So, this is how it happened. Ode to My Mom and Dad. He grabbed her by the shoulders and gave her a big unexpected kiss on the lips. Then she responded, “now Carl you’re not supposed to do that. When my dad told me this I could only surmise my mom had never been kissedContinue reading “How they did it in the 1930s.”
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The big wedding.
May 8, 1937. The two met out that early morning on the gravel road going to town. It was a Saturday and their intent was to see the Justice of the Peace in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He was wearing his best seersucker pants and white dress shirt. She in her flowery cotton dress and wideContinue reading “The big wedding.”