uninsured jewelry. The man whose home it was did not even want to discuss the robbery. The man’s wife’s jewelry was not stolen. Makes you wonder. WAR AND A YOUNG GIRL’S BROKEN HEART Even though
of three days it was clear that the world was not going to end just to satisfy me. In June of 1942 I graduated from high school. Sidney Albert took me to my prom and part-
find. Actually we saw it on a manne- quin in the store and bought it right off the dummy. It was a true South- ern Belle gown with lots of ruffles and flowers near the hem. Even a teacher complimented me.
the world was at war, for a young girl in high school there are trage- dies that make World War II pale in compari- son. When Sidney Albert was a senior he broke my heart
He sent me a grass skirt from Hawaii but not one letter. When the war was over he came back and took me to a restaurant where he asked me to marry him.
ly made up for his prom and the hayride episode. I wore a beautiful peach colored Southern Belle gown that cost eighteen dollars and took my mother and me a long time to
by taking a girl named Millie Rubin to his prom instead of me. Seventy years later and I still remember her name! I locked myself in my room and cried for three days. By the end
Shortly afterward Sidney joined the Navy and went off to war. He sent me a grass skirt from Hawaii but not one letter. When the war was over he came back and took me
Sidney Albert, without shirt (center right)
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