My friends in school were Carol Jo Martinson, who lived at the end of our block. She and I walked to school everyday together. We had sleepovers at her house. Not at my house unless it was in the back yard because we had too many kids. These sleepovers started in high school because back in that time young kids didn't go to others houses to sleep over. Carol was very athletic and I was not but we had lots of fun hiking around town, building forts and playing. Carol is back in Benton City and is fighting breast cancer also.
Pam Wendling was another friend that lived close by. We hung out together because we lived close. Pam was a cheerleader in high school. We would hang out together and chase boys. We spent a lot of time together in high school going to dances and to Prosser. All the hot boys were in Prosser. She now lives north of Seattle.
Shelley, my cousin, was another close friend. Shelley and I rode horses together all over Benton City. Shelley had a horse named Blackie. Blackie was stabled with "Lady". I got to ride Lady because her owner "Doc" Allen wanted Lady to get exercise. We usually rode bareback. We would ride around town collecting beer bottles and pop bottles. Then we would take them to the tavern to redeem them for their deposit value. Then off to Moon's Market to get penny candy and creme sodas.
Ginny Spencer lived close to Shelley. She also had a horse and she would ride with us. Ginny and I spent a lot of time chasing boys together also. She liked going to dances and to Prosser. Her horses name was "Star". If she touched Star close to her tail she would always kick out her back legs. Trick!
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