Jim & Gwen and High School Dances

"[Jim] was tall, dark and handsome and we enjoyed each other very much"

Notice the note on the photo: "The spider on his knees. Sincerely yours from your pal 'Tarantula Jim'"








Gwen dressed up--about age 16




"I wanted Jim to ask me to the sophomore dance in high school. I heard that Robert Rice was going to ask me, so I told Miles, Jim's pal, who told Jim and he finally did ask me first. It was great. I had an evening dress with white fluffy, lacy puffed short sleeves and [a] slinky pink cupe dress to the floor.
"We decorated the gym by stringing crepe paper across from the rails of the upper track" (from "Reflections from a Mother's Heart").