Memories

By

Marilyn Mcalister Jones

Chester, SC (former Norway resident)

 

Our friendship started in first grade

back in thirty-nine

Lois lived up by the lake

The house in town was mine

 

We both liked the movies

we’d go at any cost

even in a rumble seat

the excitement wasn’t lost

 

she had eyes for Cornell Wilde

Bob Hutton was my man

we’d cut out every picture

from movie books we’d scan

 

We also liked The Matches

Especially Ivan Braun

when his name was on the bill

It didn’t take us long

 

We’d head to Association Hall

and get a front-row seat

Hoping to see Ivan

but ending up with Pete!

 

Every year when summer arrived

the tar crew came to town

we’d pick our favorite driver

and hope to flag him down

 

When we reached our teenage years

things began to change

Lois liked the races

and dances were my game

 

She had a special driver

who drove the Number Five

No matter who was racing

he was the “only man alive”

 

Lois married “Number Five”

one August sunny day

They were together many years

their love was here to stay

 

I had a special someone

who was just back from Korea

one night in June we tied the knot.

It lasted fifty years.

 

There surely was a future

As bright as it could be

for these former Stoneham girls

and all their memories.