We have reached the end. I have finished reproducing the text that Karen gave me. This was written years ago close to when it happened, so if there is any difference between this and my account, I’d go with this one. So, let’s wrap this up and then the next time I post, I’ll be back in New Jersey where we left off a couple weeks ago:
Saturday was our Battle Creek reception. We had to go after the wedding cake and groom’s cake at Sister Adler’s before we went. I dressed in my wedding gown in the Relief Society room at the church with Sister Parker helping me. Then we greeted the guests, fed each other cake, ate finger sandwiches, punch, nuts and mints, then opened our presents. We packed a U-Haul and headed for Quincy that night.
Sunday was our Quincy reception. Ruth McConnell sang for us in the Commons Room. Seems like all of Mom’s side and a lot of Dad’s side were there and some teachers and neighbors. It was all real nice. Ended too soon. I wanted to talk more to all of them. We packed our car and went home to have a luncheon at Mom’s. Some that had driven a long ways came there too and some Illinois people stayed all night, but Jim and I had to head for our home that night. We decided what we were going to store at Mom’s and what we were going to take with us, then added to the U-Haul and were on our way by 7 p.m. We spent Sunday night in Greenwood, Indiana, just the other side of Indianapolis. We had to be back by Monday night so Jim could go to work on Tuesday morning.
Monday morning we got up and drove the rest of the way to New Orleans, Louisiana. We got there in the wee hours of Tuesday morning about 3 a.m. Parked the U-Haul to unload in the morning.
Tuesday morning I unloaded and unpacked some of our belongings. Our first supper cooked by me and eaten together in our married life was canned whole chicken given to us at a food shower by Jim’s mother. Our first home was at 4601 Duplessis, Apartment A. Had a big living room – dining area, bedroom, small kitchen and bath. Jim had lived in it since June, 1966. So October 4, in 1966, we officially started our married life together in our own apartment after being on the go since September 19 when we started west and after dating since September 1965. Our first date being dinner at Howard Johnson’s and dance at Church. We have many happy memories and are looking forward to many, many more.
Dad