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| Harold and Mickey Mohr with Terry in Garberville, CA |
I
love this photo of Mom and Dad’s friends Mickey and Harold Mohr that was taken
on May 30, 1946, with my brother Terry who looks particularly relaxed with them.
Terry looks so cute in the shirt and jumper that Mom made for him and his two-tone
saddle shoes. You can see that he is on his way to his six-foot four-inch
ultimate height.
This
photo was taken at a cabin in Garberville, California. Harold’s parents owned
an inn there and that is where they stayed. Dad and Harold went abalone fishing
with three other friends and between the five of them they caught 33 abalones.
Mom
wrote that Kathy enjoyed the weekend but she said Terry didn’t but she did not
say what he didn’t like about it. They went swimming in the Eel River and apparently
spent the evenings doing some serious drinking because mom wrote in her diary
of having a hangover the next day. Despite that she said it was a wonderful
trip.
Their
penchant for partying actually got both couples evicted from their apartments
in January 1941. They spent so much time with Mickey and Harold during the
early years of their marriage that Dad’s brother Bert actually complained of
being jealous of their friendship.
Mom
and Mickey stayed in touch with Christmas cards and occasional phone calls for
the rest of their lives though their friendship was not as close in later
years. Reading a diary from 1989 Mom expressed disappointment that Mickey and
Harold did not attend their 50th wedding anniversary party. Then she
chose to skip their anniversary a few months later.
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