we pay, i guess the apartment is pretty nice. The University, said Jerry, isn't real prompt in making repairs, but we make do. The Laizures do have to pay their own bills, and find the gas bill the most frustrating. Hell, in the winter all our heat goes up into the apartment above, reflected Jerry. It seems like we end up paying to heat our own home as well as the one upstairs! But despite all their problems with making ends meet and surviving the pressures of college, Jerry and his family seem to enjoy life. Oh, yeah, we've got problems but who doesn't? We're making it along all right, so why spend all your time worrying? With an attitude like that the Laizure family should survive...for a while anyway. OPPOSITE: Peggy Laizure knows the ingredient of love must be ever-present in the life of her daughter, as she embraces lennifer on the porch of their apartment. lgtw- 1., -

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ABOVE: A moment of laughter captures the Laizure family during an evening at home in their apartment. LEFT: One of OU's many married students, lerry Laizure begins a day at work at the journalism Press in Copeland Hall. which are strictly devoted to the married student. These then are the places in which may be found those Sooner students who are more than loaded down with responsibilities and pressures, academic as well as marital. And among these many married faces, there is Jerry Laizure. Classified as a junior and majoring in journalism Jerry Laizure keeps quite a busy schedule. He maintains his home in Parkview Apartments on Stinson Street. Married for nearly three years, Jerry and his wife Peggy have a daughter, Jennifer. The three of them live in a crowded yet cozy two bedroom apartment and seem to find life together satisfying. Despite all the pressures of paying bills and going to school, Peggy and I enjoy our life together. And of course, Jennifer adds a lot of excitement to the daily routine. Laizure, with economic .needs always on his mind, works at the Journalism Press in Copeland Hall. There, he does most every kind of work involved in the production of the Oklahoma

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