Through the years, we spent most Christmas eves at Grandma Laverty's after going to the church program. One year, I remember, Mom had to go back to our house for something and now I know she was putting out Christmas gifts for Santa. We were on our way to church.
Something I am remembering. When daddy was sick and we had been to Grandma Laverty's in the evening and we started home, Daddy didn't turn to go east and just kept on going south past Lyles. ( on highway 14) Mom hollered and she took over driving. He was mixed up. After that she worried every time Daddy went any place by himself he would get mixed up again, but, never did that she knew of.
Seems like most Sunday afternoons, we were over to Grandma Laverty's. Mary Ann Thompson was there a lot and Tommy, her husband.
Have clippings where Daddy, Harve Bloom, Fred & Mike Buhrow, and uncle Tommy went to various fights in Des Moines, fishing in Minnesota, and ball games in Chicago.
Uncle Paul played in District (basketball) for Laurel down in Iowa City, Iowa. I always stayed with Grandma Smith and Grandpa (mother's side) when Mom and Daddy went to ball games. Slept in the middle or slept on horse hair couch and I better stay on it or the Boggie Man would get me.
In the summer, we would pick peas. (Grandma Laverty) Grandma tried to teach me the schottish. When they went to dances, mom would bring me a bracelet or whatever they gave away. This was after the war(WW II) and mostly Forrest Park in Marshalltown and at times in Des Moines, mostly with Bob and Neve Louks. Mom always said she just got Daddy to dance and he got sick.
He got sick the first time at oat combining time. This was 1945, when I was in 4th or 5th grade. His doctors were Trey and Marble. Mom always talked about dancing north of Laurel on the slab on Sundays with a portable radio.
----------to be continued.
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