The Dawson Clan !

Immediate

Bruce Calvert – got me started with bowling at 4.  I sort of liked it but liked it more a few years later as my skill progressed.  I hated those gutter balls!  He was an imposing figure and I had a lot of respect for him.  I hoped that someday I would be like him.  At the time I was very skinny and he was 6’ and about 200.

Muriel Jane (nee Bloom) – she was strict when she had to be but didn’t have a mean bone.  I loved her dearly and hoped that she knew that.

Dane Bruce – is very smart but didn’t seem to have been around when they were passing out the common sense.  At least that’s what we always teased him about.  He pretty much kept to himself except when David got in his space.

Dara Lynn (Worrell – married ‘71) – she liked to be left alone.  I got the impression that she resented being the only girl.

David Wayne – he liked to get in all our faces but did grow out of it.  He would punch me in the arm, tease Dara any way he could and get under Dane’s skin at every opportunity.  When he went to Patton, I think he got a taste of his own medicine.  He always seem to come to my rescue when I attended a year later.

Cousins – Really liked it when we visited our cousins in Maryland. 

Denise – admired her for starting a company.  Too bad the greedy bastards of Wall Street and the banks caused her’s and many others to fold. 

Yvette – really enjoyed writing to her while I was at Patton.  It took my mind off my dreary surroundings for a little while and I think helped me mature (grow wiser) a little bit anyway.

Bruce – just remember fishing with him to catch “sunnies”.  I don’t ever remember keeping or eating them as I don’t know how to scale a fish.

Niece – Dara’s only and the only although it was close for a time with David until he took a vacation to confirm.

Bridgette Elizabeth Worrell – we both liked Duran Duran and sunbathing.  She was fun to be with