Introduction to Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Let me start by saying Hello to my Classmates. So, HELLO Classmates!  I do believe it was Miss Vandenrberg (woof) who would say; do you all have your paper and pencils at the ready, then let’s proceed.  Here are a few clues regarding our next story:

Now what do I dare say to those Classmates, who after seeing the above clues are perhaps beginning to get sweaty palms?  Maybe I should I ask the question, who of you may have said the following?

 Park in the back, I have never done this before, I'm afraid, I have to get home now, I can’t do this, my parents will kill me, OMG, It wasn’t my fault, he or she made me do it officer, are you going to tell my parents, I hope no one finds out about this, or what a great night this was and I can’t wait to do it again?

Our next story, GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN   by Pat Helfer will be posted in the next few days.

I have to believe that everyone wrote down something!  Thanks for being honest.  Now post it on your frig, until Pat’s cool story hits your screen this coming Monday. 

PS- If the September BARBIE is on your TO DO LIST and you have not signed the BARBIE attendance sheet yet, please go to the site and put down your name.  Those of us who have are awfully lonely on that page. 

Your Classmate, Joe C

first response to Pat's story intro
 

Hi Classmates; within minutes of posting Pat’s intro to her story, we received our first response.  As usual, it was Patty Duff out of the gate first and well in the lead..

Thanks Patty, and here is her response. 

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess:

I think Ana Mae would have said "I've never done this before, I'm afraid."

I think Pat H. would have said "I can't do this my parents will kill me".

Park in the back, Gary Cook

OMG, I it wasn't my fault they made me do it.  Ross

What a great night & can't wait to do it again - Larry and Gary.

   I have no idea, just guessing and I have a lot of time on my hands!

2nd response to Pat's story intro

   Having led a sheltered life myself I think Pat may have a good handle on the situation. Not having been there I could not even venture to guess. Sure sounded like fun and mischief though.  I will be like Paul Harvey and be waiting for the rest of the story.

    I am sure that others have fun stories to share if they have a fun loving nature. Leo IHS

                                    “GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN”

By Pat Helfer  

During my High School years, I was always trying to earn spending money.  One of the things I did to earn money was the most attractive and magnetic job of working in the kitchen at Lloyd’s Restaurant.  Now don’t get me wrong, Lloyd’s was an upscale and busy place.  The kitchen was hopping—chopping veggies, counting napkins (and hopefully finding some missed tips), but mainly doing dishes in that fancy schmancy big dishwasher.  HARD WORK—steamy enough to get a facial at the same time!

There is always a trade-off for working and earning money: for restaurant work, there is no free time when everyone else has free time.  So-o-o-o, one night when we (we being the young kitchen help) finished around 9:00, we all decided we wanted to go swimming.  Well-l-l, the swimming pool closed at 9:00 and we tried to come up with an alternative.  And an alternative plan we did come up with!  We would go Motel Pool hopping!

There were several of us. We changed into our suits and off we went.  We drove around a little bit and decided the first pool would be the Redwood.  The pool was in the back and Management would not be able to hear us.  (Oh the naïve minds of the young)  We pulled around back and I don’t believe we even got in the water when we heard a question, “What are you doing here?”  The police were called and we were questioned at length by Virgil Dye, a Police Officer who seemed to be as big as the Incredible Hulk.  We did find out that the lengthy questioning could have been caused by the fact that one of the employees on this little escapade was on parole!

Come to find out, these guys had done the motel pool hopping many nights before.  And if Gary Cook hadn’t thrown a couple of chairs in the pool (???), the manager would not have awakened this time!

So-o-o-o, we did not get to go swimming after all that night.  And all we wanted was just to have fun…

People participating:      Pat Lang (Helfer), Anna Mae Lolwing (Wilson), Ross Lindley, Larry Wilson (State Center), Gary Cook (Class of 1965), and the unknown parolee.

I also just found out that Vic Hellberg worked at Lloyd’s at that time also!  I really did not see him, since he had moved up to Salads…

Follow up notes from Pat on her story

Hi All, here is Pat's follow up notes to her story.  Thanks Pat!  

My mom worked at Lloyds for many years and I worked as a bus girl one summer.  My mother was tough on me and had a tendency to chew me out in front of customers.  One Sunday one of her customers didn’t like how she was talking to me and called me to the table and gave me her tip!  She thought it was pretty funny and told the guy that I was her daughter.  The customer told her that was fine and dandy but I was still getting her tip!  She was much nicer after that!

Vic, my favorite part of working at Lloyds was our lunch or dinner; they had the best homemade Thousand Island dressing I’ve ever had!  All the food there was fabulous and at the end of the year when they closed for the winter, mom always brought home the huge canister of peppermint ice cream!

Do you remember my mom when you worked there?  There was Analise Frost (German lady), Maxine Davidson, and my mother to name the ones I remember

My Follow Up to Pat Helfer's Story and Intro to Patty Duffs Story

Hello to all my Classmates of 64:

Please allow me to begin by expressing my sincere thank you to Pat Helfer, for offering up her memory story to “Memories Are Made of These”.  This unique story explained the after work sequence of events, of how she and the other members of her Gang of 6, planned recreational activities following their kitchen duties at Lloyd’s Restaurant.  It seems that all the members of her gang had a very thrilling evening.  They were able to meet the night Manager of the Redwood, after he called for Police assistance then raced from his office to make a citizens’ arrest of the legendary Pool Hopping Gang.  Then as they stood in their (yet to get wet) swim suits, they were met and questioned by one of Marshalltown’s finest Law Enforcement Officers (Virgil Dye), who specialized in Gang activity.  After a prolonged interrogation of all members, Officer Dye exposed certain key facts; one member was on Parole, several other members had been pool hopping many nights before and, one of those hoppers had thrown a chair into the pool, (perhaps as the officer noted) to discourage pool sharks from attacking.  Once all the facts were documented into the officers booking report, he decided that none of the members captured, were a threat to Marshalltown residents and were released.   Before dispersing from the crime scene, I understand that the Gang was disbanded, and pool hopping would be postponed for a while.  Special note; read Pat’s follow up notes to her story on the “Memories Are Made of These” Forum.

Classmates, please remember I may have embellished a wee bit on my interpretation of Pat’s story.   There was no gang, and we all knew them as really nice and cool Classmates just trying to relax and enjoy a hot summer evening.  Thank you again Pat! 

Now for our next “Memories Are Made of These” story Clue’s. 

“THE GOOD OLD DAYS” by Patty Gould Duff

Ok Class, make your notes.  Based on these clues, do you or anyone you know, remember Patty’s experience at this place?  Do you think you may have been there or perhaps involved?  

ALL of YOU know that WE ALL have many memories of this very special historical site.   I can think of several classmates that I can remember seeing at the Passion Pit, can you?

Be prepared to enjoy this COMMERCIAL FREE story of Patty’s, when it hits you screen soon…