From Genevieve: Dating Days

(Excerpt of a letter from Genevieve to Skip and Sylvia, Sept 2010, describing the photo above.) “This picture was taken at Coleman Park the summer of 1946 before any of us were married. I guess you know (back row) Pete and Ruth, Paul and me, and in the front row Clayton and a friend, Mary Lou, Betty and Ethel. Paul and I got married that year Dec. 14^th, it will be 64 years this year. You Sylvia were about nine months old. You said the word ‘pretty’ at the wedding and everyone was so surprised when it came out of your mouth. Ethel and John were married the following year, May 30, 1947, and Pete and Ruth also got married in August 1947. Long time to argue and make up!”

Note from Sylvia: Clayton and Betty are children of Grandpa’s brother Clayton and his wife Rica, and Mary Lou is the daughter of Grandpa’s brother Sam and wife Edie. So all of them are first cousins to Pete, Paul, Ethel and siblings.