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Old 12-09-2008, 11:21 PM   #7
JWBear
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Life with George

My daughter Bobbie gave us a voice recorder and wanted her dad and me to record our life. We never seemed to get around to it, and talking into a machine is hard to do. I know it is easier to put my thoughts on the computer so here goes:

I first heard of George from my girlfriends. They said he was cute and had curly hair I was not impressed as I had my eye on another boy named Don. Fortunately he did not have his eye on me; and as it turned out he ended up getting married four times that I know of.

I finally met this new boy at a box social. (A box social is an event put on by a group to raise money for their cause; I think this one was the Future Farmers of America). The girls pack a decorated shoe box with food and the boys bid on a box and eat dinner with the girl who brought it. No, George did not buy my box. But he did offer to take me home. So a dynasty was started.

The Courtship:
We had a lot of fun; most of it didn't cost a dime. Ice skating on ponds or creeks nearby. Impromptu parties at someone’s home or yard. Parents were always there. One night a group of us gathered on a dirt road and square danced under the moon.
One of our friends would call the dances and another, who couldn’t walk, played his guitar. In the winter we played basketball in the grange hall. We just divided up whoever was there and played until we were tired. Not very organized but fun.
Of course none of us was old enough to drive so we walked or stayed home.

When George was old enough to drive we went to a real dance hall every weekend. The first year he had to have an adult in the car to drive so his mother would go with us. She would sit in the car during the dance and wait for us. We always had a car load, his sister and as many friends as we could get in.

Neither one of us had a phone, so we used his sister Dorothy to deliver messages from school. (George had quit school shortly before I met him because his mother would not sign for him to play football, a decision he always regretted.)

Next; I’m stood up!!!!!
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