Wendy and Stephen at the community swimming pool
Mike at the community swimming pool
a month in each other’s homes. We would serve coffee and cake and just talk and laugh together. Our only problem was that we each tried to outdo the others in our preparations for the get-together. As part of our get-togethers we had what we called a Mystery Club. Two members would part- ner to plan an event and keep it a mystery from the others. We would take a bus to some interesting place and then to some location where we would have dinner. Only the organizers would know our destinations. All the fun was in speculating about where we were going while we rode the bus. Once we visited a community of Black Jews in New Jersey. Very interesting.
Once when it was my turn, my partner, Phyl- lis (she was another one that recommended the answering service business but I can’t remember her last name) and I concocted an elaborate plan that required the members to bring a pair of white socks. All week long everyone wanted to know what the white socks were for. We all gathered at my house for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. After a few drinks we boarded the bus. Our first stop was the local police station where we asked that the bus passengers be checked for inebriation. Then we drove to the Cherry Hill Inn where we put on our white socks and an exercise trainer led us in a series of physical fitness exercises. Then it was back on the bus. We tried to confuse
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