Miss Norma’s Diary – August 7, 1960 – “‘Her face is as red as her hair’ and when he said that I really got embarrassed”

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“Today in the morning Barbara and I went down to the M.G.C. to see who was there. Mr. Richards was there so we did not go in there.  Pretty soon, we walked home and then we went out with Barbara’s Mom and Dad. Then at night Barbara and I went down to the M.G.C. again. Malcolm and Loren was there. We walked up to the office and gave Loren our money. Mal was playing baseball. When we were up at the office, Loren said something to us but now I can’t remember what it was. I kept asking Barbara to ask Mal to play and then on the 3rd hole she went over and asked him and he played.  He beat me by 22 points. . .

. . .When we were through playing Barbara and I sat on the counter,

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. . .then I asked Loren if I could have my purse and he kept saying ‘what purse, I don’t see any purse’ then I asked Mal to get it for me and he said, ‘no’. But after a while Malcolm gave it to me and I went into the bathroom to put some lipstick on and then I came out and told Loren to put my purse back up there. My hairspray was laying on top of everything else in my purse so you could see it and Loren looked down in my purse and said ‘Wow, let’s put this smelly purse way up on top’ Then later Barbara was going to call her mother to see if I could spend the night, but she was too chicken to ask to use the phone. So, I asked. When Barbara and I was standing there, Malcolm and Loren said, ‘I smell something around here that smells like perfume.’ I guess he knew that Barbara and I were listening when he said that. . . .

. . .Barbara turned away but I just stood there and turned red, then Mal said to Loren, ‘Her face is as red as her hair’ and when he said that I really got embarrassed and I went over to the bench and sat down. In a minute Barbara came over and sat down. Then Mal came over and stood by us. Well that’s about all that happened tonight. When Barbara’s folks came Barb said goodbye to Mal and I smiled at him.

Norma + Malcolm (forever).

P.S. When I asked Mal for my purse he said ‘no’ I said ‘Loren’ in a real high voice and Mal kept sayin ‘Loren, Loren, Loren’ real fast and high up just like Frank.

 P.P.S. Tonight, a few minutes after Barbara called her mother, I went up to the office and asked Mal if I could have a Hershey with Almonds and he said ‘no’ and then he said, ‘I’ll get you one if you give me half of it,’ and I said, ‘o.k.’ So, he gave it to me. So, I broke it in half but he wouldn’t take it. Before that I asked Loren for a candy bar and I handed him a 50 cent piece and he said, ‘That will be 45 cents tax’ and he laughed. Amo Malcolm.” (I Love Mal)

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