Grandpa Wessman's Letter Part 5

WHERE DID YOU MEET GRANDMA? WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST DATE?

On Christmas Day of 1943 I had been to visit with some of my friends, and while I was driving home along Sixth Avenue I saw one of my former neighbors, Mrs. Green and her daughter May, waiting at a bus stop. I stopped and offered to take them to wherever they were going. They declined at first, but after they told me they were going to a family get-together at their daughter’s and sister’s place on Diestel Road, I confirmed that I had no other appointments pending and wouldn’t mind doing their hauling for their benefit. Also, I convinced them that the busses were not running very often, so they accepted my offer. I drove them to the house on Diestel Road and let them out of the car. They invited me in to meet their family and I accepted. I was introduced to many people: the Howard J. Layton family who were hosts, the Noble family and the William Lester Glade family. After meeting most of them, I was served a treat along with others. Later others arrived to whom I was introduced, including a very cute girl named Beverly Glade. Later the families were invited to the Glade home to see the Christmas presents, and I was also invited to continue chauffering Mrs. Green and May, who are Beverly’s grandmother and aunt. I didn’t intend to go into the Glade home, but was convinced to do so after we arrived there. I spent a few minutes there, then departed. I thought about Beverly occasionally, but didn’t make any attempt to recontact her until the following September. I called her one day and offered to take her dancing, which she accepted. On September 10 I picked her up and we went dancing at the Rainbow Rendezvous Dance Hall, a special favorite dancing place in Salt Lake City. We enjoyed each other’s company, and especially enjoyed each other’s dancing. We also met another couple there, Maxine Morgan (a former neighbor of Beverly’s who was at this time living in my ward, the Twentieth) and her fiancé Wallace Tanner (who was ome on leave from his military service in the Army Air Force). We enjoyed their company, and later after they were married and we were married (Beverly and I), their first child was a son named James and our first child was a daughter named Ann; these two became acquainted many years later and were married, joining our two families.