My Blue Island Friends
I had a lot of friends. A handful lived on my block. Looking through pictures, I guess my first friend was a chubby boy named Ricky Koehler. He had a big brother named Jeff. They lived a couple houses down from us.
Me & Ricky
One of my good friends was a freckle faced redhead named Shelly but before Shelley, a friend named Patty lived in that same house. Her Mom used to drive a VW Bus and I loved it. It was a bouncy ride and you had to hold on to the handles. I always wanted a VW Bus.
Left Photo Back Row- Gramma Ganzer and Patty's Mom SylviaLeft Photo Front Row-Me, Patty & my brother John
Right Photo: Me on left, Patty is topless
Me & KimThen there were girls I met in school and who lived a little farther away. I already spoke of Lynn Mueller who lived in a cool custom built home on Vincennes Ave. I think there was a blonde named Patty whose house was on the way to school. Barb Fessler lived close to my school (Paul Revere Elementary School in Blue Island).
Back row: Ricky is hidden, 2 sisters from Valparaiso, IN that visited their Grandma who lived on our blockMiddle row: Left girl was the tallest in our class and the girl on the right is Barb Fessler
Front row: Patty (?) at the left, Lynn Mueller, me & I can't remember the girl on the right
I attended many birthday parties and all my friends came to mine. I have a lot of birthday pictures. When we had parties they weren't fancy like they are now. It would always be held in the birthday girl's house and we'd play games like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, dropping clothes pins in a milk jug, marshmallow races (holding them on a spoon or balancing them on a knife) and various other games.
One of my many b-day parties - I'm at bottom center
I think this was Patty's dress-up birthday partyPatty is far left & I'm next to her - can't remember the rest
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