Gam always tells me, "To be in love is the most wonderful feeling you can ever imagine."
Sunday, June 16, 2013
50 Year Reunion
Florence
My full name is Florence Elizabeth Gammenthaler. I was named after Florence Nightingale. A nurse that did alot for the nurses making it easier for the nurses, during the crimean war in the early 20's. My husband didn't like the name of Florence so he asked if he could call me by my middle name, I didn't mind, but my mother didn't like it. Bill was the one who started calling me Beth. All my relatives called me Florence.
Growing up I loved doing anything in sports, baseball, football, swimming, tennis...Tennis most of all. Thats what I wanted to major in college, but the college my parents sent me to didn't have a P.E. program for girls so I majored in public school music.
Favorite Participating Sport: Tennis
Favorite sport to watch: Baseball
Favorite Foods: Potatoes, I love potatoes. Cheesecake. I like any kind of fish, but especially Lobster. Shrimp is my favorite.
Favorite Country Western Singer: I love Roy Clark. He's probably not the greatest singer in the world, but I like him. Its probably because of his sweet face. He has a baby face and a sweet voice. He's a southern boy.
Favorite Candy: Lemon Drops, lemon cookies, anything with lemon. I also like black licorice. I think my favorite licorice is "good and plenty".
Favorite TV show: At the present time its "Doc Martin". I also like watching the old westerns.
Favorite Movie: "Gone with the Wind". I like true stories, or biographies. Real things that really happened.
These were in a book Gam kept in college |
Bomo and Papa
My husband Bill was born on April 27th 1918.
His father, William August was a school teacher, he taught woodwork. His profession was a pattern maker. When there is a part of a car that needs to be made out of metal it first has to be made out of wood, as the pattern. He made patterns, it was very intricate work. And then he taught wood shop in the high school in cleveland. He was very loving, a very sweet wonderful man.
Papa, Bill, and Virginia |
His wife was Margaret Laura. She was very possessive of her children. I called it "she had a jealous streak". She was very difficult to get along with, where her husband wasn't. I can't say anything negative but she had a jealous personality.
They only had two children, Bill and then Virginia who is four years younger than him. Bill and Virginia were very close.
Bill, Virginia, Bomo, and Papa |
Bomo, Papa, Virginia and Bill |
Bomo and Bill |
Bomo |
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