Do you know how your parents met? Tell the story.

I remember Obaachan telling meshe met Ojiichan when he came into the Navy ship storewhere she worked as a register clerk, I think. He came in with a married buddy that she saw put money into Ojiichan's pocket and encouraged him to take Obaachan out. Obaachan and Ojiichan met at a movie theater, since men and women were not allowed to go together on a date. They had to meet wherever they were going. The first movie they saw together was a John Wayne movie called, "Quiet Man." --Mary Terry

I am vague on details but I know that they met at church - a branch in California. Mom thought she was a member of the church but wasn't and dad was visiting a friend of his on leave. He asked the bishop of the branch who she was and what nationality since she was so tan with natural curly hair he thought she might have been mulato. I don't remember hearing any details of a first date or anything but know I have a recording of it somewhere in their own words. :) --Kathee Zenger


Mom was a non member attending a fireside and saw dad with a friend at the fireside and the feelings clicked for her and then came to dad later who thought mom was a negro and little afraid of her. --James Terry