One of the two pretty daughters told me this story. Dressed in their spring dresses, the Grocer’s two daughters waited for their dates to arrive. When the two guys parked their jalopy at the curb, they honked the horn. Not once, but four or five times. The daughters didn’t move from their living room chairs. But their father marched to the front porch. Then yelled loud enough to be heard at the Abilene high school, four blocks away.
Category: Abilene
Missed America
’Twas the 1963 Saturday night Miss America contest on live TV. We were viewing three miles outside Abilene, our West Texas home, when my three daughters wanted to disown me. Not only did the 13-year-old huff away from the television set, she also led her two younger sisters, ages 12 and 11, in a scornful walkout. My failing was showing our jackrabbit symbol on the television station I managed. Or, specifically, NOT showing
World War II Remembrances
The summer I graduated from high school, the Japanese surrendered. World War II veterans I met in college, and after I went to work in Abilene, told me their experiences. Here are four deceased veterans who I will never forget. In Abilene, Lee Finch managed a regional insurance office. In the Philippines, Marine Sargent Lee Finch fought on Corregidor Island. When General Stillwell surrendered, the Japanese imprisoned Lee in a Yokohama POW camp, forcing him