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C. Summer-Mid day-Youth

15 College in Atlanta

College in Atlanta I applied at both Vanderbilt (where Ted, my boy cousin went the next year) in Nashville TN, and to Emory in Atlanta GA, and was accepted by both schools.  I was offered a small scholarship for all four years, and chose to enroll at Emory.  In fall …

16 Cars 2 – Chevrolet, etc.

Cars 2 Chevrolet, etc. During my college years in Atlanta I owned three cars and two motorcycles.   In Atlanta’s Druid Hills area I bought a classic 1955 Chevrolet “Bel Air” coupe, blue, with the 265 cubic inch V8 engine and standard transmission.  A prior owner had begun to “soup up” …

17 Home 2 – Navajo Drive

Home2 Navajo Drive After my grandmother’s death, my mother and her brother sold the old Crestway Drive home, and she bought a duplex at 3618 Navajo Drive in South Brainerd, near Interstate 75 highway about two road miles from her brother’s house in Belvoir. This house was on a steep …

18a Parade of Girls begins

Parade of Girls begins I have learned that maleness and femaleness are created by God to propagate species, and don’t exist in His kingdom – ultimately permanent spiritual beauty replaces temporary physical attractiveness; accordingly He adds attractiveness for the brief season of fruitful ripeness.  Each individual gets only one, to …

18b Parade of Girls – Ginny

Parade of Girls – Ginny When God’s time was ripe, I went to the Memorial Day picnic of the Servicemen’s Christian Center in CT, and there I met the love of my life, Virginia “Ginny” Elizabeth Shaw, who was 3 ½ years my younger, being born in Los Angeles CA …