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when the school mom arrived. I took a quick look and began to kick a piece of dirt - I think it was dirt. Then I was being introduced and I took a long look. I saw a very pretty face with dark brown eyes and even teeth framed by dark brown wavy hair. All of this sat on top of a body that also met with my approval. We had supper and during the evening I ask her to go to a dance on Saturday night. Six months later - March 15, 1935 - we were married. That was forty years ago last Saturday. I still watch for her to come from school. I think its time she retired but she is like the politician. She keeps saying "Two more years". Her face has been framed with silver for more than a few years but when she gets herself all "dolled" up she's still a mighty nice looking woman.
As for crops and grasshoppers 1935 was just a rerun of '34. The dust storms may have been getting worse. It didn't pay to plant a crop. If it rained enough to bring it up the grasshoppers took it and if
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