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From: "shlew" <>
Subject: Re: My First Job
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 02:36:49 -0600
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Neat story, thanks. I remember the midway when the State Fair came to Iowa.
That was big time entertainment!

Sheri L
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> After eng separated from my father for a few years, I met up with him and
was
> offered my first job - on a carnival! operating a Penny Pitch - A huge
> washtub filled with water, 3 plates floating - customers tossed pennies
and would
> get a prize IF their penny stayed in a plate. Throw too hard and it went
over
> plate - toss short and it went into the water inthe tub. At end of
evening
> tub was emptied and pennies had to be dried and rolled. I was the only
girl
> on the carnival, and Boy, was I protected.
>
> Tilt-A-Whirl operator asked my father if he could take me out for dinner
one
> evening after we closed - he felt he had to get permission. Permission
> granted, but after the summer ended and all was put in storage until the
next year,
> this friend continued keeping in touch with me. Marriage followed
before
> next spring - carnival crew went out. I stayed with husband's mother,
had
> my daughter, and continued living with this marvelous 2nd mother for a
several
> more years, in fact until my daughter was 9 years or so. Gram felt she
> wanted to return to Alabama to spend her final years at her old homestead.
My
> daughter spent a few more summers with her.
> I;m now 84, daughter 65! with 4 grands, 8 ggrands and 2 gggrands.
>
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