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smelling something strange. After our dates left we discovered that someone Yvonne was dancing with had been eating limburger cheese and had put it in her hair. Did we panic? Of course not! (It would have been too late to go to a beauty parlor - if one had existed) Yvonne got into her evening gown (required) while I shampooed her hair.
Our dates were at the front door. If they thought it was strange for someone to go to a dance with wet straight hair (it looked nice) they were too polite to mention it.
Clermont Harbor was so much a part of our lives, and we of it, that every year when it became time for Daddy to requisition a pass on which we could travel anywhere in the United States, we chose just to go back to the Harbor. It was only after we grew too old to take advantage of the pass that we realized there were other places more interesting.
Temper flared seldom but when it did we knew to stay clear.
One day Daddy went fishing with 2 brothers-in-law and a friend. They brought back a washtub full of fish. Daddy had to eat, bathe and get some rest before he left to catch the L&N train to go to work. The other three men were drinking beer and they told Daddy just to divide the fish. He made 4 piles and just kept adding fish to each one.. All of a sudden the beer drinkers became aware of the 4 piles and they were real upset because one of the piles had larger trout than the others. Daddy was so angry he scooped up all the fish and threw them over the fence where pigs were waddling in a mud pile. Mamma and Aunt Mildred were fighting the pigs for the fish.
Uncle Johnny and Daddy


Manieri Memoirs-part4
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