Anne's Memories
Re: Mrs. Beamish: Mrs. Beamish was the next door neighbor of the Bosque's on 15th Avenue. Her bathroom window looked onto Grandma's kitchen window. Every so often she would lean out her window and call (holler) "Hey, Bosque!"
When grandma answered her calls, "Yes, Beamish?, she would day "Where's Anne Marie?"When I appeared she'd say "Catch!" and throw a rolled up item onto the little porch steps.
When I'd open the gift (jewelery or money), I'd say "Oh, no, I can't accept this!""TAKE WHAT YOU GET AND THANK GAWD YOU GOT IT!" Her bathroom window would shut.
I always took her advice, and it has been a valuable code and a good family motto through the years!
Re: Why did Anne Marie choose to go to the officer's club rather then Dad's U.S.O.
My friend Barbara and I went to the U.S.O. one day. Two soldiers asked us both out for a date to see a show or special entertainment downtown.
Right in the middle of the evening, Barbara and I looked at each other and we both remembered we had "forgotten" about a very important appointment that we had at that very hour. We said to the "boys" , "Sorry, but we have to leave!", and we fled into the night.
We both knew that evening was useless because we has such a great difficulty understanding Hillbilly English. From then on it was the Officer's club for us!
This blog is dedicated to our grandparents, Joseph Bosque and Annie Corbett. It is an ongoing compilation of stories and memories to be shared, remembered, and enjoyed by those who knew them, were affected by them, and are the descendants of them.
1 comment:
Aunt Anne,
I didn't know that you could not speak "hillbilly" english. I thought that the reason that you did NOT go to the USO (YMI) was because your father and pesky little brother would be there keeping an eye on you.
Tony
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