Boyfriends

His first name was Carl and he drove a Star car. I don't know whether it was his or his folks, but that didn't matter. He had sorta been trying to get me to "go with him". I wasn’t very fond of him, but I knew that he had a Star. One day he asked me if I would ride to school with him the next morning, so I thought I could. I thought it would be kinda neat to ride in "his" Star car. I suppose he was my high school feller for a little while (I think that was my junior or senior year).

Before that I had met a boy to whom I'd been introduced by a neighbor girl and her boyfriend. The two boys were neighbors but didn't go to the same school that we did. One Sunday afternoon during summer vacation (before my senior year) the three of them just drove in our driveway. I was helping pick boysenberries and had on a straw hat and old everyday clothes and was feeling embarrassed when Willie walked up to where we were and I introduced him to the family. He asked (I believe he was looking at my dad more than me) if I'd like to go with them to a movie. After dad found out where and the name of it and what time we'd be back, I said "Yes, I would like to see the movie.” I guess that took care of Carl.

Later Willie and another neighbor guy of his, L.B., and his girlfriend and I double dated. L.B. had an Essex with a rumble seat which was kinda neat. That ended up with L.B. and his girlfriend breaking up and his brother Art and "Magazine" and myself going out together to a movie or whatever. There used to be what was called Kelso Park in Grant City which was a nice place to go for entertainment.

After I graduated from high school and went to Gards Business College in St. Jo, Dorys and I renewed our friendship from Sheridan High days. She introduced me to a fellow who knew her boyfriend. I've forgotten his name! But he got me a huge chocolate Easter egg filled with little chocolates. I met him where he went to church and I happened to be there with another girl. Thinking back that reminds me of the old song "My Old Flame". I can't even think of his name, but it’s funny, now and then, how my thoughts go back and back again, to my old flame (which he wasn't, but I remember the chocolates!).

It was shortly after that when Leota Gibson and I became new friends at Gards. She was dating Lee, who later became her husband. He had a friend Frank who had a little Model A Roadster. Leota told me about this fellow and thought it would be nice for me to meet him, so that fellow later became my husband and we two couples became and remained life-long friends.

I liked that boyfriend even better than I liked his little Ford Roadster.

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