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From: Linda Rogers <>
Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Fw: Show biz..
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:46:38 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <002901c63be8$676fa7e0$d904010a@belle>

Belle
it sounds like you have had a full life and
extremly fun .
Linda ,I had a boring life for the most part

--- Belle Shepherd <> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Belle Shepherd
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:26 PM
> Subject: Show biz..
>
>
> Jeannie,
>
> By the time we were back at my aunt's house, it was
> close to 5'o'clock. Not much time to 8'oclock in
> view of what I had to do. My Dad and I went to my
> boarding house, packed a few things in a small
> suitcase and told the landlady what I was doing and
> that he would be back the next day for the rest of
> my things. She cried and hugged me and wished me
> well. Said she would miss me. We had forgotten
> about eating the Thanksgiving dinner my aunt had
> cooked for us. I didn't see her again for several
> years. She did write to me, though, once I had a new
> address.
>
> We went back to the hotel and up to the suite. One
> other girl had been picked from the ones
> interviewed. She was waiting there with her bag as
> well. She was older so hadn't needed a parent with
> her. We went in the room and sat down and were told
> it would be a few miniutes before they were ready to
> leave and told us where we were going to meet up
> with the rest of the troup.
> The boss had a new Mercury Sedan and on top were a
> mattress, a large truck tire and a canvas wrapped
> item, don't know what it was. Well, it took us about
> two hours to get to the hotel where the others were
> waiting for us. We were shown into the lobby and
> asked to wait. Some of the troup came down to the
> lobby to meet us and for us to look them over.
> There were 14 of them. What an assortment. Then the
> rest of the crew came in from outside where they had
> been working on the big truck that hauled the stage
> props, etc The tire was for the truck, the mattress
> was for the small trailer that the cook and her
> husband traveled in. I still don't know what was in
> the canvas..
>
> Folks scattered and went here and there,back to
> their rooms to get their stuff together. One last
> fellow came in from outside. He was covered with
> grease and looked very tired. He had been working
> under the truck. He was a mechanic, truck driver,
> stage manager, and sometimes went on stage. Black
> curly hair, hazel eyes and the longest eyelashes I
> had ever seen on a man. Strong broad shouldered
> build. I thought, "My goodness, what a motley crew,
> what have I gotten myself into?" I later married him
> and we were together 42 years before he had the
> stroke.
>
> More later.
>
>
> Belle
>
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