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Naomi & Willard’s Love Story |
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Naomi & Willard’s Love Story |
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(Now,
how did this love story begin? Well,
come
There
was a young girl named Naomi, who lived with her family in the Smith Hollow of
the Difficult community. She was an
8th grade student at Difficult School.
She walked 1 ½ miles each day to and from school except in bad weather
when her father would take her and pick her up in a horse and buggy.
She loved school and played on the basketball team.
Now,
further down the road in Defeated is Ash Hopper Hollow. That’s where Willard
lived with his family. Willard
attended Elbow School, where he was also in the 8th grade.
He played bass drum in the Elbow School band.
Willard
had an aunt and uncle that came to visit pretty often, Aunt Lorelle and Uncle
Herschel. (Back
then people visited more than they do now.)
(Well, guess what?)
Aunt
Lorelle and Uncle Herschel were neighbors to Naomi’s family.
Being with the Willard's
family, Aunt Lorelle grew to like Willard, and saw him as a perfect
match for Naomi. So, she would tell
Naomi all kinds of things about Willard.
In
1944, the Elbow School and Difficult School had a joint graduation ceremony for
their 8th grade students. That
was the first time Naomi saw Willard, and she liked what she saw.
It was definitely love at first sight for her. With everything Aunt Lorelle had told her, she felt like she
already knew him.
For
her 19th birthday, Naomi’s mother let her have a birthday party.
Naomi had a good friend that had her eyes on Willard.
She asked Naomi to invite Willard to her party, so it would give her a
chance to meet him. However, when he got to the party, Willard spent the entire
time talking to Naomi. (Oh,
Mother, how sneaky!!)
Willard
and Naomi started dating. Willard
would go to Naomi’s house and spend their whole date playing Dominoes with
Naomi’s mother. Naomi and her
father sat and watched. (Mother
said it was so boring, but I guess Daddy knew he better stay in good with Mama
Climer.)
One
night Naomi’s mother caught her and Willard kissing.
She took the flyswatter and ran Willard off.
(That
was Mother’s story.
Daddy said Mama Climer ran him off and took the flyswatter to Mama.
Either way, it’s a funny story.)
Naomi
and Willard dated for 5 years, dating steady for the last two years before
getting married on December 26, 1952.
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And, they have
lived happily ever after. . . |
