I well remember Tom Ohara and Betty Hubbard’s wedding held at Uncle Merel’s farm on a very nice day in the summer.
Tommy had a very cool brown two-door coupe, I think it was a Chevy and of course, it was in impeccable condition.
As the reception was going on, several of the younger men at the wedding commenced to rigging the car for the drive-away. They tied lots of tin cans and streamers to the under carriage of the car. They then also somehow attached a large fire-cracker that would somehow explode when the car drove off.
I remember Tom and Betty emerging from the front of the house and making their way to the car parked under the trees along Flat Creek Road. They were showered with rice; noise makers and hand clapping accompanied them. They were laughing and grinning.
I was standing close to the car and when they approached, I said, “Boy, you’re really starting off with a bang”. Some of the people groaned.
As they drove off there was a very loud bang and the streamers, cans and junk attached to the car rattled off with them.
After they left, several people including my sister Marilyn, told me that I had given away the surprise.
I thought I had just expressed a clever pun.....
Tommy had a very cool brown two-door coupe, I think it was a Chevy and of course, it was in impeccable condition.
As the reception was going on, several of the younger men at the wedding commenced to rigging the car for the drive-away. They tied lots of tin cans and streamers to the under carriage of the car. They then also somehow attached a large fire-cracker that would somehow explode when the car drove off.
I remember Tom and Betty emerging from the front of the house and making their way to the car parked under the trees along Flat Creek Road. They were showered with rice; noise makers and hand clapping accompanied them. They were laughing and grinning.
I was standing close to the car and when they approached, I said, “Boy, you’re really starting off with a bang”. Some of the people groaned.
As they drove off there was a very loud bang and the streamers, cans and junk attached to the car rattled off with them.
After they left, several people including my sister Marilyn, told me that I had given away the surprise.
I thought I had just expressed a clever pun.....
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