Girls

This is a story about the girls I knew in High School.

The first girl I fell in love with was Carolyn Roles (I was attracted to her because thought she was pretty). We dated from our Sophomore through Junior years of High School. The Summer between our Junior and Senior years she dropped me for another boy. I was devastated and didn't recover for several years.

When I was Senior in High School, I was in a car pool with three girls from Eastern High School (Susan Masters, Barbara Marks, and Mary Ann Fetner). I knew Susan Masters the longest (she had gone to Beargrass Christian Church with me and we had been in the Cherub Choir together). She moved out from St. Matthews to Ten Broeck in her Junior or Senior year. I remember to welcome her I took her to a jazz concert at a large hall in Louisville. The group was the Dave Brubbeck Four, and their big hit was “Take Five”.

All four of us had a great time car-pooling that year. Mary Ann and I used to enjoy getting under a coat in the floor of the back seat and singing songs.

I dated several girls during my Senior year (Randy Ross, Ellen Tatum, Shirley Green, and others). But one girl was special: Joanne Lynch. Joanne was shy and bashful, and was voted the most artistic in our Senior class. We liked to have quiet dates, like sitting on a couch with Mom and Dad having popcorn in front of a roaring fire.

However one date was special. I picked Joanne up and we drove to Louisville in Mom's Pontiac convertible with the top down. We parked under the Clark Memorial bridge and then walked across (about one mile) and back. When we came back the Belle of Louisville (a paddle-wheel boat) passed underneath the bridge (it was beautiful).

When we got back to the car there were two policeman standing there. They were holding Joanne's purse and asked, “Are you Joanne Lynch?” They said that there had been several mugging in that area, and they had called Joanne's parents. We drove back to her house in silence. I waved goodbye to her from the car and we never had another date.