Nov 5, 2015

Mon, Nov 5, 1945: a joke on the jokers

"While [Daddy] was shaving [on Halloween] he thought he heard a car.  On looking out he saw one driving down our lane.  He slipped out down to the road and watched.  After a little while a car stopped close to the lane, several kids jumped out and headed for the house.  Daddy thought he'd drive the car off but when he got there Betty Jones was in the car.  Daddy tried to get her to get over so he could drive.  She jumped out as Daddy drove the car home (it was Lloyd King's).  The kids had to walk home but not until they had torn up things in general around home.  Now Betty is sure mad at Daddy but I think it's a joke on the jokers."

--Letter from my grandmother, Bloomington, Kans., to my father, Boulder, Colo., Monday, November 5, 1945.

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