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44 | SignatureMT 44 | SignatureMT "So many people at that time "pooled; "four of us went to work together. We didn't have transportation, gasoline, cars; everything was rationed." ey were all working for a cause and it was to be expected they wouldn't have the luxuries they had before the war. at was the way it was. "When you go through war, things change in thinking, aitude and way of life. at's war. Let's hope we don't ever have to go through that again," she exclaims. "People wouldn't know what to do." e aviation employment was a good wage in those days, with benefits. ey tried to keep employees. It was the first time in Powell's life that she had worked. en, WWII stopped; she got married and came home. Aer the war, Powell didn't work but her husband continued with North Ameri- can. He was an engineer. ey moved around with his job, living in many places in Califor- nia. ey had four children: three sons, and one daughter. One son, lives in Choteau, a daughter in Sweet Home, Oregon, a son in Corvallis, Oregon, and a son in Loveland, Texas. All four children have military service connections. ey represent all branches of the military family: Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force. "I'm very proud of that," she admits. Powell moved to Montana in 1980, seling in Big Sky, where her husband had invented something, "a solar system," she calls it. Eventually they moved to Ohio, then, to Bozeman, where he died. As a wid - At ninety two years old, Frankie Powell recalls her life as "Rosie the Riveter. The wedding picture of Frankie and Charles Powell, World War II riveters. 1800 Benefis Court + Great Falls, MT 406-727-7325 FIND PEAKCLUB.COM YOUR FIT AVAILABLE AT 317 Central Ave., Great Falls, MT 406.452.1177 A Red Energy Antioxidant Juice Give it a Try Today!