Miss Norma’s Diary – September 11, 1960 – “Loren’s friend asked me what grade I was going into”

Sunday

“Today Barbara and I went down to the Miniature golf course in the morning. Loren and his father were there. We stayed there for a while and then we walked down to the beach. About 5:00o’clock we went down to the M.G.C. Again and Mr. And Mrs. Richards was there. A little while later, Loren came and his folks left. Later, Loren’s friend came, the one with the little car and Barbara and I were sitting on the bench and he said, ‘Hi’ and we didn’t say anything because we thought he was talking to Loren. . .

So, then he said, ‘What’s the matter, can’t you speak?’. . .

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. . .and I say, ‘Yes, I didn’t know you was talking to me’. Then we asked Loren if he had his shoes with him because he was taking Loren out to dinner with two other guys. I think it’s Loren’s birthday because there was a couple of presents sitting in the office and he was being taken out to dinner. Later, Loren’s friend was sitting in the office by himself and I and Barbara were standing by the 19th hole and Loren’s friend asked me what grade I was going into, then he asked Barbara and he got up and went over to Loren and said something about me going but I’m in the eighth grade and then Loren’s friend must have said something about my age because Loren said ‘About 14, I guess’ and then he looked at me and smiled and turned away real quick. In a few minutes, Barbara and I walked over to watch Loren play baseball and Benny was sitting down at the table with about 6 other guys and Benny said ‘There’s me red headed baby’ and I just about cracked up. In the morning when Loren was there, Barbara asked Loren if he wanted to play golf with us but he said he couldn’t . He had to fix the baseball machine and then he said, ‘But thanks anyway’.

Once I got real jealous of Barbara. She was playing baseball and Loren ad his friend and a few little boys were over there watching her and Loren kept talking and talking to her and I was sitting on the counter, cursing her out silently. That was when we first got there tonight. Loren flirted with us a little bit but not very much. Well, I sure miss Mal a lot already and I’m beginning to miss Loren too because I won’t see him as much now as I did this summer. I love Malcolm with all my heart but I like Loren a lot too. I love Malcolm.”

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