In July of 1940, as my future parents are planning to meet, the world … or at least Europe is at war.
The weekend that my parent’s first meet was Saturday, the 20th and Sunday, the 21st of July. While my parent’s were frolicking at Dorney Park … the exiled Czech government arrived in London. And during the month of July, the Battle of Britain began with Luftwaffe raids on channel shipping … as well as attacks on Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Yesterday, I was speaking to my Aunt Lucille, who is now 93 and still a smart gal … looking forward to our first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton … but I digress …. Aunt Lucy was recalling her double date with Charley Daniels and my future parents, Bill Huntley and Bernice Parks. Over the course of the weekend they went on a plane ride over Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton … she said how exciting that was because they had never been in a plane before; they took a hike up to Big Rock and they went to Dorney Park – the Disneyland of Allentown, PA. She said how Bernice was so nervous about dating this handsome Marine officer that as she exited the roller coaster she accidentally hit her head and a rather large bump appeared on her forehead. I imagine that was quite the impression!